[Freeswitch-users] Event socket: api vs. bgapi

[Anthony Minessale]

yes that module is out of date.
see the FreeSWITCH::Client in tree for mine


On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Michael Collins <mcollins at fcnetwork.com>
wrote:

>  Yep, that seems to work.  I believe the issue is with
> POE::Filter::FSSocket.  I'll keep investigating.
>
> -MC
>
>
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> *From:* freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org [mailto:
> freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org] *On Behalf Of *Anthony
> Minessale
> *Sent:* Friday, May 16, 2008 10:00 AM
> *To:* freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Freeswitch-users] Event socket: api vs. bgapi
>
>
>
> BACKGROUND_JOB event should fall under all
>
> If it's the inbound socket connection you should only have to do it once.
>
> telnet to the event socket and auth and do
>
> events all<cr>
> <cr>
>
> then try
>
> bgapi show channels<cr>
> <cr>
>
>
>  On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Michael S Collins <
> mercutio.viz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks. I'll get this on the wiki right away. Clarification questions: does
> one need to subscribe to the background job just once per session in order
> to receive all subsequent bgapi events?  Also, is it the case that
> subscribing to "events plain all" does not include bgapi events?  I'm
> testing and it looks like that's the case but I want to confirm.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> MC
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On May 16, 2008, at 6:13 AM, "Anthony Minessale" <
> anthony.minessale at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  when you do bgapi you actually have to subscribe to the background job
> event to get the results.
> Since it's an async operation, the command is executed in it's own thread
> and when the results are collected they are put in the event's body.
>
> The bgapi returns a job-uuid that you need to save and use it to tie the
> background_job event to the original request.
>
> The decision to use api vs bgapi is weather or not you want to get the
> results right away or not.  So usually show channels etc is a case where you
> want to do it in the foreground.
>
> Also to further complicate things, bgapi is an event socket command only so
> it cannot be used from cli xml-rpc etc.
> BUT, there is actually a *bgapi* FSAPI command you can execute to run any
> FSAPI in the same fashion.
>
> so raw event socket command
> api bgapi show channels
>
> is the same as raw event socket command
>
> bgapi show channels
>
> but, you can also say "bgapi show channels" from the cli/xml-rpc/dialplan
> etc as well.
>
>  On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 1:08 AM, Michael Collins <<mcollins at fcnetwork.com>
> mcollins at fcnetwork.com> wrote:
>
> Followup question: I can use api to send "show channels" or "oz list" but
> when I use bgapi to send those commands I don't get anything back from the
> event socket.  Any thoughts?
>
>
>
> -MC
>
>
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> *From:* <freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org>
> freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org [mailto:<freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org>
> freeswitch-users-bounces at lists.freeswitch.org] *On Behalf Of *Michael
> Collins
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 15, 2008 4:59 PM
> *To:* <freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org>
> freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org
> *Subject:* [Freeswitch-users] Event socket: api vs. bgapi
>
>
>
> Question:
>
>
>
> Are there compelling reasons **not** to use api for simple commands like
> "show channels" or "oz list"?  Since api is blocking and bgapi is
> non-blocking I just wondered if there are recommendations for when to use
> each one.  I can definitely see why you'd use bgapi for an "originate"
> command.  I didn't see anything on the wiki that discussed when to use api
> vs. bgapi so I'll be happy to write up a blurb on the recommended use of
> each one.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> MC
>
>
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