Twilio to Vobiz Code: Phone Numbers and Conferences

Part of the Twilio to Vobiz code snippets: each task shows the Twilio code and the equivalent Vobiz code in Python and Node - copy the Vobiz tab. The snippets use the client from Set up the client.

Set your credentials once: AUTH_ID is your Vobiz Auth ID (MA_…), AUTH_TOKEN is your Auth Token. In the Vobiz SDK, api_key is the Auth ID, and every account-scoped method takes that auth_id explicitly.

Search and buy a phone number

Twilio searches the live carrier catalog with available_phone_numbers('US').local.list(...), reads .phone_number off a result, then provisions it with incoming_phone_numbers.create(phone_number=...). Vobiz browses ready-to-buy stock with list_inventory_numbers(...) and buys by E.164 with purchase_from_inventory(...) - a deterministic two-step flow where the E.164 number is the key.

Step	Twilio	Vobiz
Search	`available_phone_numbers('US').local.list(limit=1)`	`phone_numbers.list_inventory_numbers(AUTH_ID, country='US')`
Read the number	`available[0].phone_number`	`available.numbers[0].e164`
Buy	`incoming_phone_numbers.create(phone_number=number)`	`phone_numbers.purchase_from_inventory(AUTH_ID, e164=number)`

available = client.available_phone_numbers('US').local.list(limit=1)
number = available[0].phone_number   # e.g. '+14155551234'
incoming = client.incoming_phone_numbers.create(phone_number=number)

available = client.phone_numbers.list_inventory_numbers(AUTH_ID, country='US')
number = available.numbers[0].e164   # e.g. '+14155551234'
bought = client.phone_numbers.purchase_from_inventory(AUTH_ID, e164=number)

const available = await client.availablePhoneNumbers('US').local.list({ limit: 1 });
const number = available[0].phoneNumber;   // e.g. '+14155551234'
const incoming = await client.incomingPhoneNumbers.create({ phoneNumber: number });

const available = await client.phoneNumbers.listInventoryNumbers(AUTH_ID, { country: 'US' });
const number = available.numbers[0].e164;   // e.g. '+14155551234'
const bought = await client.phoneNumbers.purchaseFromInventory(AUTH_ID, { e164: number });

Manage a conference

Twilio tracks a room by its CF… SID and each leg by its CallSid. Vobiz uses the room name as the join key and a member_id per participant - get_conference returns the room details and its member list in one call, and every control is its own verb.

Task	Twilio	Vobiz
Get the room and its members	`client.conferences("CF…")`, then `participants.list()`	`conferences.get_conference(AUTH_ID, conference_name=...)`
Mute a participant	`participants("CA…").update(muted=True)`	`conference_members.mute_member(AUTH_ID, conference_name=..., member_id=...)`
Play hold audio to a participant	`participants("CA…").update(hold=True, hold_url=...)`	`conference.play_audio_member(AUTH_ID, conference_name=..., member_id=..., url=...)`
Stop that audio	-	`conference.stop_audio_member(AUTH_ID, conference_name=..., member_id=...)`
Remove a participant	`participants("CA…").delete()`	`conference.kick_member(AUTH_ID, conference_name=..., member_id=...)`
End the room	`conf.update(status="completed")`	`conferences.delete_conference(AUTH_ID, conference_name=...)`
End every room	-	`conferences.delete_all_conferences(AUTH_ID)`

conf = client.conferences("CFxxxxxxxx")

# Who is in the room?
for p in conf.participants.list():
    print(p.call_sid, "muted:", p.muted)

# Mute, hold, and remove one participant
conf.participants("CAaaaa").update(muted=True)
conf.participants("CAaaaa").update(hold=True, hold_url="https://example.com/hold.mp3")
conf.participants("CAaaaa").delete()

# End the whole conference
conf.update(status="completed")

# Who is in the room? get_conference returns members + room details together
room = client.conferences.get_conference(AUTH_ID, conference_name="SalesRoom")
for m in room["members"]:
    print(m["member_id"], "muted:", m["muted"])

# Mute a member; hold = play audio to just that member, stop returns them to the room
client.conference_members.mute_member(AUTH_ID, conference_name="SalesRoom", member_id="MEMBER_1")
client.conference.play_audio_member(AUTH_ID, conference_name="SalesRoom",
                                    member_id="MEMBER_1", url="https://example.com/hold.mp3")
client.conference.stop_audio_member(AUTH_ID, conference_name="SalesRoom", member_id="MEMBER_1")
client.conference.kick_member(AUTH_ID, conference_name="SalesRoom", member_id="MEMBER_1")

# End one room, or every active room at once
client.conferences.delete_conference(AUTH_ID, conference_name="SalesRoom")
client.conferences.delete_all_conferences(AUTH_ID)

Record the whole room on demand by name - start and stop whenever you like:

	Twilio	Vobiz
Start	`record="record-from-start"` on the `<Conference>` verb	`conference_recording.start_conference_recording(AUTH_ID, conference_name=..., file_format=..., callback_url=...)`
Stop	-	`conference_recording.stop_conference_recording(AUTH_ID, conference_name=...)`
Recording callback	`recordingStatusCallback`	`callback_url`

# Twilio sets recording on the <Conference> verb:
#   <Conference record="record-from-start"
#               recordingStatusCallback="https://example.com/rec">SalesRoom</Conference>

client.conference_recording.start_conference_recording(
    AUTH_ID, conference_name="SalesRoom",
    file_format="mp3", callback_url="https://example.com/rec")
client.conference_recording.stop_conference_recording(AUTH_ID, conference_name="SalesRoom")

The full per-verb map - mute/unmute, deaf/undeaf, kick/hangup, and the <Conference> element - is in Conferences.

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Twilio to Vobiz Code: Phone Numbers and Conferences

Search and buy a phone number

Manage a conference

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​Search and buy a phone number

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Search and buy a phone number

Manage a conference

More Twilio to Vobiz code snippets