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How do I make outbound calls from my SIP phone(or any IP phone)?
How do I make outbound calls from my SIP phone(or any IP phone)?
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Written by nyakio muriuki
Updated over 2 years ago

When you dial the number on your softphone, Africa's Talking will notify you of outgoing calls on your callback URL from your sip number and you can respond with a dial action asking Africa’s Talking to forward the call to the number being called.

Here is a sample code to accomplish this:

from flask import Flask, request
app = Flask(__name__)

#Always include the callerId attribute so that the callee see your virtual number an not the default one

@app.route("/", methods=["GET", "POST"])
def call():
#grab the number that you are calling from what AT send your callback.
callerNumber = request.values.get("callerNumber", None)

#send a dial action asking AT to dial the number.
response = '<?xml version="1.0"?>'
response += '<Response>'
response += f'<Dial phoneNumbers="{callerNumber}" callerId="your-virtual-number"/>'
response += '</Response>'
return response

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