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Create a conference

POST 
/conferences

Creates a conference on demand from an existing call leg using a call_control_id and a conference name. Upon creating the conference, the call will be automatically bridged to the conference. Conferences will expire after all participants have left the conference or after 4 hours regardless of the number of active participants.

Request ​

Body

required

    call_control_id stringrequired

    Unique identifier and token for controlling the call

    name stringrequired

    Name of the conference

    beep_enabled string

    Possible values: [always, never, on_enter, on_exit]

    Default value: never

    Whether a beep sound should be played to existing participants when another participant joins and/or leaves the conference. Defaults to "never".

    client_state string

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

    comfort_noise boolean

    Default value: true

    Toggle background comfort noise.

    command_id string

    Use this field to avoid duplicate commands. Telnyx will ignore commands with the same "command_id".

    duration_minutes integer

    Time length (minutes) after which the conference will end.

    hold_audio_url string

    The URL to an audio file to be played to participants joining the conference. Takes effect only when "start_conference_on_create" is set to "false".

    start_conference_on_create boolean

    Whether the conference should be started on creation. If the conference isn't started all participants that join are automatically put on hold. Defaults to "true".

Responses ​

200: Successful response

Schema

    data

    id stringrequired

    Unique identifier of the conference

    name stringrequired

    Name of the conference

    created_at stringrequired

    ISO 8601 formatted date of when the conference was created

    expires_at stringrequired

    ISO 8601 formatted date of when the conference will expire

401: Unauthorized

422: Unprocessable entity. Can be caused by improper use of filters or nodes.

Request samples

curl -L 'https://api.telnyx.com/conferences' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \
-d '{
  "call_control_id": "AgDIxmoRX6QMuaIj_uXRXnPAXP0QlNfXczRrZvZakpWxBlpw48KyZQ==",
  "name": "Business",
  "beep_enabled": "on_exit",
  "client_state": "aGF2ZSBhIG5pY2UgZGF5ID1d",
  "comfort_noise": false,
  "command_id": "891510ac-f3e4-11e8-af5b-de00688a4901",
  "duration_minutes": 5,
  "hold_audio_url": "http://www.example.com/audio.wav",
  "start_conference_on_create": false
}'

Response samples

{
  "data": {
    "id": "string",
    "name": "string",
    "created_at": "string",
    "expires_at": "string"
  }
}