[asterisk-dev] GSoC 2010

[Nir Simionovich]

Hi Russell,

  Here's an ideas I've been toying around lately, trying to figure out 
the best way to do this.
In general, at AstriDevCon 2008 I was under the impression that writing 
an XML-RPC client
application for Asterisk is applicable, however, as the format of 
XML-RPC requests is fairly
dynamic, maintaining the configuration files for these is fairly 
problematic.

  In that respect, I've been toying around with the idea of creating an 
func_rest function,
that works something like this:

  rest(URL, POST_VAR1^POST_VAR2^POST_VAR3^etc)

  The returned result will be a well formulated XML, that is then turned 
into an Asterisk hash.
For example, let's look at something like this:

  exten => _X.,n,Set(RestHash = 
${rest(http://somehost/controller/function,VarName1^VarName2^VarName3)})

  In the above, we are actually telling the function to activate the 
REST interface at http://somehost/controller/function,
and passing the variables VarName1 through 3 via HTTP_POST to the 
controller. Now, imagine that we get back
and XML that contains two variables, xmlvar1 and xmlvar2. We end up with 
RestHash(xmlvar1) with RestHash(xmlvar2).
Or some other methodology to return the hash variables back into the 
channel structure.

  My main issue with this concept is time, as while I've been toying 
with some lines of code that start doing it using CURL,
I have no time to continue this, so my sources are way out-dated (start 
with 1.4.16) - merging back into existing strucutres
will be just too much work - easier to re-write correctly.
 
  In general, I don't believe knowledge of Asterisk is required in order 
to write this function, although it can really
help the developer. I know for fact that if I would sit down to work on 
this full time, I'll finish this within 2-3 weeks
time (I'm a little C rusty), however, a college guy can finish it in the 
same time frame - in my opinion.

Cheers,
  Nir S

Russell Bryant wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Google's Summer of Code (GSoC) program is on again for 2010 [1].  The 
> organization application period is March 8th - March 12th.  I plan on 
> putting in an application for the Asterisk project again this year.  In 
> the mean time, I would like everyone to think about a couple of things.
>
> First, I'd like those that are committers in the Asterisk project to 
> consider your interest and availability for being a mentor.  If you'd 
> like to discuss this in any detail, feel free to contact me directly.
>
> Second, we need to build a project ideas list.  Projects that are good 
> candidates for this list are very well defined and are appropriate in 
> scope for a student with programming experience, but potentially little 
> or no Asterisk experience to complete in a Summer.  Feel free to throw 
> out ideas now, but I will also bring it up again closer to the 
> application date.
>
> Thanks,
>
> [1] 
> http://groups.google.com/group/google-summer-of-code-discuss/browse_thread/thread/d839c0b02ac15b3f
>
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