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A call is a connection between SignalWire and another phone.
**Outbound calls** are made from SignalWire numbers to other phone numbers.
**Inbound calls** are made from other phone numbers to SignalWire numbers.

## Properties

<Schema type="Call" />

## Example object

<SchemaSnippet type="Call" title="The Call Object" />

## `Status`

The `status` attribute has the following values:

|         Value |                                                       |
| ------------: | ----------------------------------------------------- |
|      `queued` | The call is ready and waiting in line.                |
|     `ringing` | The call is ringing.                                  |
| `in-progress` | The call was picked up and is in progress.            |
|    `canceled` | The call was terminated when ringing or queued.       |
|   `completed` | The call was picked up and terminated with no issues. |
|        `busy` | The caller received a busy signal.                    |
|      `failed` | The call was not completed because of a failure.      |

## StatusCallback parameters

<WebhookPayloadSnippet webhook="voiceStatusCallback" />

## RecordingStatusCallback parameters

In addition to the [standard request parameters](/docs/compatibility-api/cxml/reference/voice#request-parameters), the following are parameters passed back to your application when SignalWire makes a request to the `RecordingStatusCallback` URL.

<WebhookPayloadSnippet webhook="recordingStatusCallback" />

## `RecordingStatus`

The `RecordingStatus` attribute has the following values:

|         Value |                                                                   |
| ------------: | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `in-progress` | The recording of the call has begun.                              |
|   `completed` | The recording of the call is completed and ready to access.       |
|      `failed` | The recording of the call is not accessible because of a failure. |