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Exotel Voice API

Place and control outbound voice calls.

Exotel Voice API is one of 6 APIs that Exotel publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Voice. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.exotel.com, https://api.in.exotel.com.

1 operations 1 paths 2 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.exotel.com/v1/Accounts
Authentication
HTTP Basic
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Exotel Voice API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • basicAuth — HTTP Basic authentication. Username = API Key, Password = API Token (both from Exotel Dashboard - Settings - API Settings). May also be embedded in the URL as…

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Voice 1

Place and control outbound voice calls.

POST
/v1/Accounts/{sid}/Calls/connect.json
Connect two numbers or connect a number to a call flow
connectCall 1 param body → 200401429

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ConnectCallRequest (12 properties), CallResponse (11 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ConnectCallRequest
object
12 properties 2 required
CallResponse
object
11 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

exotel-voice-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Exotel publishes across the network.

Exotel AgentStream Voice Streaming API
Exotel Call Details API
Exotel Campaigns API
Exotel Numbers API
Exotel SMS API