participant: startHoldMusic

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Put a participant on hold and play music in the background.

Note: Only one participant can be placed on hold at any given time.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	❌

Permissions

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

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-type	application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, provide a JSON object with the following parameters.

Parameter	Type	Description
clientContext	String	Optional. Unique client context string. Can have a maximum of 256 characters.
customPrompt	microsoft.graph.mediaPrompt	Optional. The audio prompt that the participant hears when placed on hold.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 202 Accepted response code and a startHoldMusicOperation object in the response body.

Example

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/communications/calls/e141b67c-90fd-455d-858b-b48a40b9cc8d/participants/fa1e9582-7145-4ca3-bcd8-577f561fcb6e/startHoldMusic
Content-type: application/json

{
  "customPrompt": {
    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.mediaPrompt",
    "mediaInfo": {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.mediaInfo",
      "uri": "https://bot.contoso.com/onHold.wav",
    },
  },
  "clientContext": "d45324c1-fcb5-430a-902c-f20af696537c",
}

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Communications.Calls.Item.Participants.Item.StartHoldMusic;
using Microsoft.Graph.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);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc communications calls participants start-hold-music post --call-id {call-id} --participant-id {participant-id} --body '{\
  "customPrompt": {\
    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.mediaPrompt",\
    "mediaInfo": {\
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.mediaInfo",\
      "uri": "https://bot.contoso.com/onHold.wav",\
    },\
  },\
  "clientContext": "d45324c1-fcb5-430a-902c-f20af696537c",\
}\
'

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphcommunications "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/communications"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-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)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

com.microsoft.graph.communications.calls.item.participants.item.startholdmusic.StartHoldMusicPostRequestBody startHoldMusicPostRequestBody = new com.microsoft.graph.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);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const startHoldMusicOperation = {
  customPrompt: {
    '@odata.type': '#microsoft.graph.mediaPrompt',
    mediaInfo: {
      '@odata.type': '#microsoft.graph.mediaInfo',
      uri: 'https://bot.contoso.com/onHold.wav',
    },
  },
  clientContext: 'd45324c1-fcb5-430a-902c-f20af696537c',
};

await client.api('/communications/calls/e141b67c-90fd-455d-858b-b48a40b9cc8d/participants/fa1e9582-7145-4ca3-bcd8-577f561fcb6e/startHoldMusic')
	.post(startHoldMusicOperation);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Communications\Calls\Item\Participants\Item\StartHoldMusic\StartHoldMusicPostRequestBody;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\MediaPrompt;
use Microsoft\Graph\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();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.CloudCommunications

$params = @{
	customPrompt = @{
		"@odata.type" = "#microsoft.graph.mediaPrompt"
		mediaInfo = @{
			"@odata.type" = "#microsoft.graph.mediaInfo"
			uri = "https://bot.contoso.com/onHold.wav"
		}
	}
	clientContext = "d45324c1-fcb5-430a-902c-f20af696537c"
}

Start-MgCommunicationCallParticipantHoldMusic -CallId $callId -ParticipantId $participantId -BodyParameter $params

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.communications.calls.item.participants.item.start_hold_music.start_hold_music_post_request_body import StartHoldMusicPostRequestBody
from msgraph.generated.models.media_prompt import MediaPrompt
from msgraph.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)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
Location: https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/communications/calls/e141b67c-90fd-455d-858b-b48a40b9cc8d/operations/0fe0623f-d628-42ed-b4bd-8ac290072cc5

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.startHoldMusicOperation",
  "id": "0fe0623f-d628-42ed-b4bd-8ac290072cc5",
  "status": "running",
  "clientContext": "d45324c1-fcb5-430a-902c-f20af696537c"
}

Notification sent to the application after the startHoldMusicOperation finishes

POST https://bot.contoso.com/api/calls
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.commsNotifications",
  "value": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.commsNotification",
      "changeType": "deleted",
      "resourceUrl": "communications/calls/e141b67c-90fd-455d-858b-b48a40b9cc8d/operations/0fe0623f-d628-42ed-b4bd-8ac290072cc5",
      "resourceData": {
        "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.startHoldMusicOperation",
        "@odata.id": "communications/calls/e141b67c-90fd-455d-858b-b48a40b9cc8d/operations/0fe0623f-d628-42ed-b4bd-8ac290072cc5",
        "@odata.etag": "W/\"54451\"",
        "clientContext": "d45324c1-fcb5-430a-902c-f20af696537c",
        "status": "completed"
      }
    }
  ]
}