# Create a phone Switch

You can use the API to deflect phone calls to the Intercom Messenger.
Calling this endpoint will send an SMS with a link to the Messenger to the phone number specified.

If custom attributes are specified, they will be added to the user or lead's custom data attributes.

Endpoint: POST /phone_call_redirects
Version: 2.12
Security: bearerAuth

## Header parameters:

  - `Intercom-Version` (string)

## Request fields (application/json):

  - `phone` (string, required)
    Phone number in E.164 format, that will receive the SMS to continue the conversation in the Messenger.
    Example: +1 1234567890

## Response 200 fields (application/json):

  - `type` (string)
    Enum: "phone_call_redirect"

  - `phone` (string)
    Phone number in E.164 format, that has received the SMS to continue the conversation in the Messenger.
    Example: +1 1234567890

## Response 401 fields (application/json):

  - `type` (string, required)
    The type is error.list
    Example: error.list

  - `request_id` (string)
    Example: f93ecfa8-d08a-4325-8694-89aeb89c8f85

  - `errors` (array, required)
    An array of one or more error objects

  - `errors.code` (string, required)
    A string indicating the kind of error, used to further qualify the HTTP response code
    Example: unauthorized

  - `errors.message` (string)
    Optional. Human readable description of the error.
    Example: Access Token Invalid

  - `errors.field` (string)
    Optional. Used to identify a particular field or query parameter that was in error.
    Example: email