[Asterisk-Users] How to detect AGI script failure?

[Alex Hutton]

Thanks for the replies.  I have realised that I can catch the execution 
after the agi statement (if it fails) in the h priority, which I then 
use to play an error message to the caller.

As you suggested, I am setting a variable in the agi script so that the 
h priority knows whether the agi script succeeded or not.

Alex



Matt Riddell wrote:
> Alex Hutton wrote:
> 
>>Hello,
>>
>>I'm new to the list so I hope I'm asking the question in the right
>>place.  In our extensions.conf, we call an AGI script using the AGI
>>command.
>>
>>e.g.
>>
>>exten => 11,1,Answer
>>exten => 11,2,Wait(0.5)
>>exten => 11,3,Playback(welcome1)
>>exten => 11,4,agi(agi://192.168.1.88/hello.agi?src=test|${CALLERID})
>>
>>
>>
>>If for some reason, the AGI script fails to run (e.g. our AGI prog isn't
>>running), can we detect it and direct the call to a pre-recorded message?
> 
> 
> What I personally would do is first set a variable before you run the agi
> (i.e. completionstatus to "beforerun") then run the AGI.  Once inside the AGI,
> set the variable for completion status.  I.E. you could have ran well, failed
> with x etc etc.  Then on the next priority, you can check this variable and
> via gotoif for the various statuses (including "beforerun" which would mean
> that the AGI didn't run at all).
> 
> While this doesn't exactly answer your question, it is the best way to use
> multiple statuses.
> 
> Make sense?
>