asterisk users - Aug 2004 - how to collect user entered digits

Hello all,

I have been searching thru all docs that I can find on wiki and such but can
not get an answer.  I am trying to collect a date from user input in the
form of digits dialed from the phone to use in an agi script to do a
database look up.  I have tried to use "Get Data filename, timeout,
maxdigits " in the agi script. In * console I get message saying playing
filename but it exits as soon as it starts. Could I collect the digits some
how before going to script and then send as an arg maybe?

in extensions.conf:
exten => 657, 1, Ringing
exten => 657, 2, wait(5);
exten => 657, 3, BackGround(1)
exten => 657, 4, agi,callid.c|${CALLERIDNUM}

the important part of the agi script:
printf("GET DATA abandon-all-hope, 5000, 6 \"\"\n");


the message in * console:
 Executing AGI("Zap/1-1", "callid.c|1111111111") in new
stack
    -- Launched AGI Script /var/lib/asterisk/agi-bin/callid.c
    -- Playing 'abandon-all-hope' (language 'en')
  == Spawn extension (default, 657, 4) exited non-zero on 'Zap/1-1'
agi_request: callid.c
    -- Hungup 'Zap/1-1'

What am I doing Wrong?

Thank you very much for any help

John Millican (a newbie obviously)
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On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 01:19:54PM -0400, John Millican
said:
> I have been searching thru all docs that I can find on wiki and such but
can
> not get an answer.  I am trying to collect a date from user input in the
> form of digits dialed from the phone to use in an agi script to do a
> database look up.  I have tried to use "Get Data filename, timeout,
> maxdigits " in the agi script. In * console I get message saying
playing
> filename but it exits as soon as it starts. Could I collect the digits some
> how before going to script and then send as an arg maybe?
Check out the source to the privacy manager for a simple example...

apps/app_privacy.c

Thanks  will do that.

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[mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Walt Reed
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 2:13 PM
To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] how to collect user entered digits


On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 01:19:54PM -0400, John Millican
said:
> I have been searching thru all docs that I can find on wiki and such but
can
> not get an answer.  I am trying to collect a date from user input in the
> form of digits dialed from the phone to use in an agi script to do a
> database look up.  I have tried to use "Get Data filename, timeout,
> maxdigits " in the agi script. In * console I get message saying
playing
> filename but it exits as soon as it starts. Could I collect the digits
some
> how before going to script and then send as an arg maybe?
Check out the source to the privacy manager for a simple example...

apps/app_privacy.c

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On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 01:19:54PM -0400, John Millican
said:
> I have been searching thru all docs that I can find on wiki and such but
can
> not get an answer.  I am trying to collect a date from user input in the
> form of digits dialed from the phone to use in an agi script to do a
> database look up.  I have tried to use "Get Data filename, timeout,
> maxdigits " in the agi script. In * console I get message saying
playing
> filename but it exits as soon as it starts. Could I collect the digits
some
> how before going to script and then send as an arg maybe?
Check out the source to the privacy manager for a simple example...

apps/app_privacy.c


Well Mr. Reed, and all others on list who might help, I guess I am not as
smart as I hoped I was:-)

I looked at the apps_privacy file.  I thought I could write something
similar and compile then call from dial plan.  What I get is a lot of errors
about unreferenced ast_app_streamfile, ast_app_getdata, ... among others. I
used all the same includes in Marks script but still no go. I tried to find
where these references came from in the apps_privacy and could not find
them. I typically code in  C++ with QT 3.3 and would like to be able to use
the DB drivers that I have in QT for PostgreSQL since I will be querying an
app on a separate machine for customer info based on callid and a date in
the form of digits dialed by the caller. Any help in this direction would be
greatly appreciated.  My original plan was an AGI script, is this a bad
idea?  Call levels will most likly not be very high.

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Thanks all for your patience. I found my answer in a post on a totally
unrelated question (I new if I kept reading all posts ...)  saw this in a
post for call forwarding.
exten => *72,1,Answer
exten => *72,2,Wait(1)
exten => *72,3,BackGround(allison7/please-enter-your)
exten => *72,4,Playback(extension)
exten => *72,5,Playback(then-press-pound)
exten => *72,6,Playback(beep)
exten => *72,7,Read(fromext)

Had not seen anything on "Read" anywhere else, must have been looking
in all
the wrong places. this is a simple solution to my problem.  I have been
reading VOIP-info.org wiki, asterisk handbook, google searches.  Can anyone
point me to some other places that I can search through?
John

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Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 4:13 PM
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Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] how to collect user entered digits





On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 01:19:54PM -0400, John Millican
said:
> I have been searching thru all docs that I can find on wiki and such but
can
> not get an answer.  I am trying to collect a date from user input in the
> form of digits dialed from the phone to use in an agi script to do a
> database look up.  I have tried to use "Get Data filename, timeout,
> maxdigits " in the agi script. In * console I get message saying
playing
> filename but it exits as soon as it starts. Could I collect the digits
some
> how before going to script and then send as an arg maybe?
Check out the source to the privacy manager for a simple example...

apps/app_privacy.c


Well Mr. Reed, and all others on list who might help, I guess I am not as
smart as I hoped I was:-)

I looked at the apps_privacy file.  I thought I could write something
similar and compile then call from dial plan.  What I get is a lot of errors
about unreferenced ast_app_streamfile, ast_app_getdata, ... among others. I
used all the same includes in Marks script but still no go. I tried to find
where these references came from in the apps_privacy and could not find
them. I typically code in  C++ with QT 3.3 and would like to be able to use
the DB drivers that I have in QT for PostgreSQL since I will be querying an
app on a separate machine for customer info based on callid and a date in
the form of digits dialed by the caller. Any help in this direction would be
greatly appreciated.  My original plan was an AGI script, is this a bad
idea?  Call levels will most likly not be very high.

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John Millican wrote:
> Thanks all for your patience. I found my answer in a post on a totally
> unrelated question (I new if I kept reading all posts ...)  saw this in a
> post for call forwarding.
> exten => *72,1,Answer
> exten => *72,2,Wait(1)
> exten => *72,3,BackGround(allison7/please-enter-your)
> exten => *72,4,Playback(extension)
> exten => *72,5,Playback(then-press-pound)
> exten => *72,6,Playback(beep)
> exten => *72,7,Read(fromext)
> 
> Had not seen anything on "Read" anywhere else, must have been
looking in all
> the wrong places. this is a simple solution to my problem.  
FYI - Read() is described on the wiki:

http://voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+cmd+Read

Ryan Courtnage wrote:
>> Had not seen anything on "Read" anywhere else, must have been
looking
>> in all
>> the wrong places. this is a simple solution to my problem.  
> 
> 
> FYI - Read() is described on the wiki:
> 
> http://voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+cmd+Read
> _______________________________________________
Even better, bookmark this link:

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+-+documentation+of+application+commands

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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Stephen R.
Besch
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 11:30 AM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Re: how to collect user entered digits


Ryan Courtnage wrote:
>> Had not seen anything on "Read" anywhere else, must have been
looking
>> in all
>> the wrong places. this is a simple solution to my problem.
>
>
> FYI - Read() is described on the wiki:
>
> http://voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+cmd+Read
> _______________________________________________
>Even better, bookmark this link:
>http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+-+documentation+of+application+comma
nds


Thank You all Very Much   The above links have been very helpful.
John

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