need kickUser call in API

[bigbluebutton-issue-import]

Originally reported on Google Code with ID 521

need to be able to kick a specific user from a conference through the API

it should take the following parameters:
meetingID
password (which must be the moderator password)
userID

this will be dependent on issue #393 being finished - because you should be 
able to specify the userID in the join call.  this userID is what you would 
then use to kick the user

Reported by jeremythomerson on 2010-05-08 02:48:25

• Blocked on: replace deprecated escape() with encodeURIComponent() #393

[bigbluebutton-issue-import]

also see issue #327 - this issue was broken out of that one

Reported by jeremythomerson on 2010-05-08 02:49:39

[bigbluebutton-issue-import]

Yes, I think the moderator needs to be able to kick a user and/or their webcam just
like you can with a voice participant. Why voice but not the others?

Reported by mrmook on 2010-07-06 08:46:48

[bigbluebutton-issue-import]

In 0.71, there's a new ability for the moderator to kick the participant by clicking
a button in the Viewers Window - similar to the way kicking Listeners is done.

The way it's being done is a bit of a hack though - the Moderator politely asks the
client of the Viewer to log out of the conference. However, if this feature is implemented,
I could refactor the new kicking feature to use the API call instead.

Reported by Me.Snap on 2010-09-29 02:27:29

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Reported by eu.tdj.cc on 2013-10-29 14:59:41

• No longer blocked on: replace deprecated escape() with encodeURIComponent() #393

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Is this issue going to be implemented now?
I also think it would be a very important API feature, e.g. for maintenance works.

Reported by Melanie.Treitinger on 2013-11-04 16:10:09

[bigbluebutton-issue-import]

Hi Melanie,

To understand how we prioritize features requests for each release, see

   https://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/FAQ#When_will_feature_X_be_implemented

Reported by ffdixon on 2013-11-04 20:05:10

[bigbluebutton-issue-import]

Hi Fred, thank you, I have read the wiki article about implementing features. As I have
seen, this feature is not on the road map.

I posted my question because I have seen that the ownership of this issue changed just
a couple of days ago (the issue was created 3 years ago) - so I thought this might
mean that it will be implemented... 

Reported by Melanie.Treitinger on 2013-11-05 13:00:07

[bigbluebutton-issue-import]

I'll be working on that, will report when done in this issue.

Reported by eu.tdj.cc on 2013-11-05 18:23:34

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Reported by ffdixon on 2014-01-09 17:43:42

• Labels added: Milestone-Release0.9.0

[bigbluebutton-issue-import]

Hi Fred, is this feature implemented now? Is there a patch available?

Reported by Melanie.Treitinger on 2014-01-10 08:51:30

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This feature is not implemented yet.  To receive e-mail updates on this feature and
when it's implemented, make sure you've stared.

Reported by ffdixon on 2014-01-21 08:10:20

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Reported by ritzalam on 2014-06-26 19:28:22

• Labels removed: Milestone-Release0.9.0

[WojciechRhdt]

Any news on this feature? I think it would be a very nice API feature for administration.

[Magnusemail]

Curious as to if this ever made it into road-map, seems useful function

[CeloGomesBR]

I need it too, so much... :(

[matiasilva]

Hi @marcelorgomes . Currently, you can ban and remove a user from the conference in the HTML5 client. Is this not sufficient for your purpose?

[CeloGomesBR]

Hi Matia... no, I need it from API, because we have rules that need to kick de user from conference....

[afsharsafavi]

Hi
I think kicking a user through API is an essential feature.
Sometimes users join into meeting from different places/devices and without the ability to control it by kicking the last session, we can't handle it.

[b-sass99]

looking forward to this feature

[mkoursh]

As @afsharsafavi mentioned, kicking a user through API is essential and crucial !!!!

[soheb-somani]

I am also looking forward to this feature. We desperately need it.