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# helpdesks
steep-balloon-41261
06/01/2023, 11:58 AMThis message was deleted.
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magnificent-art-43333
06/01/2023, 2:51 PMThere is the hidden property you can set on a participant’s join token:
https://github.com/livekit/server-sdk-js/blob/7d7b2d0f459909d942d423bb1d39945afb3e04d0/src/grants.ts#L56
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high-exabyte-20673
06/01/2023, 2:52 PMBut this means that only this particular participant is invisible, right? Want I want to achieve is to hide other participants unless I’m allowed to see them.
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magnificent-art-43333
06/01/2023, 3:38 PMso I understand clearly: you need to actually hide them, in data, versus simply hiding them in the UI?
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high-exabyte-20673
06/01/2023, 3:41 PMThat’s correct, I also don’t want to allow to read chat messages (data channel) until the permission is granted.
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magnificent-art-43333
06/01/2023, 3:49 PMfrom a permissions perspective, I don’t think this is currently supported. cc @dry-elephant-14928 @polite-kilobyte-67570 for visibility
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polite-kilobyte-67570
06/01/2023, 3:53 PMthe closest we have right now for this is the permissions API https://docs.livekit.io/client-sdk-js/classes/LocalParticipant.html#setTrackSubscriptionPermissions
this does not cover data messages however.
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high-exabyte-20673
06/01/2023, 3:58 PMI just wondered whether that’s possible in LiveKit directly. So probably the only way to achieve that I want is to not allow my participant to connect to the room (don’t give him JWT).
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dry-elephant-14928
06/01/2023, 5:02 PMYeah, I think not allowing them to connect would be the path forward today.
I am curious though, what is your use case here? Are you trying to allow the participant to connect as a publish-only participant?
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high-exabyte-20673
06/01/2023, 5:27 PM@dry-elephant-14928 I want to let people into the room only when I’m ready to talk to them. But I want to know that they are waiting.
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dry-elephant-14928
06/01/2023, 5:34 PMah got it. so you are thinking of updating their permissions afterwards?
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high-exabyte-20673
06/01/2023, 5:34 PMYes
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dry-elephant-14928
06/01/2023, 5:34 PMis it an issue if they could see the other participants.. but are not able to subscribe to their tracks?
dry-elephant-14928
06/01/2023, 5:35 PMI think it's not uncommon for meeting apps to show you who's already in the meeting on the waiting page
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high-exabyte-20673
06/01/2023, 5:36 PMThat’s exactly the issue. There may be people that I don’t want to allow to see others until the others left.