# Build a Video API with Twilio Programmable Video, Node.js, TypeScript, and Express

DevFeed: [Build a Video API with Twilio Programmable Video, Node.js, TypeScript, and Express](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/build-a-video-api-with-twilio-programmable-video-node-js-typescript-and-express-16098.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.twilio.com/en-us/blog/developers/tutorials/product/build-api-twilio-programmable-video-node-js-typescript-express>)

Author: Mia Adjei

Published: 2026-08-31T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Twilio Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/twilio-blog.md>)

Topics: [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Node.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/node-js.md>), [Express](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/express.md>), [TypeScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/typescript.md>), [SDKs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdks.md>)

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## AI overview

A tutorial showing how to build an API that creates and manages video rooms programmatically using Twilio Programmable Video, Node.js, TypeScript, and Express.

## Source excerpt

Learn how to create and manage video chat rooms programmatically using Twilio Programmable Video and Node.js.