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Starts recording the contact:

  • If the API is called before the agent joins the call, recording starts when the agent joins the call.

  • If the API is called after the agent joins the call, recording starts at the time of the API call.

StartContactRecording is a one-time action. For example, if you use StopContactRecording to stop recording an ongoing call, you can't use StartContactRecording to restart it. For scenarios where the recording has started and you want to suspend and resume it, such as when collecting sensitive information (for example, a credit card number), use SuspendContactRecording and ResumeContactRecording.

You can use this API to override the recording behavior configured in the Set recording behavior block.

Only voice recordings are supported at this time.

post/contact/start-recording

Request body

InstanceIdstring required

The identifier of the Amazon Connect instance. You can <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/connect/latest/adminguide/find-instance-arn.html">find the instance ID</a> in the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the instance.

ContactIdstring required

The identifier of the contact.

InitialContactIdstring required

The identifier of the contact. This is the identifier of the contact associated with the first interaction with the contact center.

Response

Success

StartContactRecordingResponse required