[asterisk-dev] ARI Extending Existing Feature: bridge control

[Paul Belanger]

On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Nir Simionovich
<nir.simionovich at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>   After shipping out my first patch to ARI, I became hungry :-)
>
>   So, now I've set up a slightly higher goal, adding a much required feature
> for ARI. I'll describe the problem first, then
> I have some questions.
>
>   The Asterisk dial application enables us to limit the duration of the call
> and play a warning sound. Once this had been
> set, as far as I know, you can't modify these values externally. When the
> feature was originally introduced, over 10 years
> ago, the goal was simple: enable a calling card system to limit the call
> according to a credit line.
>
>   As time went by, people realized that this feature is useful, however
> limited. In today's mobile application era, when a
> VoIP phone can actually purchase credit while on the actual call, we need a
> way to control this from an external source.
>
>   Now, I've started digging into the code, and I've managed to understand
> that following (feel free to bash me if I'm wrong):
>
>   1. The time limits are maintained at the bridge structure, not at the
> channel - using the ast_bridge_config data structure
>   2. The ARI bridges GET method only retrieves a list of bridges and their
> associated channels, not their configurations
>
>   So, assuming that I'm reading the ast_ari_bridges_list function from
> resouce_bridges.c correctly, we retrieve
> a snapshot of all active bridges via the snapshots variable (if you can call
> it that). The output is built by iterating through it.
>
>   Now, my questions:
>
>   1. Is there a way to obtain the information in ast_bridge_config for each
> of the iterated bridges, then output it via the JSON response?
>   2. Is there a way to manipulate the configuration of the bridge, via
> modifying the associated bridge configuration?
>
>   The floor is now open :-)
>
I am a little confused what you are asking.  You want to add some sort
of lifetime support to bridge within asterisk, using ARI?

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