I've been trying to send fax using RingCentral API but there is no way to specify the From
fax phone number to send the fax. It is only sending the fax using company fax number. I am not able to find the option to use fax from number. I am using the following end point for sending fax:
https://platform.ringcentral.com/restapi/v1.0/account/:accountId/extension/:extensionId/fax
In the RingCentral system, the From
(or sending) fax number is the fax caller ID value. You can update this for your extension to use with your faxes, but the value is not available in the send fax API itself. To change this on a per send basis, you can update the caller ID value before each fax request.
You can update the Fax Caller ID using two approaches:
Both are described below. Let me know if this works for you.
1) Updating the Fax Caller ID
To update the fax caller ID, call the PUT extension/caller-id
endpoint and update the callerId
for the FaxNumber
feature using the phone number ID of the number you are interested in using. You can get a list of this by calling the extension/phone-number
shown in the next section.
PUT /restapi/v1.0/account/{accountId}/extension/{extensionId}/caller-id
Authorization: Bearer {accessToken}
Content-Type: application/json
{
"byFeature": [
{
"feature": "FaxNumber",
"callerId": {
"phoneInfo": {
"id": 33333333
}
}
}
]
}
See the API Reference for more: https://developer.ringcentral.com/api-docs/latest/index.html#!#RefUpdateCallerId
1.1) Listing Your Available Caller ID Numbers
To get a list a list of numbers you can use, call the GET extension/phone-number
endpoint:
GET /restapi/v1.0/account/{accountId}/extension/{extensionId}/phone-number
Authorization: Bearer {accessToken}
In your JSON response, you will have a list of phone numbers in the records
property. Numbers that you can use will have the following property values:
features
property will have the CallerId
valuetype
property will be set to VoiceFax
or FaxOnly
The following is the excerpt of a JSON response showing one number. You should have more numbers and a paging
object.
{
"uri":"https://platform.devtest.ringcentral.com/restapi/v1.0/account/11111111/extension/22222222/phone-number?page=1&perPage=100",
"records":[
{
"id":33333333,
"phoneNumber":"+16505550100",
"paymentType":"Local",
"location":"Belmont, CA",
"type":"VoiceFax",
"usageType":"DirectNumber",
"status":"Normal",
"country":{
"uri":"https://platform.devtest.ringcentral.com/restapi/v1.0/dictionary/country/1",
"id":"1",
"name":"United States"
},
"features":[
"SmsSender",
"CallerId",
"MmsSender"
]
}
]
}
See the API Reference for more: https://developer.ringcentral.com/api-docs/latest/index.html#!#RefUserPhoneNumbers.html
1.2) Reading The Fax Caller ID Value
RingCentral supports multiple caller ID values. To read the value for your extension make the following API call to the extension/caller-id
endpoint:
GET /restapi/v1.0/account/{accountId}/extension/{extensionId}/caller-id
Authorization: Bearer {accessToken}
You will receive a response like the following with an array of caller ID values in the byFeature
property. Look for the feature with the feature
property set to FaxNumber
. I only show the FaxNumber
feature caller ID below, but the array includes the following features: CallFlip
, FaxNumber
, RingMe
, RingOut
, MobileApp
, Alternate
.
{
"uri":"https://platform.devtest.ringcentral.com/restapi/v1.0/account/11111111/extension/22222222/caller-id",
"byFeature":[
{
"feature":"FaxNumber",
"callerId":{
"type":"PhoneNumber",
"phoneInfo":{
"uri":"https://platform.devtest.ringcentral.com/restapi/v1.0/account/11111111/phone-number/33333333",
"id":"33333333",
"phoneNumber":"+16505550100"
}
}
}
]
}
See the API Reference for more: https://developer.ringcentral.com/api-docs/latest/index.html#!#RefGetCallerId
2) Using the Online Account Portal
You can also change the Caller ID value in the Online Account Portal under:
Settings
> Outbound Calls
> Caller ID
> By Feature
> Fax Number
More is available in this Knowledgebase Article:
https://success.ringcentral.com/articles/RC_Knowledge_Article/3614