Migrate an OpenTok project to the Vonage Video API using the dashboard transition flow
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Steps
Request a Transition Manager or use the self-serve flow in the Vonage API Dashboard to sync your existing OpenTok project into the unified dashboard
Generate a new Application ID and private key for the synced project from the Vonage Video API application settings
Update server SDK initialization to authenticate with the Application ID + private key instead of the OpenTok API key + secret (updated OpenTok server SDK packages accept both)
Update client SDKs to pass applicationId instead of apiKey when initializing sessions
Follow the per-language server SDK transition guide (Node.js/Java/Python/PHP/Ruby/.NET) for any JWT-signing code paths that referenced the old API key/secret
Only cancel the legacy OpenTok account once the Vonage-branded credentials are confirmed working end-to-end
Known gotchas
OpenTok server SDKs continue to be maintained for bug fixes with no published hard sunset date, so there's no forced-migration deadline as of current docs — plan the cutover on your own schedule
The migration only swaps the auth model (API key/secret to Application ID/private key); OpenTok and Vonage-branded client SDKs are otherwise functionally identical
Session IDs and existing recordings created under the OpenTok project carry over — you are re-authenticating against the same platform, not moving to a new one
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