Absolutely. I really forgot about that, because I've just molded my design approach to maintain a single ARI application per node, but that extension to Continue (similar to Originate's App/AppArgs properties), would be enormously helpful.
On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 11:47 AM Ben Ford <bf...@digium.com> wrote: > I think having a context that's created when the application starts sounds > like a solid approach. > > Another thing to consider is how to move from one application to the next. > Any thoughts on the use of /continue to tackle this? Is this something > you'd like to be able to make use of in your applications? > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 11:42 PM Anil Gupta <anilgupt...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> +1 to the context idea >> >> Something like *context = stasis:app_name* would be nice. I presume this >> could be achieved by adding the functionality to the PBX module and most >> (if not all) channel drivers would work without modification. >> >> Thanks, >> Anil >> >> On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 2:16 AM Dan Jenkins <d...@nimblea.pe> wrote: >> >>> Oh I do remember the context idea - which seemed like a good idea at >>> the time because of not having to change much internally >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 7:07 PM Seán C. McCord <ule...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Correction: when I said the "latter," I should have said the "third" >>>> option. The last option does not really work well, since _channels_ >>>> map to _contexts_, not CELs. >>>> On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 1:52 PM Seán C. McCord <ule...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > Neither of my previous emails appear to be showing up.... third time's >>>> > the charm? >>>> > >>>> > We had briefly discussed the idea of creating virtual context/dialplan >>>> > to handle this. The idea would be that a context and dialplan would >>>> > be internally and automatically generated which would direct calls >>>> > sent to that context directly to ARI. Since the impetus for this >>>> > feature was operational simplicity, not any kind of optimization of >>>> > Asterisk itself, the idea of a virtual dialplan should work well and >>>> > would seem to not cause much disruption or require much code-wrangling >>>> > elsewhere. >>>> > >>>> > I see a few ways that this might be implemented (at the user level): >>>> > - Upon connecting an ARI application, the additional URL parameter >>>> > "context" may be passed, which would create the virtual context and >>>> > pass all calls to that context to the ARI app. >>>> > - Add an ARI REST API call which creates a virtual context/dialplan >>>> > including, optionally, ARI parameters to be included with that call. >>>> > - Define an automatic naming scheme for virtual dialplans associated >>>> > with ARI applications and have them generated automatically when an >>>> > ARI application connects. For instance, the ARI application named >>>> > 'HOWDY' may have an automatically-generated context named >>>> > 'ari_autocontext_HOWDY'. >>>> > - Define a single context (say, 'ari_auto') whose _extensions_ map to >>>> > the names of ARI applications. >>>> > >>>> > I am partial to the latter, since it seems to be the simplest, but the >>>> > second has merit, too, since it allows any number of associations and >>>> > additional execution parameters to be set. >>>> > >>>> > On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 11:22 AM Ben Ford <bf...@digium.com> wrote: >>>> > > >>>> > > Hey all, >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > We’re looking into AstriCon feedback and one of the things we want >>>> to touch on is ARI -- specifically, the ability to not have to create an >>>> extensions.conf in order to dial into Stasis. Before we start working on >>>> this, we’d like some direction from the community on what people would be >>>> looking for. From a user perspective, how would you expect something like >>>> this to work? Where would you look for information on how to do this, or >>>> where it would be configured? Any feedback is welcome! >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > Ben >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > -- >>>> > > Benjamin Ford >>>> > > Digium - A Sangoma Company | Software Engineer >>>> > > 445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville, AL 35806 - US >>>> > > Check us out at: https://digium.com · https://sangoma.com >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > -- >>>> > > >>>> _____________________________________________________________________ >>>> > > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com >>>> -- >>>> > > >>>> > > asterisk-dev mailing list >>>> > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >>>> > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-dev >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > Seán C. McCord >>>> > ule...@gmail.com >>>> > CyCore Systems >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Seán C. 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