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Accept call

live.sessions.accept(strsession_id, SessionAcceptParams**kwargs)

POST/live/sessions/{session_id}/accept

Accept an incoming SIP call. Supply session with type live, the model, and startup configuration. Before accepting calls, follow the Live prompting guide to write frontend conversation instructions and a separate backend prompt. SIP media format is negotiated; omit audio.format.

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session_id: str

session: Session

Model and startup configuration for the Live session that answers the incoming SIP call.

Accept call

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import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
client.live.sessions.accept(
    session_id="session_id",
    session={
        "model": "gpt-live-1",
        "type": "live",
    },
)

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