# Read a room

Get the room's metadata, status and capacity.

## Requirements

A secret API key with `rooms:read`. Resources are restricted to the key's project and environment.

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required / default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| roomId | string | Required | ID of a room in the key's environment. |

## Example

Set `RELAYRTC_API_URL` to your API base including `/v1`, such as `http://localhost:8082/v1`.

```bash
curl -X GET "$RELAYRTC_API_URL/rooms/room_example" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RELAYRTC_SECRET_KEY"
```

## Response

`200` with a [room object](/reference/api/v1/schemas/room).

```json
{
  "id": "room_example",
  "projectId": "project_example",
  "environmentId": "environment_example",
  "name": "Team call",
  "metadata": {},
  "status": "created",
  "maxParticipants": 100,
  "createdAt": "2026-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
  "startedAt": null,
  "endedAt": null
}
```

## Errors

Invalid fields return `400`. Invalid credentials return `401`; a missing scope returns `403`. A missing resource returns `404`. See [error responses](/reference/api/v1/errors).