Stop Playing Audio to a Member

Stop audio playback that is currently playing to conference members.

This API allows you to stop audio that is currently being played to one or more members of a conference. This is useful for interrupting audio playback before it completes naturally.

Authentication Required:

  • X-Auth-ID: Your account ID (e.g., {Auth_ID})
  • X-Auth-Token: Your account Auth Token
  • Content-Type: application/json

Note: If no audio is currently playing to the specified member(s), this call will have no effect but will still return success.

HTTP Request

DELETE/api/v1/account/{auth_id}/conference/{conference_name}/member/{member_id}/play/

The member_id can be: a specific member_id, comma-separated list, or "all" to stop audio for all members.

Request Body

JSON
{}

No request body parameters required. Send an empty JSON object.

Response

Response - 204 No Content
{
  "message": "play stopped",
  "member_id": ["10"],
  "api_id": "8b6fa2b8-58c4-11e1-86da-adf28403fe48"
}

Examples

Stop Audio for Specific Member

cURL Request
curl -X DELETE https://api.vobiz.ai/api/v1/Account/{auth_id}/Conference/MyConf/Member/10/Play/ \
                  -H "X-Auth-ID: YOUR_AUTH_ID" \
                  -H "X-Auth-Token: YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN"

Stop Audio for Multiple Members

cURL Request
curl -X DELETE https://api.vobiz.ai/api/v1/Account/{auth_id}/Conference/MyConf/Member/10,15,22/Play/ \
                  -H "X-Auth-ID: YOUR_AUTH_ID" \
                  -H "X-Auth-Token: YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN"

Stop Audio for All Members

cURL Request
curl -X DELETE https://api.vobiz.ai/api/v1/Account/{auth_id}/Conference/MyConf/Member/all/Play/ \
                  -H "X-Auth-ID: YOUR_AUTH_ID" \
                  -H "X-Auth-Token: YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN"

Common Use Cases:

  • • Stop hold music when participant becomes active
  • • Interrupt announcements for urgent updates
  • • Cancel audio playback when member presses DTMF key
  • • Stop broadcast messages early