[asterisk-users] Associating an Originate Request to a Channel before the call is answered

[Stefan Reuter]

Janahan Vivekanandan wrote:
> I know that I can use the ActionID to accomplish this once I receive
> the OriginateSuccess event, but I need to be able to cancel the call
> before it is answered(I'm pretty sure OriginateSuccess is only sent
> after the  call is answered, correct me if I'm wrong...:-)

You are right and the canonical answer seems to be you can't.
I had the same problem a few weeks ago for the development of
Asterisk-Java and solved it by setting a channel variable in the
Originate action which I check for with every NewChannel event.
Not nice, but it a working hack.

=Stefan

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