You can create a Vonage account via the Dashboard.

Within the Dashboard you can create Applications and purchase Vonage numbers. You can also perform these tasks using the Vonage CLI.

If you want to carry out tasks such as creating applications, purchasing Vonage numbers and so on, you will need to install the Vonage CLI. As the Vonage CLI requires node.js you will need to install node.js first.

To make sure node.js is installed, please run the following command in the terminal:

node -v

Install latest version of Vonage Command Line Interface (CLI)

The Vonage CLI allows you to carry out many operations on the command line. Examples include creating applications, purchasing numbers, and linking a number to an application.

To install the CLI with NPM run:

npm install -g @vonage/cli

Set up the Vonage CLI to use your Vonage API Key and API Secret. You can get these from the settings page in the Dashboard.

Run the following command in a terminal, while replacing API_KEY and API_SECRET with your own:

vonage config:set --apiKey=API_KEY --apiSecret=API_SECRET

Buy a Vonage number

Using the Dashboard

First you can browse your existing numbers.

If you have no spare numbers you can buy one.

Using the Vonage CLI

You can purchase a number using the Vonage CLI. The following command purchases an available number in the US. Specify an alternate two-character country code to purchase a number in another country.

$ vonage numbers:search US
$ vonage numbers:buy 15555555555 US