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Pause - Amazon Chime SDK

Pause a call for a specified time.

{
    "Type": "Pause",
    "Parameters": {
        "CallId": "call-id-1",
        "ParticipantTag": "LEG-A",
        "DurationInMilliseconds": "3000"
    }
}
CallId

Description – CallId of participant in the CallDetails of the AWS Lambda function invocation

Allowed values – A valid call ID

Required – No

Default value – None

ParticipantTag

Description – ParticipantTag of one of the connected participants in the CallDetails

Allowed values – LEG-A or LEG-B

Required – No

Default value – ParticipantTag of the invoked callLeg Ignored if you specify CallId

DurationInMilliseconds

Description – Duration of the pause, in milliseconds

Allowed values – An integer >0

Required – Yes

Default value – None

See working examples on GitHub:

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