[Freeswitch-users] macros for performing repeated dialplan actions?

[Michael Collins]

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Simon J Mudd <sjmudd at pobox.com> wrote:

> Hi again,
>
> I'm trying to build up a soho dialplan to replicate an existing Asterisk
> setup I want to replace.
>
> I'm editing
> /usr/local/freeswitch/conf/dialplan/default/00_mydomain.com.xml to add
> some dialplan rules for various destination numbers I'm using. These
> dialplans may use one of several gateways I have configured.
>
> I currently have:
>
> <include>
>  <extension name="spanish_mobiles.mydomain.com">
>    <condition field="destination_number" expression="^(6\d{8})$">
>      <action application="set"
> data="effective_caller_id_number=${outbound_caller_id_number}"/>
>      <action application="set"
> data="effective_caller_id_name=${outbound_caller_id_name}"/>
>      <action application="bridge" data="sofia/gateway/asterisk/$1"/>
>    </condition>
>  </extension>
>
>  <extension name="spanish_fijos.mydomain.com">
>    <condition field="destination_number" expression="^(9\d{8})$">
>      <action application="set"
> data="effective_caller_id_number=${outbound_caller_id_number}"/>
>      <action application="set"
> data="effective_caller_id_name=${outbound_caller_id_name}"/>
>      <action application="bridge" data="sofia/gateway/asterisk/$1"/>
>    </condition>
>  </extension>
>
>  ... more stuff not shown ...
>
> </include>
>
> Which routes out to my existing asterisk installation.
>
> I now want to record all calls. Looking at
> http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Misc._Dialplan_Tools_record_session
> it seems I need to add a section like into each entry prior to the
> application="bridge".
>
>    <action application="set" data="gateway_name=XXXXX"/>
>
>    <action application="set" data="RECORD_TITLE=Recording
> ${destination_number} ${caller_id_number} ${strftime(%Y-%m-%d %H:%M)}"/>
>    <action application="set" data="RECORD_COPYRIGHT=(C) 2009 my data
> here."/>
>    <action application="set" data="RECORD_SOFTWARE=FreeSwitch"/>
>    <action application="set" data="RECORD_ARTIST=My name"/>
>    <action application="set" data="RECORD_COMMENT=My comment"/>
>    <action application="set" data="RECORD_DATE=${strftime(%Y-%m-%d
> %H:%M)}"/>
>    <action application="set" data="RECORD_STEREO=true"/>
>    <action application="record_session"
> data="$${base_dir}/recordings/${gateway_name}_${strftime(%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S)}_${destination_number}_${caller_id_number}.wav"/>
>
> My question is how do I avoid repeatedly using these same 8-9 lines and
> "merge" this into some macro which given the right parameters allows me
> to define various extensions using different gateways but all configured
> "the same way"?
>
> Thanks for any pointers to how this should be done.
>

Try using the execute_extension app. It's kinda like a gosub in BASIC: it'll
go and execute an extension and then come back and continue executing. Put
all those lines into a single extension and then call them from other
extensions via execute_extension.
-MC
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