/telnyx-voice-conferencing-curl

name: telnyx-voice-conferencing-curl
description: >-
  Create and manage conference calls, queues, and multi-party sessions. Use when
  building call centers or conferencing applications. This skill provides REST
  API (curl) examples.
metadata:
  author: telnyx
  product: voice-conferencing
  language: curl
  generated_by: telnyx-openapi-pipeline

<!-- Auto-generated from Telnyx OpenAPI specs. Do not edit. -->

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

Places the call into a queue, where it waits until it is removed or bridged to another leg. Queue behavior is configured through the request body.

`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 the queue it is currently waiting in. The call remains active and can be directed with further call commands.

`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

Returns a paginated list of participants in the specified conference, with support for filtering.

`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

Returns the details of an existing conferen