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id: ad432230-6a9c-4d69-8b34-fab72c82795c
title: playAudio
slug: /node/reference/voice/call/play-audio
description: playAudio method for the Call class.
max-toc-depth: 3
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[callplayback-9]: /docs/server-sdk/v3/node/reference/voice/call-playback

### playAudio

* **playAudio**(`params`): `Promise<CallPlayback>` - See [CallPlayback][callplayback-9] for more details.

Plays an audio file.

#### Parameters

| Name             | Type     | Description                                                              |
| :--------------- | :------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `params`         | `Object` | -                                                                        |
| `params.url`     | `string` | HTTP(s) URL to an audio resource to play.                                |
| `params.volume?` | `number` | Volume value between -40dB and +40dB where 0 is unchanged. Default is 0. |

#### Returns

`Promise<CallPlayback>` - See [CallPlayback][callplayback-9] for more details.

#### Example

```js
const playback = await call.playAudio({
  url: "https://cdn.signalwire.com/default-music/welcome.mp3",
});
await playback.ended();
```