Play

The Play command plays an audio file back to the caller. The audio file may be located at any location accessible via a URL. Play can exist as a standalone command or as a nested command. It does not allow barge-In unless nested within a GetDigits and  GetSpeech commands. The file will always be played to completion unless nested or if it is nested and not interrupted by barge-In.

FreeClimb supports multi-channel 8 bit audio a-law/μ-law (WAV) formats with an audio sampling rate of between 1000 and 96000. The max download size is 100MB. You can convert files to this format using an audio editor. Audacity is a free, open source option:

1. Import the high quality source audio
2. Adjust the project rate to 8 kHz.
3. Export the track using the μ-law encoding.

Play can be done on a Call when not in Conference.

Nesting Rules

No commands can be nested inside the Play command. The Play command can be nested inside the GetDigits or GetSpeech commands.

Example

This PerCL document plays a greeting repeatedly.

[
   {
      "Play" : {
         "file" : "http://www.foo.com/greeting.wav",
         "loop" : 0
      }
   }
]

Command Attributes

Play supports the following attributes that modify its behavior:

Type: absolute URL

URL of the audio file to be played to the caller. The URL can be the recordingUrl generated from the RecordUtterance or StartRecordCall PerCL commands.

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If attempting to use a recorded utterance that was created with privacyMode set to true, it can't be accessed by a play command.

FreeClimb will respect Cache-Control headers for this file. See Cache-Control Headers below for more details.

Cache-Control Headers

Use headers to limit repeated requests for unchanged audio. If no Cache-Control header is provided, the file will be cached for 5 seconds by default. FreeClimb supports the following headers and Cache-Control directives:

Type: integer >= 0
Default: 1

Number of times the audio file is played. Specifying '0' causes the Play action to loop indefinitely. If there is a Call hangup or barge-in, a loop will end even if it has not achieved the number of times initially specified.

Type: boolean
Default: false

Indicates if the request contains sensitive information which should be hidden. When set to true, the contents of the file attribute will be replaced with the string "xxxxx" in the logs. It's important to note that privacyMode is set at the command level, meaning it will not inherit any value from a parent command.