That's a good point also - if you're doing something automated, AMI is likely a better option. The connection to Asterisk is persistent, and information output is structured and we take pains not to break the API definition, which is not true of CLI output.
On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Tzafrir Cohen <[email protected]>wrote: > On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 12:20:37PM +0200, Mikael Fredin wrote: > > Just like the subject sais - how expensive is it to execute a lot of > these > > commands to keep track of different things in asterisk? > > > > I have avoided doing this because it feels a bit like a risk to spam the > > asterisk CLI this way, but is it really? > > > > CPU-wise it doesn't seem very expensive to do it 100 times a second > (from a > > simple test I did), but is it possible it will affect the asterisk > service > > in any other negative way? > > It "feels" very expensive. Part of it is because of starting a new > instance of Asterisk. It will not load any module and such, but if you > care about speed, you can use netcat (it takes some care). > > You'll also encounter some artificial delays in the response which make > it feel more expensive. > > The main reason to avoid it is because its output is not intended for > automated parsing. > > -- > Tzafrir Cohen > icq#16849755 jabber:[email protected] > +972-50-7952406 mailto:[email protected] > http://www.xorcom.com > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- 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 > -- [image: Digium logo] Scott Griepentrog Digium, Inc · Software Developer 445 Jan Davis Drive NW · Huntsville, AL 35806 · US direct/fax: +1 256 428 6239 · mobile: +1 317 507 4029 Check us out at: http://digium.com · http://asterisk.org
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