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Click-to-Virtual Receptionist
Use the Click-to-Virtual Receptionist API to initiate a phone call between a phone number and a Virtual Receptionist
The Click-to-Virtual Receptionist API is used to initiate a phone call between one phone number and a DialogTech Virtual Receptionist.
Base URL for Click-to-Virtual Receptionist
access_key
Yes
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
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.vr
n/a
Only accepts clickto.vr for Click-to-Virtual Receptionist
Defines the API call as a "Click-to-Virtual Receptionist" type
menu_id
Yes
String: Existing Virtual Receptionist ID
n/a
An existing Virtual Receptionist ID must be utilized. To find IDs for any existing Virtual Receptionist within your account, enter the menu Developer Tools -> Building Block IDs
Determines which Virtual Receptionist the phone_to_call third party will be joined to.
phone_to_call
Yes
String: Unformatted Phone Number
n/a
Can be any unformatted phone number
Defines the third party being joined to the call
These code examples are meant to show a basic method of accessing DialogTech's Click-to-Virtual Receptionist API.
/*
Click-to-Virtual Receptionist:
This example will use access_key and secret_access_key
for a Click-to-Virtual Receptionist
*/
// create curl resource
$ch = curl_init();
$baseuri = "https://secure.dialogtech.com/ibp_api.php?";
// API Specific Static Parameters
$action = "clickto.vr";
// Required User Parameters
$access_key = "foo";
$secret_access_key = "bar";
$menu_id = "55443322";
$phone_to_call = "5551112222";
// Construct the full URL
$full_url = $baseuri . "&action=" . $action .
"&access_key=" . $access_key .
"&secret_access_key=" . $secret_access_key .
"&menu_id=" . $menu_id .
"&phone_to_call=" . $phone_to_call;
// Set the URL
curl_setopt($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 "API response is: " . $output;
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