Blind Transfer
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    Article summary

    The Blindtransfer API allows a primary Agent (originally receiving the call) to ‘blind transfer’ the customer call to another agent.

    Pre-requisite

    The primary agent must be on an active call to initiate a blind transfer.

    Sequence Diagram

    Message Structure

    Request Parameters

    Value

    Channel

    Amazon

    topic

    InboundCall

    subtopic

    Blindtransfer

    source

    ui

    data

    The following types are supported as per parameters:

    • String value (phone number) for third-party transfer

    • JSON object for Queue and External Transfer

    Data Parameters for Queue

    Parameter

    Mandatory

    Data Type

    Description

    Type

    Yes

    string

    Transferring a call to selected queue’s agents who are available.

    Name

    Yes

    string

    Name of the quick connect which is created on the Amazon Connect application.

    phonenumber

    No

    string

    The contact number to which the call is transferred to.

    EndpointARN

    Yes

    string

    This is the Amazon Resource Name that uniquely identifies the transfer destination.

    endpointId

    Yes

    string

    This is typically an alias for endpointARN. In most real-world scenarios this uses Streams API.

    agentLogin

    No

    string

    The agent login name.

    Queue

    No

    string

    The queue name.

    Data Parameters for External

    Parameter

    Mandatory

    Data Type

    Description

    Type

    Yes

    string

    Transferring a call to selected agent’s phone number.

    Name

    Yes

    string

    Name of the quick connect which is created on the Amazon Connect application.

    phonenumber

    No

    string

    The agent’s contact number to which the call is transferred to.

    EndpointARN

    Yes

    string

    This is the Amazon Resource Name that uniquely identifies the transfer destination.

    endpointId

    Yes

    string

    This is typically an alias for endpointARN. In most real-world scenarios this uses Streams API.

    agentLogin

    No

    string

    The agent login name.

    Queue

    No

    string

    The queue name.

    Possible Error Cases

    errorType

    msg

    errorMessage

    BLIND_TRANSFER_FAILED

    Amazon Connect Failure error message.

    Blind transfer failed.

    Sample Request for Dialpad

    {
              channel: "Amazon",
              topic: "InboundCall",
              subtopic: "BlindTransfer",
              source: "ui",
              data: “"+12082097345"
    }

    Sample Request for Queue

    {
              channel: "Amazon",
              topic: "InboundCall",
              subtopic: "BlindTransfer",
              source: "ui",
             "data": {
    		"endpointARN": "arn:aws:connect:us-east-1:975419294579:instance/a4c52a8c-158f-4d7f-ab32-94d7e9b95974/transfer-destination/09258070-274e-489c-8e78-d228d8879067",
    		"endpointId": "arn:aws:connect:us-east-1:975419294579:instance/a4c52a8c-158f-4d7f-ab32-94d7e9b95974/transfer-destination/09258070-274e-489c-8e78-d228d8879067",
    		"type": "queue",
    		"name": "CallSummary-HVOC-Queue",
    		"phoneNumber": null,
    		"agentLogin": null,
    		"queue": null
    	}
    }

    Sample Request for External

    {
              channel: "Amazon",
              topic: "InboundCall",
              subtopic: "BlindTransfer",
              source: "ui",
             "data": {
    		"endpointARN": "arn:aws:connect:us-east-1:975419294579:instance/a4c52a8c-158f-4d7f-ab32-94d7e9b95974/transfer-destination/24b4cb36-0331-4368-b085-9c5d4d075efb",
    		"endpointId": "arn:aws:connect:us-east-1:975419294579:instance/a4c52a8c-158f-4d7f-ab32-94d7e9b95974/transfer-destination/24b4cb36-0331-4368-b085-9c5d4d075efb",
    		"type": "phone_number",
    		"name": "Sasi_Chime",
    		"phoneNumber": "+16579994374",
    		"agentLogin": null,
    		"queue": null
    	}
    }

    Sample Response

    The primary agent moves to the after-call work (ACW) state.


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