Streaming start

POST 
/calls/:call_control_id/actions/streaming_start

Start streaming the media from a call to a specific WebSocket address or Dialogflow connection in near-realtime. Audio will be delivered as base64-encoded RTP payload (raw audio), wrapped in JSON payloads.

Please find more details about media streaming messages specification under the link.

Path Parameters

call_control_id stringrequired

Unique identifier and token for controlling the call

application/json

Body

required

Start streaming media request

stream_url string

The destination WebSocket address where the stream is going to be delivered.

stream_track string

Possible values: [inbound_track, outbound_track, both_tracks]

Default value: inbound_track

Specifies which track should be streamed.

stream_bidirectional_mode Bidirectional Stream Mode (string)

Possible values: [mp3, rtp]

Default value: mp3

Configures method of bidirectional streaming (mp3, rtp).

stream_bidirectional_codec Bidirectional Stream Codec (string)

Possible values: [PCMU, PCMA, G722, OPUS, AMR-WB]

Default value: PCMU

Indicates codec for bidirectional streaming RTP payloads. Used only with stream_bidirectional_mode=rtp. Case sensitive.

stream_bidirectional_target_legs Bidirectional Stream Target Legs (string)

Possible values: [both, self, opposite]

Default value: opposite

Specifies which call legs should receive the bidirectional stream audio.

enable_dialogflow boolean

Enables Dialogflow for the current call. The default value is false.

dialogflow_config

object

analyze_sentiment boolean

Enable sentiment analysis from Dialogflow.

partial_automated_agent_reply boolean

Enable partial automated agent reply from Dialogflow.

client_state string

Use this field to add state to every subsequent webhook. It must be a valid Base-64 encoded string.

command_id string

Use this field to avoid duplicate commands. Telnyx will ignore any command with the same command_id for the same call_control_id.

200: Successful response upon making a call control command.

application/json

• Schema
• Example (from schema)

Schema

data

object

result string

{
  "data": {
    "result": "ok"
  }
}

default: Unexpected error

application/json

• Schema
• Example (from schema)

Schema

errors

Error[]

Array [

code integerrequired

title stringrequired

detail string

source

object

pointer json-pointer

JSON pointer (RFC6901) to the offending entity.

parameter string

Indicates which query parameter caused the error.

meta object

]

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "string",
      "title": "string",
      "detail": "string",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "string",
        "parameter": "string"
      },
      "meta": {}
    }
  ]
}

Request samples

• cURL

---

curl -L 'https://api.telnyx.com/v2/calls/:call_control_id/actions/streaming_start' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <TOKEN>' \
-d '{
  "stream_url": "wss://www.example.com/websocket",
  "stream_track": "both_tracks",
  "client_state": "aGF2ZSBhIG5pY2UgZGF5ID1d",
  "command_id": "891510ac-f3e4-11e8-af5b-de00688a4901",
  "enable_dialogflow": false,
  "dialogflow_config": {
    "analyze_sentiment": false,
    "partial_automated_agent_reply": false
  }
}'

Response samples

• 200
• default

---

{
  "data": {
    "result": "ok"
  }
}

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "string",
      "title": "string",
      "detail": "string",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "string",
        "parameter": "string"
      },
      "meta": {}
    }
  ]
}