Fax Object

The fax object is a JSON object returned by the Phaxio API and represents a fax job in the system. Its properties are described in the table below.

Properties that are not always present look like this.

Name Description
id The fax's id number. Can be used to retrieve the fax later.
direction Either 'sent' or 'received'. States whether the fax is being sent or received.
num_pages Number of pages in the fax
cost The total cost of the fax in cents. This value may change depending on the success of the job. See the billing page.
status The status of the job. See the statuses page for more information.
is_test true or false. States whether the job is in test mode.
requested_at Unix timestamp representing the time when the initial API call was made.
from_number For received faxes, this holds the sender's 10 digit phone number.
to_number For received faxes, this holds the Phaxio phone number that was used to receive the call.
recipients For sent faxes, this holds an array of recipient objects. See below section on recipient objects.
error_type One of the Phaxio error types. Will give you a general idea of what went wrong for a failed fax. (e.g. lineError)
error_code A more detailed description of what went wrong for a failed fax.
completed_at If the job is complete, this is a Unix timestamp representing the time the job was completed.


Recipient Object

A JSON object describing a fax recipient

Name Description
number A 10 digit phone number
status The status of the job for this specific recipient. See the statuses page for more information.
completed_at A Unix timestamp representing the time the job was completed for this recipient.


Example fax object:

{
    "id":123458,
    "num_pages":1,
    "cost":7,
    "direction":"sent",
    "status":"queued",
    "is_test":false,
    "requested_at":1294094700,
    "recipients":[
{
            "number":"4141234567",
            "status":"queued"
        }
    ]
}




Phone Number Object

A JSON object describing a phone number

Name Description
number A 10 digit phone number
city The city for the area code of the number
state The state for the area code of the number
cost The monthly cost of the number in cents
last_billed_at A timestamp representing the last time your account was billed for this number
provisioned_at A timestamp representing the time you provisioned the number.


Example phone number object:

{
    "number":"8476661235",
    "city":"Northbrook",
    "state":"Illinois",
    "cost":500,
    "last_billed_at":"2013-05-19 03:15:32",
    "provisioned_at":"2013-05-19 03:15:32"
}