My question: Can Twilio Announcements be used when there is only a single participant in the conference?
My Test Application: Is a simple node app that keeps a caller waiting while work is done in the background, with periodic updates on progress to the caller, before finally moving the call to a real person.
The problem: I saw Announcements and that this would excellent for my needs.
My node test app successfully dumps each incoming call into its own unique conference. I later attempt to announce an update on the background processing while the caller is waiting.
client.conferences(conferenceSid)
.update({announceUrl:'https://cccbae85.ngrok.io/twilio/announce'})
.then(result => console.log('success'))
.catch(error => console.log('conference error = ' + error));
The following results: conference error = Error: The requested resource /2010-04-01/Accounts/ACX*/Conferences/CFb15222ac23964077e8161c819cd9dcca.json was not found
When I change this to use a conference AND participant:
client.conferences(conferenceSid)
.participants (particpantCallSid)
.update({announceUrl:'https://cccbae85.ngrok.io/twilio/announce'})
.then(result => console.log('success'))
.catch(error => console.log('conference error = ' + error));
The result is 'success', meaning the conferenceSid was accepted, but I never see any call to the announceUrl (no errors in Twilio, no attempts through ngok).
So back to my question, can Announcements be used in conferences that have a single participant, or do I need to go back to having a "bot" jump into the conference, say something, and jump back out.
OR - did I royally mess up my understanding of Announce....
Thanks!!
