From 465403f8cb8d799c01c9e51c3670a05a69bb8e92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CSantosM <4a.santos@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:31:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ov-components: Added getParticipantByIdentity to
 participantService

---
 .../lib/services/participant/participant.service.ts | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/openvidu-components-angular/projects/openvidu-components-angular/src/lib/services/participant/participant.service.ts b/openvidu-components-angular/projects/openvidu-components-angular/src/lib/services/participant/participant.service.ts
index c819767e8..fbf2aa442 100644
--- a/openvidu-components-angular/projects/openvidu-components-angular/src/lib/services/participant/participant.service.ts
+++ b/openvidu-components-angular/projects/openvidu-components-angular/src/lib/services/participant/participant.service.ts
@@ -460,6 +460,19 @@ export class ParticipantService {
 		}
 	}
 
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the participant with the given identity.
+	 * @param identity
+	 * @returns
+	 */
+	getParticipantByIdentity(identity: string): ParticipantModel | undefined {
+		if (this.localParticipant?.identity === identity) {
+			return this.localParticipant;
+		}
+		return this.remoteParticipants.find((p) => p.identity === identity);
+	}
+
 	/* ------------------------------ Remote Participants ------------------------------ */
 
 	/**