JSON API » mailboxes » mailboxes/create

Creates a new mailbox.

Input parameters

Requires authentication and the administrator role privileges.

Name	Type	Description	Required	Default value
auth_username	String	Authentication username.	Yes
auth_password	String	Authentication password.	Yes
mailbox	String	Mailbox.	Yes
pin	String	PIN.	Yes, unless copy_pin is specified.
callerid	String	Callerid to use on notification calls. Empty string for unknown.	No	Empty string.
copy_pin	String	Another mailbox in the same customer to copy the PIN from. Empty string to use the pin parameter instead.	No	Empty string.
customer	Integer	ID of customer to create in.	No	Customer of authentication user.
description	String	Description.	No	Empty string.
dtype	String	Destination type if caller presses 0 during greeting.	No	"hangup"
dnumber	String	Destination number if caller presses 0 during greeting.	No	None.
envelope	Integer	1 to play message envelope, 0 not to.	No	0
notify_dnumber	String	Number to call for notification calls. Empty string for none.	No	Empty string.
notify_email	String	"owner" to notify mailbox owner by email, "owner_wav" to also attach voicemail as .wav, empty string not to notify.	No	"owner_wav"
notify_for	String	"voicemail" to notify owner for voicemails, "fax" to notify for faxes, "voicemail_fax" for both, empty string for neither.	No	"voicemail_fax"
notify_ltype	String	What to play on notifications calls. "voicemailbox" for access to mailbox without PIN, "voicemailboxpin" for access to mailbox with PIN, "voicemaillogin" to ask for mailbox and PIN.	No	"voicemailbox"
notify_message	String	"owner" to send text message to mailbox owner, empty string not to.	No	Empty string.
notify_only	Integer	1 to delete the message after sending notification emails, 0 not to.	No	0
owner	Integer	ID of owner. 0 for none.	No	0
pager	String	Secondary email address to notify. Empty string for none.	No	Empty string.
pager_attach	Integer	1 to attach voicemail or fax to email to secondary address, 0 not to.	No	0
panel	Integer	1 to show in control panel, 0 not to.	No	0
play	String	"oldest" to play oldest message first, "newest" to play newest message first.	No	"oldest"
saycid	Integer	1 to say callerid, 0 not to.	No	1
sayduration	Integer	1 to say message duration, 0 not to.	No	1
temporary_active	Integer	1 if temporary greeting is active, 0 if not.	No	1
timezone	String	Time zone.	No	Customer default.
transcribe	Integer	1 to send new voicemails to transcription URL, 0 not to. Only used if configured.	No	0
validation	Integer	1 to validate input then return, 0 for full action.	No	0

Responses

Code	Description
201	Input passed validation. Only returned if validation=1.
204	Success.
400	Invalid input parameters specified. Check the key and message fields for more details.
401	The authentication details provided are invalid.
402	Your role does not allow this.
403	Your rate plan does not allow this.

Data returned

No data is returned.

Example: With required parameters

http://enswitch.example.com/api/json/mailboxes/create/?auth_username=user;auth_password=password;mailbox=1234;pin=567890

{ "responses":[ { "code":"204", "key":"", "message":"OK" } ] }

Change history

Version	Changes
3.14	transcribe input parameter added.
3.13	Function added.