asterisk users - Jun 2020 - asterisk 16.9 function HINT with option n does not return anything

Hello !

Is there something wrong with the function HINT(<extension number>,n) ?
Note the param n - it is supposed to get (as far as I understand the
documentation) CALLERID(name) of the extension (via extension's hint).

Example configuration:

pjsip.conf:

[10]
type=endopoint
.
.
callerid = Test extension <10>
.
.
extensions.conf:

[exts]

exten => 10,hint,PJSIP/10
exten => 10,1,Set(DEV=${HINT(10 at exts)})
exten => 10,n,Set(DEVNAME=${HINT(10 at exts,n)})
exten => 10,n,Noop(DEV is ${DEV})
exten => 10,n,Noop(DEVNAME is ${DEVNAME})

on asterisk 16.9.0:
 - first noop prints:       DEV is PJSIP/10
 - second noop prints: DEVNAME is

Way I understand the documentation for function HINT, I would expect the
DEVNAME variable to be set to "Test extension".

Any "light" on this topic would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Regards,
           Nenad Radosavljevic
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On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 10:08 AM Nenad Radosavljevic <nenadr at snr.rs>
wrote:
> Hello !
>
> Is there something wrong with the function HINT(<extension number>,n)
?
> Note the param n - it is supposed to get (as far as I understand the
> documentation) CALLERID(name) of the extension (via extension's hint).
>
It does not get the caller id name. I believe if configured as such:

exten => 10,hint,PJSIP/10(Bob)

It would return the value Bob but I have not tested it.

For PJSIP the PJSIP_ENDPOINT dialplan function[1] can be used to retrieve
the configured callerid name.

[1]
https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+13+Function_PJSIP_ENDPOINT

-- 
Joshua C. Colp
Asterisk Technical Lead
Sangoma Technologies
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Thanks Joshua !

I was not aware that extension's hint in dialplan can have additional data
in the parentheses - it might be worth adding that info to wiki.

On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 10:08 AM Nenad Radosavljevic <nenadr at snr.rs>
wrote:
>
> > Hello !
> >
> > Is there something wrong with the function HINT(<extension
number>,n) ?
> > Note the param n - it is supposed to get (as far as I understand the
> > documentation) CALLERID(name) of the extension (via extension's
hint).
> >
>
> It does not get the caller id name. I believe if configured as such:
>
> exten => 10,hint,PJSIP/10(Bob)
>
> It would return the value Bob but I have not tested it.
>
I have just tested it and it is working just like you have described it.
> For PJSIP the PJSIP_ENDPOINT dialplan function[1] can be used to retrieve
> the configured callerid name.
>
> [1]
>
https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+13+Function_PJSIP_ENDPOINT
>
I'm using that approach now, but I would like to switch to a more generic
one like this with a hint-name.

Thanks again.

Best regards,

             Nenad Radosavljevic

On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 3:06 PM Nenad Radosavljevic <nenadr at snr.rs>
wrote:
>
> Hello !
>
> Is there something wrong with the function HINT(<extension number>,n)
?
> Note the param n - it is supposed to get (as far as I understand the
documentation) CALLERID(name) of the extension (via extension's
hint).
>
> Example configuration:
>
> pjsip.conf:
>
> [10]
> type=endopoint
> .
> .
> callerid = Test extension <10>
> .
> .
> extensions.conf:
>
> [exts]
>
> exten => 10,hint,PJSIP/10
> exten => 10,1,Set(DEV=${HINT(10 at exts)})
> exten => 10,n,Set(DEVNAME=${HINT(10 at exts,n)})
> exten => 10,n,Noop(DEV is ${DEV})
> exten => 10,n,Noop(DEVNAME is ${DEVNAME})
>
> on asterisk 16.9.0:
>  - first noop prints:       DEV is PJSIP/10
>  - second noop prints: DEVNAME is
>
> Way I understand the documentation for function HINT, I would expect the
DEVNAME variable to be set to "Test
extension".
>
> Any "light" on this topic would be much appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Regards,
>            Nenad Radosavljevic
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