Mirotalk SFU remote room control

[pdurante1981]

Looking at the existing API endpoints for Mirotalk SFU I didn't see a way in which we could remotely end meetings. We were looking to build a video conferencing app that has billable minutes. We needed a way in which to remotely end a call if a person has used all minutes for their call. Unless I should be using some other Mirotalk product? Let me know. Thanks!

[nebulon]

This is probably a question for the mirotalk upstream project. @mirotalk is sometimes around here in the forum, so maybe he sees this. I guess since you try to build a business on top of mirotalk, might be worth making contact there to see if this is somehow impacted by the license of mirotalk.

[MiroTalk]

Hi @pdurante1981

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Regarding call duration, this is supported in both MiroTalk SFU and MiroTalk P2P.

There are two ways to control room duration:

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1️⃣ Create a room with a duration (via URL)

• SFU: https://sfu.mirotalk.com/customizeRoom
• P2P: https://p2p.mirotalk.com/customizeRoom

Pass the duration parameter in HH:MM:SS format (e.g. 00:30:00).

Docs:

• SFU Join Room API: https://docs.mirotalk.com/mirotalk-sfu/join-room/
• P2P Join Room API: https://docs.mirotalk.com/mirotalk-p2p/join-room/

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2️⃣ Set duration via API (recommended for billing systems)

Include:

duration=HH:MM:SS

Example: 00:30:00

Direct Join API:

• SFU: https://docs.mirotalk.com/mirotalk-sfu/api/#direct-join-entry-point
• P2P: https://docs.mirotalk.com/mirotalk-p2p/api/#direct-join-entry-point

When the timer expires, the room closes automatically.

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Also check Moderation settings

In the room settings → Moderation, there is an option:

When presenter leaves the room → disconnect all participants

You can end the meeting for everyone that way as well.

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At the moment there isn’t a dedicated endpoint to forcibly close a specific room on demand, but that makes sense for billing use cases, I’ll add it to the roadmap

[MiroTalk]

Great news @pdurante1981 @nebulon

The Meeting END API has been implemented in MiroTalk SFU v2.1.20.

This allows you to remotely terminate an active meeting by room name, perfect for billable minutes or subscription-based systems.

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New Endpoint

DELETE /api/v1/meeting/:room

What it does:

• Disconnects all connected peers
• Optionally redirects them to a custom URL
• Disables the “beforeunload” confirmation popup when ended via API
• Protected via API secret key
• Fully documented in Swagger
• Includes example scripts (JS, Shell, Python, PHP)
• Covered by unit tests

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Enable the Feature

In your env file:

API_KEY_SECRET=mirotalksfu_default_secret
API_ALLOW_MEETING_END=true

By default, this endpoint is disabled for security reasons.

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Quick Examples

End meeting (peers return to home page)

curl -X DELETE http://localhost:3010/api/v1/meeting/test \
  -H "authorization: mirotalksfu_default_secret" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"

End meeting with custom redirect

curl -X DELETE http://localhost:3010/api/v1/meeting/test \
  -H "authorization: mirotalksfu_default_secret" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"redirect": "https://docs.mirotalk.com/about"}'

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Documentation

Full API reference:
https://docs.mirotalk.com/mirotalk-sfu/api/#meeting-end-entry-point

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This should now fully cover your use case for remotely ending meetings when user minutes expire

[pdurante1981]

Awesome! Thanks for the quick reply and implementation!