***

id: 77c4317f-efdf-41ba-ac1a-ed8acdb6ec54
title: playSilence
slug: /node/reference/voice/call/play-silence
description: playSilence method for the Call class.
max-toc-depth: 3
----------------

[callplayback-events]: /docs/server-sdk/v4/node/reference/voice/call-playback#events

[callplayback-onstarted]: /docs/server-sdk/v4/node/reference/voice/call-playback#onstarted

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

### playSilence

* **playSilence**(`params`): `Promise`\<[`CallPlayback`][callplayback]>

Plays some silence.

#### Parameters

<ParamField path="params" type="object" required>
  Object containing the parameters for playing silence.
</ParamField>

<Indent>
  <ParamField path="duration" type="number" required>
    Seconds of silence to play.
  </ParamField>

  <ParamField path="listen" type="object">
    Callback to listen for events. List of playback events can be found [here][callplayback-events]. Example event: [`onStarted`][callplayback-onstarted].
  </ParamField>
</Indent>

#### Returns

`Promise`\<[`CallPlayback`][callplayback]>

A promise that resolves to a [`CallPlayback`][callplayback] object that you can use to
view the current state and results of the `play` session.

#### Example

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

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

const voiceClient = client.voice;

// Listen for incoming calls
await voiceClient.listen({
  topics: ["office"],
  onCallReceived: async (call) => {
    console.log("Call received");
    // Answer the call
    call.answer();
    // Play Silence on the call for a duration of 3 seconds. Listens for playback events. Ends the call after the silence is finished playing.
    await call.playSilence({
      duration: 3,
      listen: {
        onStarted: () => console.log("Silence started"),
        onFailed: () => console.log("Silence failed"),
        onUpdated: (event) => console.log("Silence updated", event.state),
        onEnded: (event) => {
          console.log("Silence ended", event.state);
          call.hangup();
        }
      }
    }).onStarted();
  }
});
```