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Click-to-Call
The Click-to-call API is used to initiate a phone call directly between two phone numbers. Depending on the parameters used, the order in which numbers are dialed can be modified.
Base URL for Click-to-Call
access_key
Yes* (See Notes)
String
n/a
Access Key from the Key Manager within a DialogTech account
Credentials used for access to the API for a particular DialogTech account
secret_access_key
Yes* (See Notes)
String
n/a
Secret Access Key from the Key Manager within a DialogTech account
Credentials used for access to the API for a particular DialogTech account
action
Yes
String: clickto.call
n/a
Only accepts clickto.call for click-to-call
Defines the API call as a "Click-to-call" type
type
Yes
String: 1 or 2
n/a
1 - Call phone_to_call first
2 - Call id first
Determines the order in which the various numbers are dialed
id
Yes
String: Unformatted Phone Number
n/a
Must be a registered number, or tracking number within the DialogTech account if key is being utilized. If access_key and secret_access_key are being utilized, this can be any number.
Defines one of the numbers being used in the click-to-call
phone_to_call
Yes
String: Unformatted Phone Number
n/a
Can be any unformatted phone number
Defines one of the numbers being used in the click-to-call
page
No
String
255
Will be stored in the Smart Click-to-Call Report
Defines the "page" the click-to-call originated from.
ref
No
String
32
Will be stored in the Smart Click-to-Call Report
Can be used to pass in a reference string to be available in Click-to-Call reporting
first_callerid
No
String: Unformatted Phone Number
n/a
Must be a registered number, one of the two numbers being dialed, or tracking number within the DialogTech account.
Defines the Caller ID utilized on the first leg of the call
second_callerid
No
String: Unformatted Phone Number
n/a
Must be a registered number, one of the two numbers being dialed, or tracking number within the DialogTech account.
Defines the Caller ID utilized on the second leg of the call
These code examples are meant to show a basic method of accessing DialogTech's click-to-call API.
/*
Click-to-Call Example:
This example will use access_key and secret_access_key.
This means the two numbers being dialed by this
click-to-call are not required to be registered numbers
or tracking numbers within your DialogTech account.
*/
// create curl resource
$ch = curl_init();
$baseuri = "https://secure.dialogtech.com/ibp_api.php?";
// API Specific Static Parameters
$action = "clickto.call";
// Required User Parameters
$access_key = "foo";
$secret_access_key = "bar";
$type = "1";
$id = "8772955100";
$phone_to_call = "5551112222";
$page = "home.html";
$first_callerid = "9998887777"; // Will display as the Caller ID for the 'phone_to_call' recipient as type=1
$second_callerid = "8887776666"; // Will display as the Caller ID for the 'id' recipient as type=1
// Construct the full URL
$full_url = $baseuri . "&action=" . $action .
"&access_key=" . $access_key .
"&secret_access_key=" . $secret_access_key .
"&type=" . $type .
"&id=" . $id .
"&phone_to_call=" . $phone_to_call .
"&page=" . $page .
"&first_callerid=" . $first_callerid .
"&second_callerid=" . $second_callerid;
// Set the URL
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $full_url);
// Sets the return options of the cURL to return the actual result from the curl request, and FALSE on failure
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
// Sets the $output variable to the result of the curl
$output = curl_exec($ch);
// Close curl resource to free up system resources
curl_close($ch);
// Send the API output to the php page
echo $output;
Example Response
When requesting the click-to-call API, the client side response will only populate after the first leg of the call is answered or not. The response will be a plain-text string indicating the success/failure of the first leg of the call.
Call Connected
No Answer