About Updating the DNC List with New Numbers

Last updated: 2021-05-13

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Maintaining an up-to-date internal Do Not Call (DNC) list is essential if you want your call center to remain compliant. For example, you might add a new number to this internal DNC list programmatically if the number for being placed on the DNC list is coming from a different source (like a web form).

Request

Be sure to set the proper BASE_URL and authorization header for your deployment.

HTTP

POST {BASE_URL}/api/v1/admin/accounts/{accountId}/dncLists
Authorization: bearer <myAccessToken>
Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

Node JS

/****** Install Node JS SDK wrapper *******
$ npm install ringcentral-engage-voice-client
*******************************************/

const RunRequest = async function () {
    const EngageVoice = require('ringcentral-engage-voice-client').default

    // Instantiate the SDK wrapper object with your RingCentral app credentials
    const ev = new EngageVoice({
        clientId: "RINGCENTRAL_CLIENTID",
        clientSecret: "RINGCENTRAL_CLIENTSECRET"
    })

    try {
        // Authorize with your RingCentral Office user credentials
        await ev.authorize({
            username: "RINGCENTRAL_USERNAME",
            extension: "RINGCENTRAL_EXTENSION",
            password: "RINGCENTRAL_PASSWORD"
        })

        // Add a new DNC number
        const postBody = {
            "dncTag": {
                "dncTagId": 0,
                "dncTagLabel": "GLOBAL"
            },
            "countryCode": {
                "id": "USA"
            },
            "phone": "5105550100",
            "reason": "Did not want to be called",
            "tag": "GLOBAL",
            "dncTagId": 0
        }
        const response = await ev.post('/api/v1/admin/accounts/{accountId}/dncLists', postBody)
        console.log(response.data);
    }
    catch (err) {
        console.log(err.message)
    }
}

RunRequest();

Python

#### Install Python SDK wrapper ####
# $ pip3 install ringcentral_engage_voice
#  or
# $ pip install ringcentral_engage_voice
#####################################

from ringcentral_engage_voice import RingCentralEngageVoice

def add_dnc_number():
    try:
        postBody = {
            "dncTag":{
              "dncTagId":0,
              "dncTagLabel":"GLOBAL"
            },
            "countryCode":{
              "id":"USA"
            },
            "phone":"5105550134",
            "reason":"Did not want to be called",
            "tag":"GLOBAL",
            "dncTagId":0
        }
        response = ev.post("/api/v1/admin/accounts/{accountId}/dncLists", postBody).json()
        print(response)
    except Exception as e:
        print(e)


# Instantiate the SDK wrapper object with your RingCentral app credentials
ev = RingCentralEngageVoice(
    "RINGCENTRAL_CLIENTID",
    "RINGCENTRAL_CLIENTSECRET")

try:
    # Authorize with your RingCentral Office user credentials
    ev.authorize(
        username="RINGCENTRAL_USERNAME",
        password="RINGCENTRAL_PASSWORD",
        extension="RINGCENTRAL_EXTENSION"
    )

    add_dnc_number()
except Exception as e:
    print(e)

Request Body

{
  "dncTag":{
    "dncTagId":0,
    "dncTagLabel":"GLOBAL"
  },
  "countryCode":{
    "id":"USA"
  },
  "phone":"5105550100",
  "reason":"Did not want to be called",
  "tag":"GLOBAL",
  "dncTagId":0
}

Primary Parameters

To add a number to the DNC list, send a JSON request body with the following notable parameters. See the example below for more.

API Property	Description
`dncTag.dncTagId`	set to `GLOBAL`.
`countryCode.id`	set to your country, typically `USA`.
`phone`	The number to be placed on the Do Not Call list.
`reason`	A short description for why this number is being added to the DNC list.
`tag`	set to `GLOBAL`.

Response

Once added, the DNC number is recorded to the list along with the name of the agent/admin entering the number and a date for when the number was added to the list.

JSON

{
  "phone":"5105550100",
  "tag":"GLOBAL",
  "countryCode":{
    "id":"USA",
    "description":null
  },
  "addedDate":"2020-11-03T18:10:11.740+0000",
  "addedBy":"Craig Chan",
  "reason":"Did not want to be called",
  "dncTagId":0
}

Primary Fields

When a number is aded to the DNC list, two fields are automatically added as well.

API Property	Description
`addedDate`	This date and time are added automatically to the list.
`addedBy`	This field is automatically added to the list as the person executing the API.