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id: fe33bb33-3197-4bad-9d1b-f2a52e1e8029
title: detect
slug: /node/reference/voice/call/detect
description: detect method for the Call class.
max-toc-depth: 3
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[calldetect-8]: /docs/server-sdk/v3/node/reference/voice/call-detect

[link-2]: /docs/server-sdk/v3/node/reference/voice/call/amd

[link-3]: /docs/server-sdk/v3/node/reference/voice/call/detect-fax

[link-4]: /docs/server-sdk/v3/node/reference/voice/call/detect-digit

[link]: /docs/server-sdk/v3/node/reference/voice/call/detect-answering-machine

### detect

* **detect**(`params`): `Promise<CallDetect>` - See [CallDetect][calldetect-8] for more details.

Generic method. Please see [amd][link-2], [detectFax][link-3], [detectDigit][link-4].

#### Parameters

| Name          | Type                                            | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| :------------ | :---------------------------------------------- | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `params`      | `object`                                        | -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| `params.type` | `"fax"` \| `"machine"` \| `"digit"` \| `"beep"` | <ul> <li>if type="digit", see the method parameters for [detectDigit][link-4]</li><li> if type="fax", see the method parameters for [detectFax][link-3]</li><li>if type="machine", see the method parameters for [detectAnsweringMachine][link]</li><li>if type="beep", see the method parameters for [detectAnsweringMachine][link]</li></ul> |

#### Returns

`Promise<CallDetect>` - See [CallDetect][calldetect-8] for more details.