In-Call Webhook

In-Call Webhook

Overview

Webhooks are HTTP callbacks that receive notification messages for events. MyOperator uses webhooks to notify your application any time a call event happens in your account. For example, if a call has been received by your agent, you will receive a webhook during the call (incall webhook), and after the call has finished (aftercall webhook).

In-call webhook is the feature of MyOperator which is used to share the call data during the call through HTTP requests. A call contains many events. For example- Call picked up, Call hangup, etc. For each event, we invoke a webhook to your webhook listener.

Purpose

Webhook enables clients to do actions on the data at the end of every call. Webhook data can be used to do the below things at the client's end:
  1. Collect call data in the datastore at the client's end.
  2. Invoking custom integrations like adding a lead in the CRM.

The call log records all associated information related to the given call. During each call, we send the same log via webhooks. How we send the log (in post body or GET params) depends on the type of webhook requested by the client.

Components

Incall webhook can be configured inside the MyOperator app in api integrations section. The page looks like this:


A webhook is made up of components. Each component allows you to configure certain parts of the webhook. This gives you the flexibility in configuration each part of the webhook separately.

Target URL

Target URL allows you to configure your webhook listener url. When you code your system, which will receive the data during each call, you give the url for that code in this input.

Example: http://your-service-url.com/webhook.php

Method

There are two types of methods supported by webhooks:
  1. GET
  2. POST

GET

GET Method, as the name suggests, will send a webhook using HTTP Get requests. This means you will need to look for query parameters in your GET requests for data. We use query parameters to send the data that you have set.

Hence, the request looks something like this:

curl -X GET http://your-service-url.com/webhook.php?parameter1=<call log value>&parameter2=
<another call log value>

To get the above data in your code (PHP sample):

// If you have set Query string parameters, you can still get them here too.
$some_value = $_GET['parameter1'];

In above example, you can see that the parameter1 and parameter2 seem important. Thse parameters contains certain call log information. For example, parameter1 may have caller's number, and parameter2 might have call duration. To know how to configure these parameters in details, see the Query parameter section.

POST

POST method sends an HTTP POST request to your webhook listener. With this method, you get the same data as GET method (query parameters), as well as, you get whole call data in the POST body. This allows you to take additional decisions based on the call log. This is why we recommend you to use POST method.

We send the following data in POST format:

myoperator=
{
"id": "5f25296c4122c135",
"uid": "n2.1596270949.2175190",
"reference_id": "fd771ed0-d3d1-11ea-935a-9a5b7644c4f0",
"company_id": "5cd40f6554442586",
"clid_raw": "919711636496",
"clid": "9711636496",
"rdnis": "unknown",
"call_state": "1",
"event": "2",
"status": null,
"users": [
"918586848544"
],
"created": "2020-08-01 08:35:56",
"call_time": "2020-08-01 08:35:56",
"public_ivr_id": "5ee9a795b318a786",
"client_ref_id": "fdfdfdf",
"job_id": null
}

MyOperatos sends the data in POST body inside myoperator key. A basic cURL request for it looks like this:

curl -X POST http://your-service-url.com/webhook.php -d myoperator=<call log>

NOTE - MyOperator sends the data in JSON format. So, you should JSON decode the data on your side to ensure its correctness. See the example below.

You can get the call log data from a POST webhook like this (PHP code sample):

$call_data = $_POST['myoperator'];


/*
The data is in this string format:
{"_ai": "xyz", "_ci": "123abc", ...}
Hence you should decode it to array to get particular call data
*/
$call_data_array = json_decode($call_data, true);


// get caller's number
$caller_number = $call_data_array['_cr'];


/*
Remember, POST request doesn't mean you won't get query parameters.
If you have set Query string parameters, you can still get them here too.
*/


$caller_numer = $_GET['caller_number'];

This component allows you to send any custom headers with the webhook request. Headers are a way to pass any key-value pair from our side.

Suppose, in your code, you want to verify if the request is actually coming from our side, and not from someone outside or hackers, you can easily check this using headers.

You can set any secret token in this component, which we will append in the webhook request before sending it to your service. Once you receive a request from us, you can check if the header has the secret token. If it does, you can confirm we are the one sending the request.

Example:
Suppose, you set the header:

["my-super-secret-token: abc123def"]

Then we will send this cURL request to your webhook listener:

curl -X POST http://your-service-url.com/webhook.php -H 'my-super-secret-token: abc123def'

which you can check like this (PHP code sample):

$my_secret_header = $_SERVER['HTTP_my-super-secret-token'];

if( $my_secret_header == 'abc123def' ) {
// Request come from MyOperator webhook
echo "Good";
} else {
// Request didn't came from MyOperator webhook
echo "Bad";
}

Credentials

Sometimes, you may have a service which requires authentication. There are several types of possible authentications, such as OAuth, Basic, API Key based, etc.
However, we only support BASIC auth for now. If your service has BASIC Auth enabled, You can configure the username and password in this component.

The format we use is:
{"username": <your username>, "password": <password>}

For example, if my service has "admin" as username and "123456" as a password, I will enter the following in the panel:

{"username": "admin", "password": "123456"}

When we detect that you have configured your credentials, we will invoke the webhook with credentials.

curl -u admin:123456 http://your-service-url.com/webhook.php

Log Criteria

This component allows you to choose which type of data you want to receive from webhook. Sometimes, you want the call log (from panel), while sometimes, you want to receive mobile logs only. In this component, you can only pick one out of two.

If you want both the call logs and mobile logs, you can create two webhooks - one for call logs and one for mobile logs.

Query string parameters

This section is the most important of all. In this component, you can pick which part of call log you are interested in receiving.

This component allows you to mention a name, and map it to a particular call record value you are interested in. Once you choose a name and map it to a value, we will send the webhook to you with that name in the query parameters.

For example, let's say you are interested in receiving the caller's number. You can choose the name to be "caller_number" (do not put spaces and url encodable values in the name). From the dropdown, pick "Caller number with country code". Once you save, we will send the webhook to your webhook listener like this:

curl -XGET http://your-service-url.com/webhook.php?caller_number=+919999999999

So, you can get the caller_number in your code (PHP code sample) like:

$caller_number = $_GET['caller_number'];
echo $caller_number; //+919999999999

The dropdown, which you have selected the value from, is called query parameters fields. The description of each field is documented in the Query parameter fields section.

NOTE: If you have set the Method as POST, we will have sent the data like this:

curl -XPOST http://your-service-url.com/webhook.php?caller_number=+919876543210 -d myoperator=
<call log>

Query parameter fields

Query parameters are a set of key-value pairs. You configure which call log should be mapped to the key of your choosing. This section focus on explaining what each call log (from the dropdown) means, with an example.

Caller number with country code

This field gives the caller's mobile number, along with the country code. For example +919876543210

This field is the same as _cl in the Call log (the data that you receive in the POST body)

Caller number without country code

This field gives the caller's mobile number, without country code. This basically means the raw call data we got in call records. For example 9876543210

This field is same as _cr in Call log (the data that you receive in POST body)

Creation date of log (epoch)

This field gives you the time (in UNIX Epoch format), in the UTC timezone when the log was created. For example 1577797873 (Tuesday, 31 December 2019 13:11:13)

Event of log

This gives you the type of call record. Possible values are:
  1. Incoming
  2. Outgoing

Status of log

This gives you the overall call status of record. Possible values are:
  1. Connected (call was picked by atleast one agent and for some non zero duration)
  2. Missed (call was dialed by never picked by any of the agents)
  3. Voicemail (call landed on voicemail)

Call state

This field gives you the state at which this webhook event has been triggered to you.

A call is a linear combination of several stages. Stage represents an event through which call progresses. First stage is call initialization. In case of outgoing call, we initiate a call from our system to your customer. In call of incoming call, we receive a call from customer to one of your agent or departments. Another stage is when call has been picked by one of your agents.

Below is a list of call events we support:

call state value

Description

Type of call

1

Incoming call on server

OBD + incoming

2

call finished

OBD + incoming

3

call initiated by user to customer

Click to call

4

first party no answer

OBD

5

dialing users

OBD + incoming

6

user answered

OBD + incoming

7

client rejected the call

Click to call

9

no user picked the call (no answer)

Click to call

UID

We use UID as a unique identifier for each call. Each call log has its own UID. It helps us trace the call and routes. An example UID looks like: s5.347638.78643857

This field is the same as _pm.ui in the Call log

Company ID

Company ID gives you the company in which the call took place. It can help you get the company details and in which country the agent was in. It is alphanumeric in nature. Example: abc123.

This field is the same as _ci in the Call log

Service number

This gives you the company's service number whose agent picked up the call(in incoming cases) or dialed the number (in outgoing cases). For example- 919999999999

User's phone number

This gives you the agent's contact number who picked up the call(in incoming cases) or dialed the number (in outgoing cases). An agent represents a user within a company. Agent contact number contains 10 digits contact number, without country code. For example- 9999999999.

This field is the same as _ld._rr._ct in the Call log.

Custom

You can also set any type of custom key-value pair to be included in the webhook request. Selecting this option will allow you to set a custom key to the name of your choosing.

Reference ID

The reference ID will be generated once you initiate any OBD campaign.

This field is the same as _ri in the Call log.

Client reference ID

The client will pass a custom ID and MyOperator will return this as it.

This field is the same as _cri in the Call log

IVR ID

This is ID of IVR on which the call has been landed.

This field is same as _ivid in Call log.

Call Log

A call log is a hashmap (key-value pair) composed of several short field names with their values, related to the call. The call log is in JSON format. We use short field names to save bandwidth and storage requirements. However, it may become difficult to understand the field meaning, hence this section explores the fields, with their meanings, as well as example value inside it.

Log field name

Meaning

Example

clid_raw

Caller's number (raw)

919999999999

clid

Caller's number (formatted)

+919999999999

created

Call log creation time

2016-11-23 13:26:15

event

Call event type

1=incoming, 2=outgoing

status

Call status

1

call_state

Call state

1

company_id

Company ID

abcdef123

rdnis

Service number

9999999999

uid

Call unique ID

sn.1572424727.994

users

comma separated agent ids

abc123,def456

reference_id

reference ID generated in OBD process

fd771ed0-d3d1-11ea-935a-9a5b7644c4f0

public_ivr_id

IVR ID of campaign

5ee9a795b318a786

client_ref_id

reference ID given by the client

fdfdfdf

Need Help?

In case of any query please contact the support team at support@myoperator.co. Or generate a support ticket from MyOperator Panel.

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