[Freeswitch-users] Bridge destination returned from a python script?

[Stephen Crosby]

mod_socket

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Brian Deacon <bdeacon at highergear.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the quick turnaround, Michael,
>
> I'll check out mod_easyroute right away.  As to your other
> need-for-clarification:
>
>> My other scenario is similar, but we need to externally signal the FS
>> > server to place a call to phone + extension, confirm it was connected,
>> > and then bridge it to a DID.  Is XmlRpc the best (only?) way to poke FS
>> > into doing something?
>>
>> When you say "externally signal" do you mean you have a 3rd party
>> application (or something) that needs to talk to FS? Could you detail
>> the scenario a bit more? I'm positive FS can do what you want but with
>> more detail we can help you find the best way to do it.
>> -MC
>>
>
> So we'll have a browser-based app making REST calls to our java-based
> web server (tomcat).  The tomcat server makes a few decisions about what
> to do and then chooses among several actions which involve triggering
> some activity from the FS server on another physical machine (which will
> be behind the same firewall if that matters).
>
> For instance, a user would click a link on a webpage that would cause
> freeswitch to call the phone at their desk, have them press # or
> something to indicate they are a human and not an IVR, then dial another
> number to bridge that user to.
>
> I'm including my original question below in case you need to refer to
> it.
>
> Thanks again,
> Brian
>
>
>
> On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 07:36 -0800, Michael Collins wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Brian Deacon <bdeacon at highergear.com> wrote:
>> > Greetings my soon-to-be-BFF's  :)
>> >
>> > After the last 6 weeks or so thrashing about in the land of Asterisk, I
>> > must say I'm quite impressed with what I'm learning about FreeSwitch.
>> >
>> > So the scenario I'm trying to deal with is bridging a call between two
>> > not-internal endpoints where the numbers to connect are determined by
>> > database-fed business logic.
>> >
>> > The recipe here is very close to what I need:
>> > http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Freeswitch_IVR_Originate#exec_in_answer_confirm
>> >
>> > Except that I'm a language snob and would greatly prefer python to
>> > javascript.  :)
>> >
>> > So my minor question is can this line:
>> > <action application="set" data="group_confirm_file=javascript test.js"/>
>> > Become this line:
>> > <action application="set" data="group_confirm_file=python foo.bar.baz"/>
>> >
>> > But javascript isn't a deal-breaker.  I have two bridging scenarios that
>> > were too tricky for me in asterisk land.  (And my apologies, I'm new to
>> > telephony, so I don't have the lingo down).  Our FS server would be
>> > reachable by multiple 800 numbers.  Based on the number that was dialed
>> > to reach our FS server, we would look up an external phone number +
>> > extension to be part 1 of a bridge (which we would use the
>> > group_confirm_file script to make sure we had gotten past the IVR).  So
>> > for that scenario, how would I accomplish something like:
>> > <action application="bridge" data="
>> > ${someVariableSetByScript}"/>
>> > Can my foo.bar.baz script make a session.setVariable call that I could
>> > drop into data=""?
>> >
>>
>> If I understand your scenario correctly then I would say that your
>> best bet would be the recently added mod_easyroute, which was designed
>> specifically for this purpose. Check out this article and the related
>> wiki page:
>> http://www.freeswitch.org/node/158
>>
>> > My other scenario is similar, but we need to externally signal the FS
>> > server to place a call to phone + extension, confirm it was connected,
>> > and then bridge it to a DID.  Is XmlRpc the best (only?) way to poke FS
>> > into doing something?
>>
>> When you say "externally signal" do you mean you have a 3rd party
>> application (or something) that needs to talk to FS? Could you detail
>> the scenario a bit more? I'm positive FS can do what you want but with
>> more detail we can help you find the best way to do it.
>> -MC
>>
>> >
>> > Thanks muchly!
>> >
>> > Brian
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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