[Freeswitch-users] Using outbound Event Sockets versus using embed language scripts

[Herman Griffin]

I notice that there are DTMF events that come over the event socket. Is it
best practice to use the play_and_get_digits dialplan app to collect digits
or is collecting the digits using the DTMF events a better way?

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Anthony Minessale <
anthony.minessale at gmail.com> wrote:

> my $e;
> my $foobar;
>
> $e = $con->api("uuid_getvar", "$uuid foobar");
>
> if ($e) {
>    $foobar = $e->getBody();
> }
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 1:39 AM, Herman Griffin
> <herman.griffin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Unless I'm complicating things, it seems like a drop to write outbound
> event
> > sockets apps versus writing embedded language apps. However, I'm
> interested
> > in writing event sockets apps because I can see an advantage in being
> able
> > to load balance the app by running you app behind a load balancer. One
> > simple thing that I am trying to accomplish is collecting digits and
> doing
> > something useful with string of digits that have been collected.
> >
> > My first attempt at this is to use the play_and_get_digits dptool, but I
> > don't now how to pull data from stored variable so that I can use in the
> > script. I slightly modified the freeswitch.git/libs/esl/perl/server2.pl
> > script by adding this line:
> >
> > $con->execute('play_and_get_digits', '2 5 3 7000 #
> > ${base_dir}/sounds/en/us/callie/conference/8000/conf-pin.wav /invalid.wav
> > foobar \d+' );
> >
> > The next thing that I'd like to do is grab the value in foobar is use it
> in
> > the perl logic.
> >
> > Can someone lead me to the next step?
> > Does anyone with experience with event socket apps and embedded language
> > apps have some useful information about their preferred path?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Herman
> >
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