# Create an outbound call to phone number in Amazon Connect Agent Workspace
<a name="3P-apps-voice-requests-createoutboundcall"></a>

Creates an outbound call to the given phone number and returns the contactId. It takes an optional parameter `queueARN` which specifies the outbound queue associated with the call, if omitted the default outbound queue defined in the agent's routing profile will be used.

 **Signature** 

```
  createOutboundCall(
    phoneNumber: string,
    options?: CreateOutboundCallOptions,
  ): Promise<CreateOutboundCallResult>
```

 **Usage** 

```
const outboundCallResult:CreateOutboundCallResult = await voiceClient.createOutboundCall("+18005550100");
```

 **Input** 


|  **Parameter**  |  **Type**  |  **Description**  | 
| --- | --- | --- | 
|  phoneNumber Required  |  string  |  The phone number specified in E.164 format  | 
|  options.queueARN  |  string  |  It specifies the outbound queue associated with the call, if omitted the default outbound queue defined in the agent's routing profile will be used.  | 
|  options.relatedContactId  |  string  |  Optional parameter to supply related contactId  | 

 **Output - *CreateOutboundCallResult*** 


|  **Parameter**  |  **Type**  |  **Description**  | 
| --- | --- | --- | 
|  contactId  |  string  |  The contactId of the created outbound call.  | 

 **Permissions required:** 

```
Contact.Details.Edit      
```