@livekit/agents-plugin-bey

Beyond Presence plugin for LiveKit Agents

Support for Beyond Presence virtual avatars.

See https://docs.livekit.io/agents/integrations/avatar/bey/ for more information.

Installation

npm install @livekit/agents-plugin-bey

or

pnpm add @livekit/agents-plugin-bey

Pre-requisites

Create a developer API key from the creator dashboard and set the BEY_API_KEY environment variable with it:

export BEY_API_KEY=<your-bey-api-key>

Usage

import { AvatarSession } from '@livekit/agents-plugin-bey';
import { AgentSession } from '@livekit/agents';

// Create an avatar session
const avatarSession = new AvatarSession({
  avatarId: 'your-avatar-id', // optional, defaults to stock avatar
  apiKey: process.env.BEY_API_KEY, // optional if set via env var
});

// Start the avatar in your agent
await avatarSession.start(agentSession, room, {
  livekitUrl: process.env.LIVEKIT_URL,
  livekitApiKey: process.env.LIVEKIT_API_KEY,
  livekitApiSecret: process.env.LIVEKIT_API_SECRET,
});

API

AvatarSession

Creates a new Beyond Presence avatar session.

Constructor Options

• avatarId?: string - The avatar ID to use. Defaults to stock avatar.
• apiUrl?: string - The Bey API URL. Defaults to https://api.bey.dev.
• apiKey?: string - Your Bey API key. Can also be set via BEY_API_KEY environment variable.
• avatarParticipantIdentity?: string - The identity for the avatar participant. Defaults to 'bey-avatar-agent'.
• avatarParticipantName?: string - The name for the avatar participant. Defaults to 'bey-avatar-agent'.
• connOptions?: APIConnectOptions - Connection options for retry logic.

Methods

start(agentSession: AgentSession, room: Room, options?: StartOptions): Promise<void>

Starts the avatar session and connects it to the room.

Options:

• livekitUrl?: string - The LiveKit server URL. Can also be set via LIVEKIT_URL environment variable.
• livekitApiKey?: string - Your LiveKit API key. Can also be set via LIVEKIT_API_KEY environment variable.
• livekitApiSecret?: string - Your LiveKit API secret. Can also be set via LIVEKIT_API_SECRET environment variable.

License

Apache 2.0