Hi.
The problem seems definetely due to bind_digit_action (used by <bind> tag of httapi).
I tried to execute the "play_and_get_digits" dialplan application in xml returned to freeswitch and reading a channel var with stored digits and all is working fine.
This is the working xml:
<document type="text/freeswitch-httapi">
<work>
<execute application="play_and_get_digits" data="1 4 1 5000 # ivr/ivr-please_enter_the_number_where_we_can_reach_you.wav '' myChannelVar \d+" />
<getVariable name="myChannelVar"/>
</work>
</document>
This is not the first time I have problem with bind_digit_action. I tried the same configuration on different linux distributions (Sles 11.1 and Centos 5.9) and mac os x with the same results: bind_digit_action sometimes works sometimes not.
A question for Freeswitch developers: why has been bind_digit_action used in place of switch_play_and_get_digits for developing httapi?
Lua mod uses switch_play_and_get_digits and has a more predictable and stable behaviour than httapi.
I tried successfully to make a patch for httapi in order to use play_and_get_digits. If useful I can post it to jira.
Thank you in advance
Denis Gasparin
Da: "Denis Gasparin" <denis.gasparin@edistar.com>
A: "FreeSWITCH Users Help" <freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org>
Inviato: Mercoledì, 14 agosto 2013 18:49:03
Oggetto: Httapi: getting digits in playback
Hi.
After playback I ask to the user to digit a number between 1 and 9999 with or without terminating the input with '#'.
The first httapi xml I tried was the following:
<document type="text/freeswitch-httapi">
<work>
<playback file="ivr/please_enter_number_between_1_9999.wav" digit-timeout="5000" name="user_input" terminators="#">
<bind>~\d{1,4}#{0,1}</bind>
</playback>
</work>
</document>
Freeswitch calls my action as soon as the user input the first digit.
So I modified the xml in order to use two bindings:
<document type="text/freeswitch-httapi">
<work>
<playback file="ivr/please_enter_number_between_1_9999.wav" digit-timeout="5000" name="user_input" terminators="#">
<bind>~\d{1,3}#{0,1}</bind>
<bind>~\d{4}#{0,1}</bind>
</playback>
</work>
</document>
Using this xml I get the user input only if the user press "#" after inserting the number.
If the user presses 123 and then waits for timeout, Freeswitch doesn't send any digits to my action (but sometimes it does). Why?
From the logs I see that the digits are always received from Freeswitch.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Denis Gasparin