[Freeswitch-users] Call particular function in Lua script from console?

[Tom C]

Hi!  Is there any way to pass parameters to a Lua script, or to call a
particular function within a lua script, when calling it with the "lua"
command from the console?  (I can accomplish what I need using
global_setvar, but that's an extra step for the user.)

I'm looking for something more like this:

    freeswitch at internal> lua MyFunction("myContents") in MyLuaScriptFile.lua

Alternatively, is there a way to get input from the console, or otherwise
interact with the user?  Such as:
  stream:write("Enter user name:")
  cUserName = stream:readln()     --  :-)


For anyone who is curious, the global_setvar method of passing info to a
script can be done like this...

In the console, set the global variable(s), then call the script:

   freeswitch at internal> global_setvar myparameter=My Contents
   freeswitch at internal> lua MyLuaScriptFile.lua

(Note that there were no quotes around the string.)  And in the script:

   fsapi = freeswitch.API();
   myParameter = fsapi:execute("global_getvar", "myparameter")
   if string.len(myParameter) == 0 then
       -- Global variable does not exist or is empty!
       stream:write('ERROR: Please use "global_setvar myparameter=My
Contents'"to specify user.\n')
       return false
   else
       -- We retrieved contents of global.
       -- Might want to clean out the global to avoid later confusion.
       fsapi.:execute("global_setvar", "myparameter=")
   end
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