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@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@internal> global_setvar myparameter=My Contents

   freeswitch@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