--- title: "Create an Incoming Phone Number" method: POST path: "/Accounts/{AccountSid}/IncomingPhoneNumbers" tags: ["Incoming Phone Numbers"] --- # Create an Incoming Phone Number `POST /Accounts/{AccountSid}/IncomingPhoneNumbers` Purchase and provision a new incoming phone number. #### Permissions The API token used to authenticate must have the following scope(s) enabled to make a successful request: _Numbers_. [Learn more about API scopes](/platform/dashboard/getting-started/your-signalwire-api-space#api-token-scopes). ## Path parameters - `AccountSid` string, uuid, required ## Response `201` Response returned when an incoming phone number is created. - IncomingPhoneNumber — Incoming phone number model. - `account_id` string, uuid, required — The unique identifier for the account that is associated with this phone number. - `account_sid` string, uuid, required — The unique identifier for the account that is associated with this phone number. - `address_requirements` 'none' | 'any' | 'local' | 'foreign', required — Address requirements. - `address_sid` string, nullable, required — The unique identifier for the address associated with this phone number. Always null. - `api_version` string, required — The version of the SignalWire API. - `beta` boolean, required — New numbers on SignalWire are marked as beta. Always false. - `capabilities` IncomingPhoneNumberCapabilities, required — Phone number capabilities. - `voice` boolean, required — Whether or not voice is enabled. - `sms` boolean, required — Whether or not SMS is enabled. - `mms` boolean, required — Whether or not MMS is enabled. - `fax` boolean, required — Whether or not fax is enabled. - `country_code` string, required — The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for this phone number. - `date_created` string, required — The date, in RFC 2822 format, this phone number was created. - `date_updated` string, required — The date, in RFC 2822 format, this phone number was updated. - `emergency_address_sid` string, nullable, required — The unique identifier of the address associated with E911 for this phone number, or null if not set. - `emergency_status` string, required — Whether the phone route has an active E911 address associated. 'Active' or 'Inactive'. - `friendly_name` string, required — A formatted version of the number. - `identity_sid` string, nullable, required — The unique identifier for the identity associated with this phone number. Always null. - `origin` 'signalwire' | 'hosted', required — Phone number origin. - `phone_number` string, required — The incoming number in E.164 format. - `sid` string, required — The unique identifier for this phone number. - `sms_application_sid` string, nullable, required — The unique identifier for the application associated with SMS handling on this phone number, or null if not set. - `sms_fallback_method` string, required — Whether the request to `SmsFallbackUrl` is a `GET` or a `POST`. - `sms_fallback_url` string, nullable, required — The URL to request if errors occur when fetching SmsUrl, or null if not set. - `sms_method` string, required — Whether the request to SmsUrl is a `GET` or a `POST`. - `sms_url` string, nullable, required — The URL to request when an incoming SMS is received, or null if not set. - `status_callback` string, nullable, required — The URL to request to pass status updates to, or null if not set. - `status_callback_method` string, required — Whether the request to StatusCallback is a `GET` or a `POST`. - `trunk_sid` string, nullable, required — The unique identifier for the Trunk associated with this phone number. Always null. - `uri` string, required — The URI for this number. - `verification_status` string — The verification status for toll-free numbers. Only present for toll-free numbers. - `voice_application_sid` string, nullable, required — The unique identifier for the application associated with call handling on this phone number, or null if not set. - `voice_caller_id_lookup` boolean, nullable, required — Whether or not to look up a caller's name in the database. Always null. - `voice_fallback_method` string, required — Whether the request to VoiceFallbackUrl is a `GET` or a `POST`. - `voice_fallback_url` string, nullable, required — The URL to request if errors occur when fetching `Url`, or null if not set. - `voice_method` string, required — Whether the request to Url is a `GET` or a `POST`. - `voice_url` string, nullable, required — The URL to request when an incoming call is received, or null if not set. ## Other responses - `400` — The request was invalid or cannot be processed. Check the error details for more information. - `401` — Authentication failed. Please verify your credentials and try again. - `422` — The request could not be processed due to validation errors. Check the error details for more information. ## Changes - **2026-01-21** `250c3ae23842` — 1 breaking - removed the enum value `none` of the request property `VoiceReceiveMode` - **2026-01-19** `d5fbaaddfa3e` — 10 breaking, 6 warning, 3 info - the `PhoneNumber` request property's minLength was increased from `0` to `6` - added the pattern `^\+\d{5,17}$` to the request property `PhoneNumber` - the `SmsApplicationSid` request property type/format changed from `string`/`` to `string`/`uuid` - the `SmsFallbackUrl` request property type/format changed from `string`/`` to `string`/`uri` - …15 more - **2026-01-15** `50dab84bcf02` — 1 breaking - request body became required - **2026-01-15** `479ede876c89` — 1 info - request body became optional - **2026-01-15** `a10b019314cd` — 2 warning - removed the optional property `account_id` from the response with the `200` status - removed the optional property `country_code` from the response with the `200` status [Full history](https://skmtc.dev/signalwire/apis/compatibility-api/changes/Accounts/:AccountSid/IncomingPhoneNumbers/post.md) --- [API](https://skmtc.dev/signalwire/apis/compatibility-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/signalwire/apis/compatibility-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/signalwire/compatibility-api/revisions/8891278c1908/schema)