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# Create a Recording

POST https://YOUR_SPACE.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Calls/{CallSid}/Recordings
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Starts a recording resource for an active call. Use [Update a Recording](/docs/compatibility-api/rest/recordings/update-recording) to pause, resume, or stop it; use the account-level [Recordings](/docs/compatibility-api/rest/recordings/list-recordings) collection to find saved media across calls.

#### Permissions

The API token used to authenticate must have the following scope(s) enabled to make a successful request: _Voice_.

[Learn more about API scopes](/docs/platform/your-signalwire-api-space).

Reference: https://signalwire.com/docs/compatibility-api/rest/recordings/create-recording

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (basic auth, required) — SignalWire Basic Authentication using Project ID and API Token. The client sends HTTP requests with the Authorization header containing the word Basic followed by a space and a base64-encoded string of project_id:token. The project ID will be used as the username and the API token as the password. Example: ``` Authorization: Basic base64(project_id:token) ```

## Request

### Path parameters

- `AccountSid` (string, required) — The Project ID that uniquely identifies the Account.
- `CallSid` (string, required) — The unique identifier for the call.

### Body (application/x-www-form-urlencoded)

This endpoint expects a CreateCallRecordingRequest.

- `RecordingChannels` (enum, optional, default: mono) — The number of channels in the recording. Can be `mono` (both legs of call recorded under one channel into one recording file) or `dual` (each leg of call recorded in separate channels into one recording file). Default is `mono`.
  - Allowed values: `mono`, `dual`
- `RecordingStatusCallback` (string, optional) — The URL to request to when recording is available. See the [Recording status callback](/docs/compatibility-api/rest/recordings/webhooks/recording-status-callback) webhook for the payload your URL will receive.
- `RecordingStatusCallbackEvent` (string, optional, default: completed) — The different recording statuses. To specify multiple events, separate with a space. Valid values: completed, in-progress, absent. Default is `completed`.
- `RecordingStatusCallbackMethod` (enum, optional, default: POST) — Whether the request to `RecordingStatusCallback` URL is a `GET` or a `POST`. Default is `POST`.
  - Allowed values: `GET`, `POST`
- `RecordingTrack` (enum, optional, default: both) — Specifies whether to record the `inbound` audio to SignalWire from the called party or the `outbound` audio from SignalWire to the called party or `both` the inbound and outbound audio. Default is `both`.
  - Allowed values: `inbound`, `outbound`, `both`
- `Trim` (enum, optional, default: do-not-trim) — Whether leading and trailing silence is trimmed from a recording. Default is `do-not-trim`.
  - Allowed values: `trim-silence`, `do-not-trim`

## Response

### 200

The request has succeeded.

- `sid` (string, required) — The unique identifier for the recording.
- `account_sid` (string, required) — The unique identifier for the account that is associated with this recording.
- `api_version` (string, required) — The version of the SignalWire API.
- `call_sid` (string, required, nullable) — The unique identifier for the call that is associated with this recording. Null if this is a conference recording.
- `conference_sid` (string, required, nullable) — The unique identifier for the conference that is associated with this recording. Null if this is a call recording.
- `channel` (enum, required) — The number of channels in a recording (singular key). Returns '1' for mono or '2' for stereo.
  - Allowed values: `1`, `2`
- `channels` (enum, required) — The number of channels in a recording. Returns '1' for mono or '2' for stereo.
  - Allowed values: `1`, `2`
- `date_created` (string, required) — The date, in RFC 2822 format, this recording was created.
- `date_updated` (string, required) — The date, in RFC 2822 format, this recording was updated.
- `start_time` (string, required, nullable) — The time, in RFC 2822 format, this recording started.
- `end_time` (string, required, nullable) — The time, in RFC 2822 format, this recording ended.
- `duration` (integer, required) — The length, in seconds, of the recording.
- `price` (string, required, nullable) — The cost for the recording.
- `price_unit` (string, required) — The currency of the price of the recording.
- `source` (enum, required) — How the recording was made.
  - Allowed values: `DialVerb`, `Conference`, `OutBoundApi`, `Trunking`, `RecordVerb`, `StartCallRecordingApi`, `StartConferenceRecording`
- `status` (enum, required) — The status of the recording.
  - Allowed values: `queued`, `in-progress`, `paused`, `resumed`, `completed`, `absent`, `stopped`
- `error_code` (string, required, nullable) — Further details about a failed recording.
- `uri` (string, required) — The URI of the recording.
- `subresource_uris` (RecordingSubresourceUris, required) — Subresource URIs.
- `encryption_details` (string, required, nullable) — Encryption details. Always null.
- `trim` (string, required) — Whether leading and trailing silence is trimmed from a recording.

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

The request was invalid or cannot be processed. Check the error details for more information.

- `code` (integer, required) — Error code.
- `message` (string, required) — Error message.
- `more_info` (string, required) — URL for more information about the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — HTTP status code.

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Authentication failed. Please verify your credentials and try again.

- `code` (integer, required) — Error code.
- `message` (string, required) — Error message.
- `more_info` (string, required) — URL for more information about the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — HTTP status code.

### 404 Not Found Error

The requested resource was not found. Please verify the resource identifier.

- `code` (integer, required) — Error code.
- `message` (string, required) — Error message.
- `more_info` (string, required) — URL for more information about the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — HTTP status code.

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

The request could not be processed due to validation errors. Check the error details for more information.

- `code` (integer, required) — Error code.
- `message` (string, required) — Error message.
- `more_info` (string, required) — URL for more information about the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — HTTP status code.

### 503 Service Unavailable Error

The service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later.

- `code` (integer, required) — Error code.
- `message` (string, required) — Error message.
- `more_info` (string, required) — URL for more information about the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — HTTP status code.

## Types

### RecordingSubresourceUris

Recording subresource URIs.

- `transcriptions` (string, required) — The URI for transcriptions.

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "sid": "19e436af-5688-4307-b03b-bdb2b42b8142",
  "account_sid": "720796a0-8ee9-4350-83bd-2d07a3121f1e",
  "api_version": "2010-04-01",
  "call_sid": "43bb71ee-553f-4074-bb20-8e2747647cce",
  "conference_sid": null,
  "channel": "1",
  "channels": "1",
  "date_created": "Tue, 25 Sep 2018 23:00:00 +0000",
  "date_updated": "Wed, 26 Sep 2018 23:00:04 +0000",
  "start_time": "Tue, 25 Sep 2018 23:00:00 +0000",
  "end_time": "Wed, 26 Sep 2018 23:00:04 +0000",
  "duration": 4,
  "price": "-0.0025",
  "price_unit": "USD",
  "source": "DialVerb",
  "status": "queued",
  "error_code": null,
  "uri": "/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/720796a0-8ee9-4350-83bd-2d07a3121f1e/Recordings/19e436af-5688-4307-b03b-bdb2b42b8142.json",
  "subresource_uris": {
    "transcriptions": "/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/720796a0-8ee9-4350-83bd-2d07a3121f1e/Recordings/19e436af-5688-4307-b03b-bdb2b42b8142/Transcriptions.json"
  },
  "encryption_details": null,
  "trim": "do-not-trim"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/Calls/CallSid/Recordings"

payload = ""
headers = {
    "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
}

response = requests.post(url, data=payload, headers=headers, auth=("<project_id>", "<api_token>"))

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/Calls/CallSid/Recordings';
const credentials = btoa("<project_id>:<api_token>");

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Basic ${credentials}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
  },
  body: new URLSearchParams('')
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/Calls/CallSid/Recordings"

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

	req.SetBasicAuth("<project_id>", "<api_token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")

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

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

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/Calls/CallSid/Recordings")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request.basic_auth("<project_id>", "<api_token>")
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'

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

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/Calls/CallSid/Recordings")
  .basicAuth("<project_id>", "<api_token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/Calls/CallSid/Recordings', [
  'form_params' => null,
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
  ],
    'auth' => ['<project_id>', '<api_token>'],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;
using RestSharp.Authenticators;

var client = new RestClient("https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/Calls/CallSid/Recordings");
client.Authenticator = new HttpBasicAuthenticator("<project_id>", "<api_token>");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);

request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let credentials = Data("<project_id>:<api_token>".utf8).base64EncodedString()

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Basic \(credentials)",
  "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://your_space.signalwire.com/api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/AccountSid/Calls/CallSid/Recordings")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```