asterisk users - Jul 2005 - Dial using URI(web) or using FORM(web)

Hello!

I have an Asterisk@home instalation with 7 users working OK, and I'ld like
to implement either a
-- Web dial feature, where the user would fill one form field with a phone
number and a connection would be created between his extention and the
entered number.
OR
-- Dial using an URI (callto:xxxxx link in a web page), having AstTapi
installed and configured in all workstations.

Considering we spend all day manually dialing numbers from our database, one
of those solutions would be GREAT !
The second solution should be easier but the windows dialer app just won't
do...

Thanks in advance

M.G.

On 17:48, Tue 26 Jul 05, JunkMail wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I have an Asterisk@home instalation with 7 users working OK, and I'ld
like
> to implement either a
> -- Web dial feature, where the user would fill one form field with a phone
> number and a connection would be created between his extention and the
> entered number.
> OR
> -- Dial using an URI (callto:xxxxx link in a web page), having AstTapi
> installed and configured in all workstations.
> 
> Considering we spend all day manually dialing numbers from our database,
one
> of those solutions would be GREAT !
> The second solution should be easier but the windows dialer app just
won't
> do...
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> M.G.
Hi,

We have implemented something that looks like option 1
We have a webbased addressbook. As soon as you login the
system will know your extension.
When you click on a phonenr in the webapp it will connect to
the manager API and originate a call for you. Your phone
rings, you pick up, and the system calls the number.
Works like a charm and never failed on us.
If this is what you are looking for I can provide some more
indepth info :)))
-- 
Michiel van Baak
http://michiel.vanbaak.info
michiel@vanbaak.info
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"Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called
users?"

I am currently doing this in IIS/ASP, you can modify to your tastes.
Prerequisites are SAMBA on the Asterisk server, a temp folder shared out in
Samba that the anonymous IIS user has rights to, and a WATCH statement in
/etc/rc.d/rc.local that will execute a batch file that chmod's the .CALL
file so that it has rights to the file and moves it from the temp directory
to the /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing directory every 2s:

<%
PhoneNumber=Request.Querystring("PhoneNumber") 'Can use
request.form if
posting a form
Context=request.querystring("Context") 'or hardcode a context
Extension=request.querystring("Extension") 'Extension to terminate
the call
to once the guy picks up
PhonePrefix=Left(PhoneNumber,3) 'Determine the prefix
If PhonePrefix="780" then 'My CLEC will not complete calls with a
local area
code, so strip out
NumberToCall=Right(PhoneNumber,7)
Else
NumberToCall= "1" & PhoneNumber 'if it's not local, append
a 1 in front of
it for LD
End If
Randomize
set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
set file = fs.CreateTextFile("\\<MyAsteriskServerIP>\outgoing\"
& int(Rnd *
1000) & ".call", true, false)
file.WriteLine("Channel:	ZAP/g0/" & NumberToCall) 'Pick a line
from
group 0
file.WriteLine("SetVar:	CALLINGPARTY=" & NumberToCall) 'Set
variable so
Asterisk can present the CallerID to the extension, reference as
SetCallerID(${CALLINGPARTY}) in the context of the extension's phone
file.WriteLine("CallerID:	<MyCallerIDIWantToPresent>")
file.WriteLine("MaxRetries:	2")
file.WriteLine("RetryTime:	60")
file.WriteLine("WaitTime:	60")
file.WriteLine("Context:	" & Context)
file.WriteLine("Extension:	" & Extension)
file.WriteLine("Priority:	1")
file.Close
response.write "Call in progress, please wait..." 'or insert
whatever HTML
you want or response.redirect to whatever target page you want
%>

This file gets href'd as something like
"http://foo.com/call.asp?PhoneNumber=1115551212&Context=from-pstn&Extension1000"

Works like a hot damn. hth.