Update an account phone number| Plivo API Reference

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Update phone number

Change the application and subaccount associated with a specified phone number from your account.

API Endpoint

POST https://api.plivo.com/v1/Account/{auth_id}/Number/{number}/

Arguments

app_id stringrequired — conditional	The application to be assigned to the phone number. If not specified, the application selected as the default_number_app of the account is assigned. For more information, refer to the default_number_app argument in application and the app_id attribute in application object. You may use either app_id or object_id but not both.
subaccount string	The auth_id of the subaccount to which this number should be added. This can be performed only by the main account.
alias string	An alias assigned to the phone number.
object_typestring	Users can pass object_type as trunk. Mandatory parameter when object_id is present. Object_type will support trunk, phlo, and xml as values in the next release.
object_idstring	Users can pass trunk_id. Mandatory parameter when object_type is present. Object_id will support trunk_id, phlo_id, and xml_id as values in the next release.
message_methodstringrequired — conditional	Allowed values: GET, POST Allowed for voice- and SMS-enabled numbers. Required if message_url is passed.
message_urlstringrequired — conditional	Message URL of length not greater than 255 characters. Allowed only for voice- and SMS-enabled numbers. Required if message_method is passed.

app_id cannot be updated when object_type is set as trunk and object id is provided.

Response

HTTP Status Code: 202

{
  "message": "changed",
  "api_id": "5a9fcb68-582d-11e1-86da-6ff39efcb949"
}

Example Request

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<?php
/**
 * Example for Number update
 */
require 'vendor/autoload.php';
use Plivo\RestClient;
use Plivo\Exceptions\PlivoRestException;
$client = new RestClient("<auth_id>","<auth_token>");

try {
    $response = $client->numbers->update(
        '12025551111',
        [
        'object_id' => '33123401372191272',
        'object_type' => 'trunk',
        'message_method' => 'POST',
        'message_url' => 'https://www.plivo.com']
    );
    print_r($response);
}
catch (PlivoRestException $ex) {
    print_r($ex);
}

Example Request

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import plivo

auth_id = "Your AUTH_ID"
auth_token = "Your AUTH_TOKEN"

p = plivo.RestAPI(auth_id, auth_token)

# Modify a number
params = {
        'number' : '11111111111', # Number that has to be modified
        'alias' : 'testing' # The textual name given to the number
}

response = p.modify_number(params)
print str(response)

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require 'rubygems'
require 'plivo'
include Plivo

AUTH_ID = "Your AUTH_ID"
AUTH_TOKEN = "Your AUTH_TOKEN"
p = RestAPI.new(AUTH_ID, AUTH_TOKEN)

# Modify a number
params = {
    'number' => '11111111111', # Number that has to be modified
    'alias' => 'testing' # The textual name given to the number
}

response = p.modify_number(params)
puts str(response)

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var plivo = require('plivo');
var p = plivo.RestAPI({
  authId: 'Your AUTH_ID',
  authToken: 'Your AUTH_TOKEN'
});

// Modify a number
var params = { 
    'number' : '11111111111', // Number that has to be modified
    'alias' : 'testing' // The textual name given to the number
};

p.edit_number(params, function (status, response) {
    console.log('Status: ', status);
    console.log('API Response:\n', response);
});

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<?php
    require 'vendor/autoload.php';
    use Plivo\RestAPI;
    
    $auth_id = "Your AUTH_ID";
    $auth_token = "Your AUTH_TOKEN";
    
    $p = new RestAPI($auth_id, $auth_token);
    
    // Modify alias of a number
    $params = array(
            'number' => '11111111111', # Phone number for which the details have to be retrieved
            'alias' => 'testing' # The textual name given to the number
        );
    $response = $p->modify_number($params);
    print_r ($response);
    
?>

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package plivoexample;

import java.util.LinkedHashMap;

import com.plivo.helper.api.client.*;
import com.plivo.helper.api.response.account.SubAccount;
import com.plivo.helper.exception.PlivoException;

public class App {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IllegalAccessException {

        String auth_id = "Your AUTH_ID";
        String auth_token = "Your AUTH_TOKEN";
        
        RestAPI api = new RestAPI(auth_id, auth_token, "v1");

        // Modify a number
        LinkedHashMap<String, String> params = new LinkedHashMap<String, String>();
        params.put("number","11111111111"); // Number that has to be modified
        params.put("alias","testing"); // The textual name given to the number
        
        try {
            GenericResponse resp = api.editNumber(params);
            System.out.println(resp);
        }catch (PlivoException e){  
            System.out.println(e.getLocalizedMessage());
        }
    }
}

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using RestSharp;
using Plivo.API;

namespace apps
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            RestAPI plivo = new RestAPI("Your AUTH_ID", "Your AUTH_TOKEN");
            
            // Modify a number
            IRestResponse<GenericResponse> res = plivo.modify_number(new Dictionary<string, string>()
            {
                {"numebr","11111111111"}, // Number that has to be modified
                {"alias","testing"} // The textual name given to the number
            });

            //Prints the response
            Console.Write(res.Content);
        }
    }
}

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