[asterisk-users] SMS /w Asterisk

[Steve Totaro]

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Remco Barendse <asterisk at barendse.to> wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Feb 2009, Steve Totaro wrote:
>
>>> In that case, you would not need Asterisk at all.  If you can create
>>> call files can you hit a URL from your CRM as well?
>
> Not really, the app cannot open a browser, but it can create a file on a
> samba share quite easily.
>
> Therefore going through asterisk seemed to be the way. Alternatively i
> could try and recreate something similar like call files for asterisk,
> have the crm app create a text file with the complete url in it and feed
> the url to a browser like links.  However with my skills at writing
> scripts being zero i thought that going through asterisk is the most
> obvious way for me.
>
>> If you wanted to go through Asterisk, I would think a call file that
>> drop into a context with a FastAGI to your CRM that returns the text
>> would be my approach, or similarly, through the manager interface.
>
> OK, thanks, i will throw all that in Google-o-matic and see what comes up
> :)
>
>

How about a Samba share with a regular cron job or a process that
watches that folder and fires off lynx then moves or deletes the file
from the Samba share?

The browser does not need to stay open, just a call to the URL and then close.

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