meet-bot - Google meet bot

A puppeteer script to automatically join a google meet room from an unattended linux computer. Settings like mic mute and layout can be controlled by typing commands in the built in meet chat.

Features

• Logs in automatically
• Restarts if the meeting crashes
• Logs back in if the session expires
• Change layout, pin users, mute/unmute mic/video using chat commands
• Automatically pick layout on start

Screencast

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUk6jNOl1oE

Requirements

• linux
• google chrome
• node.js

Setup

Account

1. Create or choose a google account for your bot
2. Set language to english: https://myaccount.google.com/language

Meeting

If your bot account isn't part of your organization you will need to create a calendar event with the following options to grant access to the meet room:

• Start date: Now
• End date: Far into the future
• Video conferencing: Add and do not change the generated meeting code
• Guests: Your bot account

Usage

Running (without installing)

npx meet-bot -e [email protected] -p password -m abc-asdf-qwe

Running (installed)

npm install -g meet-bot
meet-bot -e [email protected] -p password -m abc-asdf-qwe

Help

npx meet-bot --help
man meet-bot # If installed

Environment variables

Command line options can be replaced with environment variables prefixed with MEET_BOT_:

env MEET_BOT_PASSWORD=hunter2 npx meet-bot -e [email protected] -m abc-asdf-qwe

Chat commands

/pin

Pin a participant to the main screen.

Example: /pin 0 - pin the first participant

/unpin

Unpin pinned participant

/restart

Restarts chrome

/help

Get a list of commands

/mic

Toogle mic on or off

Example: /mic

/cam

Toggle camera on or off

Example: /cam

/layout

Set the layout to auto, sidebar, spotlight or tiled.

Example: /layout spotlight - Change layout to spotlight

TODO

• Switch camera / mic device command
• Repeat latest chat messages command
• "Ask to join" (without google account)