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When does billing actually start?

Open arashster opened this issue 2 years ago • 3 comments

Given the SDK documentation FAQ, it mentions "Billing starts when the attendee joins the meeting and leaves the meeting"

What API call in the JS frontend does that translate to? Is it meetingSession.audioVideo.start(); ?

arashster avatar Aug 03 '23 14:08 arashster

Yes, meetingSession.audioVideo.start allows an attendee to join your Chime SDK meeting, and meetingSession.audioVideo.stop allows them to leave the meeting.

simmkyu avatar Aug 04 '23 17:08 simmkyu

Hi, so just to confirm, calling meetingSession.audioVideo.start starts billing, and calling meetingSession.audioVideo.stop will stop billing?

arashster avatar Aug 16 '23 19:08 arashster

Yes, however, it does depend on the number of attendees in a meeting. If there are additional attendees who connect to the meeting after one attendee leaves with the meetingSession.audioVideo.stop API, billing will continue.

Please review the WebRTC Media Billing & Pricing section in the Amazon Chime SDK - FAQs and the Amazon Chime SDK Pricing.

simmkyu avatar Aug 18 '23 22:08 simmkyu