call: answer

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

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Enable a bot to answer an incoming call. The incoming call request can be an invitation from a participant in a group call or a peer-to-peer call. If an invitation to a group call is received, the notification contains the chatInfo and meetingInfo parameters.

The bot is expected to answer, reject or redirect the call before the call times out. The current timeout value is 15 seconds. The current timeout value is 15 seconds for regular scenarios, and 5 seconds for policy-based recording scenarios.

This API supports the following PSTN scenarios:

  • Incoming call to bot's PSTN number and then bot invites another PSTN.
  • Incoming call to bot's PSTN number and then bot transfer to another PSTN.
  • Incoming call to bot's PSTN number and then bot redirects to another PSTN.
  • Incoming call to bot's instance identifier and then bot invites another PSTN.
  • Incoming call to bot's instance identifier and then bot transfer to another PSTN.
  • Incoming call to bot's instance identifier and then bot redirects to another PSTN.
  • Incoming call to bot's instance identifier from Scheduled Meeting and then bot invites PSTN.
  • Outgoing call from bot (with instance identifier) to a PSTN.
  • P2P call between bot and another peer (Teams user, PSTN), bot invites another PSTN.
  • P2P call between bot and another peer (Teams user, PSTN), bot invites another Teams user.
  • Bot join the scheduled meeting and then invite PSTN.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service US Government L4 US Government L5 (DOD) China operated by 21Vianet

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type Least privileged permissions Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account) Not supported. Not supported.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.
Application Calls.JoinGroupCall.All Calls.JoinGroupCallAsGuest.All

Note: For a call that uses application-hosted media, you also need the Calls.AccessMedia.All permission. You must have at least one of the following permissions to ensure that the source in the incoming call notification is decrypted: Calls.AccessMedia.All, Calls.Initiate.All, Calls.InitiateGroupCall.All, Calls.JoinGroupCall.All, Calls.JoinGroupCallAsGuest.All. The source is the caller info in the incoming call notification. Without at least one of these permissions, the source will remain encrypted.

HTTP request

POST /app/calls/{id}/answer
POST /communications/calls/{id}/answer

Note: The /app path is deprecated. Going forward, use the /communications path.

Request headers

Name Description
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-type application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, provide a JSON object with the following parameters.

Parameter Type Description
callbackUri String Allows bots to provide a specific callback URI for the concurrent call to receive later notifications. If this property hasn't been set, the bot's global callback URI is used instead. This must be https.
acceptedModalities String collection The list of accept modalities. Possible values are: audio, video, videoBasedScreenSharing. Required for answering a call.
callOptions incomingCallOptions The call options.
mediaConfig appHostedMediaConfig or serviceHostedMediaConfig The media configuration. Required.
participantCapacity Int The number of participants that the application can handle for the call, for Teams policy-based recording scenario.

Response

This method returns a 202 Accepted response code.

Examples

The following example shows how to call this API.

Request

The following example shows the request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/communications/calls/{id}/answer
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 211

{
  "callbackUri": "callbackUri-value",
  "mediaConfig": {
    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.appHostedMediaConfig",
    "blob": "<Media Session Configuration Blob>"
  },
  "acceptedModalities": [
    "audio"
  ],
  "callOptions": {
    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.incomingCallOptions",
    "isContentSharingNotificationEnabled": true,
    "isDeltaRosterEnabled": true
  },
  "participantCapacity": 200
}

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted

Example 1: Answer a Peer-to-Peer VoIP call with service hosted media

Notification - incoming

POST https://bot.contoso.com/api/calls
Content-Type: application/json
{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.commsNotifications",
  "value": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.commsNotification",
      "changeType": "created",
      "resourceUrl": "/communications/calls/57DAB8B1894C409AB240BD8BEAE78896",
      "resourceData": {
        "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.call",
        "@odata.id": "/communications/calls/57DAB8B1894C409AB240BD8BEAE78896",
        "@odata.etag": "W/\"5445\"",
        "state": "incoming",
        "direction": "incoming",
        "callRoutes": [
          {
            "routingType": "lookup",
            "original": {
              "phone": {
                "id": "+14258828080"
              }
            },
            "final": {
              "user": {
                "id": "29362BD4-CD58-4ED0-A206-0E4A33DBB0B6",
                "displayName": "Heidi Steen"
              }
            }
          }
        ],
        "source": {
          "identity": {
            "user": {
              "displayName": "Test User",
              "id": "8A34A46B-3D17-4ADC-8DCE-DC4E7D572698"
            }
          },
          "region": "westus",
          "languageId": "en-US"
        },
        "targets": [
          {
            "identity": {
              "application": {
                "displayName": "Test BOT",
                "id": "8A34A46B-3D17-4ADC-8DCE-DC4E7D572698"
              }
            },
            "languageId": "en-US"
          }
        ],
        "requestedModalities": [ "audio" ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

Request

POST /communications/calls/57DAB8B1894C409AB240BD8BEAE78896/answer
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "callbackUri": "https://bot.contoso.com/api/calls",
  "acceptedModalities": [ "audio" ],
  "mediaConfig": {
    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.serviceHostedMediaConfig",
    "preFetchMedia": [
      {
        "uri": "https://cdn.contoso.com/beep.wav",
        "resourceId": "1D6DE2D4-CD51-4309-8DAA-70768651088E"
      },
      {
        "uri": "https://cdn.contoso.com/cool.wav",
        "resourceId": "1D6DE2D4-CD51-4309-8DAA-70768651088F"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted

Notification - establishing

POST https://bot.contoso.com/api/calls
Content-Type: application/json
{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.commsNotifications",
  "value": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.commsNotification",
      "changeType": "updated",
      "resourceUrl": "/communications/calls/57DAB8B1894C409AB240BD8BEAE78896",
      "resourceData": {
        "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.call",
        "@odata.id": "/communications/calls/57DAB8B1894C409AB240BD8BEAE78896",
        "@odata.etag": "W/\"5445\"",
        "state": "establishing"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Note: Call establishing/established notifications may arrive out of order.

Notification - established

POST https://bot.contoso.com/api/calls
Content-Type: application/json
{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.commsNotifications",
  "value": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.commsNotification",
      "changeType": "updated",
      "resourceUrl": "/communications/calls/57DAB8B1894C409AB240BD8BEAE78896",
      "resourceData": {
        "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.call",
        "@odata.id": "/communications/calls/57DAB8B1894C409AB240BD8BEAE78896",
        "@odata.etag": "W/\"5445\"",
        "state": "established"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Note: Call establishing/established notifications may arrive out of order.

Example 2: Answer VOIP call with application hosted media

Notification - incoming

POST https://bot.contoso.com/api/calls
Content-Type: application/json
{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.commsNotifications",
  "value": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.commsNotification",
      "changeType": "created",
      "resourceUrl": "/communications/calls/57DAB8B1894C409AB240BD8BEAE78896",
      "resourceData": {
        "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.call",
        "@odata.id": "/communications/calls/57DAB8B1894C409AB240BD8BEAE78896",
        "@odata.etag": "W/\"5445\"",
        "state": "incoming",
        "direction": "incoming",
        "source": {
          "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.participantInfo",
          "identity": {
            "user": {
              "displayName": "Test User",
              "id": "8A34A46B-3D17-4ADC-8DCE-DC4E7D572698"
            }
          },
          "region": "westus",
          "languageId": "en-US"
        },
        "targets": [
          {
            "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.invitationParticipantInfo",
            "identity": {
              "application": {
                "displayName": "Test BOT",
                "id": "8A34A46B-3D17-4ADC-8DCE-DC4E7D572698"
              }
            },
            "region": "westus",
            "languageId": "en-US"
          }
        ],
        "requestedModalities": [ "audio" ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

Request

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/communications/calls/57DAB8B1894C409AB240BD8BEAE78896/answer
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "callbackUri": "https://bot.contoso.com/api/calls",
  "acceptedModalities": [ "audio" ],
  "mediaConfig": {
    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.appHostedMediaConfig",
    "blob": "<Media Session Configuration Blob>"
  }
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted

Notification - establishing

POST https://bot.contoso.com/api/calls
Content-Type: application/json
{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.commsNotifications",
  "value": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.commsNotification",
      "changeType": "updated",
      "resourceUrl": "/communications/calls/57DAB8B1894C409AB240BD8BEAE78896",
      "resourceData": {
        "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.call",
        "@odata.id": "/communications/calls/57DAB8B1894C409AB240BD8BEAE78896",
        "@odata.etag": "W/\"5445\"",
        "state": "establishing"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Note: Call establishing/established notifications may arrive out of order.

Notification - established

POST https://bot.contoso.com/api/calls
Content-Type: application/json
{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.commsNotifications",
  "value": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.commsNotification",
      "changeType": "updated",
      "resourceUrl": "/communications/calls/57DAB8B1894C409AB240BD8BEAE78896",
      "resourceData": {
        "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.call",
        "@odata.id": "/communications/calls/57DAB8B1894C409AB240BD8BEAE78896",
        "@odata.etag": "W/\"5445\"",
        "state": "established"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Note: Call establishing/established notifications may arrive out of order.

Notification - content sharing started

POST https://bot.contoso.com/api/calls
Content-Type: application/json
{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.commsNotifications",
  "value": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.commsNotification",
      "changeType": "created",
      "resourceUrl": "/communications/calls/421f4c00-4436-4c3a-9d9a-c4924cf98e67/contentsharingsessions/2765eb15-01f8-47c6-b12b-c32111a4a86f"
    }
  ]
}

Notification - content sharing ended

POST https://bot.contoso.com/api/calls
Content-Type: application/json
{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.commsNotifications",
  "value": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.commsNotification",
      "changeType": "deleted",
      "resourceUrl": "/communications/calls/421f4c00-4436-4c3a-9d9a-c4924cf98e67/contentsharingsessions/2765eb15-01f8-47c6-b12b-c32111a4a86f"
    }
  ]
}

Example 3: Answer a policy-based recording call

Under the Policy-based recording scenario, before a participant under policy joins a call, an incoming call notification is sent to the bot associated with the policy. The join information can be found under the botData property. The bot can then choose to answer the call and update the recording status accordingly.

When participantCpapacity is specified in the Answer request for a policy-based recording notification, subsequent participant joining event belonging to the same policy group will be sent out as participantJoiningNotification instead of new incoming call notification, until number of participants that current call instance is handling has reached the number specified in participantCapacity.

Here's an example of the incoming call notification that a bot would receive in this case.

{
   "@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.commsNotifications",
   "value":[
      {
         "@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.commsNotification",
         "changeType":"created",
         "resource":"/app/calls/e71f0300-9c1f-4d99-b5f4-2722e877d497",
         "resourceUrl":"/communications/calls/e71f0300-9c1f-4d99-b5f4-2722e877d497",
         "resourceData":{
            "@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.call",
            "state":"incoming",
            "direction":"incoming",
            "source":{
               "@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.participantInfo",
               "id":"90fad2ce-8989-41a1-8a66-f6636e629a2a",
               "identity":{
                  "@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.identitySet",
                  "user":{
                     "@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.identity",
                     "id":"8A34A46B-3D17-4ADC-8DCE-DC4E7D572698",
                     "identityProvider":"AAD"
                  }
               },
               "endpointType":"default",
               "region":"amer"
            },
            "targets":[
               {
                  "@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.invitationParticipantInfo",
                  "identity":{
                     "@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.identitySet",
                     "applicationInstance":{
                        "@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.identity",
                        "id":"832899f8-2ea1-4604-8413-27bd2892079f",
                        "identityProvider":"AAD"
                     }
                  },
                  "endpointType":"default",
                  "id":"4520a1a5-5394-5a41-aa12-9ee6fa18cfc8",
                  "region":null,
                  "languageId":null
               }
            ],
            "meetingInfo":{
               "@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.tokenMeetingInfo",
               "token":"join token"
            },
            "tenantId":"932899f8-2ea1-4604-8413-27bd2892079f",
            "myParticipantId":"1520a1a5-5394-4a41-aa72-9ee6fa18cfc8",
            "callChainId":"05f2f70f-3a9c-47c1-80a9-cc79e91d8cec",
            "incomingContext":{
               "@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.incomingContext",
               "sourceParticipantId":"30fad2ce-8989-41a1-8a66-f6636e629a2a",
               "observedParticipantId":"30fad2ce-8989-41a1-8a66-f6636e629a2a"
            },
            "id":"e71f0300-9c1f-4d99-b5f4-2722e877d497",
            "applicationMetadata":{
               "botData":{
                  "mediaHostedRegion":"USEA",
                  "user":{
                     "participationMethod":"callee",
                     "clientLocation":"US"
                  },
                  "otherSideUser":{
                     "id":"971f0300-9c1f-4d99-b5f4-2722e877d490",
                     "participantId":"3520a1a5-5394-4a41-aa72-9ee6fa18cfc8",
                     "tenantId":"1540a1a5-2394-4a41-aa72-9ee6fa18cfc8",
                     "onBehalfOf":{
                        "id":"871f0300-9c1f-4d99-b5f4-2722e877d490"
                     },
                     "participationMethod":"caller",
                     "clientLocation":"EUNO"
                  },
                  "inviteReasons":[
                     "PolicyBasedRecording"
                  ],
                  "policyIdentifier":"Test Policy",
                  "pairedRecorders":[
                     {
                        "id":"471f0300-5c1f-4d99-b5f4-2722e877d490",
                        "participantId":"371f0300-2c1f-4d99-b5f4-2722e877d490"
                     }
                  ],
                  "otherRecorders":[
                     {
                        "id":"671f0300-9c1f-4d99-b5f4-2722e877d490",
                        "participantId":"a71f0300-ec1f-4d99-b5f4-2722e877d490"
                     }
                  ]
               }
            }
         }
      }
   ]
}