[Freeswitch-dev] Chat Dialplan

Wed Jul 6 12:27:47 MSD 2011

(grep for SWITCH_ADD_DIALPLAN if you're interested)

On 6 July 2011 09:27, Steven Ayre <steveayre at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't quite understand what you're saying here. Individual modules
>> (e.g., Sofia) would register a different dialplan? Is that how it
>> currently works? I thought, if they selected an XML dialplan in the
>> conf, they all used the same one. I'm obviously confused, so please
>> explain in more depth!
>>
>
> There's an interface so a module can register a dialplan handler.
> mod_dialplan_xml provides the one most commonly used. Endpoint modules like
> Sofia don't have a anything to do with the dialplan interface, that's the
> job of another module. Other modules that implement dialplan handlers
> include mod_dialplan_asterisk, mod_dialplan_directory, mod_yaml, mod_lua,
> mod_enum, mod_osp, mod_lcr. Most people just use the XML one though. The
> "XML" you often see in documentation for things like transfer actually is
> you specifying you want to use the mod_dialplan_xml one. The other modules
> use different dialplan names such as asterisk, directory, lua, lcr etc.
>
> -Steve
>
>
>
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> On 6 July 2011 03:31, Kurtis Heimerl <kheimerl at cs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
>> I forgot to disable digest mode, and so I have 5 emails to respond to
>> in 2 received mails. Instead, I'm going to address the highlights
>> here:
>>
>> Steven Ayre <steveayre at gmail.com> said:
>> "Have you thought of making it a patch to add a new API interface so
>> that modules can register chat dialplans, similar to how
>> mod_dialplan_xml works?
>>
>> -Steve"
>>
>> I don't quite understand what you're saying here. Individual modules
>> (e.g., Sofia) would register a different dialplan? Is that how it
>> currently works? I thought, if they selected an XML dialplan in the
>> conf, they all used the same one. I'm obviously confused, so please
>> explain in more depth!
>>
>> "Abdul Hakeem" <alhakeem at gmail.com> said:
>> "Kurtis,
>> Which protocol will this chat/sms dialplan be compliant with ?.
>> Sip MESSAGE method , SIMPLE and XMPP are both widely adopted.
>> It would be great to add support for connectivity to external domains such
>> as
>> Gtalk, Yahoo Messenger etc.
>> Cheers,
>> AH"
>>
>> So far as my current architectural vision, any module implementing a
>> MESSAGE event should be able to trigger a dialplan action. My plan is
>> to start with Sofia, so it would support SIMPLE. Others should be
>> pretty easy as well.
>>
>> Lastly,
>> Anthony Minessale <anthony.minessale at gmail.com> said:
>> "This sounds redundant and intrusive.
>> We already have a concept of namespace within the chat username which
>> is used for routing.
>>
>> we prefix the namespace into the user id such as conf+1234 at domain.com
>> This allows conference to get messages from sip, xmpp or any other
>> protocol that supports chat.
>>
>> When a from user on chat contains +:
>>
>> each module just parses the inbound chat message, cuts off the proto
>> "everything up to the first +" in this case conf
>> and routes it to the module registered to that namespace.
>>
>> Right now conference will advertise it's presence and receive chat of
>> the word list and respond with the list despite the protocol used, eg
>> sip, jabber etc.
>>
>> Also chat messages are routed to individual calls when they are
>> associated with an active channel allowing you to use chat inside IVR.
>>
>> I recommend trying to understand all of this before proposing drastic
>> changes that will regress all of this functionality."
>>
>> I need a programmatic layer for routing messages. What's currently in
>> FS is (seemingly) unable to do this. I'm aware that the current system
>> routes messages to users correctly; I don't think it enables any sort
>> of interesting programmatic access. For instance, building a system
>> that receives a message and immediately starts a call is not something
>> I think can be currently done. The dialplan abstraction is
>> well-understood by FS users, and an extension I think could provide a
>> lot of value.
>>
>> I don't think these changes will regress any functionality either. I
>> proposed adding a configuration flag that switched between behaviors,
>> so that existing functionality won't be modified. Lastly, sending this
>> email was part of me trying to understand the current system. Thanks
>> for the direction.
>>
>> If I'm wrong, and there's a simple way to provide programmatic access,
>> I'd love to hear about it. That's a lot less work for me!
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Kurtis Heimerl <kheimerl at cs.berkeley.edu>
>> wrote:
>> > Hello Freeswitch-dev!
>> >
>> > I've recently begin modifying Sofia to support a chat "dialplan", very
>> > similar to the voice dialplan. Basically, a chat/sms will come in at a
>> > certain number/address and be routed via the dialplan. My current plan
>> > for doing this is as follows:
>> >
>> > 1) Add message events to sofia: I want sofia (and eventually all chat
>> > clients) to send message events through FS's event framework when an
>> > event arrives.
>> > 2) Remove message routing from Sofia: Sofia should not be routing
>> > messages itself. Instead, it should just generate the event saying a
>> > message has arrived and someone else should do the routing (namely my
>> > dialplan)
>> > 3) Implement a simple chat dialplan module that listens for message
>> > events and routes them according to an XML dialplan.
>> >
>> > I have some questions for the FS developer community.
>> >
>> > First, building my own module is conceptually simple. Modifying Sofia
>> > is not. What's the best way to go about making these changes? I could
>> > submit extension tickets (e.g., a configuration variable that adds
>> > messages and one that removes routing), or submit patches, or both. I
>> > think this could be broadly useful, and I want to try to contribute to
>> > the community.
>> >
>> > Secondly,  I'm having a little difficulty finding the place where
>> > messages are routed in sofia. That's probably the place to insert both
>> > 1 & 2. Any pointers would be appreciated.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>>
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