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Post-call webhooks

Post-call Webhooks allow you to receive detailed information about a call after analysis is complete. When enabled, ElevenLabs will send a POST request to your specified endpoint with comprehensive call data.

ElevenLabs supports three types of post-call webhooks:

  • Transcription webhooks (post_call_transcription): Contains full conversation data including transcripts, analysis results, and metadata
  • Audio webhooks (post_call_audio): Contains minimal data with base64-encoded audio of the full conversation
  • Call initiation failure webhooks (call_initiation_failure): Contains information about failed call initiation attempts including failure reasons and metadata

Post-call webhooks can be enabled for all agents in your workspace through the ElevenAgents settings page.

Post-call webhook settings

It is important for the listener to validate all incoming webhooks. Webhooks currently support authentication via HMAC signatures. Set up HMAC authentication by:

  • Securely storing the shared secret generated upon creation of the webhook
  • Verifying the ElevenLabs-Signature header in your endpoint using the SDK

The JavaScript SDK exposes constructEvent; the Python SDK exposes construct_event with rawBody, sig_header, and secret (these are not named payload / signature in Python). Both verify the signature, validate the timestamp, and parse the JSON payload.

Example webhook handler using FastAPI:

Python
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from fastapi import FastAPI, Request
from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
from elevenlabs.client import ElevenLabs
from elevenlabs.errors import BadRequestError
import os

load_dotenv()

app = FastAPI()
elevenlabs = ElevenLabs(
    api_key=os.getenv("ELEVENLABS_API_KEY"),
)

WEBHOOK_SECRET = os.getenv("WEBHOOK_SECRET")

@app.post("/webhook")
async def receive_message(request: Request):
    payload = await request.body()
    signature = request.headers.get("elevenlabs-signature")

    try:
        event = elevenlabs.webhooks.construct_event(
            rawBody=payload.decode("utf-8"),
            sig_header=signature,
            secret=WEBHOOK_SECRET,
        )
    except BadRequestError as e:
        return JSONResponse(content={"error": "Invalid signature"}, status_code=401)

    # construct_event returns a dict (parsed JSON), not an object with attributes
    if event.get("type") == "post_call_transcription":
        print(f"Received transcription: {event.get('data')}")

    return {"status": "received"}

Example webhook handler using Express:

JavaScript
import { ElevenLabsClient } from '@elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js';
import express from 'express';

const app = express();

const elevenlabs = new ElevenLabsClient();
const WEBHOOK_SECRET = process.env.WEBHOOK_SECRET;

// Use express.text() to preserve raw body for signature verification
app.post('/webhook', express.text({ type: 'application/json' }), async (req, res) => {
  const signature = req.headers['elevenlabs-signature'];
  const payload = req.body; // Raw string body

  let event;
  try {
    event = await elevenlabs.webhooks.constructEvent(payload, signature, WEBHOOK_SECRET);
  } catch (error) {
    return res.status(401).json({ error: 'Invalid signature' });
  }

  // Process the webhook event
  if (event.type === 'post_call_transcription') {
    console.log('Received transcription:', event.data);
  }

  res.status(200).json({ received: true });
});

Example webhook handler using Next.js API route:

app/api/webhook/route.ts

app/api/webhook/route.ts
import { NextResponse } from 'next/server';
import type { NextRequest } from 'next/server';
import { ElevenLabsClient } from '@elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js';

const elevenlabs = new ElevenLabsClient();
const WEBHOOK_SECRET = process.env.WEBHOOK_SECRET;

export async function POST(req: NextRequest) {
  const body = await req.text();
  const signature = req.headers.get('elevenlabs-signature');

  let event;
  try {
    event = await elevenlabs.webhooks.constructEvent(body, signature, WEBHOOK_SECRET);
  } catch (error) {
    return NextResponse.json({ error: 'Invalid signature' }, { status: 401 });
  }

  // Process the webhook event
  if (event.type === 'post_call_transcription') {
    console.log('Received transcription:', event.data);
  }

  return NextResponse.json({ received: true }, { status: 200 });
}

For additional security, you can add ElevenLabs' static egress IPs to your allowlist. See IP allowlisting for the complete list of IP addresses.

ElevenLabs sends three distinct types of post-call webhooks, each with different data structures:

Transcription webhooks (post_call_transcription)

Section titled “Transcription webhooks (post_call_transcription)”

Contains comprehensive conversation data including full transcripts, analysis results, and metadata.

Field Type Description
type string Type of event (always post_call_transcription)
data object Conversation data using the ConversationHistoryCommonModel structure
event_timestamp number When this event occurred in unix time UTC

The data object contains:

Field Type Description
agent_id string The ID of the agent that handled the call
agent_name string The name of the agent at the time of the conversation
conversation_id string Unique identifier for the conversation
status string Status of the conversation (e.g., "done")
user_id string User identifier if available
branch_id string The agent branch used for the conversation, if applicable
version_id string The ID of the agent version (snapshot) that was active during the call
environment string The environment used for resolving environment variables
transcript array Complete conversation transcript with turns
metadata object Call timing, costs, and phone details
analysis object Evaluation results and conversation summary
conversation_initiation_client_data object Configuration overrides and dynamic variables
has_audio boolean Whether the conversation has any audio available
has_user_audio boolean Whether user audio is available for the conversation
has_response_audio boolean Whether agent response audio is available for the conversation

Contains minimal data with the full conversation audio as base64-encoded MP3.

Field Type Description
type string Type of event (always post_call_audio)
data object Minimal audio data
event_timestamp number When this event occurred in unix time UTC

The data object contains only:

Field Type Description
agent_id string The ID of the agent that handled the call
conversation_id string Unique identifier for the conversation
full_audio string Base64-encoded string containing the complete conversation audio in MP3 format

Call initiation failure webhooks (call_initiation_failure)

Section titled “Call initiation failure webhooks (call_initiation_failure)”

Contains information about telephony call initiation attempts, including failure reasons and telephony-provider metadata.

Field Type Description
type string Type of event (always call_initiation_failure)
data object Call initiation failure data
event_timestamp number When this event occurred in unix time UTC

The data object contains:

Field Type Description
agent_id string The ID of the agent that was assigned to handle the call
conversation_id string Unique identifier for the conversation
failure_reason string The failure reason ("busy", "no-answer", "unknown")
metadata object Additional data provided by the telephony provider.

The metadata object structure varies depending on whether the outbound call was made via Twilio or via SIP trunking. The object includes a type field that distinguishes between the two, and a body field containing provider-specific details.

SIP metadata (type: "sip"):

Field Type Required Description
type string Yes Provider type (always sip)
body object Yes SIP-specific call failure information

The body object for SIP metadata contains:

Field Type Required Description
from_number number Yes The phone number of the party that initiated the call.
to_number number Yes The phone number of the called party.
sip_status_code number Yes SIP response status code (e.g., 486 for busy)
error_reason string Yes Human-readable error description
call_sid string Yes SIP call session identifier
twirp_code string No Twirp error code if applicable
sip_status string No SIP status text corresponding to the status code

Twilio metadata (type: "twilio"):

Field Type Required Description
type string Yes Provider type (always twilio)
body object Yes Twilio StatusCallback body containing call details, documented here
JSON
{
  "type": "post_call_transcription",
  "event_timestamp": 1739537297,
  "data": {
    "agent_id": "xyz",
    "conversation_id": "abc",
    "status": "done",
    "user_id": "user123",
    "transcript": [
      {
        "role": "agent",
        "message": "Hey there angelo. How are you?",
        "tool_calls": null,
        "tool_results": null,
        "feedback": null,
        "time_in_call_secs": 0,
        "conversation_turn_metrics": null
      },
      {
        "role": "user",
        "message": "Hey, can you tell me, like, a fun fact about 11 Labs?",
        "tool_calls": null,
        "tool_results": null,
        "feedback": null,
        "time_in_call_secs": 2,
        "conversation_turn_metrics": null
      },
      {
        "role": "agent",
        "message": "I do not have access to fun facts about Eleven Labs. However, I can share some general information about the company. Eleven Labs is an AI voice technology platform that specializes in voice cloning and text-to-speech...",
        "tool_calls": null,
        "tool_results": null,
        "feedback": null,
        "time_in_call_secs": 9,
        "conversation_turn_metrics": {
          "convai_llm_service_ttfb": {
            "elapsed_time": 0.3704247010173276
          },
          "convai_llm_service_ttf_sentence": {
            "elapsed_time": 0.5551181449554861
          }
        }
      }
    ],
    "metadata": {
      "start_time_unix_secs": 1739537297,
      "call_duration_secs": 22,
      "cost": 296,
      "deletion_settings": {
        "deletion_time_unix_secs": 1802609320,
        "deleted_logs_at_time_unix_secs": null,
        "deleted_audio_at_time_unix_secs": null,
        "deleted_transcript_at_time_unix_secs": null,
        "delete_transcript_and_pii": true,
        "delete_audio": true
      },
      "feedback": {
        "overall_score": null,
        "likes": 0,
        "dislikes": 0
      },
      "authorization_method": "authorization_header",
      "charging": {
        "dev_discount": true
      },
      "termination_reason": ""
    },
    "analysis": {
      "evaluation_criteria_results": {},
      "data_collection_results": {},
      "call_successful": "success",
      "transcript_summary": "The conversation begins with the agent asking how Angelo is, but Angelo redirects the conversation by requesting a fun fact about 11 Labs. The agent acknowledges they don't have specific fun facts about Eleven Labs but offers to provide general information about the company. They briefly describe Eleven Labs as an AI voice technology platform specializing in voice cloning and text-to-speech technology. The conversation is brief and informational, with the agent adapting to the user's request despite not having the exact information asked for."
    },
    "conversation_initiation_client_data": {
      "conversation_config_override": {
        "agent": {
          "prompt": null,
          "first_message": null,
          "language": "en"
        },
        "tts": {
          "voice_id": null
        }
      },
      "custom_llm_extra_body": {},
      "dynamic_variables": {
        "user_name": "angelo"
      },
      "branch_id": null,
      "environment": null
    }
  }
}
JSON
{
  "type": "post_call_audio",
  "event_timestamp": 1739537319,
  "data": {
    "agent_id": "xyz",
    "conversation_id": "abc",
    "full_audio": "SUQzBAAAAAAA...base64_encoded_mp3_data...AAAAAAAAAA=="
  }
}
JSON
{
  "type": "call_initiation_failure",
  "event_timestamp": 1759931652,
  "data": {
    "agent_id": "xyz",
    "conversation_id": "abc",
    "failure_reason": "busy",
    "metadata": {
      "type": "twilio",
      "body": {
        "Called": "+441111111111",
        "ToState": "",
        "CallerCountry": "US",
        "Direction": "outbound-api",
        "Timestamp": "Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:54:12 +0000",
        "CallbackSource": "call-progress-events",
        "SipResponseCode": "487",
        "CallerState": "WA",
        "ToZip": "",
        "SequenceNumber": "2",
        "CallSid": "CA8367245817625617832576245724",
        "To": "+441111111111",
        "CallerZip": "98631",
        "ToCountry": "GB",
        "CalledZip": "",
        "ApiVersion": "2010-04-01",
        "CalledCity": "",
        "CallStatus": "busy",
        "Duration": "0",
        "From": "+11111111111",
        "CallDuration": "0",
        "AccountSid": "AC37682153267845716245762454a",
        "CalledCountry": "GB",
        "CallerCity": "RAYMOND",
        "ToCity": "",
        "FromCountry": "US",
        "Caller": "+11111111111",
        "FromCity": "RAYMOND",
        "CalledState": "",
        "FromZip": "12345",
        "FromState": "WA"
      }
    }
  }
}
JSON
{
  "type": "call_initiation_failure",
  "event_timestamp": 1759931652,
  "data": {
    "agent_id": "xyz",
    "conversation_id": "abc",
    "failure_reason": "busy",
    "metadata": {
      "type": "sip",
      "body": {
        "from_number": "+441111111111",
        "to_number": "+11111111111",
        "sip_status_code": 486,
        "error_reason": "INVITE failed: sip status: 486: Busy here (SIP 486)",
        "call_sid": "d8e7f6a5-b4c3-4d5e-8f9a-0b1c2d3e4f5a",
        "sip_status": "Busy here",
        "twirp_code": "unavailable"
      }
    }
  }
}

Audio webhooks are delivered separately from transcription webhooks and contain only the essential fields needed to identify the conversation along with the base64-encoded audio data.

Audio webhooks are delivered as streaming HTTP requests with the transfer-encoding: chunked header to handle large audio files efficiently.

Since audio webhooks are delivered via chunked transfer encoding, you'll need to handle streaming data properly:

Python

import base64
import json
from aiohttp import web

async def handle_webhook(request):

    # Check if this is a chunked/streaming request
    if request.headers.get("transfer-encoding", "").lower() == "chunked":
        # Read streaming data in chunks
        chunked_body = bytearray()
        while True:
            chunk = await request.content.read(8192)  # 8KB chunks
            if not chunk:
                break
            chunked_body.extend(chunk)

        # Parse the complete payload
        request_body = json.loads(chunked_body.decode("utf-8"))
    else:
        # Handle regular requests
        body_bytes = await request.read()
        request_body = json.loads(body_bytes.decode('utf-8'))

    # Process different webhook types
    if request_body["type"] == "post_call_transcription":
        # Handle transcription webhook with full conversation data
        handle_transcription_webhook(request_body["data"])
    elif request_body["type"] == "post_call_audio":
        # Handle audio webhook with minimal data
        handle_audio_webhook(request_body["data"])
    elif request_body["type"] == "call_initiation_failure":
        # Handle call initiation failure webhook
        handle_call_initiation_failure_webhook(request_body["data"])

    return web.json_response({"status": "ok"})

def handle_audio_webhook(data):
    # Decode base64 audio data
    audio_bytes = base64.b64decode(data["full_audio"])

    # Save or process the audio file
    conversation_id = data["conversation_id"]
    with open(f"conversation_{conversation_id}.mp3", "wb") as f:
        f.write(audio_bytes)

def handle_call_initiation_failure_webhook(data):
    # Handle call initiation failure events
    agent_id = data["agent_id"]
    conversation_id = data["conversation_id"]
    failure_reason = data.get("failure_reason")
    metadata = data.get("metadata", {})

    # Log the failure for monitoring
    print(f"Call failed for agent {agent_id}, conversation {conversation_id}")
    print(f"Failure reason: {failure_reason}")

    # Access provider-specific metadata
    provider_type = metadata.get("type")
    body = metadata.get("body", {})
    if provider_type == "sip":
        print(f"SIP status code: {body.get('sip_status_code')}")
        print(f"Error reason: {body.get('error_reason')}")
    elif provider_type == "twilio":
        print(f"Twilio CallSid: {body.get('CallSid')}")
        print(f"Call status: {body.get('CallStatus')}")

    # Update your system with the failure information
    # e.g., mark lead as "call_failed" in CRM
JavaScript
import fs from "fs";

app.post("/webhook/elevenlabs", (req, res) => {
  let body = "";

  // Handle chunked/streaming requests
  req.on("data", (chunk) => {
    body += chunk;
  });

  req.on("end", () => {
    try {
      const requestBody = JSON.parse(body);

      // Process different webhook types
      if (requestBody.type === "post_call_transcription") {
        // Handle transcription webhook with full conversation data
        handleTranscriptionWebhook(requestBody.data);
      } else if (requestBody.type === "post_call_audio") {
        // Handle audio webhook with minimal data
        handleAudioWebhook(requestBody.data);
      } else if (requestBody.type === "call_initiation_failure") {
        // Handle call initiation failure webhook
        handleCallFailureWebhook(requestBody.data);
      }

      res.status(200).json({ status: "ok" });
    } catch (error) {
      console.error("Error processing webhook:", error);
      res.status(400).json({ error: "Invalid JSON" });
    }
  });
});

function handleAudioWebhook(data) {
  // Decode base64 audio data
  const audioBytes = Buffer.from(data.full_audio, "base64");

  // Save or process the audio file
  const conversationId = data.conversation_id;
  fs.writeFileSync(`conversation_${conversationId}.mp3`, audioBytes);
}

function handleCallFailureWebhook(data) {
  // Handle call initiation failure events
  const { agent_id, conversation_id, failure_reason, metadata } = data;

  // Log the failure for monitoring
  console.log(`Call failed for agent ${agent_id}, conversation ${conversation_id}`);
  console.log(`Failure reason: ${failure_reason}`);

  // Access provider-specific metadata
  const body = metadata.body || {};
  if (metadata?.type === "sip") {
    console.log(`SIP status code: ${body.sip_status_code}`);
    console.log(`Error reason: ${body.error_reason}`);
  } else if (metadata?.type === "twilio") {
    console.log(`Twilio CallSid: ${body.CallSid}`);
    console.log(`Call status: ${body.CallStatus}`);
  }

  // Update your system with the failure information
  // e.g., mark lead as "call_failed" in CRM
}

Post-call webhooks enable you to build automated workflows that trigger immediately after a call ends. Here are some practical applications:

Update your customer relationship management system with conversation data as soon as a call completes:

JavaScript
// Example webhook handler
app.post("/webhook/elevenlabs", async (req, res) => {
  // HMAC validation code

  const { data } = req.body;

  // Extract key information
  const userId = data.metadata.user_id;
  const transcriptSummary = data.analysis.transcript_summary;
  const callSuccessful = data.analysis.call_successful;

  // Update CRM record
  await updateCustomerRecord(userId, {
    lastInteraction: new Date(),
    conversationSummary: transcriptSummary,
    callOutcome: callSuccessful,
    fullTranscript: data.transcript,
  });

  res.status(200).send("Webhook received");
});

Maintain conversation context across multiple interactions by storing and retrieving state:

  1. When a call starts, pass in your user id as a dynamic variable.
  2. When a call ends, set up your webhook endpoint to store conversation data in your database, based on the extracted user id from the dynamic_variables.
  3. When the user calls again, you can retrieve this context and pass it to the new conversation into a {{previous_topics}} dynamic variable.
  4. This creates a seamless experience where the agent "remembers" previous interactions
JavaScript
// Store conversation state when call ends
app.post("/webhook/elevenlabs", async (req, res) => {
  // HMAC validation code

  const { data } = req.body;
  const userId = data.metadata.user_id;

  // Store conversation state
  await db.userStates.upsert({
    userId,
    lastConversationId: data.conversation_id,
    lastInteractionTimestamp: data.metadata.start_time_unix_secs,
    conversationHistory: data.transcript,
    previousTopics: extractTopics(data.analysis.transcript_summary),
  });

  res.status(200).send("Webhook received");
});

// When initiating a new call, retrieve and use the state
async function initiateCall(userId) {
  // Get user's conversation state
  const userState = await db.userStates.findOne({ userId });

  // Start new conversation with context from previous calls
  return await elevenlabs.startConversation({
    agent_id: "xyz",
    conversation_id: generateNewId(),
    dynamic_variables: {
      user_name: userState.name,
      previous_conversation_id: userState.lastConversationId,
      previous_topics: userState.previousTopics.join(", "),
    },
  });
}
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