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app.h File Reference

Application convenience functions, designed to give consistent look and feel to Asterisk apps. More...

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Data Structures

struct  ast_app_option
 A structure to hold the description of an application 'option'. More...
struct  ast_ivr_menu
struct  ast_ivr_option

Defines

#define AST_APP_ARG(name)   char *name
 Define an application argument.
#define AST_APP_OPTION(option, flagno)   [option] = { .flag = flagno }
 Declares an application option that does not accept an argument.
#define AST_APP_OPTION_ARG(option, flagno, argno)   [option] = { .flag = flagno, .arg_index = argno + 1 }
 Declares an application option that accepts an argument.
#define AST_APP_OPTIONS(holder, options...)   static const struct ast_app_option holder[128] = options
 Declares an array of options for an application.
#define AST_DECLARE_APP_ARGS(name, arglist)
 Declare a structure to hold the application's arguments.
#define AST_IVR_DECLARE_MENU(holder, title, flags, foo...)
#define AST_IVR_FLAG_AUTORESTART   (1 << 0)
#define AST_STANDARD_APP_ARGS(args, parse)   args.argc = ast_app_separate_args(parse, '|', args.argv, (sizeof(args) - sizeof(args.argc)) / sizeof(args.argv[0]))
 Performs the 'standard' argument separation process for an application.
#define GROUP_CATEGORY_PREFIX   "GROUP"

Typedefs

typedef int(*) ast_ivr_callback (struct ast_channel *chan, char *option, void *cbdata)
 Callback function for IVR.

Enumerations

enum  ast_ivr_action {
  AST_ACTION_UPONE, AST_ACTION_EXIT, AST_ACTION_CALLBACK, AST_ACTION_PLAYBACK,
  AST_ACTION_BACKGROUND, AST_ACTION_PLAYLIST, AST_ACTION_MENU, AST_ACTION_REPEAT,
  AST_ACTION_RESTART, AST_ACTION_TRANSFER, AST_ACTION_WAITOPTION, AST_ACTION_NOOP,
  AST_ACTION_BACKLIST
}
enum  AST_LOCK_RESULT { AST_LOCK_SUCCESS = 0, AST_LOCK_TIMEOUT = -1, AST_LOCK_PATH_NOT_FOUND = -2, AST_LOCK_FAILURE = -3 }

Functions

int ast_app_dtget (struct ast_channel *chan, const char *context, char *collect, size_t size, int maxlen, int timeout)
 Present a dialtone and collect a certain length extension.
int ast_app_getdata (struct ast_channel *c, char *prompt, char *s, int maxlen, int timeout)
 Plays a stream and gets DTMF data from a channel.
int ast_app_getdata_full (struct ast_channel *c, char *prompt, char *s, int maxlen, int timeout, int audiofd, int ctrlfd)
 Full version with audiofd and controlfd. NOTE: returns '2' on ctrlfd available, not '1' like other full functions.
int ast_app_getvoice (struct ast_channel *c, char *dest, char *dstfmt, char *prompt, int silence, int maxsec)
int ast_app_group_get_count (char *group, char *category)
int ast_app_group_match_get_count (char *groupmatch, char *category)
int ast_app_group_set_channel (struct ast_channel *chan, char *data)
int ast_app_group_split_group (char *data, char *group, int group_max, char *category, int category_max)
int ast_app_has_voicemail (const char *mailbox, const char *folder)
int ast_app_messagecount (const char *mailbox, int *newmsgs, int *oldmsgs)
int ast_app_parse_options (const struct ast_app_option *options, struct ast_flags *flags, char **args, char *optstr)
 Parses a string containing application options and sets flags/arguments.
unsigned int ast_app_separate_args (char *buf, char delim, char **array, int arraylen)
 Separate a string into arguments in an array.
int ast_control_streamfile (struct ast_channel *chan, const char *file, const char *fwd, const char *rev, const char *stop, const char *pause, const char *restart, int skipms)
int ast_dtmf_stream (struct ast_channel *chan, struct ast_channel *peer, char *digits, int between)
void ast_install_vm_functions (int(*has_voicemail_func)(const char *mailbox, const char *folder), int(*messagecount_func)(const char *mailbox, int *newmsgs, int *oldmsgs))
int ast_ivr_menu_run (struct ast_channel *c, struct ast_ivr_menu *menu, void *cbdata)
 Runs an IVR menu.
int ast_linear_stream (struct ast_channel *chan, const char *filename, int fd, int allowoverride)
enum AST_LOCK_RESULT ast_lock_path (const char *path)
 Lock a filesystem path.
int ast_play_and_prepend (struct ast_channel *chan, char *playfile, char *recordfile, int maxtime_sec, char *fmt, int *duration, int beep, int silencethreshold, int maxsilence_ms)
int ast_play_and_record (struct ast_channel *chan, const char *playfile, const char *recordfile, int maxtime_sec, const char *fmt, int *duration, int silencethreshold, int maxsilence_ms, const char *path)
int ast_play_and_record_full (struct ast_channel *chan, const char *playfile, const char *recordfile, int maxtime_sec, const char *fmt, int *duration, int silencethreshold, int maxsilence_ms, const char *path, const char *acceptdtmf, const char *canceldtmf)
int ast_play_and_wait (struct ast_channel *chan, const char *fn)
char * ast_read_textfile (const char *file)
int ast_record_review (struct ast_channel *chan, const char *playfile, const char *recordfile, int maxtime, const char *fmt, int *duration, const char *path)
int ast_safe_system (const char *s)
void ast_uninstall_vm_functions (void)
int ast_unlock_path (const char *path)


Detailed Description

Application convenience functions, designed to give consistent look and feel to Asterisk apps.

Definition in file app.h.


Define Documentation

#define AST_APP_ARG ( name   )     char *name

Define an application argument.

Parameters:
name The name of the argument

Definition at line 187 of file app.h.

#define AST_APP_OPTION ( option,
flagno   )     [option] = { .flag = flagno }

Declares an application option that does not accept an argument.

Parameters:
option The single character representing the option
flagno The flag index to be set if this option is present
See also:
AST_APP_OPTIONS, ast_app_parse_options

Definition at line 316 of file app.h.

#define AST_APP_OPTION_ARG ( option,
flagno,
argno   )     [option] = { .flag = flagno, .arg_index = argno + 1 }

Declares an application option that accepts an argument.

Parameters:
option The single character representing the option
flagno The flag index to be set if this option is present
argno The index into the argument array where the argument should be placed
See also:
AST_APP_OPTIONS, ast_app_parse_options

Definition at line 327 of file app.h.

#define AST_APP_OPTIONS ( holder,
options...   )     static const struct ast_app_option holder[128] = options

Declares an array of options for an application.

Parameters:
holder The name of the array to be created
options The actual options to be placed into the array
See also:
ast_app_parse_options
This macro declares a 'static const' array of struct ast_option elements to hold the list of available options for an application. Each option must be declared using either the AST_APP_OPTION() or AST_APP_OPTION_ARG() macros.

Example usage:

  enum {
        OPT_JUMP = (1 << 0),
        OPT_BLAH = (1 << 1),
        OPT_BLORT = (1 << 2),
  } my_app_option_flags;

  enum {
        OPT_ARG_BLAH = 0,
        OPT_ARG_BLORT,
        !! this entry tells how many possible arguments there are,
           and must be the last entry in the list
        OPT_ARG_ARRAY_SIZE,
  } my_app_option_args;

  AST_APP_OPTIONS(my_app_options, {
        AST_APP_OPTION('j', OPT_JUMP),
        AST_APP_OPTION_ARG('b', OPT_BLAH, OPT_ARG_BLAH),
        AST_APP_OPTION_BLORT('B', OPT_BLORT, OPT_ARG_BLORT),
  });

  static int my_app_exec(struct ast_channel *chan, void *data)
  {
   char *options;
   struct ast_flags opts = { 0, };
   char *opt_args[OPT_ARG_ARRAY_SIZE];

   ... do any argument parsing here ...

   if (ast_parseoptions(my_app_options, &opts, opt_args, options)) {
      LOCAL_USER_REMOVE(u);
      return -1;
   }
  }

Definition at line 307 of file app.h.

#define AST_DECLARE_APP_ARGS ( name,
arglist   ) 

Value:

struct { \
      unsigned int argc; \
      char *argv[0]; \
      arglist \
   } name
Declare a structure to hold the application's arguments.

Parameters:
name The name of the structure
arglist The list of arguments, defined using AST_APP_ARG
This macro defines a structure intended to be used in a call to ast_app_separate_args(). The structure includes all the arguments specified, plus an argv array that overlays them and an argc argument counter. The arguments must be declared using AST_APP_ARG, and they will all be character pointers (strings).

Note:
The structure is not initialized, as the call to ast_app_separate_args() will perform that function before parsing the arguments.

Definition at line 204 of file app.h.

#define AST_IVR_DECLARE_MENU ( holder,
title,
flags,
foo...   ) 

Value:

static struct ast_ivr_option __options_##holder[] = foo;\
   static struct ast_ivr_menu holder = { title, flags, __options_##holder }

Definition at line 76 of file app.h.

#define AST_STANDARD_APP_ARGS ( args,
parse   )     args.argc = ast_app_separate_args(parse, '|', args.argv, (sizeof(args) - sizeof(args.argc)) / sizeof(args.argv[0]))

Performs the 'standard' argument separation process for an application.

Parameters:
args An argument structure defined using AST_DECLARE_APP_ARGS
parse A modifiable buffer containing the input to be parsed
This function will separate the input string using the standard argument separator character '|' and fill in the provided structure, including the argc argument counter field.

Definition at line 220 of file app.h.


Typedef Documentation

typedef int(*) ast_ivr_callback(struct ast_channel *chan, char *option, void *cbdata)

Callback function for IVR.

Returns:
returns 0 on completion, -1 on hangup or digit if interrupted

Definition at line 35 of file app.h.


Enumeration Type Documentation

enum ast_ivr_action

Enumerator:
AST_ACTION_UPONE  adata is unused
AST_ACTION_EXIT  adata is the return value for ast_ivr_menu_run if channel was not hungup
AST_ACTION_CALLBACK  adata is an ast_ivr_callback
AST_ACTION_PLAYBACK  adata is file to play
AST_ACTION_BACKGROUND  adata is file to play
AST_ACTION_PLAYLIST  adata is list of files, separated by ; to play
AST_ACTION_MENU  adata is a pointer to an ast_ivr_menu
AST_ACTION_REPEAT  adata is max # of repeats, cast to a pointer
AST_ACTION_RESTART  adata is like repeat, but resets repeats to 0
AST_ACTION_TRANSFER  adata is a string with exten[]
AST_ACTION_WAITOPTION  adata is a timeout, or 0 for defaults
AST_ACTION_NOOP  adata is unused
AST_ACTION_BACKLIST  adata is list of files separated by ; allows interruption

Definition at line 37 of file app.h.

00037              {
00038    AST_ACTION_UPONE, /*!< adata is unused */
00039    AST_ACTION_EXIT,  /*!< adata is the return value for ast_ivr_menu_run if channel was not hungup */
00040    AST_ACTION_CALLBACK, /*!< adata is an ast_ivr_callback */
00041    AST_ACTION_PLAYBACK, /*!< adata is file to play */
00042    AST_ACTION_BACKGROUND,  /*!< adata is file to play */
00043    AST_ACTION_PLAYLIST, /*!< adata is list of files, separated by ; to play */
00044    AST_ACTION_MENU,  /*!< adata is a pointer to an ast_ivr_menu */
00045    AST_ACTION_REPEAT,   /*!< adata is max # of repeats, cast to a pointer */
00046    AST_ACTION_RESTART,  /*!< adata is like repeat, but resets repeats to 0 */
00047    AST_ACTION_TRANSFER, /*!< adata is a string with exten[@context] */
00048    AST_ACTION_WAITOPTION,  /*!< adata is a timeout, or 0 for defaults */
00049    AST_ACTION_NOOP,  /*!< adata is unused */
00050    AST_ACTION_BACKLIST, /*!< adata is list of files separated by ; allows interruption */
00051 } ast_ivr_action;


Function Documentation

int ast_app_dtget ( struct ast_channel chan,
const char *  context,
char *  collect,
size_t  size,
int  maxlen,
int  timeout 
)

Present a dialtone and collect a certain length extension.

Returns:
Returns 1 on valid extension entered, -1 on hangup, or 0 on invalid extension.
Note:
Note that if 'collect' holds digits already, new digits will be appended, so be sure it's initialized properly

int ast_app_getdata ( struct ast_channel c,
char *  prompt,
char *  s,
int  maxlen,
int  timeout 
)

Plays a stream and gets DTMF data from a channel.

Parameters:
c Which channel one is interacting with
prompt File to pass to ast_streamfile (the one that you wish to play)
s The location where the DTMF data will be stored
maxlen Max Length of the data
timeout Timeout length waiting for data(in milliseconds). Set to 0 for standard timeout(six seconds), or -1 for no time out.
This function was designed for application programmers for situations where they need to play a message and then get some DTMF data in response to the message. If a digit is pressed during playback, it will immediately break out of the message and continue execution of your code.

int ast_app_getvoice ( struct ast_channel c,
char *  dest,
char *  dstfmt,
char *  prompt,
int  silence,
int  maxsec 
)

Record voice (after playing prompt if specified), waiting for silence (in ms) up to a given timeout (in s) or '#'

int ast_app_group_get_count ( char *  group,
char *  category 
)

Get the current channel count of the specified group and category.

int ast_app_group_match_get_count ( char *  groupmatch,
char *  category 
)

Get the current channel count of all groups that match the specified pattern and category.

int ast_app_group_set_channel ( struct ast_channel chan,
char *  data 
)

Set the group for a channel, splitting the provided data into group and category, if specified.

int ast_app_group_split_group ( char *  data,
char *  group,
int  group_max,
char *  category,
int  category_max 
)

Split a group string into group and category, returning a default category if none is provided.

int ast_app_has_voicemail ( const char *  mailbox,
const char *  folder 
)

Determine if a given mailbox has any voicemail

int ast_app_messagecount ( const char *  mailbox,
int *  newmsgs,
int *  oldmsgs 
)

Determine number of new/old messages in a mailbox

int ast_app_parse_options ( const struct ast_app_option options,
struct ast_flags flags,
char **  args,
char *  optstr 
)

Parses a string containing application options and sets flags/arguments.

Parameters:
options The array of possible options declared with AST_APP_OPTIONS
flags The flag structure to have option flags set
args The array of argument pointers to hold arguments found
optstr The string containing the options to be parsed
Returns:
zero for success, non-zero if an error occurs
See also:
AST_APP_OPTIONS

unsigned int ast_app_separate_args ( char *  buf,
char  delim,
char **  array,
int  arraylen 
)

Separate a string into arguments in an array.

Parameters:
buf The string to be parsed (this must be a writable copy, as it will be modified)
delim The character to be used to delimit arguments
array An array of 'char *' to be filled in with pointers to the found arguments
arraylen The number of elements in the array (i.e. the number of arguments you will accept)
Note: if there are more arguments in the string than the array will hold, the last element of the array will contain the remaining arguments, not separated.

The array will be completely zeroed by this function before it populates any entries.

Returns:
The number of arguments found, or zero if the function arguments are not valid.

int ast_control_streamfile ( struct ast_channel chan,
const char *  file,
const char *  fwd,
const char *  rev,
const char *  stop,
const char *  pause,
const char *  restart,
int  skipms 
)

Stream a file with fast forward, pause, reverse, restart.

int ast_dtmf_stream ( struct ast_channel chan,
struct ast_channel peer,
char *  digits,
int  between 
)

Send DTMF to chan (optionally entertain peer)

int ast_ivr_menu_run ( struct ast_channel c,
struct ast_ivr_menu menu,
void *  cbdata 
)

Runs an IVR menu.

Returns:
returns 0 on successful completion, -1 on hangup, or -2 on user error in menu

int ast_linear_stream ( struct ast_channel chan,
const char *  filename,
int  fd,
int  allowoverride 
)

Stream a filename (or file descriptor) as a generator.

enum AST_LOCK_RESULT ast_lock_path ( const char *  path  ) 

Lock a filesystem path.

Parameters:
path the path to be locked
Returns:
one of AST_LOCK_RESULT values

int ast_play_and_prepend ( struct ast_channel chan,
char *  playfile,
char *  recordfile,
int  maxtime_sec,
char *  fmt,
int *  duration,
int  beep,
int  silencethreshold,
int  maxsilence_ms 
)

Record a message and prepend the message to the given record file after playing the optional playfile (or a beep), storing the duration in 'duration' and with a maximum
permitted silence time in milliseconds of 'maxsilence' under 'silencethreshold' or use '-1' for either or both parameters for defaults.

int ast_play_and_record ( struct ast_channel chan,
const char *  playfile,
const char *  recordfile,
int  maxtime_sec,
const char *  fmt,
int *  duration,
int  silencethreshold,
int  maxsilence_ms,
const char *  path 
)

Record a file for a max amount of time (in seconds), in a given list of formats separated by '|', outputting the duration of the recording, and with a maximum
permitted silence time in milliseconds of 'maxsilence' under 'silencethreshold' or use '-1' for either or both parameters for defaults. calls ast_unlock_path() on 'path' if passed

int ast_play_and_wait ( struct ast_channel chan,
const char *  fn 
)

Play a stream and wait for a digit, returning the digit that was pressed

char* ast_read_textfile ( const char *  file  ) 

Read a file into asterisk

int ast_record_review ( struct ast_channel chan,
const char *  playfile,
const char *  recordfile,
int  maxtime,
const char *  fmt,
int *  duration,
const char *  path 
)

Allow to record message and have a review option

int ast_safe_system ( const char *  s  ) 

Safely spawn an external program while closing file descriptors

Note:
This replaces the system call in all Asterisk modules

int ast_unlock_path ( const char *  path  ) 

Unlock a path


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