Build a compact call

A private call between two people, or a handful: camera, microphone, screen share, leave and end. It is the quickest way to put calling in your product, and every other product guide here starts from it.

1 request

from your server creates the room

9 SDKs

have a complete, runnable compact-call tutorial

0 installs

to join through the room link in a browser

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How it fits together

1. CallerTaps CallIn your web, mobile or desktop app.
2. Your serverCreates the roomAfter signing the person in. Your API key stays here.
3. MediaSFUCarries the callAudio, video and screen share between everyone in the room.
4. Both peopleTalk, then leaveLeave drops one person. End closes the call for all.

What MediaSFU handles

You need	MediaSFU gives you	Read
A join screen, video tiles and call controls	The supplied room UI in every SDK, or your own UI on the same engine	Choose a UI level
Camera, microphone and screen share	Device controls and remote media rendering	Devices by SDK
Leave for one person, end for everyone	Separate Leave and End actions, with End for the host only	Leave, end and rejoin
Calls that survive a network drop	Reconnect and media recovery	Recovery by SDK
Phone callers in the same call	SIP dial-in on the room	Rooms API

Set it up

1. Create the room from your server. A two-person call needs a capacity of 2:

   curl -X POST https://mediasfu.com/v1/rooms \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $MEDIASFU_API_USERNAME:$MEDIASFU_API_KEY" \
     -d '{"action":"create","userName":"host","duration":30,"capacity":2,"eventType":"conference"}'

   The response carries roomName, meetingID and publicURL.

2. Send only those room details to your app. The API key never leaves your server; Secure backend has a complete Node route for this.

3. Join from your app with your SDK (below), or open publicURL in a browser tab or iframe when you don't need an SDK at all.

Build it in your SDK

• ReactJSComplete tutorial
• AngularComplete tutorial
• VueComplete tutorial
• React NativeComplete tutorial
• ExpoComplete tutorial
• FlutterComplete tutorial
• AndroidComplete tutorial
• Kotlin MultiplatformStart from the SDK starter
• Swift / AppleStart from the SDK starter
• UnityComplete tutorial
• Shared coreComplete tutorial

Check it works

• Join from two browser profiles or devices. Both people appear in the participant list.
• Turn on camera and microphone on one side and confirm the other side sees and hears it. Share a screen, then stop it.
• Leave from one side: the other person stays. End as the host: both see the call finish.

Go further

• Make it look like your app: restyle or replace parts of the room.
• Add AI notes and translation to your calls.
• Turn it into a support line with AI agents and a phone number.