# Recordings A Recording represents a recording of a voice or conference call. It allows you to see meta information about the recording as well as access the media file itself. Recordings can be initiated using the [](/compatibility-api/cxml/voice/record) verb, by setting the record attribute for [Calls](../calls/index.mdx), or by using [Conferences](../conferences/index.mdx). ## Properties > A sample Recording object returned from the API json { api_version: 2010-04-01, channels: 1, date_created: Tue, 25 Sept 2018 23:00:00 +0000, date_updated: Wed, 26 Sept 2018 23:00:04 +0000, start_time: Tue, 25 Sept 2018 23:00:00 +0000, end_time: Wed, 26 Sept 2018 23:00:04 +0000, price: -0.0025, price_unit: USD, duration: 4, source: DialVerb, status: completed, error_code: null, uri: /api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/720796a0-8ee9-4350-83bd-2d07a3121f1e/Calls/058a869c-d387-4bef-8e62-6b0bc0895bed/Recordings/19e436af-5688-4307-b03b-bdb2b42b8142.json, subresource_uris: { transcriptions: /api/laml/2010-04-01/Accounts/720796a0-8ee9-4350-83bd-2d07a3121f1e/Recordings/19e436af-5688-4307-b03b-bdb2b42b8142/Transcriptions.json } } | Attribute | Description | | :-- | :- | | account_sid string | The unique identifier for the account that is associated with this recording. | | api_version string | The version of the SignalWire API. | | call_sid string | The unique identifier for the call that is associated with this recording. | | channels integer | The number of channels in a recording. Possible values are 1 or 2. | | conference_sid string | The unique identifier for the conference that is associated with this recording. | | date_created datetime | The date, in RFC 2822 format, this recording was created. | | date_updated datetime | The date, in RFC 2822 format, this recording was updated. | | duration string | The length, in seconds, of the recording. | | error_code string | Further details about a failed recording. | | price integer | The cost for the recording. | | price_unit string | The currency of the price of the recording. | | sid string | The unique identifier for the recording. | | source string | How the recording was made. Possible values are DialVerb, Conference, OutboundAPI, Trunking, RecordVerb, StartCallRecordingAPI, or StartConferenceRecording. | | start_time datetime | The time, in RFC 2822 format, this recording began. | | status string | The status of the recording. | | uri string | The URI of the recording. |