Telnyx Numbers Curl

Telnyx Numbers - curl

Installation

# curl is pre-installed on macOS, Linux, and Windows 10+

Setup

export TELNYX_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"

All examples below use $TELNYX_API_KEY for authentication.

Error Handling

All API calls can fail with network errors, rate limits (429), validation errors (422), or authentication errors (401). Always handle errors in production code:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/available_phone_numbers"

Common error codes: 401 invalid API key, 403 insufficient permissions, 404 resource not found, 422 validation error (check field formats), 429 rate limited (retry with exponential backoff).

Important Notes

• Phone numbers must be in E.164 format (e.g., +13125550001). Include the + prefix and country code. No spaces, dashes, or parentheses.
• Pagination: List endpoints return paginated results. Use page[number] and page[size] query parameters to navigate pages. Check meta.total_pages in the response.

Reference Use Rules

Do not invent Telnyx parameters, enums, response fields, or webhook fields.

• If the parameter, enum, or response field you need is not shown inline in this skill, read references/api-details.md before writing code.
• Before using any operation in ## Additional Operations, read the optional-parameters section and the response-schemas section.

Core Tasks

Search available phone numbers

Number search is the entrypoint for provisioning. Agents need the search method, key query filters, and the fields returned for candidate numbers.

GET /available_phone_numbers

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/available_phone_numbers"

Response wrapper:

• items: .data
• pagination: .meta

Primary item fields:

• phone_number
• record_type
• quickship
• reservable
• best_effort
• cost_information

Create a number order

Number ordering is the production provisioning step after number selection.

POST /number_orders

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
      "phone_numbers": [
          {
              "phone_number": "+18005550101"
          }
      ]
  }' \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/number_orders"

Primary response fields:

• .data.id
• .data.status
• .data.phone_numbers_count
• .data.requirements_met
• .data.messaging_profile_id
• .data.connection_id

Check number order status

Order status determines whether provisioning completed or additional requirements are still blocking fulfillment.

GET /number_orders/{number_order_id}

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/number_orders/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"

Primary response fields:

• .data.id
• .data.status
• .data.requirements_met
• .data.phone_numbers_count
• .data.phone_numbers
• .data.connection_id

Important Supporting Operations

Use these when the core tasks above are close to your flow, but you need a common variation or follow-up step.

Create a number reservation

Create or provision an additional resource when the core tasks do not cover this flow.

POST /number_reservations

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
      "phone_numbers": [
          {
              "phone_number": "+18005550101"
          }
      ]
  }' \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/number_reservations"

Primary response fields:

• .data.id
• .data.status
• .data.created_at
• .data.updated_at
• .data.customer_reference
• .data.errors

Retrieve a number reservation

Fetch the current state before updating, deleting, or making control-flow decisions.

GET /number_reservations/{number_reservation_id}

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/number_reservations/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"

Primary response fields:

• .data.id
• .data.status
• .data.created_at
• .data.updated_at
• .data.customer_reference
• .data.errors

List Advanced Orders

Inspect available resources or choose an existing resource before mutating it.

GET /advanced_orders

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/advanced_orders"

Response wrapper:

• items: .data

Primary item fields:

• id
• status
• area_code
• comments
• country_code
• customer_reference

Create Advanced Order

Create or provision an additional resource when the core tasks do not cover this flow.

POST /advanced_orders

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/advanced_orders"

Primary response fields:

• .data.id
• .data.status
• .data.area_code
• .data.comments
• .data.country_code
• .data.customer_reference

Update Advanced Order

Modify an existing resource without recreating it.

PATCH /advanced_orders/{advanced-order-id}/requirement_group

curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/advanced_orders/{advanced-order-id}/requirement_group"

Primary response fields:

• .data.id
• .data.status
• .data.area_code
• .data.comments
• .data.country_code
• .data.customer_reference

Get Advanced Order

Fetch the current state before updating, deleting, or making control-flow decisions.

GET /advanced_orders/{order_id}

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/advanced_orders/{order_id}"

Primary response fields:

• .data.id
• .data.status
• .data.area_code
• .data.comments
• .data.country_code
• .data.customer_reference

List available phone number blocks

Inspect available resources or choose an existing resource before mutating it.

GET /available_phone_number_blocks

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/available_phone_number_blocks"

Response wrapper:

• items: .data
• pagination: .meta

Primary item fields:

• phone_number
• cost_information
• features
• range
• record_type
• region_information

Retrieve all comments

Inspect available resources or choose an existing resource before mutating it.

GET /comments

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/comments"

Response wrapper:

• items: .data
• pagination: .meta

Primary item fields:

• id
• body
• created_at
• updated_at
• comment_record_id
• comment_record_type

Additional Operations

Use the core tasks above first. The operations below are indexed here with exact SDK methods and required params; use references/api-details.md for full optional params, response schemas, and lower-frequency webhook payloads. Before using any operation below, read the optional-parameters section and the response-schemas section so you do not guess missing fields.

Other Webhook Events

For exhaustive optional parameters, full response schemas, and complete webhook payloads, see references/api-details.md.