Initiate Call

Initiates an outbound call from a Dialpad user.

POST

Body

Arguments

stringrequired

The user's id. 'me' can be used if you are using a user level API key.

number

The ID of a group that will be used to initiate the call.

string

The type of a group that will be used to initiate the call.

string

The E164-formatted number to call.

string

The E164-formatted number shown to the call recipient, or 'blocked'.

string

Extra data to associate with the call.

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string

Comma-separated response fields to include.

Try this request

Request

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v2/universal/apps/dialpad/actions/initiate-call/run" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "arguments": {
    "id": ""
  }
}'

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "device": {}
    }
  ],
  "meta": {}
}

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