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Put a participant on hold and play music in the background.
Note: Only one participant can be placed on hold at any given time.
Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.
Permission type
Least privileged permissions
Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)
Not supported.
Not supported.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)
Not supported.
Not supported.
Application
Calls.JoinGroupCallasGuest.All
Calls.JoinGroupCall.All
HTTP request
POST /communications/calls/{id}/participants/{id}/startHoldMusic
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x
// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Communications.Calls.Item.Participants.Item.StartHoldMusic;
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Models;
var requestBody = new StartHoldMusicPostRequestBody
{
CustomPrompt = new MediaPrompt
{
OdataType = "#microsoft.graph.mediaPrompt",
MediaInfo = new MediaInfo
{
OdataType = "#microsoft.graph.mediaInfo",
Uri = "https://bot.contoso.com/onHold.wav",
},
},
ClientContext = "d45324c1-fcb5-430a-902c-f20af696537c",
};
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Communications.Calls["{call-id}"].Participants["{participant-id}"].StartHoldMusic.PostAsync(requestBody);
Important
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*
// Dependencies
import (
"context"
msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
graphcommunications "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/communications"
graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/models"
//other-imports
)
requestBody := graphcommunications.NewStartHoldMusicPostRequestBody()
customPrompt := graphmodels.NewMediaPrompt()
mediaInfo := graphmodels.NewMediaInfo()
uri := "https://bot.contoso.com/onHold.wav"
mediaInfo.SetUri(&uri)
customPrompt.SetMediaInfo(mediaInfo)
requestBody.SetCustomPrompt(customPrompt)
clientContext := "d45324c1-fcb5-430a-902c-f20af696537c"
requestBody.SetClientContext(&clientContext)
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
startHoldMusic, err := graphClient.Communications().Calls().ByCallId("call-id").Participants().ByParticipantId("participant-id").StartHoldMusic().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)
Important
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x
GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);
com.microsoft.graph.beta.communications.calls.item.participants.item.startholdmusic.StartHoldMusicPostRequestBody startHoldMusicPostRequestBody = new com.microsoft.graph.beta.communications.calls.item.participants.item.startholdmusic.StartHoldMusicPostRequestBody();
MediaPrompt customPrompt = new MediaPrompt();
customPrompt.setOdataType("#microsoft.graph.mediaPrompt");
MediaInfo mediaInfo = new MediaInfo();
mediaInfo.setOdataType("#microsoft.graph.mediaInfo");
mediaInfo.setUri("https://bot.contoso.com/onHold.wav");
customPrompt.setMediaInfo(mediaInfo);
startHoldMusicPostRequestBody.setCustomPrompt(customPrompt);
startHoldMusicPostRequestBody.setClientContext("d45324c1-fcb5-430a-902c-f20af696537c");
var result = graphClient.communications().calls().byCallId("{call-id}").participants().byParticipantId("{participant-id}").startHoldMusic().post(startHoldMusicPostRequestBody);
Important
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Communications\Calls\Item\Participants\Item\StartHoldMusic\StartHoldMusicPostRequestBody;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\MediaPrompt;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\MediaInfo;
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);
$requestBody = new StartHoldMusicPostRequestBody();
$customPrompt = new MediaPrompt();
$customPrompt->setOdataType('#microsoft.graph.mediaPrompt');
$customPromptMediaInfo = new MediaInfo();
$customPromptMediaInfo->setOdataType('#microsoft.graph.mediaInfo');
$customPromptMediaInfo->setUri('https://bot.contoso.com/onHold.wav');
$customPrompt->setMediaInfo($customPromptMediaInfo);
$requestBody->setCustomPrompt($customPrompt);
$requestBody->setClientContext('d45324c1-fcb5-430a-902c-f20af696537c');
$result = $graphServiceClient->communications()->calls()->byCallId('call-id')->participants()->byParticipantId('participant-id')->startHoldMusic()->post($requestBody)->wait();
Important
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.
# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.communications.calls.item.participants.item.start_hold_music.start_hold_music_post_request_body import StartHoldMusicPostRequestBody
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.media_prompt import MediaPrompt
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.media_info import MediaInfo
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = StartHoldMusicPostRequestBody(
custom_prompt = MediaPrompt(
odata_type = "#microsoft.graph.mediaPrompt",
media_info = MediaInfo(
odata_type = "#microsoft.graph.mediaInfo",
uri = "https://bot.contoso.com/onHold.wav",
),
),
client_context = "d45324c1-fcb5-430a-902c-f20af696537c",
)
result = await graph_client.communications.calls.by_call_id('call-id').participants.by_participant_id('participant-id').start_hold_music.post(request_body)
Important
Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.