---
title: "Send a Fax"
method: POST
path: "/Accounts/{AccountSid}/Faxes"
tags: ["Faxes"]
---

# Send a Fax

`POST /Accounts/{AccountSid}/Faxes`

Send a fax.

#### Permissions
The API token must include the following scopes: _Fax_.

## Path parameters

- `AccountSid` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

OK

- object
  - `account_sid` string — The unique identifier for the account this fax is associated with.
  - `api_version` string — The version of the SignalWire API.
  - `date_created` string — The date and time, in ISO 8601 format, the fax was created.
  - `date_updated` string — The date and time, in ISO 8601 format, the fax was updated.
  - `direction` 'inbound' | 'outbound' — The direction of the fax. Possible values are `inbound` or `outbound`.
  - `from` string — The phone number, in E.164 format, the fax was sent from.
  - `media_url` string — The URL hosting the received media. Can use this URL to download incoming media. Optionally pass a username and password using the format "https://user:pass@example.com/path/to/fax.pdf".
  - `media_sid` string — ThThe unique identifier for the media instance associated with the fax instance.
  - `num_pages` string — The number of pages in the fax document.
  - `price` string — The cost of the fax.
  - `price_unit` string — The currency, in ISO 4217 format, of the price.
  - `quality` 'standard' | 'fine' | 'superfine' — The quality of the fax.
  - `sid` string — The unique identifier of the fax.
  - `status` 'queued' | 'processing' | 'sending' | 'delivered' | 'receiving' | 'received' | 'no-answer' | 'busy' | 'failed' | 'canceled' — The status of the fax.
  - `to` string — The phone number, in E.164 format, the fax was sent to.
  - `duration` integer — The time, in seconds, it took to deliver a fax.
  - `links` object — The URL links for resources associated with the fax.
    - `media` string — Media associated with this fax.
  - `url` string — The URL of this resource.
  - `error_code` string — Error code for this resource (if available).
  - `error_message` string — The description of this error (if available).

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