[Asterisk-Users] manager API

[Christopher L. Wade]

> Guys,
> After connecting to the * manager, each and every event is sent to the
> connected client, right?
> 
> This means that if I install a client on each PC for monitoring incoming
> calls, or pretty much anything else, it will create a lot of excess
> traffic on my LAN.
> 
> Can I connect to the manager and tell it to send only events regarding
> specific extension(s) my way?
> 
> I'd like to provide a popup display say "incoming call from CALLERID"
> and provide a way for the callee to divert it to voicemail or something
> like that.
> 
> Thanks

Another option would be to write a manager proxy (look on the wiki - 
several simple examples already exist) that only sends particular events 
on to clients who request them.  Basically have a script connect to * 
one time.  Clients then connect to this script instead of * and tell the 
script what messages they want to know about.  At this point the script 
handles the end clients - not * - a double benefit (less net traffic and 
less work for *).

-Chris