Chris Hastie
2011-Oct-20 10:35 UTC
[asterisk-users] Call popups with Thunderbird (and potentially other PIMs)
Some of you may be interested in a project I've been keeping myself busy with whilst convalescing - or rather, two closely related projects. callPopPy is an incoming call popup notifier written in Python. It's probably most useful to Linux users, but was written to be portable and has been tested on Windows XP. It uses the starPy library to interact with Asterisk's AMI. callPopPy looks up incoming numbers in a SQLite database and displays any associated name found. Which is where the second project comes in... Squalit is an extension for Mozilla Thunderbird, the purpose of which is to populate callPopPy's database. It exports phone numbers and display names from Thuderbird's address book. It can export individual contacts or entire address books, and can be configured to automatically update the database periodically. The two stage approach means callPopPy can potentially be integrated with other PIMs as well. Any feedback would be gratefully received. You can find more at http://www.oak-wood.co.uk/callpoppy Cheers Chris