Dial-In
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The Dial-in option allows meeting participants to join via a phonecall. This is particularly useful if they have internet issues, are traveling, or cannot use video for other reasons.
You can configure the dial-in feature for individual rooms. Use the request to create the new room. During the creation request, add the following fields to the request’s body:
Multiple fields can be specified in the same request, including things like
Example response:
List of Dial-in phone numbers from different countries that participants can call to join the meeting
Dial-in access code
The above request will work for both a specific meetingId
, or all active meetings. The response will be an array of meetings and the meetings will have the Dial-in details, but only if they were created with Dial-in enabled.
The phone number and room code can be combined and presented as a link on your website or HTML email, allowing users to 'click' the link and dial into the room without having to manually enter the code.
<a href="tel:111-867-5309,1234567890">Click here</a>
Participant’s phone number
Participant’s date and time of joining
Participant’s date and time of leaving the room
The Dial-in feature currently provides voice messages to participants in English only.
To obtain the dial-in details and access codes for a specific meeting, use the meetingId
and send a with ?fields=dialIn
as a query param. The details are provided in a text response in JSON format, and include:
To do so, create an element with the href
set to "tel:<phone number>,<room code>"
like so:
Here's how that renders on this website:
Webhook events can be used to track dial-in participants. When a dialed-in participant joins or leaves the meeting, Whereby sends a event with details:
The Dial-in feature is not compatible with our feature.