Sending Commands for Programmable Voice

A Call Control command is sent with a call_control_id. The call_control_id allows a user to communicate to Telnyx the call_leg the user wants to control. It also helps Telnyx route the call to the location where the call is being managed, resulting in the lowest possible latency for Call Control interactions.

Authenticating your Call Control Command Request

Like all other Telnyx API V2 requests, you must authenticate your Call Control command requests by sending the Authorization header with a value of an API Key. You can read more about API Keys here.

Credential Type HTTP Header Format
API Key Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Example: Sending Commands With a Key + Secret

To answer the call, send a POST request to the /actions/answer endpoint as shown in the example below.

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curl -X POST \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --header "Accept: application/json" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  https://api.telnyx.com/v2/calls/428c31b6-7af4-4bcb-b7f5-5013ef9657c1/actions/answer

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Available Commands and their Expected Webhooks

Telnyx offers a broad range of commands to enable granular control of your call flows. Below are a list of those commands, and the webhooks the Telnyx Call Control platform will always send in response. When multiple webhooks are listed, you can expect to often, though not always, receive webhooks in the order provided.

Command Expected Webhooks
Answer call call.answered
Bridge call call.bridged for Leg A call.bridged for Leg B
Dial call.initiated call.answered or call.hangup call.machine.detection.ended - if answering_machine_detection was requested call.machine.greeting.ended - if answering_machine_detection was requested to detect the end of machine greeting
Forking start call.fork.started call.fork.stopped
Forking stop call.fork.stopped
Gather using audio call.playback.started call.playback.ended call.dtmf.received - you may receive many of these webhooks call.gather.ended
Gather using speak call.dtmf.received - you may receive many of these webhooks call.gather.ended
Hangup call.hangup call.recording.saved - if the call is being recorded
Play audio url call.playback.started call.playback.ended
Playback stop command call.playback.ended or call.speak.ended
Recording start no webhooks
Recording stop call.recording.saved
Reject call call.hangup
Send DTMF no webhooks
Speak text call.speak.started call.speak.ended
Transfer call call.initiated call.bridged to Leg B call.answered or call.hangup

Response when Sending Call Control Commands

When you send a Call Control Command, you will immediately receive an http response. Responses include, but are not limited to:

HTTP Status Code Message Description
200 OK The request succeeded.
403 Forbidden The request was valid, however the user is not authorized to perform this action.
404 Not Found The requested resource could not be found.
422 Invalid Parameters The request has invalid parameters or the call is no longer active.