# Overview

The Comms Gatekeeper API is a comprehensive service that manages communications, voice chats, scene administration, and streaming access for the Decentraland metaverse. It provides the infrastructure for real-time voice communication, scene management, user moderation, and content streaming capabilities.

#### Core Features

**Scene Management**

* Scene adapter connection for LiveKit voice chat rooms
* Scene administration (add/remove admins)
* Scene banning system for user moderation

**Streaming Access**

* Live streaming key management for scene content creators
* RTMP streaming URL and key generation
* Streaming access lifecycle management

**Voice Communication**

* Private voice chat sessions between users
* Community voice chat with speaker management
* Request-to-speak functionality for moderated discussions
* Real-time participant management

**User Management**

* Private messages token generation
* Privacy settings management
* User ban management per scene
* Scene access control

**Platform Moderation**

* Platform-level (global) user bans enforced at token issuance time
* Timed or permanent bans with optional custom player-facing messages
* Moderator-only ban listing and lift operations
* User warnings system for graduated enforcement
* World-scoped ban status check for service-to-service use

#### Authentication

The API supports three authentication methods:

* **Signed Fetch (Scene)**: Used for scene-based requests from `decentraland-kernel-scene`
* **Signed Fetch (Explorer)**: Used for explorer-based requests from `dcl:explorer`
* **Bearer Token**: Used for service-to-service communication

Most endpoints require Signed Fetch authentication with a complete identity header chain including scene metadata (sceneId, parcel, realmName).

#### Base URLs

* Production: `https://comms-gatekeeper.decentraland.org`
* Development: `https://comms-gatekeeper.decentraland.zone`