The <Reject> verb rejects an incoming call to your Twilio number without billing you.
This is very useful for blocking unwanted calls.
If the first verb in a TwiML document is <Reject>, Twilio will not pick up the call.
The call ends with a status of 'busy' or 'no-answer', depending on the
verb's 'reason' attribute. Any verbs after <Reject> are unreachable and ignored.
Note that using <Reject> as the first verb in your response is the only way
to prevent Twilio from answering a call. Any other response will result in an
answered call and your account will be billed.
The <Reject> verb supports the following attributes that modify its behavior:
| Attribute Name | Allowed Values | Default Value |
|---|---|---|
| reason | rejected, busy | rejected |
The reason attribute takes the values "rejected" and "busy." This tells Twilio what message to play when rejecting a call. Selecting "busy" will play a busy signal to the caller, while selecting "rejected" will play a standard not-in-service response. If this attribute's value isn't set, the default is "rejected."
You can't nest any verbs within <Reject> and you can't nest <Reject> in any other verbs.
<Reject> won't work when handling calls to the (deprecated) Twilio Sandbox
number. Twilio must pick up the call to ask for the pin, at which point it's
too late to reject.
const VoiceResponse = require('twilio').twiml.VoiceResponse;
const response = new VoiceResponse();
response.reject();
console.log(response.toString());
using Twilio.TwiML;
using System;
class Example
{
static void Main()
{
var response = new VoiceResponse();
response.Reject();
Console.WriteLine(response.ToString());;
}
}
<?php
require_once './vendor/autoload.php';
use Twilio\Twiml;
$response = new Twiml();
$response->reject();
echo $response;
require 'twilio-ruby'
response = Twilio::TwiML::VoiceResponse.new
response.reject
puts response
from twilio.twiml.voice_response import Reject, VoiceResponse
response = VoiceResponse()
response.reject()
print(response)
import com.twilio.twiml.voice.Reject;
import com.twilio.twiml.VoiceResponse;
import com.twilio.twiml.TwiMLException;
public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Reject reject = new Reject.Builder().build();
VoiceResponse response = new VoiceResponse.Builder().reject(reject)
.build();
try {
System.out.println(response.toXml());
} catch (TwiMLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Response>
<Reject />
</Response>
const VoiceResponse = require('twilio').twiml.VoiceResponse;
const response = new VoiceResponse();
response.reject({
reason: 'busy'
});
console.log(response.toString());
using Twilio.TwiML;
using System;
class Example
{
static void Main()
{
var response = new VoiceResponse();
response.Reject(reason: "busy");
Console.WriteLine(response.ToString());;
}
}
<?php
require_once './vendor/autoload.php';
use Twilio\Twiml;
$response = new Twiml();
$response->reject(['reason' => 'busy']);
echo $response;
require 'twilio-ruby'
response = Twilio::TwiML::VoiceResponse.new
response.reject(reason: 'busy')
puts response
from twilio.twiml.voice_response import Reject, VoiceResponse
response = VoiceResponse()
response.reject(reason='busy')
print(response)
import com.twilio.twiml.voice.Reject;
import com.twilio.twiml.VoiceResponse;
import com.twilio.twiml.TwiMLException;
public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Reject reject = new Reject.Builder().reason(Reject.Reason.BUSY).build();
VoiceResponse response = new VoiceResponse.Builder().reject(reject)
.build();
try {
System.out.println(response.toXml());
} catch (TwiMLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Response>
<Reject reason="busy" />
</Response>
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const VoiceResponse = require('twilio').twiml.VoiceResponse;
const response = new VoiceResponse();
response.reject();
console.log(response.toString());
using Twilio.TwiML;
using System;
class Example
{
static void Main()
{
var response = new VoiceResponse();
response.Reject();
Console.WriteLine(response.ToString());;
}
}
<?php
require_once './vendor/autoload.php';
use Twilio\Twiml;
$response = new Twiml();
$response->reject();
echo $response;
require 'twilio-ruby'
response = Twilio::TwiML::VoiceResponse.new
response.reject
puts response
from twilio.twiml.voice_response import Reject, VoiceResponse
response = VoiceResponse()
response.reject()
print(response)
import com.twilio.twiml.voice.Reject;
import com.twilio.twiml.VoiceResponse;
import com.twilio.twiml.TwiMLException;
public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Reject reject = new Reject.Builder().build();
VoiceResponse response = new VoiceResponse.Builder().reject(reject)
.build();
try {
System.out.println(response.toXml());
} catch (TwiMLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Response>
<Reject />
</Response>
const VoiceResponse = require('twilio').twiml.VoiceResponse;
const response = new VoiceResponse();
response.reject({
reason: 'busy'
});
console.log(response.toString());
using Twilio.TwiML;
using System;
class Example
{
static void Main()
{
var response = new VoiceResponse();
response.Reject(reason: "busy");
Console.WriteLine(response.ToString());;
}
}
<?php
require_once './vendor/autoload.php';
use Twilio\Twiml;
$response = new Twiml();
$response->reject(['reason' => 'busy']);
echo $response;
require 'twilio-ruby'
response = Twilio::TwiML::VoiceResponse.new
response.reject(reason: 'busy')
puts response
from twilio.twiml.voice_response import Reject, VoiceResponse
response = VoiceResponse()
response.reject(reason='busy')
print(response)
import com.twilio.twiml.voice.Reject;
import com.twilio.twiml.VoiceResponse;
import com.twilio.twiml.TwiMLException;
public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Reject reject = new Reject.Builder().reason(Reject.Reason.BUSY).build();
VoiceResponse response = new VoiceResponse.Builder().reject(reject)
.build();
try {
System.out.println(response.toXml());
} catch (TwiMLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Response>
<Reject reason="busy" />
</Response>