[asterisk-users] Manager Interface API's

Wed Aug 16 14:41:40 MST 2006

The manager interface would be horrible to code an API for. I don't envy the people that have done it. I've been screen scraping with python and perl for years, but the the output is not standardised. For example a 'sippeers' command does not end with a '--END COMMAND--' while a 'sip show channels' command does.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Fanning [mailto:don at 00100100.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 1:30 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: RE: [asterisk-users] Manager Interface API's
> 
> 
> The manager interface isn't some mystical beast that can't be 
> overcome.
> Try the wiki if you're lost.  Really people scripting isn't that hard.
> If you don't like the way people do code, there's nothing stopping you
> from writing something new (except for lack of skill but that's why
> people do it for a living).
> 
> You buy them books, send them to school and all they do is eat the
> pages.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Douglas
> Garstang
> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 12:29 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion;
> jnovack at stromberg-carlson.org
> Subject: RE: [asterisk-users] Manager Interface API's
> 
> Actually, because there's no documentation, I don't have 
> anything that I
> can use.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dovid Bender [mailto:asteriskusers at dovid.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 12:54 PM
> > To: jnovack at stromberg-carlson.org; Asterisk Users Mailing List -
> > Non-Commercial Discussion
> > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Manager Interface API's
> > 
> > 
> > Some of them write it for them selves and out of the goodness 
> > of thier heart 
> > will put out there for free. They dont need doc's since they 
> > wrote it them 
> > selves. Be happy that you got it for free. Do you want 
> people to stop 
> > releasing code because others complain ?
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "John Novack" <jnovack at stromberg-carlson.org>
> > To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" 
> > <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 12:39 PM
> > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Manager Interface API's
> > 
> > 
> > > I, for one, didn't take his comment as anything other than 
> > constructive
> > > Lack of documentation is an issue, open source or not.
> > > It is an unfortunate situation that many very smart coders 
> > understand what 
> > > they have created, but are unwilling or unable to supply enough 
> > > information for many others to make effective use of 
> their creation
> > > How many have struggled through the years with uncommented 
> > or poorly 
> > > commented code when the original creator is off to 
> greener pastures?
> > >
> > > JMO
> > >
> > > John Novack
> > >
> > >
> > > Moises Silva wrote:
> > >> Douglas. Please take this as a constructive comment. I 
> > have followed
> > >> your questions in asterisk-dev and users lists, and you 
> > always seem to
> > >> make non constructive comments about the people giving 
> > code/work for
> > >> Free. And you focus in the negative part, never giving  
> > importance to
> > >> the positive things about it.
> > >>
> > >> If you dont like something, then change it yourself, they are not
> > >> providing a payed service. The source is available AS-IS 
> > if you want
> > >> it, and if you like it, take it; If you dont, just ignore 
> > it, try to
> > >> not make peyorative comments.
> > >>
> > >> Regards
> > >>
> > >> On 8/15/06, Douglas Garstang <dgarstang at oneeighty.com> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Well, I don't know about you, but if I have to read the 
> > source code to 
> > >>> work
> > >>> out how it works, I'm going to go and look at someone 
> > elses, that may 
> > >>> have
> > >>> some BASIC documentation and examples.
> > >>>
> > >>> -----Original Message-----
> > >>> From: Don [mailto:sales at xwebfactor.com]
> > >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 9:09 AM
> > >>> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> > >>> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Manager Interface API's
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Probably cause it is someone like most of us sitting at 
> home doing
> > >>> it...releasing it for free...so why would we write pages of 
> > >>> documentation
> > >>> for it?
> > >>> If it's open source and it's free...Then offer them some 
> > money to make
> > >>> documentation for it hehe...
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> ----- Original Message -----
> > >>> From: Douglas Garstang
> > >>> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> > >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 11:05 AM
> > >>> Subject: [asterisk-users] Manager Interface API's
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Can anyone recommend the best Manager Interface API, 
> > putting language
> > >>> preferences aside?
> > >>>
> > >>> The python and perl ones have bupkiss documentation. I 
> > can't understand 
> > >>> why
> > >>> anyone would even write an api and make it publically 
> > available without
> > >>> documenting it.
> > >>>
> > >>> Doug.
> > >>>
> > >>>
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