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# Place a call

POST https://telephony.hams.ai/api/developer/v1/calls
Content-Type: application/json

Ring one of the extensions of the account. When the extension answers, dial the destination through the outbound route that matches it. The response has the id of the call. Call history, the live board, and every webhook about the call use the same id.

Reference: https://docs.hams.ai/cloud-call-center/reference/calls/place-a-call

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — An API key. Send it as `Authorization: Bearer ccc_live_…`

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a DeveloperOriginateRequest.

- `from_extension_id` (string, required)
- `to` (string, required)

## Response

### 202

Successful Response

- `id` (string, required)

## Errors

### 401 Unauthorized Error

The key is missing, revoked, expired, or not a developer key

- `detail` (string, required) — A message for a person. It can change at any time.
- `code` (string, required) — A stable key for a program, for example `validation_error` or `rate_limited`.
- `support_id` (string, required) — A short id to quote when you contact support.
- `errors` (list of ErrorResponseErrorsItems, optional) — The field errors. Present only for validation failures.

### 403 Forbidden Error

The key does not have the `calls:write` scope

- `any`

### 404 Not Found Error

The extension is not in this account

- `any`

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

No outbound route matches the number, or `to` is not a valid number

- `any`

### 429 Too Many Requests Error

The request exceeds a rate limit. The `Retry-After` header gives the time when the window ends

- `detail` (string, required) — A message for a person. It can change at any time.
- `code` (string, required) — A stable key for a program, for example `validation_error` or `rate_limited`.
- `support_id` (string, required) — A short id to quote when you contact support.
- `errors` (list of ErrorResponseErrorsItems, optional) — The field errors. Present only for validation failures.

### 503 Service Unavailable Error

No call server is available

- `any`

## Types

### ErrorResponseErrorsItems

- `field` (string, optional)
- `message` (string, optional)
- `type` (string, optional)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "from_extension_id": "string",
  "to": "string"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "id": "string"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://telephony.hams.ai/api/developer/v1/calls"

payload = {
    "from_extension_id": "string",
    "to": "string"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://telephony.hams.ai/api/developer/v1/calls';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"from_extension_id":"string","to":"string"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://telephony.hams.ai/api/developer/v1/calls"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"from_extension_id\": \"string\",\n  \"to\": \"string\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://telephony.hams.ai/api/developer/v1/calls")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"from_extension_id\": \"string\",\n  \"to\": \"string\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://telephony.hams.ai/api/developer/v1/calls")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"from_extension_id\": \"string\",\n  \"to\": \"string\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://telephony.hams.ai/api/developer/v1/calls', [
  'body' => '{
  "from_extension_id": "string",
  "to": "string"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://telephony.hams.ai/api/developer/v1/calls");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"from_extension_id\": \"string\",\n  \"to\": \"string\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [
  "from_extension_id": "string",
  "to": "string"
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://telephony.hams.ai/api/developer/v1/calls")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```