Telnyx Voice Conferencing Curl

Telnyx Voice Conferencing - 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:

# Check HTTP status code in response
response=$(curl -s -w "\n%{http_code}" \
  -X POST "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/messages" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"to": "+13125550001", "from": "+13125550002", "text": "Hello"}')

http_code=$(echo "$response" | tail -1)
body=$(echo "$response" | sed '$d')

case $http_code in
  2*) echo "Success: $body" ;;
  422) echo "Validation error — check required fields and formats" ;;
  429) echo "Rate limited — retry after delay"; sleep 1 ;;
  401) echo "Authentication failed — check TELNYX_API_KEY" ;;
  *)   echo "Error $http_code: $body" ;;
esac

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

• Pagination: List endpoints return paginated results. Use page[number] and page[size] query parameters to navigate pages. Check meta.total_pages in the response.

Enqueue call

Put the call in a queue.

POST /calls/{call_control_id}/actions/enqueue — Required: queue_name

Optional: client_state (string), command_id (string), keep_after_hangup (boolean), max_size (integer), max_wait_time_secs (integer)

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "queue_name": "tier_1_support"
}' \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/calls/v3:550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000_gRU1OGRkYQ/actions/enqueue"

Returns: result (string)

Remove call from a queue

Removes the call from a queue.

POST /calls/{call_control_id}/actions/leave_queue

Optional: client_state (string), command_id (string)

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/calls/v3:550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000_gRU1OGRkYQ/actions/leave_queue"

Returns: result (string)

List conferences

Lists conferences. Conferences are created on demand, and will expire after all participants have left the conference or after 4 hours regardless of the number of active participants. Conferences are listed in descending order by expires_at.

GET /conferences

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

Returns: connection_id (string), created_at (string), end_reason (enum: all_left, ended_via_api, host_left, time_exceeded), ended_by (object), expires_at (string), id (string), name (string), record_type (enum: conference), region (string), status (enum: init, in_progress, completed), updated_at (string)

Create conference

Create a conference 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.

POST /conferences — Required: call_control_id, name

Optional: beep_enabled (enum: always, never, on_enter, on_exit), client_state (string), comfort_noise (boolean), command_id (string), duration_minutes (integer), hold_audio_url (string), hold_media_name (string), max_participants (integer), region (enum: Australia, Europe, Middle East, US), start_conference_on_create (boolean)

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "call_control_id": "v2:T02llQxIyaRkhfRKxgAP8nY511EhFLizdvdUKJiSw8d6A9BborherQczRrZvZakpWxBlpw48KyZQ==",
  "name": "Business"
}' \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/conferences"

Returns: connection_id (string), created_at (string), end_reason (enum: all_left, ended_via_api, host_left, time_exceeded), ended_by (object), expires_at (string), id (string), name (string), record_type (enum: conference), region (string), status (enum: init, in_progress, completed), updated_at (string)

List conference participants

Lists conference participants

GET /conferences/{conference_id}/participants

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

Returns: call_control_id (string), call_leg_id (string), conference (object), created_at (string), end_conference_on_exit (boolean), id (string), muted (boolean), on_hold (boolean), record_type (enum: participant), soft_end_conference_on_exit (boolean), status (enum: joining, joined, left), updated_at (string), whisper_call_control_ids (array[string])

Retrieve a conference

Retrieve an existing conference

GET /conferences/{id}

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

Returns: connection_id (string), created_at (string), end_reason (enum: all_left, ended_via_api, host_left, time_exceeded), ended_by (object), expires_at (string), id (string), name (string), record_type (enum: conference), region (string), status (enum: init, in_progress, completed), updated_at (string)

End a conference

End a conference and terminate all active participants.

POST /conferences/{id}/actions/end

Optional: command_id (string)

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/conferences/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/actions/end"

Returns: result (string)

Gather DTMF using audio prompt in a conference

Play an audio file to a specific conference participant and gather DTMF input.

POST /conferences/{id}/actions/gather_using_audio — Required: call_control_id

Optional: audio_url (string), client_state (string), gather_id (string), initial_timeout_millis (integer), inter_digit_timeout_millis (integer), invalid_audio_url (string), invalid_media_name (string), maximum_digits (integer), maximum_tries (integer), media_name (string), minimum_digits (integer), stop_playback_on_dtmf (boolean), terminating_digit (string), timeout_millis (integer), valid_digits (string)

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "call_control_id": "v3:MdI91X4lWFEs7IgbBEOT9M4AigoY08M0WWZFISt1Yw2axZ_IiE4pqg"
}' \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/conferences/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/actions/gather_using_audio"

Returns: result (string)

Hold conference participants

Hold a list of participants in a conference call

POST /conferences/{id}/actions/hold

Optional: audio_url (string), call_control_ids (array[string]), media_name (string), region (enum: Australia, Europe, Middle East, US)

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/conferences/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/actions/hold"

Returns: result (string)

Join a conference

Join an existing call leg to a conference. Issue the Join Conference command with the conference ID in the path and the call_control_id of the leg you wish to join to the conference as an attribute. The conference can have up to a certain amount of active participants, as set by the max_participants parameter in conference creation request.

POST /conferences/{id}/actions/join — Required: call_control_id

Optional: beep_enabled (enum: always, never, on_enter, on_exit), client_state (string), command_id (string), end_conference_on_exit (boolean), hold (boolean), hold_audio_url (string), hold_media_name (string), mute (boolean), region (enum: Australia, Europe, Middle East, US), soft_end_conference_on_exit (boolean), start_conference_on_enter (boolean), supervisor_role (enum: barge, monitor, none, whisper), whisper_call_control_ids (array[string])

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "call_control_id": "v2:T02llQxIyaRkhfRKxgAP8nY511EhFLizdvdUKJiSw8d6A9BborherQczRrZvZakpWxBlpw48KyZQ=="
}' \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/conferences/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/actions/join"

Returns: result (string)

Leave a conference

Removes a call leg from a conference and moves it back to parked state. Expected Webhooks:

• conference.participant.left

POST /conferences/{id}/actions/leave — Required: call_control_id

Optional: beep_enabled (enum: always, never, on_enter, on_exit), command_id (string), region (enum: Australia, Europe, Middle East, US)

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "call_control_id": "f91269aa-61d1-417f-97b3-10e020e8bc47"
}' \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/conferences/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/actions/leave"

Returns: result (string)

Mute conference participants

Mute a list of participants in a conference call

POST /conferences/{id}/actions/mute

Optional: call_control_ids (array[string]), region (enum: Australia, Europe, Middle East, US)

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/conferences/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/actions/mute"

Returns: result (string)

Play audio to conference participants

Play audio to all or some participants on a conference call.

POST /conferences/{id}/actions/play

Optional: audio_url (string), call_control_ids (array[string]), loop (string), media_name (string), region (enum: Australia, Europe, Middle East, US)

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/conferences/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/actions/play"

Returns: result (string)

Conference recording pause

Pause conference recording.

POST /conferences/{id}/actions/record_pause

Optional: command_id (string), recording_id (string), region (enum: Australia, Europe, Middle East, US)

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/conferences/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/actions/record_pause"

Returns: result (string)

Conference recording resume

Resume conference recording.

POST /conferences/{id}/actions/record_resume

Optional: command_id (string), recording_id (string), region (enum: Australia, Europe, Middle East, US)

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/conferences/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/actions/record_resume"

Returns: result (string)

Conference recording start

Start recording the conference. Recording will stop on conference end, or via the Stop Recording command. Expected Webhooks:

• conference.recording.saved

POST /conferences/{id}/actions/record_start — Required: format

Optional: channels (enum: single, dual), command_id (string), custom_file_name (string), play_beep (boolean), region (enum: Australia, Europe, Middle East, US), trim (enum: trim-silence)

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "format": "mp3"
}' \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/conferences/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/actions/record_start"

Returns: result (string)

Conference recording stop

Stop recording the conference. Expected Webhooks:

• conference.recording.saved

POST /conferences/{id}/actions/record_stop

Optional: client_state (string), command_id (string), recording_id (uuid), region (enum: Australia, Europe, Middle East, US)

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/conferences/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/actions/record_stop"

Returns: result (string)

Send DTMF to conference participants

Send DTMF tones to one or more conference participants.

POST /conferences/{id}/actions/send_dtmf — Required: digits

Optional: call_control_ids (array[string]), client_state (string), duration_millis (integer)

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "digits": "1234#"
}' \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/conferences/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/actions/send_dtmf"

Returns: result (string)

Speak text to conference participants

Convert text to speech and play it to all or some participants.

POST /conferences/{id}/actions/speak — Required: payload, voice

Optional: call_control_ids (array[string]), command_id (string), language (enum: arb, cmn-CN, cy-GB, da-DK, de-DE, en-AU, en-GB, en-GB-WLS, en-IN, en-US, es-ES, es-MX, es-US, fr-CA, fr-FR, hi-IN, is-IS, it-IT, ja-JP, ko-KR, nb-NO, nl-NL, pl-PL, pt-BR, pt-PT, ro-RO, ru-RU, sv-SE, tr-TR), payload_type (enum: text, ssml), region (enum: Australia, Europe, Middle East, US), voice_settings (object)

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "payload": "Say this to participants",
  "voice": "Telnyx.KokoroTTS.af"
}' \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/conferences/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/actions/speak"

Returns: result (string)

Stop audio being played on the conference

Stop audio being played to all or some participants on a conference call.

POST /conferences/{id}/actions/stop

Optional: call_control_ids (array[string]), region (enum: Australia, Europe, Middle East, US)

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/conferences/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/actions/stop"

Returns: result (string)

Unhold conference participants

Unhold a list of participants in a conference call

POST /conferences/{id}/actions/unhold — Required: call_control_ids

Optional: region (enum: Australia, Europe, Middle East, US)

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "call_control_ids": [
    "v3:550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000_gRU1OGRkYQ"
  ]
}' \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/conferences/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/actions/unhold"

Returns: result (string)

Unmute conference participants

Unmute a list of participants in a conference call

POST /conferences/{id}/actions/unmute

Optional: call_control_ids (array[string]), region (enum: Australia, Europe, Middle East, US)

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/conferences/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/actions/unmute"

Returns: result (string)

Update conference participant

Update conference participant supervisor_role

POST /conferences/{id}/actions/update — Required: call_control_id, supervisor_role

Optional: command_id (string), region (enum: Australia, Europe, Middle East, US), whisper_call_control_ids (array[string])

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "call_control_id": "v2:T02llQxIyaRkhfRKxgAP8nY511EhFLizdvdUKJiSw8d6A9BborherQczRrZvZakpWxBlpw48KyZQ==",
  "supervisor_role": "whisper"
}' \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/conferences/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/actions/update"

Returns: result (string)

Retrieve a conference participant

Retrieve details of a specific conference participant by their ID or label.

GET /conferences/{id}/participants/{participant_id}

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/conferences/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/participants/{participant_id}"

Returns: call_control_id (string), call_leg_id (string), conference_id (string), created_at (date-time), end_conference_on_exit (boolean), id (string), label (string), muted (boolean), on_hold (boolean), soft_end_conference_on_exit (boolean), status (enum: joining, joined, left), updated_at (date-time), whisper_call_control_ids (array[string])

Update a conference participant

Update properties of a conference participant.

PATCH /conferences/{id}/participants/{participant_id}

Optional: beep_enabled (enum: always, never, on_enter, on_exit), end_conference_on_exit (boolean), soft_end_conference_on_exit (boolean)

curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/conferences/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/participants/{participant_id}"

Returns: call_control_id (string), call_leg_id (string), conference_id (string), created_at (date-time), end_conference_on_exit (boolean), id (string), label (string), muted (boolean), on_hold (boolean), soft_end_conference_on_exit (boolean), status (enum: joining, joined, left), updated_at (date-time), whisper_call_control_ids (array[string])

List queues

List all queues for the authenticated user.

GET /queues

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

Returns: average_wait_time_secs (integer), created_at (string), current_size (integer), id (string), max_size (integer), name (string), record_type (enum: queue), updated_at (string)

Create a queue

Create a new call queue.

POST /queues — Required: queue_name

Optional: max_size (integer)

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "queue_name": "tier_1_support"
}' \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/queues"

Returns: average_wait_time_secs (integer), created_at (string), current_size (integer), id (string), max_size (integer), name (string), record_type (enum: queue), updated_at (string)

Retrieve a call queue

Retrieve an existing call queue

GET /queues/{queue_name}

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

Returns: average_wait_time_secs (integer), created_at (string), current_size (integer), id (string), max_size (integer), name (string), record_type (enum: queue), updated_at (string)

Update a queue

Update properties of an existing call queue.

POST /queues/{queue_name} — Required: max_size

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "max_size": 200
}' \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/queues/{queue_name}"

Returns: average_wait_time_secs (integer), created_at (string), current_size (integer), id (string), max_size (integer), name (string), record_type (enum: queue), updated_at (string)

Delete a queue

Delete an existing call queue.

DELETE /queues/{queue_name}

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/queues/{queue_name}"

Retrieve calls from a queue

Retrieve the list of calls in an existing queue

GET /queues/{queue_name}/calls

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/queues/{queue_name}/calls"

Returns: call_control_id (string), call_leg_id (string), call_session_id (string), connection_id (string), enqueued_at (string), from (string), is_alive (boolean), queue_id (string), queue_position (integer), record_type (enum: queue_call), to (string), wait_time_secs (integer)

Retrieve a call from a queue

Retrieve an existing call from an existing queue

GET /queues/{queue_name}/calls/{call_control_id}

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/queues/{queue_name}/calls/v3:550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000_gRU1OGRkYQ"

Returns: call_control_id (string), call_leg_id (string), call_session_id (string), connection_id (string), enqueued_at (string), from (string), is_alive (boolean), queue_id (string), queue_position (integer), record_type (enum: queue_call), to (string), wait_time_secs (integer)

Update queued call

Update queued call's keep_after_hangup flag

PATCH /queues/{queue_name}/calls/{call_control_id}

Optional: keep_after_hangup (boolean)

curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/queues/{queue_name}/calls/v3:550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000_gRU1OGRkYQ"

Force remove a call from a queue

Removes an inactive call from a queue. If the call is no longer active, use this command to remove it from the queue.

DELETE /queues/{queue_name}/calls/{call_control_id}

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.telnyx.com/v2/queues/{queue_name}/calls/v3:550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000_gRU1OGRkYQ"

Webhooks

Webhook Verification

Telnyx signs webhooks with Ed25519. Each request includes telnyx-signature-ed25519 and telnyx-timestamp headers. Always verify signatures in production:

# Telnyx signs webhooks with Ed25519 (asymmetric — NOT HMAC/Standard Webhooks).
# Headers sent with each webhook:
#   telnyx-signature-ed25519: base64-encoded Ed25519 signature
#   telnyx-timestamp: Unix timestamp (reject if >5 minutes old for replay protection)
#
# Get your public key from: Telnyx Portal > Account Settings > Keys & Credentials
# Use the Telnyx SDK in your language for verification (client.webhooks.unwrap).
# Your endpoint MUST return 2xx within 2 seconds or Telnyx will retry (up to 3 attempts).
# Configure a failover URL in Telnyx Portal for additional reliability.

The following webhook events are sent to your configured webhook URL. All webhooks include telnyx-timestamp and telnyx-signature-ed25519 headers for Ed25519 signature verification. Use client.webhooks.unwrap() to verify.

Webhook payload fields

callEnqueued

callLeftQueue

conferenceCreated

conferenceEnded

conferenceFloorChanged

conferenceParticipantJoined

conferenceParticipantLeft

conferenceParticipantPlaybackEnded

conferenceParticipantPlaybackStarted

conferenceParticipantSpeakEnded

conferenceParticipantSpeakStarted

conferencePlaybackEnded

conferencePlaybackStarted

conferenceRecordingSaved

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