> On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Muro, Sam <resea...@businesstz.com> wrote:
>> I am having a problem understanding the way to retrieve some parameters >> to asterisk via AGI or what ever method that fits. I have an executable >> program that accept one parameter (CALLERID) and return customer status >> from the database server which can be printed in the console. >> >> #./retrive 0117473789 >> NAME: Franklin John >> STATUS: Active >> >> Can someone advice on how i can catch this values from AGI or directly >> on dialplan. On Sun, 25 Jul 2010, Kyle Kienapfel wrote: > Hopefully you can modify the executable > > #./retrieve 8675309 > SET VARIABLE name Jenny > SET VARIABLE status Active A "creative" hack, but since it violates the AGI protocol, may be subject to failure now or sometime in the future. (Quoting the values would allow embedded spaces.) > When running an AGI asterisk expects to have a conversation with the > application, so when the AGI does a command asterisk reports back with > whether or not it worked. I know a person can set one variable that way, > but when I got a need to set two variables I finally broke down and read > the documentation on AGI's :) > > Start > Readlines from input until line is blank > print "SET VARIABLE name Jenny" > readline > print "SET VARIABLE status Active" > End You should add a "readline" to read the response after the second request. -- Thanks in advance, ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Edwards sedwa...@sedwards.com Voice: +1-760-468-3867 PST Newline Fax: +1-760-731-3000 -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users