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Inbound Processing Region API - PhoneNumber


In the context of the Inbound Processing Region API, a PhoneNumber resource represents the routing configuration for a particular IncomingPhoneNumber.

By adjusting the value of the voice_region property, you can control which Twilio Region will process and store data related to inbound calls for the phone number.

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Warning

Changes to this resource may take up to 5 minutes to take effect.


PhoneNumber Properties

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Property nameTypePIIDescription
phone_numberstring
Not PII

The phone number in E.164 format


urlstring<uri>

The absolute URL of the resource.


sidSID<QQ>

A 34 character string that uniquely identifies the Inbound Processing Region assignments for this phone number.

Pattern: ^QQ[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

account_sidSID<AC>

The unique SID identifier of the Account.

Pattern: ^AC[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

friendly_namestring

A human readable description of the Inbound Processing Region assignments for this phone number, up to 64 characters.


voice_regionstring

The Inbound Processing Region used for this phone number for voice.


date_createdstring<date-time>

The date that this phone number was assigned an Inbound Processing Region, given in ISO 8601 format.


date_updatedstring<date-time>

The date that the Inbound Processing Region was updated for this phone number, given in ISO 8601 format.


Fetch a PhoneNumber's current Inbound Processing Region configuration

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GET https://routes.twilio.com/v2/PhoneNumbers/{PhoneNumber}

Path parameters

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Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription
PhoneNumberstringrequired

The phone number in E.164 format

Fetch a PhoneNumber's current Inbound Processing Region configuration

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Node.js
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C#
Java
Go
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twilio-cli
curl

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// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
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const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
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// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
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// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
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const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
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const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
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const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
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async function fetchPhoneNumber() {
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const phoneNumber = await client.routes.v2
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.phoneNumbers("+18001234567")
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.fetch();
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console.log(phoneNumber.phoneNumber);
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}
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fetchPhoneNumber();

Output

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{
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"phone_number": "+18001234567",
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"url": "https://routes.twilio.com/v2/PhoneNumbers/+18001234567",
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"sid": "QQaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
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"account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
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"friendly_name": "friendly_name",
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"voice_region": "au1",
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"date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
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"date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z"
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}


Update a PhoneNumber's Inbound Processing Region configuration

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POST https://routes.twilio.com/v2/PhoneNumbers/{PhoneNumber}

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription
PhoneNumberstringrequired

The phone number in E.164 format

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription
VoiceRegionstringOptional

The Inbound Processing Region used for this phone number for voice


FriendlyNamestringOptional

A human readable description of this resource, up to 64 characters.

Update a PhoneNumber's Inbound Processing Region configuration

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Node.js
Python
C#
Java
Go
PHP
Ruby
twilio-cli
curl

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// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
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const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
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// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
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// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
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const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
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const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
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const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
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async function updatePhoneNumber() {
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const phoneNumber = await client.routes.v2
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.phoneNumbers("+18001234567")
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.update({ voiceRegion: "au1" });
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console.log(phoneNumber.voiceRegion);
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}
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updatePhoneNumber();

Output

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{
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"phone_number": "+18001234567",
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"url": "https://routes.twilio.com/v2/PhoneNumbers/+18001234567",
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"sid": "QQaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
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"account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
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"friendly_name": "friendly_name",
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"voice_region": "au1",
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"date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
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"date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z"
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}


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