How to automatically initiate an audio conference using API Originate

Dialplan configuration

Create a new Dialplan procedure

To implement the initiation of an audio conference, create a separate Dialplan procedure "conference" (WMS -> Dialplan -> Dialplan rules -> click + to add a new procedure).

Add the following Dialplan applications:

• Set -> CURLOPT(userpwd) with admin credentials - admin credentials of your PBX to access API 
• Custom application -> Set(message=${CURL(http://127.0.0.1/api/v1/Originate, channel=Local/448@users&exten=98123&context=users&context=users&callerid=\"Conference\" <98123>"&async=true)})\

Where:

CURL(http://127.0.0.1/api/v1/Originate - the path to API Originate. 127.0.0.1 is the internal IP address of any PBX;

channel=Local/448@users - one of the numbers to be called; 

exten=98123 - the number of a Conference (Feature code 98 and 123 - the number itself);

context=users - a procedure used for making outgoing calls ("users" procedure);

callerid=\"Conference\" <98123>"&async=true - the standard formatting for the callerID (name and number). \ (backslash) before the " (quotation marks) serves to make read " " as quotes, and it's not a separator that calls upon a string.

• Jump to -> Associate the current procedure with the one that is used for making outgoing calls and add the Conference number (98123)

Add  a new called number to "users" procedure

To be able to make calls, you need to add Add new called number to the procedure (users in our example):

• Jump to -> Associate the procedure with "conference" procedure
• Go to voicemail -> select any number/ email address
• Play sound -> select a sound to be played