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Recording

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Warning

For Customers building HIPAA-compliant workflows with Recordings, we require customers to enforce at least HTTP Authentication. To learn more about building for HIPAA compliance, please visit the latest requirements here.

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Payment Card Industry Compliance

Call recordings are not PCI compliant by default. To make them compliant, you need to enable PCI Mode in your Twilio Voice Settings.

Note that transcriptions aren't available when PCI mode is enabled.

A Recording resource represents the recording associated with a voice call, conference, or SIP Trunk. Using the Recordings REST API you can fetch, start, stop, pause, resume, and delete voice recordings.

You can initiate a recording for your call, conference, or trunk via one of the following methods.

Once a recording is initiated, you can optionally pause, resume, or stop the recording

Recording properties

Property nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties

accountSidSID<AC>

Optional

The SID of the Account that created the Recording resource.

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

apiVersionstring

Optional

The API version used during the recording.

callSidSID<CA>

Optional

The SID of the Call the Recording resource is associated with. This will always refer to the parent leg of a two-leg call.

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

conferenceSidSID<CF>

Optional

The Conference SID that identifies the conference associated with the recording, if a conference recording.

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

dateCreatedstring<date-time-rfc-2822>

Optional

The date and time in GMT that the resource was created specified in RFC 2822 format.

dateUpdatedstring<date-time-rfc-2822>

Optional

The date and time in GMT that the resource was last updated specified in RFC 2822 format.

startTimestring<date-time-rfc-2822>

Optional

The start time of the recording in GMT and in RFC 2822 format.

durationstring

Optional

The length of the recording in seconds.

sidSID<RE>

Optional

The unique string that that we created to identify the Recording resource.

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

pricestring

Optional

The one-time cost of creating the recording in the price_unit currency.

priceUnitstring

Optional

The currency used in the price property. Example: USD.

statusenum<string>

Optional

The status of the recording. Can be: processing, completed, absent or deleted. For information about more detailed statuses on in-progress recordings, check out how to Update a Recording Resource.

Possible values:

in-progresspausedstoppedprocessingcompletedabsentdeleted

channelsinteger

Optional

The number of channels in the final recording file. Can be: 1 or 2. Default: 1.

sourceenum<string>

Optional

How the recording was created. Can be: DialVerb, Conference, OutboundAPI, Trunking, RecordVerb, StartCallRecordingAPI, and StartConferenceRecordingAPI.

Possible values:

DialVerbConferenceOutboundAPITrunkingRecordVerbStartCallRecordingAPIStartConferenceRecordingAPI

errorCodeinteger

Optional

The error code that describes why the recording is absent. The error code is described in our Error Dictionary. This value is null if the recording status is not absent.

uristring

Optional

The URI of the resource, relative to https://api.twilio.com.

encryptionDetails

Optional

How to decrypt the recording if it was encrypted using Call Recording Encryption feature.

subresourceUrisobject<uri-map>

Optional

A list of related resources identified by their relative URIs.

mediaUrlstring<uri>

Optional

The URL of the media file associated with this recording resource. When stored externally, this is the full URL location of the media file.

Create a Recording resource

POST https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Calls/{CallsSid}/Recordings.json

To start a recording on a live call, make an HTTP Post request to the Recordings list resource of an in-progress Call.

Note that the maximum length of the recording can be up to the maximum length of the Call itself.

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Legal implications of call recording

If you choose to record voice or video calls, you need to comply with certain laws and regulations, including those regarding obtaining consent to record (such as California's Invasion of Privacy Act and similar laws in other jurisdictions). Additional information on the legal implications of call recording can be found in the "Legal Considerations with Recording Voice and Video Communications" Help Center article.

Notice: Twilio recommends that you consult with your legal counsel to make sure that you are complying with all applicable laws in connection with communications you record or store using Twilio.

Optional Parameters

The following optional parameters are available for you to POST when starting a recording on a live call:

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

accountSidSID<AC>

required

The SID of the Account that will create the resource.

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

callSidSID<CA>

required

The SID of the Call to associate the resource with.

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

Request body parameters

Encoding type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded

SchemaExample

Property nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties

recordingStatusCallbackEventarray[string]

Optional

The recording status events on which we should call the recording_status_callback URL. Can be: in-progress, completed and absent and the default is completed. Separate multiple event values with a space.

recordingStatusCallbackstring<uri>

Optional

The URL we should call using the recording_status_callback_method on each recording event specified in recording_status_callback_event. For more information, see RecordingStatusCallback parameters.

recordingStatusCallbackMethodenum<http-method>

Optional

The HTTP method we should use to call recording_status_callback. Can be: GET or POST and the default is POST.

Possible values:

GETPOST

trimstring

Optional

Whether to trim any leading and trailing silence in the recording. Can be: trim-silence or do-not-trim and the default is do-not-trim. trim-silence trims the silence from the beginning and end of the recording and do-not-trim does not.

recordingChannelsstring

Optional

The number of channels used in the recording. Can be: mono or dual and the default is mono. mono records all parties of the call into one channel. dual records each party of a 2-party call into separate channels.

recordingTrackstring

Optional

The audio track to record for the call. Can be: inbound, outbound or both. The default is both. inbound records the audio that is received by Twilio. outbound records the audio that is generated from Twilio. both records the audio that is received and generated by Twilio.

RecordingStatusCallback

Twilio will pass the following parameters with its request to your RecordingStatusCallback URL:

Parameter	Description
AccountSid	The unique identifier of the Account responsible for this recording.
CallSid	A unique identifier for the call associated with the recording.
RecordingSid	The unique identifier for the recording.
RecordingUrl	The URL of the recorded audio.
RecordingStatus	The status of the recording. Possible values are: `in-progress`, `completed`, `absent`.
RecordingDuration	The length of the recording, in seconds (only provided when `RecordingStatus` is `completed`).
RecordingChannels	The number of channels in the final recording file as an integer. Possible values are `1`, `2`.
RecordingStartTime	The timestamp of when the recording started.
RecordingSource	The initiation method used to create this recording. For recordings initiated with this API, the value will be `StartCallRecordingAPI`.
RecordingTrack	The audio track recorded. Possible values are `inbound`, `outbound` or `both`.

Create Recording on a Live Call

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function createCallRecording() {
11  const recording = await client
12    .calls("CAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")
13    .recordings.create();
14
15  console.log(recording.accountSid);
16}
17
18createCallRecording();

Response

Note: This shows the raw API response from Twilio. Responses from SDKs (Java, Python, etc.) may look a little different.

1{
2  "account_sid": "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
3  "api_version": "2010-04-01",
4  "call_sid": "CAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
5  "conference_sid": null,
6  "channels": 2,
7  "date_created": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:34 +0000",
8  "date_updated": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:34 +0000",
9  "start_time": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:34 +0000",
10  "price": null,
11  "price_unit": null,
12  "duration": null,
13  "sid": "REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
14  "source": "StartCallRecordingAPI",
15  "status": "in-progress",
16  "error_code": null,
17  "encryption_details": null,
18  "track": "both",
19  "uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Calls/CAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings/REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.json"
20}

Create a dual channel call recording with RecordingStatusCallback

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function createCallRecording() {
11  const recording = await client
12    .calls("CAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")
13    .recordings.create({
14      recordingChannels: "dual",
15      recordingStatusCallback: "https://myapp.com/recording-events",
16      recordingStatusCallbackEvent: ["in-progress completed"],
17    });
18
19  console.log(recording.accountSid);
20}
21
22createCallRecording();

Response

Note: This shows the raw API response from Twilio. Responses from SDKs (Java, Python, etc.) may look a little different.

1{
2  "account_sid": "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
3  "api_version": "2010-04-01",
4  "call_sid": "CAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
5  "conference_sid": null,
6  "channels": 2,
7  "date_created": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:34 +0000",
8  "date_updated": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:34 +0000",
9  "start_time": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:34 +0000",
10  "price": null,
11  "price_unit": null,
12  "duration": null,
13  "sid": "REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
14  "source": "StartCallRecordingAPI",
15  "status": "in-progress",
16  "error_code": null,
17  "encryption_details": null,
18  "track": "both",
19  "uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Calls/CAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings/REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.json"
20}

Fetch a Recording Resource

You can fetch a Recording Resource's metadata or you can fetch a WAV or MP3 media file of the Recording.

Fetch Recording Resource's metadata

GET https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Recordings/{Sid}.json

A Recording Resource's metadata can be returned in JSON or XML format.

For JSON format, append .json to the Recording Resource's URI.
For XML format, append .xml to the Recording Resource's URI.

The table below lists the parameters for fetching a Recording Resource's metadata.

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

accountSidSID<AC>

required

The SID of the Account that created the Recording resource to fetch.

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

sidSID<RE>

required

The Twilio-provided string that uniquely identifies the Recording resource to fetch.

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

Query parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

includeSoftDeletedboolean

Optional

A boolean parameter indicating whether to retrieve soft deleted recordings or not. Recordings metadata are kept after deletion for a retention period of 40 days.

Fetch a Recording Resource's metadata in JSON format

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function fetchRecording() {
11  const recording = await client
12    .recordings("REXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")
13    .fetch();
14
15  console.log(recording.accountSid);
16}
17
18fetchRecording();

Response

Note: This shows the raw API response from Twilio. Responses from SDKs (Java, Python, etc.) may look a little different.

1{
2  "account_sid": "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
3  "api_version": "2010-04-01",
4  "call_sid": "CAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
5  "conference_sid": "CFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
6  "channels": 1,
7  "date_created": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:34 +0000",
8  "date_updated": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:38 +0000",
9  "start_time": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:34 +0000",
10  "price": "-0.00250",
11  "price_unit": "USD",
12  "duration": "4",
13  "sid": "REXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
14  "source": "StartConferenceRecordingAPI",
15  "status": "completed",
16  "error_code": null,
17  "uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings/REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.json",
18  "subresource_uris": {
19    "add_on_results": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings/REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/AddOnResults.json",
20    "transcriptions": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings/REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Transcriptions.json"
21  },
22  "encryption_details": {
23    "encryption_public_key_sid": "CRaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
24    "encryption_cek": "OV4h6zrsxMIW7h0Zfqwfn6TI2GCNl54KALlg8wn8YB8KYZhXt6HlgvBWAmQTlfYVeLWydMiCewY0YkDDT1xmNe5huEo9vjuKBS5OmYK4CZkSx1NVv3XOGrZHpd2Pl/5WJHVhUK//AUO87uh5qnUP2E0KoLh1nyCLeGcEkXU0RfpPn/6nxjof/n6m6OzZOyeIRK4Oed5+rEtjqFDfqT0EVKjs6JAxv+f0DCc1xYRHl2yV8bahUPVKs+bHYdy4PVszFKa76M/Uae4jFA9Lv233JqWcxj+K2UoghuGhAFbV/JQIIswY2CBYI8JlVSifSqNEl9vvsTJ8bkVMm3MKbG2P7Q==",
25    "encryption_iv": "8I2hhNIYNTrwxfHk"
26  },
27  "media_url": "http://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings/REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
28}

Fetch a Recording's media file

GET https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Recordings/{Sid}.mp3

You can fetch a Recording's media file by appending .wav or .mp3 to the Recording Resource's URI.

It's only possible to fetch a Recording's media file when the Recording's status is completed and the media is stored at Twilio.

If the media associated with a Recording Resource is not available/was deleted/was uploaded to external storage, the request returns Not Found.

WAV

Without an extension, or with a ".wav", a binary WAV audio file is returned with mime-type "audio/x-wav". For example:

1GET https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACXXXXX.../Recordings/RE557ce644e5ab84fa21cc21112e22c485
2

WAV files have a bitrate of 128kbps

MP3

Appending ".mp3" to the URI returns a binary MP3 audio file with mime-type type "audio/mpeg". For example:

1GET https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACXXXXX.../Recordings/RE557ce644e5ab84fa21cc21112e22c485.mp3
2

MP3 files have a bitrate of 32kbps

Download dual-channel media file

Call and Conference Recordings are stored at Twilio in dual-channel format by default.

For a two-party Call, the Recording's dual-channel media file contains the audio from each call leg in separate channels.
For a Conference, the Recording's dual-channel media file contains the audio of the first participant that joined the Conference in the first channel and all other audio from the Call mixed in the second channel. Note: To access this feature, you need to enable Dual-channel Conference Recordings on the Voice Settings page in the Console. Read the Dual-channel Conference Recordings Changelog entry for more information.

When sending the GET request to download a Recording's media file, the RequestedChannels query parameter can be used to specify whether the media file should be downmixed to a single channel or if the file should be downloaded in its original, dual-channel format.

If the RequestedChannels query parameter is not specified when requesting the media file for a two-party Call Recording, Twilio returns a media file in the format specified when the Recording was created.
If the RequestedChannels query parameter is not specified when requesting the media file for a Conference Recording, Twilio returns a media file in mono-channel format.

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Warning

Attempting to download a dual-channel media file when the dual-channel format is not available results in a 400 Bad Request error. This may happen in the following cases:

A Recording created with the <Record> verb. All audio from those Recordings are mixed and saved in a mono-channel media file.
Older Recordings from two-party Calls or Conferences prior to dual-channel support.

To prevent application errors while managing Recordings, you should implement retry logic when sending a GET request for a Recording's media file. If a request for a dual-channel media file fails, retry with a GET request for with RequestedChannels=1.

Example: Download MP3 media in dual-channel format

Append .mp3?RequestedChannels=2 to your Recording's URL

GET https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACXXXXX.../Recordings/RE557ce644e5ab84fa21cc21112e22c485.mp3?RequestedChannels=2

Example: Download WAV media in dual-channel format

Append .wav?RequestedChannels=2to your Recording's URL

GET https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACXXXXX.../Recordings/RE557ce644e5ab84fa21cc21112e22c485.wav?RequestedChannels=2

Fetch a Recording's Transcriptions

Each Recording instance resource has a Transcriptions subresource which represents the set of transcriptions generated from the recording (if any):

GET https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Recordings/{RecordingSid}/Transcriptions

This will return the set of transcriptions available for the recording identified by {RecordingSid}. See the Transcriptions resource documentation for properties and response formats.

Read multiple Recording Resources

GET https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Recordings.json

This API call returns a list of Recordings, each representing a recording generated during a call or conference for the given account. The list returned includes paging information.

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Warning

The list of Recordings is protected by your account credentials like most parts of this API. You must use HTTP basic auth to access the Recordings list resource.

You can also get a list of Recordings from a specific call or conference by including the call or conference SID in your request like so:

1GET https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Calls/{CallSid}/Recordings.json
2GET https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Conferences/{ConferenceSid}/Recordings.json

Parameters

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

accountSidSID<AC>

required

The SID of the Account that created the Recording resources to read.

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

Query parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

dateCreatedstring<date-time>

Optional

Only include recordings that were created on this date. Specify a date as YYYY-MM-DD in GMT, for example: 2009-07-06, to read recordings that were created on this date. You can also specify an inequality, such as DateCreated<=YYYY-MM-DD, to read recordings that were created on or before midnight of this date, and DateCreated>=YYYY-MM-DD to read recordings that were created on or after midnight of this date.

dateCreatedBeforestring<date-time>

Optional

Only include recordings that were created on this date. Specify a date as YYYY-MM-DD in GMT, for example: 2009-07-06, to read recordings that were created on this date. You can also specify an inequality, such as DateCreated<=YYYY-MM-DD, to read recordings that were created on or before midnight of this date, and DateCreated>=YYYY-MM-DD to read recordings that were created on or after midnight of this date.

dateCreatedAfterstring<date-time>

Optional

Only include recordings that were created on this date. Specify a date as YYYY-MM-DD in GMT, for example: 2009-07-06, to read recordings that were created on this date. You can also specify an inequality, such as DateCreated<=YYYY-MM-DD, to read recordings that were created on or before midnight of this date, and DateCreated>=YYYY-MM-DD to read recordings that were created on or after midnight of this date.

callSidSID<CA>

Optional

The Call SID of the resources to read.

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

conferenceSidSID<CF>

Optional

The Conference SID that identifies the conference associated with the recording to read.

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

includeSoftDeletedboolean

Optional

A boolean parameter indicating whether to retrieve soft deleted recordings or not. Recordings metadata are kept after deletion for a retention period of 40 days.

pageSizeinteger<int64>

Optional

How many resources to return in each list page. The default is 50, and the maximum is 1000.

Minimum: 1Maximum: 1000

pageinteger

Optional

The page index. This value is simply for client state.

Minimum: 0

pageTokenstring

Optional

The page token. This is provided by the API.

Examples

Get all Recordings for a given Call

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function listRecording() {
11  const recordings = await client.recordings.list({
12    callSid: "CAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
13    limit: 20,
14  });
15
16  recordings.forEach((r) => console.log(r.accountSid));
17}
18
19listRecording();

Response

Note: This shows the raw API response from Twilio. Responses from SDKs (Java, Python, etc.) may look a little different.

1{
2  "end": 0,
3  "first_page_uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings.json?PageSize=1&Page=0",
4  "next_page_uri": null,
5  "page": 0,
6  "page_size": 1,
7  "previous_page_uri": null,
8  "recordings": [
9    {
10      "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
11      "api_version": "2010-04-01",
12      "call_sid": "CAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
13      "conference_sid": "CFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
14      "channels": 1,
15      "date_created": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:34 +0000",
16      "date_updated": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:38 +0000",
17      "start_time": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:34 +0000",
18      "price": "0.04",
19      "price_unit": "USD",
20      "duration": "4",
21      "sid": "REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
22      "source": "StartConferenceRecordingAPI",
23      "status": "completed",
24      "error_code": null,
25      "uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings/REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.json",
26      "subresource_uris": {
27        "add_on_results": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings/REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/AddOnResults.json",
28        "transcriptions": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings/REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Transcriptions.json"
29      },
30      "encryption_details": {
31        "encryption_public_key_sid": "CRaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
32        "encryption_cek": "OV4h6zrsxMIW7h0Zfqwfn6TI2GCNl54KALlg8wn8YB8KYZhXt6HlgvBWAmQTlfYVeLWydMiCewY0YkDDT1xmNe5huEo9vjuKBS5OmYK4CZkSx1NVv3XOGrZHpd2Pl/5WJHVhUK//AUO87uh5qnUP2E0KoLh1nyCLeGcEkXU0RfpPn/6nxjof/n6m6OzZOyeIRK4Oed5+rEtjqFDfqT0EVKjs6JAxv+f0DCc1xYRHl2yV8bahUPVKs+bHYdy4PVszFKa76M/Uae4jFA9Lv233JqWcxj+K2UoghuGhAFbV/JQIIswY2CBYI8JlVSifSqNEl9vvsTJ8bkVMm3MKbG2P7Q==",
33        "encryption_iv": "8I2hhNIYNTrwxfHk"
34      },
35      "media_url": "http://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings/REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
36    }
37  ],
38  "start": 0,
39  "uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings.json?PageSize=1&Page=0"
40}

Get all Recordings for an Account

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function listRecording() {
11  const recordings = await client.recordings.list({ limit: 20 });
12
13  recordings.forEach((r) => console.log(r.accountSid));
14}
15
16listRecording();

Response

Note: This shows the raw API response from Twilio. Responses from SDKs (Java, Python, etc.) may look a little different.

1{
2  "end": 0,
3  "first_page_uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings.json?PageSize=1&Page=0",
4  "next_page_uri": null,
5  "page": 0,
6  "page_size": 1,
7  "previous_page_uri": null,
8  "recordings": [
9    {
10      "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
11      "api_version": "2010-04-01",
12      "call_sid": "CAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
13      "conference_sid": "CFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
14      "channels": 1,
15      "date_created": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:34 +0000",
16      "date_updated": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:38 +0000",
17      "start_time": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:34 +0000",
18      "price": "0.04",
19      "price_unit": "USD",
20      "duration": "4",
21      "sid": "REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
22      "source": "StartConferenceRecordingAPI",
23      "status": "completed",
24      "error_code": null,
25      "uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings/REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.json",
26      "subresource_uris": {
27        "add_on_results": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings/REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/AddOnResults.json",
28        "transcriptions": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings/REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Transcriptions.json"
29      },
30      "encryption_details": {
31        "encryption_public_key_sid": "CRaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
32        "encryption_cek": "OV4h6zrsxMIW7h0Zfqwfn6TI2GCNl54KALlg8wn8YB8KYZhXt6HlgvBWAmQTlfYVeLWydMiCewY0YkDDT1xmNe5huEo9vjuKBS5OmYK4CZkSx1NVv3XOGrZHpd2Pl/5WJHVhUK//AUO87uh5qnUP2E0KoLh1nyCLeGcEkXU0RfpPn/6nxjof/n6m6OzZOyeIRK4Oed5+rEtjqFDfqT0EVKjs6JAxv+f0DCc1xYRHl2yV8bahUPVKs+bHYdy4PVszFKa76M/Uae4jFA9Lv233JqWcxj+K2UoghuGhAFbV/JQIIswY2CBYI8JlVSifSqNEl9vvsTJ8bkVMm3MKbG2P7Q==",
33        "encryption_iv": "8I2hhNIYNTrwxfHk"
34      },
35      "media_url": "http://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings/REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
36    }
37  ],
38  "start": 0,
39  "uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings.json?PageSize=1&Page=0"
40}

Filter Recordings with Exact Match

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function listRecording() {
11  const recordings = await client.recordings.list({
12    dateCreated: new Date("2016-10-18 00:00:00"),
13    limit: 20,
14  });
15
16  recordings.forEach((r) => console.log(r.accountSid));
17}
18
19listRecording();

Response

Note: This shows the raw API response from Twilio. Responses from SDKs (Java, Python, etc.) may look a little different.

1{
2  "end": 0,
3  "first_page_uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings.json?PageSize=1&Page=0",
4  "next_page_uri": null,
5  "page": 0,
6  "page_size": 1,
7  "previous_page_uri": null,
8  "recordings": [
9    {
10      "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
11      "api_version": "2010-04-01",
12      "call_sid": "CAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
13      "conference_sid": "CFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
14      "channels": 1,
15      "date_created": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:34 +0000",
16      "date_updated": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:38 +0000",
17      "start_time": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:34 +0000",
18      "price": "0.04",
19      "price_unit": "USD",
20      "duration": "4",
21      "sid": "REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
22      "source": "StartConferenceRecordingAPI",
23      "status": "completed",
24      "error_code": null,
25      "uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings/REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.json",
26      "subresource_uris": {
27        "add_on_results": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings/REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/AddOnResults.json",
28        "transcriptions": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings/REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Transcriptions.json"
29      },
30      "encryption_details": {
31        "encryption_public_key_sid": "CRaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
32        "encryption_cek": "OV4h6zrsxMIW7h0Zfqwfn6TI2GCNl54KALlg8wn8YB8KYZhXt6HlgvBWAmQTlfYVeLWydMiCewY0YkDDT1xmNe5huEo9vjuKBS5OmYK4CZkSx1NVv3XOGrZHpd2Pl/5WJHVhUK//AUO87uh5qnUP2E0KoLh1nyCLeGcEkXU0RfpPn/6nxjof/n6m6OzZOyeIRK4Oed5+rEtjqFDfqT0EVKjs6JAxv+f0DCc1xYRHl2yV8bahUPVKs+bHYdy4PVszFKa76M/Uae4jFA9Lv233JqWcxj+K2UoghuGhAFbV/JQIIswY2CBYI8JlVSifSqNEl9vvsTJ8bkVMm3MKbG2P7Q==",
33        "encryption_iv": "8I2hhNIYNTrwxfHk"
34      },
35      "media_url": "http://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings/REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
36    }
37  ],
38  "start": 0,
39  "uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings.json?PageSize=1&Page=0"
40}

Filter Recordings with Range Match

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function listRecording() {
11  const recordings = await client.recordings.list({
12    dateCreatedBefore: new Date("2016-10-15 00:00:00"),
13    dateCreatedAfter: new Date("2016-10-12 00:00:00"),
14    limit: 20,
15  });
16
17  recordings.forEach((r) => console.log(r.accountSid));
18}
19
20listRecording();

Response

Note: This shows the raw API response from Twilio. Responses from SDKs (Java, Python, etc.) may look a little different.

1{
2  "end": 0,
3  "first_page_uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings.json?PageSize=1&Page=0",
4  "next_page_uri": null,
5  "page": 0,
6  "page_size": 1,
7  "previous_page_uri": null,
8  "recordings": [
9    {
10      "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
11      "api_version": "2010-04-01",
12      "call_sid": "CAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
13      "conference_sid": "CFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
14      "channels": 1,
15      "date_created": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:34 +0000",
16      "date_updated": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:38 +0000",
17      "start_time": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:34 +0000",
18      "price": "0.04",
19      "price_unit": "USD",
20      "duration": "4",
21      "sid": "REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
22      "source": "StartConferenceRecordingAPI",
23      "status": "completed",
24      "error_code": null,
25      "uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings/REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.json",
26      "subresource_uris": {
27        "add_on_results": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings/REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/AddOnResults.json",
28        "transcriptions": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings/REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Transcriptions.json"
29      },
30      "encryption_details": {
31        "encryption_public_key_sid": "CRaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
32        "encryption_cek": "OV4h6zrsxMIW7h0Zfqwfn6TI2GCNl54KALlg8wn8YB8KYZhXt6HlgvBWAmQTlfYVeLWydMiCewY0YkDDT1xmNe5huEo9vjuKBS5OmYK4CZkSx1NVv3XOGrZHpd2Pl/5WJHVhUK//AUO87uh5qnUP2E0KoLh1nyCLeGcEkXU0RfpPn/6nxjof/n6m6OzZOyeIRK4Oed5+rEtjqFDfqT0EVKjs6JAxv+f0DCc1xYRHl2yV8bahUPVKs+bHYdy4PVszFKa76M/Uae4jFA9Lv233JqWcxj+K2UoghuGhAFbV/JQIIswY2CBYI8JlVSifSqNEl9vvsTJ8bkVMm3MKbG2P7Q==",
33        "encryption_iv": "8I2hhNIYNTrwxfHk"
34      },
35      "media_url": "http://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings/REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
36    }
37  ],
38  "start": 0,
39  "uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings.json?PageSize=1&Page=0"
40}

Update a Recording resource

1POST https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Calls/{CallSid}/Recordings/{Sid}.json
2POST https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Conferences/{ConferenceSid}/Recordings/{Sid}.json

An active call or conference recording can be paused and resumed. Additionally, an active call recording can be stopped which will end the recording immediately. (stopped not supported for conference recordings)

Parameters

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

accountSidSID<AC>

required

The SID of the Account that created the Recording resource to update.

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

callSidSID<CA>

required

The Call SID of the resource to update.

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

sidstring

required

The Twilio-provided string that uniquely identifies the Recording resource to update.

Request body parameters

Encoding type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded

SchemaExample

Property nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties

statusenum<string>

required

The status of the recording. Can be: processing, completed and absent. For more detailed statuses on in-progress recordings, check out how to Update a Recording Resource.

Possible values:

in-progresspausedstoppedprocessingcompletedabsent

pauseBehaviorstring

Optional

Whether to record during a pause. Can be: skip or silence and the default is silence. skip does not record during the pause period, while silence will replace the actual audio of the call with silence during the pause period. This parameter only applies when setting status is set to paused.

Examples:

(warning)

Warning

Note in examples below that the API responses for updates to the recording resource will provide a more detailed inflight 'status' including paused, in-progress, or stopped but a fetch on the recording resource will only show processing or completed.

Pause a call recording with skip option

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function updateCallRecording() {
11  const recording = await client
12    .calls("CAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")
13    .recordings("REXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")
14    .update({
15      pauseBehavior: "skip",
16      status: "paused",
17    });
18
19  console.log(recording.accountSid);
20}
21
22updateCallRecording();

Response

Note: This shows the raw API response from Twilio. Responses from SDKs (Java, Python, etc.) may look a little different.

1{
2  "account_sid": "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
3  "api_version": "2010-04-01",
4  "call_sid": "CAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
5  "conference_sid": null,
6  "channels": 2,
7  "date_created": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:34 +0000",
8  "date_updated": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:36 +0000",
9  "start_time": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:34 +0000",
10  "price": null,
11  "price_unit": null,
12  "duration": null,
13  "sid": "REXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
14  "source": "StartCallRecordingAPI",
15  "status": "paused",
16  "error_code": null,
17  "encryption_details": null,
18  "track": "both",
19  "uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Calls/CAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings/REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.json"
20}

Pause a conference recording with skip option

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function updateConferenceRecording() {
11  const recording = await client
12    .conferences("CFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")
13    .recordings("REXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")
14    .update({ status: "paused" });
15
16  console.log(recording.accountSid);
17}
18
19updateConferenceRecording();

Response

Note: This shows the raw API response from Twilio. Responses from SDKs (Java, Python, etc.) may look a little different.

1{
2  "account_sid": "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
3  "api_version": "2010-04-01",
4  "call_sid": "CAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
5  "conference_sid": "CFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
6  "channels": 1,
7  "date_created": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:34 +0000",
8  "date_updated": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:39 +0000",
9  "start_time": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:34 +0000",
10  "price": null,
11  "price_unit": null,
12  "duration": null,
13  "sid": "REXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
14  "source": "StartConferenceRecordingAPI",
15  "status": "paused",
16  "error_code": null,
17  "encryption_details": null,
18  "uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Conferences/CFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings/REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.json"
19}

(information)

Info

In the following two examples, note the use of Twilio.CURRENT to reference the currently active recording without requiring an explicit Recording SID.

Twilio.CURRENT can be used for pause, resume, or stop actions on calls with only one active recording.

(warning)

Warning

Note that if your use case has multiple or concurrent recordings for a call or conference, you will need to use the Recording SID to reference the correct one. Using Twilio.CURRENT to reference a recording on a resource that has multiple recordings will result in an error that the request failed because there is more than one recording for the given Call.

Pause a call recording with Twilio.CURRENT

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function updateCallRecording() {
11  const recording = await client
12    .calls("CAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")
13    .recordings("Twilio.CURRENT")
14    .update({ status: "paused" });
15
16  console.log(recording.accountSid);
17}
18
19updateCallRecording();

Response

Note: This shows the raw API response from Twilio. Responses from SDKs (Java, Python, etc.) may look a little different.

1{
2  "account_sid": "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
3  "api_version": "2010-04-01",
4  "call_sid": "CAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
5  "conference_sid": null,
6  "channels": 2,
7  "date_created": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:34 +0000",
8  "date_updated": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:36 +0000",
9  "start_time": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:34 +0000",
10  "price": null,
11  "price_unit": null,
12  "duration": null,
13  "sid": "Twilio.CURRENT",
14  "source": "StartCallRecordingAPI",
15  "status": "paused",
16  "error_code": null,
17  "encryption_details": null,
18  "track": "both",
19  "uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Calls/CAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings/REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.json"
20}

Pause a conference recording with Twilio.CURRENT

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function updateConferenceRecording() {
11  const recording = await client
12    .conferences("CFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")
13    .recordings("Twilio.CURRENT")
14    .update({ status: "paused" });
15
16  console.log(recording.accountSid);
17}
18
19updateConferenceRecording();

Response

Note: This shows the raw API response from Twilio. Responses from SDKs (Java, Python, etc.) may look a little different.

1{
2  "account_sid": "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
3  "api_version": "2010-04-01",
4  "call_sid": "CAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
5  "conference_sid": "CFXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
6  "channels": 1,
7  "date_created": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:34 +0000",
8  "date_updated": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:39 +0000",
9  "start_time": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:34 +0000",
10  "price": null,
11  "price_unit": null,
12  "duration": null,
13  "sid": "Twilio.CURRENT",
14  "source": "StartConferenceRecordingAPI",
15  "status": "paused",
16  "error_code": null,
17  "encryption_details": null,
18  "uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Conferences/CFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings/REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.json"
19}

Resume a call recording

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function updateCallRecording() {
11  const recording = await client
12    .calls("CAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")
13    .recordings("REXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")
14    .update({ status: "in-progress" });
15
16  console.log(recording.accountSid);
17}
18
19updateCallRecording();

Response

Note: This shows the raw API response from Twilio. Responses from SDKs (Java, Python, etc.) may look a little different.

1{
2  "account_sid": "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
3  "api_version": "2010-04-01",
4  "call_sid": "CAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
5  "conference_sid": null,
6  "channels": 2,
7  "date_created": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:34 +0000",
8  "date_updated": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:36 +0000",
9  "start_time": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:34 +0000",
10  "price": null,
11  "price_unit": null,
12  "duration": null,
13  "sid": "REXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
14  "source": "StartCallRecordingAPI",
15  "status": "in-progress",
16  "error_code": null,
17  "encryption_details": null,
18  "track": "both",
19  "uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Calls/CAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings/REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.json"
20}

Stop a call recording

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function updateCallRecording() {
11  const recording = await client
12    .calls("CAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")
13    .recordings("REXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")
14    .update({ status: "stopped" });
15
16  console.log(recording.accountSid);
17}
18
19updateCallRecording();

Response

Note: This shows the raw API response from Twilio. Responses from SDKs (Java, Python, etc.) may look a little different.

1{
2  "account_sid": "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
3  "api_version": "2010-04-01",
4  "call_sid": "CAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
5  "conference_sid": null,
6  "channels": 2,
7  "date_created": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:34 +0000",
8  "date_updated": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:36 +0000",
9  "start_time": "Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:56:34 +0000",
10  "price": null,
11  "price_unit": null,
12  "duration": null,
13  "sid": "REXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
14  "source": "StartCallRecordingAPI",
15  "status": "stopped",
16  "error_code": null,
17  "encryption_details": null,
18  "track": "both",
19  "uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Calls/CAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Recordings/REaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.json"
20}

Delete a Recording resource

DELETE https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Recordings/{Sid}.json

Deletes a recording from your account. Once the recording is deleted:

You will no longer be billed for storage of those minutes
The recording is set to a status of deleted
The metadata is preserved for a period of 40 days , during which time the metadata is still visible in the Console and API.
The recording media cannot be recovered.

If successful, DELETE returns HTTP 204 (No Content) with no body.

Only completed recordings can be deleted. Recordings with any other status are not available for deletion.

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

accountSidSID<AC>

required

The SID of the Account that created the Recording resources to delete.

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

sidSID<RE>

required

The Twilio-provided string that uniquely identifies the Recording resource to delete.

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

(information)

Info

To delete a large set of Voice Recordings, you can use the bulk deletion capabilities available in the Twilio Console.

Example:

Delete Recording

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function deleteRecording() {
11  await client.recordings("REXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX").remove();
12}
13
14deleteRecording();