Evolution GO
Start outbound call
Places an outbound WhatsApp voice call to the given number and returns the created call session.
POST
/
call
/
start
Start outbound call
curl --request POST \
--url https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-go/call/start \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'apikey: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"number": "5511999999999"
}
'import requests
url = "https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-go/call/start"
payload = { "number": "5511999999999" }
headers = {
"apikey": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {apikey: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({number: '5511999999999'})
};
fetch('https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-go/call/start', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-go/call/start",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'number' => '5511999999999'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"apikey: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-go/call/start"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"number\": \"5511999999999\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("apikey", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-go/call/start")
.header("apikey", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"number\": \"5511999999999\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-go/call/start")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["apikey"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"number\": \"5511999999999\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"message": "success",
"data": {
"instanceId": "f8c3de3d-1fea-4d7c-a8b0-29f63c4c3454",
"callId": "5B8F9A2E1C3D4F6A7B8C",
"peer": "5511999999999@s.whatsapp.net",
"direction": "outgoing",
"state": "calling",
"isVideo": false,
"createdAt": "2026-07-10T14:32:05Z"
}
}{
"status": 400,
"error": "Bad Request",
"message": "Invalid payload"
}Authorizations
Your Pilot Status API key (ps_...). Evolution GO also accepts Authorization: Bearer <key>.
Body
application/json
Recipient phone in DDI+DDD+number format (e.g. 5511999999999) or a full JID.
Example:
"5511999999999"
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Start outbound call
curl --request POST \
--url https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-go/call/start \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'apikey: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"number": "5511999999999"
}
'import requests
url = "https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-go/call/start"
payload = { "number": "5511999999999" }
headers = {
"apikey": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {apikey: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({number: '5511999999999'})
};
fetch('https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-go/call/start', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-go/call/start",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'number' => '5511999999999'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"apikey: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-go/call/start"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"number\": \"5511999999999\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("apikey", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-go/call/start")
.header("apikey", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"number\": \"5511999999999\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-go/call/start")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["apikey"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"number\": \"5511999999999\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"message": "success",
"data": {
"instanceId": "f8c3de3d-1fea-4d7c-a8b0-29f63c4c3454",
"callId": "5B8F9A2E1C3D4F6A7B8C",
"peer": "5511999999999@s.whatsapp.net",
"direction": "outgoing",
"state": "calling",
"isVideo": false,
"createdAt": "2026-07-10T14:32:05Z"
}
}{
"status": 400,
"error": "Bad Request",
"message": "Invalid payload"
}