Telnyx Voice Streaming - Python

Installation

pip install telnyx

Setup

import os
from telnyx import Telnyx

client = Telnyx(
    api_key=os.environ.get("TELNYX_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)

All examples below assume client is already initialized as shown above.

Error Handling

All API calls can fail with network errors, rate limits (429), validation errors (422), or authentication errors (401). Always handle errors in production code:

import telnyx

try:
    result = client.messages.send(to="+13125550001", from_="+13125550002", text="Hello")
except telnyx.APIConnectionError:
    print("Network error — check connectivity and retry")
except telnyx.RateLimitError:
    # 429: rate limited — wait and retry with exponential backoff
    import time
    time.sleep(1)  # Check Retry-After header for actual delay
except telnyx.APIStatusError as e:
    print(f"API error {e.status_code}: {e.message}")
    if e.status_code == 422:
        print("Validation error — check required fields and formats")

Common error codes: 401 invalid API key, 403 insufficient permissions, 404 resource not found, 422 validation error (check field formats), 429 rate limited (retry with exponential backoff).

Forking start

Call forking allows you to stream the media from a call to a specific target in realtime. This stream can be used to enable realtime audio analysis to support a variety of use cases, including fraud detection, or the creation of AI-generated audio responses. Requests must specify either the target attribute or the rx and tx attributes.

POST /calls/{call_control_id}/actions/fork_start

Optional: client_state (string), command_id (string), rx (string), stream_type (enum: decrypted), tx (string)

response = client.calls.actions.start_forking(
    call_control_id="call_control_id",
)
print(response.data)

Returns: result (string)

Forking stop

Stop forking a call. Expected Webhooks:

• call.fork.stopped

POST /calls/{call_control_id}/actions/fork_stop

Optional: client_state (string), command_id (string), stream_type (enum: raw, decrypted)

response = client.calls.actions.stop_forking(
    call_control_id="call_control_id",
)
print(response.data)

Returns: result (string)

Streaming start

Start streaming the media from a call to a specific WebSocket address or Dialogflow connection in near-realtime. Audio will be delivered as base64-encoded RTP payload (raw audio), wrapped in JSON payloads. Please find more details about media streaming messages specification under the link.

POST /calls/{call_control_id}/actions/streaming_start

Optional: client_state (string), command_id (string), custom_parameters (array[object]), dialogflow_config (object), enable_dialogflow (boolean), stream_auth_token (string), stream_bidirectional_codec (enum: PCMU, PCMA, G722, OPUS, AMR-WB, L16), stream_bidirectional_mode (enum: mp3, rtp), stream_bidirectional_sampling_rate (enum: 8000, 16000, 22050, 24000, 48000), stream_bidirectional_target_legs (enum: both, self, opposite), stream_codec (enum: PCMU, PCMA, G722, OPUS, AMR-WB, L16, default), stream_track (enum: inbound_track, outbound_track, both_tracks), stream_url (string)

response = client.calls.actions.start_streaming(
    call_control_id="call_control_id",
)
print(response.data)

Returns: result (string)

Streaming stop

Stop streaming a call to a WebSocket. Expected Webhooks:

• streaming.stopped

POST /calls/{call_control_id}/actions/streaming_stop

Optional: client_state (string), command_id (string), stream_id (uuid)

response = client.calls.actions.stop_streaming(
    call_control_id="call_control_id",
)
print(response.data)

Returns: result (string)

Transcription start

Start real-time transcription. Transcription will stop on call hang-up, or can be initiated via the Transcription stop command. Expected Webhooks:

• call.transcription

POST /calls/{call_control_id}/actions/transcription_start

Optional: client_state (string), command_id (string), transcription_engine (enum: Google, Telnyx, Deepgram, Azure, A, B), transcription_engine_config (object), transcription_tracks (string)

response = client.calls.actions.start_transcription(
    call_control_id="call_control_id",
)
print(response.data)

Returns: result (string)

Transcription stop

Stop real-time transcription.

POST /calls/{call_control_id}/actions/transcription_stop

Optional: client_state (string), command_id (string)

response = client.calls.actions.stop_transcription(
    call_control_id="call_control_id",
)
print(response.data)

Returns: result (string)

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Webhooks

Webhook Verification

Telnyx signs webhooks with Ed25519. Each request includes telnyx-signature-ed25519 and telnyx-timestamp headers. Always verify signatures in production:

# In your webhook handler (e.g., Flask — use raw body, not parsed JSON):
@app.route("/webhooks", methods=["POST"])
def handle_webhook():
    payload = request.get_data(as_text=True)  # raw body as string
    headers = dict(request.headers)
    try:
        event = client.webhooks.unwrap(payload, headers=headers)
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Webhook verification failed: {e}")
        return "Invalid signature", 400
    # Signature valid — event is the parsed webhook payload
    print(f"Received event: {event.data.event_type}")
    return "OK", 200

The following webhook events are sent to your configured webhook URL. All webhooks include telnyx-timestamp and telnyx-signature-ed25519 headers for Ed25519 signature verification. Use client.webhooks.unwrap() to verify.

Event	Description
callForkStarted	Call Fork Started
callForkStopped	Call Fork Stopped
callStreamingFailed	Call Streaming Failed
callStreamingStarted	Call Streaming Started
callStreamingStopped	Call Streaming Stopped
transcription	Transcription

Webhook payload fields

callForkStarted

Field	Type	Description
data.record_type	enum: event	Identifies the type of the resource.
data.event_type	enum: call.fork.started	The type of event being delivered.
data.id	uuid	Identifies the type of resource.
data.occurred_at	date-time	ISO 8601 datetime of when the event occurred.
data.payload.connection_id	string	Call Control App ID (formerly Telnyx connection ID) used in the call.
data.payload.call_control_id	string	Unique ID for controlling the call.
data.payload.call_leg_id	string	ID that is unique to the call and can be used to correlate webhook events.
data.payload.call_session_id	string	ID that is unique to the call session and can be used to correlate webhook events.
data.payload.client_state	string	State received from a command.
data.payload.stream_type	enum: decrypted	Type of media streamed.

callForkStopped

Field	Type	Description
data.record_type	enum: event	Identifies the type of the resource.
data.event_type	enum: call.fork.stopped	The type of event being delivered.
data.id	uuid	Identifies the type of resource.
data.occurred_at	date-time	ISO 8601 datetime of when the event occurred.
data.payload.connection_id	string	Call Control App ID (formerly Telnyx connection ID) used in the call.
data.payload.call_control_id	string	Unique ID for controlling the call.
data.payload.call_leg_id	string	ID that is unique to the call and can be used to correlate webhook events.
data.payload.call_session_id	string	ID that is unique to the call session and can be used to correlate webhook events.
data.payload.client_state	string	State received from a command.
data.payload.stream_type	enum: decrypted	Type of media streamed.

callStreamingFailed

Field	Type	Description
data.record_type	enum: event	Identifies the resource.
data.event_type	enum: streaming.failed	The type of event being delivered.
data.id	uuid	Identifies the type of resource.
data.occurred_at	date-time	ISO 8601 datetime of when the event occurred.
data.payload.call_control_id	string	Call ID used to issue commands via Call Control API.
data.payload.connection_id	string	Call Control App ID (formerly Telnyx connection ID) used in the call.
data.payload.call_leg_id	string	ID that is unique to the call and can be used to correlate webhook events.
data.payload.call_session_id	string	ID that is unique to the call session and can be used to correlate webhook events.
data.payload.client_state	string	State received from a command.
data.payload.failure_reason	string	A short description explaning why the media streaming failed.
data.payload.stream_id	uuid	Identifies the streaming.
data.payload.stream_type	enum: websocket, dialogflow	The type of stream connection the stream is performing.

callStreamingStarted

Field	Type	Description
data.record_type	enum: event	Identifies the type of the resource.
data.event_type	enum: streaming.started	The type of event being delivered.
data.id	uuid	Identifies the type of resource.
data.occurred_at	date-time	ISO 8601 datetime of when the event occurred.
data.payload.call_control_id	string	Call ID used to issue commands via Call Control API.
data.payload.connection_id	string	Call Control App ID (formerly Telnyx connection ID) used in the call.
data.payload.call_leg_id	string	ID that is unique to the call and can be used to correlate webhook events.
data.payload.call_session_id	string	ID that is unique to the call session and can be used to correlate webhook events.
data.payload.client_state	string	State received from a command.
data.payload.stream_url	string	Destination WebSocket address where the stream is going to be delivered.

callStreamingStopped

Field	Type	Description
data.record_type	enum: event	Identifies the type of the resource.
data.event_type	enum: streaming.stopped	The type of event being delivered.
data.id	uuid	Identifies the type of resource.
data.occurred_at	date-time	ISO 8601 datetime of when the event occurred.
data.payload.call_control_id	string	Call ID used to issue commands via Call Control API.
data.payload.connection_id	string	Call Control App ID (formerly Telnyx connection ID) used in the call.
data.payload.call_leg_id	string	ID that is unique to the call and can be used to correlate webhook events.
data.payload.call_session_id	string	ID that is unique to the call session and can be used to correlate webhook events.
data.payload.client_state	string	State received from a command.
data.payload.stream_url	string	Destination WebSocket address where the stream is going to be delivered.

transcription

Field	Type	Description
data.record_type	enum: event	Identifies the type of the resource.
data.event_type	enum: call.transcription	The type of event being delivered.
data.id	uuid	Identifies the type of resource.
data.occurred_at	date-time	ISO 8601 datetime of when the event occurred.
data.payload.call_control_id	string	Unique identifier and token for controlling the call.
data.payload.call_leg_id	string	ID that is unique to the call and can be used to correlate webhook events.
data.payload.call_session_id	string	ID that is unique to the call session and can be used to correlate webhook events.
data.payload.client_state	string	Use this field to add state to every subsequent webhook.
data.payload.connection_id	string	Call Control App ID (formerly Telnyx connection ID) used in the call.