---
title: "POST /v1/Rooms/{RoomSid}/Participants/{Sid}"
method: POST
path: "/v1/Rooms/{RoomSid}/Participants/{Sid}"
tags: ["VideoV1Participant"]
---

# POST /v1/Rooms/{RoomSid}/Participants/{Sid}

`POST /v1/Rooms/{RoomSid}/Participants/{Sid}`

## Path parameters

- `RoomSid` string, required
- `Sid` string, required

## Response `202`

Accepted

- VideoV1RoomRoomParticipant
  - `sid` string, nullable — The unique string that we created to identify the RoomParticipant resource.
  - `room_sid` string, nullable — The SID of the participant's room.
  - `account_sid` string, nullable — The SID of the [Account](https://www.twilio.com/docs/iam/api/account) that created the RoomParticipant resource.
  - `status` 'connected' | 'disconnected' | 'reconnecting' — The status of the Participant. Can be: `connected` or `disconnected`.
  - `identity` string, nullable — The application-defined string that uniquely identifies the resource's User within a Room. If a client joins with an existing Identity, the existing client is disconnected. See [access tokens](https://www.twilio.com/docs/video/tutorials/user-identity-access-tokens) and [limits](https://www.twilio.com/docs/video/programmable-video-limits) for more info.
  - `date_created` string, date-time, nullable — The date and time in GMT when the resource was created specified in [ISO 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) format.
  - `date_updated` string, date-time, nullable — The date and time in GMT when the resource was last updated specified in [ISO 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) format.
  - `start_time` string, date-time, nullable — The time of participant connected to the room in [ISO 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#UTC) format.
  - `end_time` string, date-time, nullable — The time when the participant disconnected from the room in [ISO 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#UTC) format.
  - `duration` integer, nullable — The duration in seconds that the participant was `connected`. Populated only after the participant is `disconnected`.
  - `url` string, uri, nullable — The absolute URL of the resource.
  - `links` object, nullable — The URLs of related resources.

## Changes

- **2025-03-20** (v1) `ff792e538474` — 1 warning, 1 info
  - added the new `reconnecting` enum value to the `status` response property for the response status `202`
  - added the new `reconnecting` enum value to the request property `Status`
- **2025-02-20** (v1) `1b9f69e2d5d0` — 1 breaking, 1 info
  - removed the success response with the status `200`
  - added the success response with the status `202`
- **2023-08-10** (v1) `987a2e696598` — 1 info
  - api tag `VideoV1Participant` added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/twilio/apis/video-v1/changes/v1/Rooms/:RoomSid/Participants/:Sid/post.md)

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