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id: 2d55b135-7ff9-430e-b110-dcdb8ac50fbd
title: connectPhone
slug: /node/reference/voice/call/connect-phone
description: connectPhone method for the Call class.
max-toc-depth: 3
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[call]: /docs/server-sdk/v4/node/reference/voice/call

[callstate]: /docs/server-sdk/v4/node/reference/voice/call-state

[disconnected]: /docs/server-sdk/v4/node/reference/voice/call/disconnected

[voiceplaylist]: /docs/server-sdk/v4/node/reference/voice/playlist

### connectPhone

* **connectPhone**(`params`): `Promise`\<[`Call`][call]>

Attempt to connect an existing call to a new outbound phone call. The two devices will hear each other. You can wait until the new peer is disconnected by calling [disconnected][disconnected].

#### Parameters

<ParamField path="params" type="object" required>
  Object containing the parameters for connecting the call to a phone number.
</ParamField>

<Indent>
  <ParamField path="to" type="string" required>
    The party you are attempting to call.
  </ParamField>

  <ParamField path="from" type="string">
    The party the call is coming from. Must be a SignalWire number or SIP endpoint that you own.
  </ParamField>

  <ParamField path="timeout" type="number">
    The time, in seconds, the call will ring before it is considered unanswered.
  </ParamField>

  <ParamField path="maxPricePerMinute" type="number">
    The maximum price in USD acceptable for the call to be created. If the rate for the call is greater than this value, the call will not be created. If not set, all calls will be created. Price can have a maximum of four decimal places, i.e. `0.0075`.
  </ParamField>

  <ParamField path="ringback" type="VoicePlaylist">
    Ringback audio to play to the call leg. You can play audio, TTS, silence or ringtone. See [`VoicePlaylist`][voiceplaylist].
  </ParamField>

  <ParamField path="callStateUrl" type="string">
    Webhook URL to which SignalWire will send call status change notifications. See the payload specifications under [`CallState`][callstate].
  </ParamField>

  <ParamField path="callStateEvents" type="string[]" default="[&#x22;ended&#x22;]">
    An array of event names to be notified about. Allowed values are `created`, `ringing`, `answered`, and `ended`.
  </ParamField>
</Indent>

#### Returns

`Promise`\<[`Call`][call]>

A promise that resolves to a [`Call`][call] object that you can use to control the new peer.
The promise resolves only after the new peer picks up the call.

#### Example

In this example, we connect an inbound call to an outbound phone number. We play a ringback tone
to the inbound call leg while waiting for the outbound phone number to answer.
Once the outbound phone number answers, we wait for the peer to hangup and then hangup
the inbound leg of the call.

```js
import { SignalWire, Voice} from "@signalwire/realtime-api";

const client = await SignalWire({ project: "ProjectID Here", token: "Token Here" })

const voiceClient = client.voice;
// Ringback tone
const ringback = new Voice.Playlist().add(
  Voice.Playlist.Ringtone({
    name: "it"
  })
);

await voiceClient.listen({
  topics: ["office"],
  onCallReceived: async (call) => {

    // Answer the call
    call.answer();
    // Connect the call to the device builder plan
    let peer = await call.connectPhone({
      // Replace the to parameter with a valid phone number
      to: "+1XXXXXXXXXX",
      from: call.from,
      ringback: ringback
    });

    // Listen to peer state changes
    await peer.listen({
      onStateChanged: (state) => {
        console.log("Peer state changed:", state.state);
      }
    })
    // wait for peer to hangup
    await peer.disconnected();
    console.log("The peer hungup");
    // hangup the call
    call.hangup();
  }
});
```