Telnyx Account Management - Python
Installation
pip install telnyxSetup
import os
from telnyx import Telnyx
client = Telnyx(
api_key=os.environ.get("TELNYX_API_KEY"), # This is the default and can be omitted
)All examples below assume client is already initialized as shown above.
Error Handling
All API calls can fail with network errors, rate limits (429), validation errors (422), or authentication errors (401). Always handle errors in production code:
import telnyx
try:
result = client.messages.send(to="+13125550001", from_="+13125550002", text="Hello")
except telnyx.APIConnectionError:
print("Network error — check connectivity and retry")
except telnyx.RateLimitError:
# 429: rate limited — wait and retry with exponential backoff
import time
time.sleep(1) # Check Retry-After header for actual delay
except telnyx.APIStatusError as e:
print(f"API error {e.status_code}: {e.message}")
if e.status_code == 422:
print("Validation error — check required fields and formats")Common error codes: 401 invalid API key, 403 insufficient permissions, 404 resource not found, 422 validation error (check field formats), 429 rate limited (retry with exponential backoff).
Important Notes
- Pagination: List methods return an auto-paginating iterator. Use
for item in page_result:to iterate through all pages automatically.
Lists accounts managed by the current user.
Lists the accounts managed by the current user. Users need to be explictly approved by Telnyx in order to become manager accounts.
GET /managed_accounts
page = client.managed_accounts.list()
page = page.data[0]
print(page.id)Returns: api_user (string), created_at (string), email (email), id (uuid), managed_account_allow_custom_pricing (boolean), manager_account_id (string), organization_name (string), record_type (enum: managed_account), rollup_billing (boolean), updated_at (string)
Create a new managed account.
Create a new managed account owned by the authenticated user. You need to be explictly approved by Telnyx in order to become a manager account.
POST /managed_accounts — Required: business_name
Optional: email (string), managed_account_allow_custom_pricing (boolean), password (string), rollup_billing (boolean)
managed_account = client.managed_accounts.create(
business_name="Larry's Cat Food Inc",
)
print(managed_account.data)Returns: api_key (string), api_token (string), api_user (string), balance (object), created_at (string), email (email), id (uuid), managed_account_allow_custom_pricing (boolean), manager_account_id (string), organization_name (string), record_type (enum: managed_account), rollup_billing (boolean), updated_at (string)
Display information about allocatable global outbound channels for the current user.
Display information about allocatable global outbound channels for the current user. Only usable by account managers.
GET /managed_accounts/allocatable_global_outbound_channels
response = client.managed_accounts.get_allocatable_global_outbound_channels()
print(response.data)Returns: allocatable_global_outbound_channels (integer), managed_account_allow_custom_pricing (boolean), record_type (string), total_global_channels_allocated (integer)
Retrieve a managed account
Retrieves the details of a single managed account.
GET /managed_accounts/{id}
managed_account = client.managed_accounts.retrieve(
"id",
)
print(managed_account.data)Returns: api_key (string), api_token (string), api_user (string), balance (object), created_at (string), email (email), id (uuid), managed_account_allow_custom_pricing (boolean), manager_account_id (string), organization_name (string), record_type (enum: managed_account), rollup_billing (boolean), updated_at (string)
Update a managed account
Update a single managed account.
PATCH /managed_accounts/{id}
Optional: managed_account_allow_custom_pricing (boolean)
managed_account = client.managed_accounts.update(
id="550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
)
print(managed_account.data)Returns: api_key (string), api_token (string), api_user (string), balance (object), created_at (string), email (email), id (uuid), managed_account_allow_custom_pricing (boolean), manager_account_id (string), organization_name (string), record_type (enum: managed_account), rollup_billing (boolean), updated_at (string)
Disables a managed account
Disables a managed account, forbidding it to use Telnyx services, including sending or receiving phone calls and SMS messages. Ongoing phone calls will not be affected. The managed account and its sub-users will no longer be able to log in via the mission control portal.
POST /managed_accounts/{id}/actions/disable
response = client.managed_accounts.actions.disable(
"id",
)
print(response.data)Returns: api_key (string), api_token (string), api_user (string), balance (object), created_at (string), email (email), id (uuid), managed_account_allow_custom_pricing (boolean), manager_account_id (string), organization_name (string), record_type (enum: managed_account), rollup_billing (boolean), updated_at (string)
Enables a managed account
Enables a managed account and its sub-users to use Telnyx services.
POST /managed_accounts/{id}/actions/enable
Optional: reenable_all_connections (boolean)
response = client.managed_accounts.actions.enable(
id="550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
)
print(response.data)Returns: api_key (string), api_token (string), api_user (string), balance (object), created_at (string), email (email), id (uuid), managed_account_allow_custom_pricing (boolean), manager_account_id (string), organization_name (string), record_type (enum: managed_account), rollup_billing (boolean), updated_at (string)
Update the amount of allocatable global outbound channels allocated to a specific managed account.
PATCH /managed_accounts/{id}/update_global_channel_limit
Optional: channel_limit (integer)
response = client.managed_accounts.update_global_channel_limit(
id="550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
)
print(response.data)Returns: channel_limit (integer), email (string), id (string), manager_account_id (string), record_type (string)
List organization users
Returns a list of the users in your organization.
GET /organizations/users
page = client.organizations.users.list()
page = page.data[0]
print(page.id)Returns: created_at (string), email (email), groups (array[object]), id (string), last_sign_in_at (string | null), organization_user_bypasses_sso (boolean), record_type (string), user_status (enum: enabled, disabled, blocked)
Get organization users groups report
Returns a report of all users in your organization with their group memberships. This endpoint returns all users without pagination and always includes group information. The report can be retrieved in JSON or CSV format by sending specific content-type headers.
GET /organizations/users/users_groups_report
response = client.organizations.users.get_groups_report()
print(response.data)Returns: created_at (string), email (email), groups (array[object]), id (string), last_sign_in_at (string | null), organization_user_bypasses_sso (boolean), record_type (string), user_status (enum: enabled, disabled, blocked)
Get organization user
Returns a user in your organization.
GET /organizations/users/{id}
user = client.organizations.users.retrieve(
id="550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
)
print(user.data)Returns: created_at (string), email (email), groups (array[object]), id (string), last_sign_in_at (string | null), organization_user_bypasses_sso (boolean), record_type (string), user_status (enum: enabled, disabled, blocked)
Delete organization user
Deletes a user in your organization.
POST /organizations/users/{id}/actions/remove
action = client.organizations.users.actions.remove(
"id",
)
print(action.data)Returns: created_at (string), email (email), groups (array[object]), id (string), last_sign_in_at (string | null), organization_user_bypasses_sso (boolean), record_type (string), user_status (enum: enabled, disabled, blocked)