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List a call's recordings and transcripts

GET
/v1/voice/calls/{call_id}/recordings
const inventory = await bird.voice.calls.recordings.list("vcs_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg");
for (const recording of inventory.recordings) {
  console.log(recording.leg_id, recording.id);
}
Response200
{
  "media": [
    {
      "id": "vcm_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
      "leg_id": "vcl_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
      "call_id": "vcs_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
      "codec": "PCMU",
      "state": "available",
      "offset_ms": 0,
      "audio_ms": 1000,
      "started_at": "2026-11-01T12:00:00Z",
      "ended_at": "2026-11-01T12:00:01Z",
      "source_party": {
        "endpoint": {
          "type": "pstn"
        },
        "address": "+14155551234"
      }
    }
  ],
  "recordings": [
    {
      "id": "vrc_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
      "leg_id": "vcl_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
      "call_id": "vcs_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
      "number": "+12025550100",
      "channel": "rx",
      "media_id": "vcm_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
      "media_started_at": "2026-11-01T12:00:00Z",
      "started_at": "2026-11-01T12:00:00Z",
      "ended_at": "2026-11-01T12:00:01Z"
    }
  ],
  "transcripts": [],
  "truncated": false,
  "evaluated_at": "2026-11-01T12:01:00Z"
}

Returns everything captured across every leg of one call: its stored audio, each leg's view of it, and every transcription attempt over it. A stream heard on several legs appears once in media, with one view per leg in recordings.

Audio streams, their recording views and transcripts leave the API 30 days after the source audio starts. Transcription does not restart that period. Read truncated before presenting the result as complete.

The collections arrive independently. A stream can appear before its recording view, or without a view if delivery fails or the view expires. Download audio with getVoiceLegRecordingAudio, passing the recording view's leg_id and id. The download requires a recording view ID, so a stream cannot be downloaded until its view is available.

A call this workspace never placed, or whose recordings have all expired, answers with empty collections rather than 404.

Parameters

call_idstring

The call to read. Every leg carries its call's ID as call_id.

Response Payload

media
array of object
required

The stored audio this read covers, each stream once.

Show child attributes
recordings
array of object
required

Each leg's view of that audio.

Show child attributes
transcripts
array of object
required

Every transcription attempt over that audio, including failed ones.

Show child attributes
truncated
boolean
required

Whether a collection above was cut at this read's per-collection limit of 500. When true, there is more than is shown here and this response is not the whole set.

false means no collection hit that limit, and a collection that could not be read in full fails the request rather than returning a short answer. What false does not establish is that every recording made has arrived: delivery into this store is asynchronous, so a recording made moments ago can be absent from a complete read.

evaluated_at
string
required

The instant each collection's retention was decided at. Nothing here stays true because you are still holding the response. A recording can expire after it.

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