AGI Scripting tutorials/examples?
Submitted by PalletBoy on Wed, 10/22/2008 - 12:50pm.
Trying to break into AGI scripting can be a real pain in the bum, I'm finding.
I've Googled like crazy but can't find a site or place that has good "beginner" (and beyond) AGI scripting examples. There's plenty of info on the available functions and methods, but nothing helpful I can find on how to get started, etc. After a ton of work (trial and error, rinse and repeat) I got a very short AGI script working but trying to extend it (Transfer the call based on agi_dnid for example) is proving to be, yet again, extremely frustrating.
Thanks for any direction!
- PB
 
a few
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 1:10pm
a few places:
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+AGI
http://tfot.leifmadsen.com/ch09.html
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You can also download some
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 1:24pm
You can also download some of Ward's scripts at nerdvittles.com. If you are a programmer, you should learn a lot by example.
When dealing with manipulating channels and doing things like transferring calls, you should be familiar with AMI (Asterisk Manager Interface). The reference will help a lot: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+manager+API
Specifically talking about transferring, if you are using PHP, investigate the phpagi-asmanager application which will give you an API into the AMI. For instance, to transfer using this library, I would do something like $asm->Redirect($peer, null, $extension, "ext-local", 1); which redirects one channel to another, effectively transferring the call.
 
Brilliant!
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 1:32pm
James,
The second link is exactly what I was looking for!
Thanks!
 
link not working
Thu, 02/26/2009 - 4:21am
jfinstrom, second link from your post isn't working :( do u have any other link to it?
 
Here is an old WIKI I wrote
Thu, 02/26/2009 - 4:11pm
Here is an old WIKI I wrote which gives an example of how to use an AGI from the dial plan right through to a database and back again with all steps detailed.
Might be helpful for you.
 
http://trixbox.org/wiki/datab
Thu, 02/26/2009 - 4:11pm
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