Trigger Outbound Call

Initiate an outbound phone call to a number using your Recepta agent. Permission: calls:create

POST /api/calls/outbound

Trigger outbound call

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.recepta.ai/api/v1/api/calls/outbound \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "toNumber": "[phone]",
  "fromNumber": "[phone]",
  "agentId": "agent_abc123",
  "metadata": {}
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.recepta.ai/api/v1/api/calls/outbound"

payload = {
    "toNumber": "[phone]",
    "fromNumber": "[phone]",
    "agentId": "agent_abc123",
    "metadata": {}
}
headers = {
    "x-api-key": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    toNumber: '[phone]',
    fromNumber: '[phone]',
    agentId: 'agent_abc123',
    metadata: {}
  })
};

fetch('https://api.recepta.ai/api/v1/api/calls/outbound', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.recepta.ai/api/v1/api/calls/outbound",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'toNumber' => '[phone]',
    'fromNumber' => '[phone]',
    'agentId' => 'agent_abc123',
    'metadata' => [
        
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "x-api-key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.recepta.ai/api/v1/api/calls/outbound"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"toNumber\": \"[phone]\",\n  \"fromNumber\": \"[phone]\",\n  \"agentId\": \"agent_abc123\",\n  \"metadata\": {}\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.recepta.ai/api/v1/api/calls/outbound")
  .header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"toNumber\": \"[phone]\",\n  \"fromNumber\": \"[phone]\",\n  \"agentId\": \"agent_abc123\",\n  \"metadata\": {}\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.recepta.ai/api/v1/api/calls/outbound")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"toNumber\": \"[phone]\",\n  \"fromNumber\": \"[phone]\",\n  \"agentId\": \"agent_abc123\",\n  \"metadata\": {}\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

201

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "Call initiated successfully",
  "data": {
    "call": {
      "id": "69af1467f97caa0d0e1e13e2",
      "retellId": "call_abc123",
      "callType": "PHONE_CALL",
      "direction": "INBOUND",
      "fromNumber": "[phone]",
      "toNumber": "[phone]",
      "status": "ENDED",
      "startTimestamp": "2026-03-09T18:41:43.188Z",
      "endTimestamp": "2026-03-09T18:41:49.664Z",
      "durationMs": 6476,
      "companyId": "69053acd6e4cdf19cb778090",
      "createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
    }
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "message": "Error description"
}

Authorizations

x-api-key · string · header · required

Your Recepta API key (starts with rcp_)

Body

application/json

toNumber · string · required

Destination phone number (E.164)

Example:

"[phone]"

fromNumber · string · required

Your Recepta phone number (E.164)

Example:

"[phone]"

agentId · string

Agent to use (optional, defaults to company agent)

Example:

"agent_abc123"

metadata · object

Custom metadata to attach to the call

Response

201

application/json

Call initiated

success · boolean

Example:

true

message · string

Example:

"Call initiated successfully"

data · object

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