[asterisk-users] Parsing Asterisk's .conf files from Perl, Java or PHP file

[Roderick A. Anderson]

Olivier wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> To a large extend, Asterisk's /etc/asterisk/*.conf configuration files 
> conform to a format such as:
> 
> [section1]
> key1=value1
> key2=value2
> 
> [section2]
> key1=value1
> key2=value2
> ...
> 
> To increase coherence when running custom-made application in Perl, 
> Java, PHP, ...) and Asterisk on the same platform, I'm wondering if 
> could extend a bit Asterisk's config files instead of duplicating data 
> in an independant config file.
> 
> For instance, an app that uses Manager interface needs to be configured 
> with :
> - the Asterisk manager interface IP address,
> - a username and secret.
> 
> The later 2 parameters are included /etc/asterisk/manager.conf but the 
> first one is not.
> So instead of writing an independant myapp.conf holding all 3 
> parameters, should I only add the first parameter to existing 
> manager.conf file ?
> 
> Doing this, I would have to make sure that when Asterisk is parsing its 
> config file, it doesn't stop when it reads unkown supplementary 
> parameters (those added for custom app).
> It seems to be the case now with 1.6.1 : a NOTICE warning is sent but it 
> doesn't really hurt.
> [May 22 09:15:32] NOTICE[15917]: manager.c:3903 __init_manager: Invalid 
> keyword <foo> = <bar> in manager.conf [general]
> 
> Maybe, adding a keyword that would tell Asterisk to skip reading this 
> config file line would be a plus (avoiding warnings and collision with 
> new keywords).
> What do you think ?
> 
> Then, my next question, is there widely available librairies to parse 
> Asterisk's config files-like files ?

Not specific to Asterisk but there is Config::Std which, in Damian's 
blurb for the module, is simple and limited.  Still it could work or be 
beat into submission.  :-)


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Rod
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