Telesign

Telesign Voice API

The Voice API from Telesign — 1 operation(s) for voice.

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Operations 1

POST /voice Send an action #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Telesign Voice API
  version: '2.0'
  contact:
    name: Telesign Customer Support Team
    email: support@telesign.com
  description: 'Operations tagged Voice across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: telesign-engage-api-voice-openapi.json, telesign-engage-api-voice-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://rest-ww.telesign.com/v2
security:
- Basic: []
tags:
- name: Voice
paths:
  /voice:
    post:
      summary: Send an action
      operationId: sendVoiceAction
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/resVoice200'
        '202':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/resVoice202'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/resVoice400'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/resVoice401'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/resVoice429'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Action'
            examples:
              Example:
                value:
                  method: dial
                  params:
                    to: '15555551212'
                    caller_id_number: '15554441313'
                    send_dtmf: '6458'
                    external_id: 4142b474-d65d-4265-a5fa-a581b1fe6101
                    is_primary: true
      description: 'Send an action to Telesign Voice. For more details on the object structure of each specific action type, see the *Voice - Actions* page.


        ## General requirements

        * **Authentication:** Basic (easiest to implement) or Digest

        * **Protocols:** HTTPS

        * **Encoding:** Accepts only **UTF-8 unicode** characters as inputs.

        * **Accepts:** `application/json` (use JSON-RPC format)

        * **Responds with:** `application/json`

        * **Required headers:** `Content-Type - application/json`

        * **Rate limit:** Default rate limits by product'
      tags:
      - Voice
    servers:
    - url: https://rest-ww.telesign.com/v2
components:
  schemas:
    VoiceStatus:
      title: VoiceStatus
      type: object
      properties:
        reference_id:
          type: string
          description: A Telesign ID that uniquely identifies this Voice session.
          example: 0123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF
        status:
          type: string
          description: The current state of the session, after processing the action from your request.
    Action:
      title: Action
      type: object
      properties:
        method:
          type: string
          description: The type of the action included in this request.
          example: dial
        params:
          type: object
          description: Contains sub-properties associated with this action type. For more details on the object structure of each specific action type, see the *[Voice - Actions](/enterprise/reference/voice-actions)* page.
  responses:
    resVoice200:
      description: 'The request was successfully processed, but the service could not complete the action.


        |Error string | Description|

        |--|--|

        | `premium_to_number_rejected` | Phone number (`to`) in the request has the unsupported number type \"premium\". Action rejected. |

        | `to_number_blocked_by_country` | Phone number (`to`) in the request is blocked based on its country of origin. Blocked countries can be specified either by you in the customer portal, or by Telesign. Action rejected. |

        | `to_number_blocked_by_customer` | Phone number (`to`) in the request is on the blocked list in the customer portal. Action rejected.|

        | `to_number_blocked_by_telesign` | Phone number (`to`) in the request is blocked by Telesign for all requests. Action rejected. |'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            allOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/VoiceStatus'
            - type: object
              properties:
                status:
                  type: string
                  example: premium_to_number_rejected
          examples:
            Example:
              value:
                reference_id: 0123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF
                status: premium_to_number_rejected
    resVoice429:
      description: '|Error string|Description|

        |--|--|

        | `rate_limit_exceeded` | Account has exceeded rate limit for either outbound or inbound requests. Action rejected. |'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            allOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/VoiceStatus'
            - type: object
              properties:
                status:
                  type: string
                  example: rate_limit_exceeded
          examples:
            Example 1:
              value:
                reference_id: 0123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF
                status: rate_limit_exceeded
    resVoice400:
      description: '|Error string|Description|

        |--|--|

        | `caller_id_number_not_owned` | Virtual number (`caller_id_number`) in the request is not owned by you. Action rejected. |

        | `caller_id_number_not_provided` | Request does not include a virtual number (`caller_id_number`). Action rejected. |

        | `invalid_phone_number` | Phone number (`to`) in the request is invalid. Action rejected. |

        | `to_number_not_provided` | Request does not include a phone number (`to`). Action rejected. |

        | `unsupported_call_state` | Action in the request is not supported for current call state, or not supported at all for this event. Action rejected. | '
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            allOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/VoiceStatus'
            - type: object
              properties:
                status:
                  type: string
                  example: caller_id_number_not_owned
          examples:
            Example:
              value:
                reference_id: 0123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF
                status: caller_id_number_not_owned
    resVoice401:
      description: '|Error string|Description|

        |--|--|

        | `credentials_not_provided` | Customer ID and/or API key missing from the authorization header of the request. Action rejected.|

        | `not_authorized` | Could not authenticate with the Customer ID and API key in the authorization header of the request. Action rejected. |'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            allOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/VoiceStatus'
            - type: object
              properties:
                status:
                  type: string
                  example: credentials_not_provided
          examples:
            Example:
              value:
                reference_id: 0123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF
                status: credentials_not_provided
    resVoice202:
      description: '**Success.** The request was successfully processed and the action was successfully taken.


        Status string|Description

        --|--

        `dial_accepted`|The dial action was completed successfully and the end user answered the call.'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            allOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/VoiceStatus'
            - type: object
              properties:
                status:
                  type: string
                  example: dial_accepted
                external_id:
                  type: string
                  example: 4142b474-d65d-4265-a5fa-a581b1fe6101
                  description: An identifier generated by you and included in this request. If you did not include an external ID in the request, this property is not included.
          examples:
            Example:
              value:
                reference_id: 0123456789ABCDEF0123456789ABCDEF
                status: dial_accepted
                external_id: 4142b474-d65d-4265-a5fa-a581b1fe6101
  securitySchemes:
    Basic:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
x-refined-from:
- telesign-engage-api-voice-openapi.json
- telesign-engage-api-voice-openapi.yml
x-readme:
  explorer-enabled: true
  proxy-enabled: true
  samples-enabled: true