2 * Asterisk -- An open source telephony toolkit.
4 * Copyright (C) 1999 - 2005, Digium, Inc.
6 * Mark Spencer <markster@digium.com>
7 * See http://www.asterisk.org for more information about
8 * the Asterisk project. Please do not directly contact
9 * any of the maintainers of this project for assistance;
10 * the project provides a web site, mailing lists and IRC
11 * channels for your use.
13 * This program is free software, distributed under the terms of
14 * the GNU General Public License Version 2. See the LICENSE file
15 * at the top of the source tree.
19 * \brief Application convenience functions, designed to give consistent
20 * look and feel to Asterisk apps.
23 #ifndef _ASTERISK_APP_H
24 #define _ASTERISK_APP_H
26 #include "asterisk/strings.h"
27 #include "asterisk/threadstorage.h"
31 #if defined(__cplusplus) || defined(c_plusplus)
35 AST_THREADSTORAGE_EXTERNAL(ast_str_thread_global_buf);
39 /*! \brief Callback function for IVR
40 \return returns 0 on completion, -1 on hangup or digit if interrupted
42 typedef int (*ast_ivr_callback)(struct ast_channel *chan, char *option, void *cbdata);
45 AST_ACTION_UPONE, /*!< adata is unused */
46 AST_ACTION_EXIT, /*!< adata is the return value for ast_ivr_menu_run if channel was not hungup */
47 AST_ACTION_CALLBACK, /*!< adata is an ast_ivr_callback */
48 AST_ACTION_PLAYBACK, /*!< adata is file to play */
49 AST_ACTION_BACKGROUND, /*!< adata is file to play */
50 AST_ACTION_PLAYLIST, /*!< adata is list of files, separated by ; to play */
51 AST_ACTION_MENU, /*!< adata is a pointer to an ast_ivr_menu */
52 AST_ACTION_REPEAT, /*!< adata is max # of repeats, cast to a pointer */
53 AST_ACTION_RESTART, /*!< adata is like repeat, but resets repeats to 0 */
54 AST_ACTION_TRANSFER, /*!< adata is a string with exten\verbatim[@context]\endverbatim */
55 AST_ACTION_WAITOPTION, /*!< adata is a timeout, or 0 for defaults */
56 AST_ACTION_NOOP, /*!< adata is unused */
57 AST_ACTION_BACKLIST, /*!< adata is list of files separated by ; allows interruption */
61 Special "options" are:
62 \arg "s" - "start here (one time greeting)"
63 \arg "g" - "greeting/instructions"
66 \arg "i" - "invalid selection"
69 struct ast_ivr_option {
71 ast_ivr_action action;
76 char *title; /*!< Title of menu */
77 unsigned int flags; /*!< Flags */
78 struct ast_ivr_option *options; /*!< All options */
81 #define AST_IVR_FLAG_AUTORESTART (1 << 0)
83 #define AST_IVR_DECLARE_MENU(holder, title, flags, foo...) \
84 static struct ast_ivr_option __options_##holder[] = foo;\
85 static struct ast_ivr_menu holder = { title, flags, __options_##holder }
88 /*! \brief Runs an IVR menu
89 \return returns 0 on successful completion, -1 on hangup, or -2 on user error in menu */
90 int ast_ivr_menu_run(struct ast_channel *c, struct ast_ivr_menu *menu, void *cbdata);
92 /*! \brief Plays a stream and gets DTMF data from a channel
93 * \param c Which channel one is interacting with
94 * \param prompt File to pass to ast_streamfile (the one that you wish to play).
95 * It is also valid for this to be multiple files concatenated by "&".
96 * For example, "file1&file2&file3".
97 * \param s The location where the DTMF data will be stored
98 * \param maxlen Max Length of the data
99 * \param timeout Timeout length waiting for data(in milliseconds). Set to 0 for standard timeout(six seconds), or -1 for no time out.
101 * This function was designed for application programmers for situations where they need
102 * to play a message and then get some DTMF data in response to the message. If a digit
103 * is pressed during playback, it will immediately break out of the message and continue
104 * execution of your code.
106 int ast_app_getdata(struct ast_channel *c, const char *prompt, char *s, int maxlen, int timeout);
108 /*! \brief Full version with audiofd and controlfd. NOTE: returns '2' on ctrlfd available, not '1' like other full functions */
109 int ast_app_getdata_full(struct ast_channel *c, const char *prompt, char *s, int maxlen, int timeout, int audiofd, int ctrlfd);
113 * \brief Run a macro on a channel, placing a second channel into autoservice.
115 * This is a shorthand method that makes it very easy to run a macro on any given
116 * channel. It is perfectly reasonable to supply a NULL autoservice_chan here in case
117 * there is no channel to place into autoservice. It is very important that the
118 * autoservice_chan parameter is not locked prior to calling ast_app_run_macro. A
119 * deadlock could result, otherwise.
121 * \param autoservice_chan A channel to place into autoservice while the macro is run
122 * \param macro_chan The channel to run the macro on
123 * \param macro_name The name of the macro to run
124 * \param macro_args The arguments to pass to the macro
128 int ast_app_run_macro(struct ast_channel *autoservice_chan, struct ast_channel
129 *macro_chan, const char * const macro_name, const char * const macro_args);
132 * \brief Set voicemail function callbacks
133 * \param[in] inboxcount2_func set function pointer
134 * \param[in] sayname_func set function pointer
135 * \param[in] inboxcount_func set function pointer
136 * \param[in] messagecount_func set function pointer
137 * \version 1.6.1 Added inboxcount2_func, sayname_func
139 void ast_install_vm_functions(int (*has_voicemail_func)(const char *mailbox, const char *folder),
140 int (*inboxcount_func)(const char *mailbox, int *newmsgs, int *oldmsgs),
141 int (*inboxcount2_func)(const char *mailbox, int *urgentmsgs, int *newmsgs, int *oldmsgs),
142 int (*messagecount_func)(const char *context, const char *mailbox, const char *folder),
143 int (*sayname_func)(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *mailbox, const char *context));
145 void ast_uninstall_vm_functions(void);
147 /*! \brief Determine if a given mailbox has any voicemail */
148 int ast_app_has_voicemail(const char *mailbox, const char *folder);
150 /*! \brief Determine number of new/old messages in a mailbox */
151 int ast_app_inboxcount(const char *mailbox, int *newmsgs, int *oldmsgs);
154 * \brief Determine number of urgent/new/old messages in a mailbox
155 * \param[in] mailbox the mailbox context to use
156 * \param[out] urgentmsgs the urgent message count
157 * \param[out] newmsgs the new message count
158 * \param[out] oldmsgs the old message count
159 * \return Returns 0 for success, negative upon error
162 int ast_app_inboxcount2(const char *mailbox, int *urgentmsgs, int *newmsgs, int *oldmsgs);
165 * \brief Given a mailbox and context, play that mailbox owner's name to the channel specified
166 * \param[in] chan channel to announce name to
167 * \param[in] mailbox mailbox to retrieve name for
168 * \param[in] context context to retrieve name for
169 * \return Returns 0 for success, negative upon error
172 int ast_app_sayname(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *mailbox, const char *context);
174 /*! \brief Determine number of messages in a given mailbox and folder */
175 int ast_app_messagecount(const char *context, const char *mailbox, const char *folder);
177 /*! \brief Safely spawn an external program while closing file descriptors
178 \note This replaces the \b system call in all Asterisk modules
180 int ast_safe_system(const char *s);
183 * \brief Replace the SIGCHLD handler
185 * Normally, Asterisk has a SIGCHLD handler that is cleaning up all zombie
186 * processes from forking elsewhere in Asterisk. However, if you want to
187 * wait*() on the process to retrieve information about it's exit status,
188 * then this signal handler needs to be temporarily replaced.
190 * Code that executes this function *must* call ast_unreplace_sigchld()
191 * after it is finished doing the wait*().
193 void ast_replace_sigchld(void);
196 * \brief Restore the SIGCHLD handler
198 * This function is called after a call to ast_replace_sigchld. It restores
199 * the SIGCHLD handler that cleans up any zombie processes.
201 void ast_unreplace_sigchld(void);
204 \brief Send DTMF to a channel
206 \param chan The channel that will receive the DTMF frames
207 \param peer (optional) Peer channel that will be autoserviced while the
208 primary channel is receiving DTMF
209 \param digits This is a string of characters representing the DTMF digits
210 to be sent to the channel. Valid characters are
211 "0123456789*#abcdABCD". Note: You can pass arguments 'f' or
212 'F', if you want to Flash the channel (if supported by the
213 channel), or 'w' to add a 500 millisecond pause to the DTMF
215 \param between This is the number of milliseconds to wait in between each
216 DTMF digit. If zero milliseconds is specified, then the
217 default value of 100 will be used.
218 \param duration This is the duration that each DTMF digit should have.
220 int ast_dtmf_stream(struct ast_channel *chan, struct ast_channel *peer, const char *digits, int between, unsigned int duration);
222 /*! \brief Stream a filename (or file descriptor) as a generator. */
223 int ast_linear_stream(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *filename, int fd, int allowoverride);
226 * \brief Stream a file with fast forward, pause, reverse, restart.
228 * \param file filename
229 * \param fwd, rev, stop, pause, restart, skipms, offsetms
231 * Before calling this function, set this to be the number
232 * of ms to start from the beginning of the file. When the function
233 * returns, it will be the number of ms from the beginning where the
234 * playback stopped. Pass NULL if you don't care.
236 int ast_control_streamfile(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *file, const char *fwd, const char *rev, const char *stop, const char *pause, const char *restart, int skipms, long *offsetms);
238 /*! \brief Play a stream and wait for a digit, returning the digit that was pressed */
239 int ast_play_and_wait(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *fn);
241 int ast_play_and_record_full(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *playfile, const char *recordfile, int maxtime_sec, const char *fmt, int *duration, int silencethreshold, int maxsilence_ms, const char *path, const char *acceptdtmf, const char *canceldtmf);
243 /*! \brief Record a file for a max amount of time (in seconds), in a given list of formats separated by '|', outputting the duration of the recording, and with a maximum
245 permitted silence time in milliseconds of 'maxsilence' under 'silencethreshold' or use '-1' for either or both parameters for defaults.
246 calls ast_unlock_path() on 'path' if passed */
247 int ast_play_and_record(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *playfile, const char *recordfile, int maxtime_sec, const char *fmt, int *duration, int silencethreshold, int maxsilence_ms, const char *path);
249 /*! \brief Record a message and prepend the message to the given record file after
250 playing the optional playfile (or a beep), storing the duration in
251 'duration' and with a maximum permitted silence time in milliseconds of 'maxsilence' under
252 'silencethreshold' or use '-1' for either or both parameters for defaults. */
253 int ast_play_and_prepend(struct ast_channel *chan, char *playfile, char *recordfile, int maxtime_sec, char *fmt, int *duration, int beep, int silencethreshold, int maxsilence_ms);
255 enum ast_getdata_result {
256 AST_GETDATA_FAILED = -1,
257 AST_GETDATA_COMPLETE = 0,
258 AST_GETDATA_TIMEOUT = 1,
259 AST_GETDATA_INTERRUPTED = 2,
260 /*! indicates a user terminated empty string rather than an empty string resulting
261 * from a timeout or other factors */
262 AST_GETDATA_EMPTY_END_TERMINATED = 3,
265 enum AST_LOCK_RESULT {
266 AST_LOCK_SUCCESS = 0,
267 AST_LOCK_TIMEOUT = -1,
268 AST_LOCK_PATH_NOT_FOUND = -2,
269 AST_LOCK_FAILURE = -3,
272 /*! \brief Type of locking to use in ast_lock_path / ast_unlock_path */
274 AST_LOCK_TYPE_LOCKFILE = 0,
275 AST_LOCK_TYPE_FLOCK = 1,
279 * \brief Set the type of locks used by ast_lock_path()
280 * \param type the locking type to use
282 void ast_set_lock_type(enum AST_LOCK_TYPE type);
285 * \brief Lock a filesystem path.
286 * \param path the path to be locked
287 * \return one of \ref AST_LOCK_RESULT values
289 enum AST_LOCK_RESULT ast_lock_path(const char *path);
291 /*! \brief Unlock a path */
292 int ast_unlock_path(const char *path);
294 /*! \brief Read a file into asterisk*/
295 char *ast_read_textfile(const char *file);
297 struct ast_group_info;
299 /*! \brief Split a group string into group and category, returning a default category if none is provided. */
300 int ast_app_group_split_group(const char *data, char *group, int group_max, char *category, int category_max);
302 /*! \brief Set the group for a channel, splitting the provided data into group and category, if specified. */
303 int ast_app_group_set_channel(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *data);
305 /*! \brief Get the current channel count of the specified group and category. */
306 int ast_app_group_get_count(const char *group, const char *category);
308 /*! \brief Get the current channel count of all groups that match the specified pattern and category. */
309 int ast_app_group_match_get_count(const char *groupmatch, const char *category);
311 /*! \brief Discard all group counting for a channel */
312 int ast_app_group_discard(struct ast_channel *chan);
314 /*! \brief Update all group counting for a channel to a new one */
315 int ast_app_group_update(struct ast_channel *oldchan, struct ast_channel *newchan);
317 /*! \brief Write Lock the group count list */
318 int ast_app_group_list_wrlock(void);
320 /*! \brief Read Lock the group count list */
321 int ast_app_group_list_rdlock(void);
323 /*! \brief Get the head of the group count list */
324 struct ast_group_info *ast_app_group_list_head(void);
326 /*! \brief Unlock the group count list */
327 int ast_app_group_list_unlock(void);
330 \brief Define an application argument
331 \param name The name of the argument
333 #define AST_APP_ARG(name) char *name
336 \brief Declare a structure to hold an application's arguments.
337 \param name The name of the structure
338 \param arglist The list of arguments, defined using AST_APP_ARG
340 This macro declares a structure intended to be used in a call
341 to ast_app_separate_args(). The structure includes all the
342 arguments specified, plus an argv array that overlays them and an
343 argc argument counter. The arguments must be declared using AST_APP_ARG,
344 and they will all be character pointers (strings).
346 \note The structure is <b>not</b> initialized, as the call to
347 ast_app_separate_args() will perform that function before parsing
350 #define AST_DECLARE_APP_ARGS(name, arglist) AST_DEFINE_APP_ARGS_TYPE(, arglist) name
353 \brief Define a structure type to hold an application's arguments.
354 \param type The name of the structure type
355 \param arglist The list of arguments, defined using AST_APP_ARG
357 This macro defines a structure type intended to be used in a call
358 to ast_app_separate_args(). The structure includes all the
359 arguments specified, plus an argv array that overlays them and an
360 argc argument counter. The arguments must be declared using AST_APP_ARG,
361 and they will all be character pointers (strings).
363 \note This defines a structure type, but does not declare an instance
364 of the structure. That must be done separately.
366 #define AST_DEFINE_APP_ARGS_TYPE(type, arglist) \
374 \brief Performs the 'standard' argument separation process for an application.
375 \param args An argument structure defined using AST_DECLARE_APP_ARGS
376 \param parse A modifiable buffer containing the input to be parsed
378 This function will separate the input string using the standard argument
379 separator character ',' and fill in the provided structure, including
380 the argc argument counter field.
382 #define AST_STANDARD_APP_ARGS(args, parse) \
383 args.argc = ast_app_separate_args(parse, ',', args.argv, ((sizeof(args) - offsetof(typeof(args), argv)) / sizeof(args.argv[0])))
386 \brief Performs the 'nonstandard' argument separation process for an application.
387 \param args An argument structure defined using AST_DECLARE_APP_ARGS
388 \param parse A modifiable buffer containing the input to be parsed
389 \param sep A nonstandard separator character
391 This function will separate the input string using the nonstandard argument
392 separator character and fill in the provided structure, including
393 the argc argument counter field.
395 #define AST_NONSTANDARD_APP_ARGS(args, parse, sep) \
396 args.argc = ast_app_separate_args(parse, sep, args.argv, ((sizeof(args) - offsetof(typeof(args), argv)) / sizeof(args.argv[0])))
399 \brief Separate a string into arguments in an array
400 \param buf The string to be parsed (this must be a writable copy, as it will be modified)
401 \param delim The character to be used to delimit arguments
402 \param array An array of 'char *' to be filled in with pointers to the found arguments
403 \param arraylen The number of elements in the array (i.e. the number of arguments you will accept)
405 Note: if there are more arguments in the string than the array will hold, the last element of
406 the array will contain the remaining arguments, not separated.
408 The array will be completely zeroed by this function before it populates any entries.
410 \return The number of arguments found, or zero if the function arguments are not valid.
412 unsigned int ast_app_separate_args(char *buf, char delim, char **array, int arraylen);
415 \brief A structure to hold the description of an application 'option'.
417 Application 'options' are single-character flags that can be supplied
418 to the application to affect its behavior; they can also optionally
419 accept arguments enclosed in parenthesis.
421 These structures are used by the ast_app_parse_options function, uses
422 this data to fill in a flags structure (to indicate which options were
423 supplied) and array of argument pointers (for those options that had
426 struct ast_app_option {
427 /*! \brief The flag bit that represents this option. */
429 /*! \brief The index of the entry in the arguments array
430 that should be used for this option's argument. */
431 unsigned int arg_index;
434 #define BEGIN_OPTIONS {
435 #define END_OPTIONS }
438 \brief Declares an array of options for an application.
439 \param holder The name of the array to be created
440 \param options The actual options to be placed into the array
441 \sa ast_app_parse_options
443 This macro declares a 'static const' array of \c struct \c ast_option
444 elements to hold the list of available options for an application.
445 Each option must be declared using either the AST_APP_OPTION()
446 or AST_APP_OPTION_ARG() macros.
450 enum my_app_option_flags {
453 OPT_BLORT = (1 << 2),
456 enum my_app_option_args {
459 !! this entry tells how many possible arguments there are,
460 and must be the last entry in the list
464 AST_APP_OPTIONS(my_app_options, {
465 AST_APP_OPTION('j', OPT_JUMP),
466 AST_APP_OPTION_ARG('b', OPT_BLAH, OPT_ARG_BLAH),
467 AST_APP_OPTION_BLORT('B', OPT_BLORT, OPT_ARG_BLORT),
470 static int my_app_exec(struct ast_channel *chan, void *data)
473 struct ast_flags opts = { 0, };
474 char *opt_args[OPT_ARG_ARRAY_SIZE];
476 ... do any argument parsing here ...
478 if (ast_parseoptions(my_app_options, &opts, opt_args, options)) {
479 ast_module_user_remove(u);
485 #define AST_APP_OPTIONS(holder, options...) \
486 static const struct ast_app_option holder[128] = options
489 \brief Declares an application option that does not accept an argument.
490 \param option The single character representing the option
491 \param flagno The flag index to be set if this option is present
492 \sa AST_APP_OPTIONS, ast_app_parse_options
494 #define AST_APP_OPTION(option, flagno) \
495 [option] = { .flag = flagno }
498 \brief Declares an application option that accepts an argument.
499 \param option The single character representing the option
500 \param flagno The flag index to be set if this option is present
501 \param argno The index into the argument array where the argument should
503 \sa AST_APP_OPTIONS, ast_app_parse_options
505 #define AST_APP_OPTION_ARG(option, flagno, argno) \
506 [option] = { .flag = flagno, .arg_index = argno + 1 }
509 \brief Parses a string containing application options and sets flags/arguments.
510 \param options The array of possible options declared with AST_APP_OPTIONS
511 \param flags The flag structure to have option flags set
512 \param args The array of argument pointers to hold arguments found
513 \param optstr The string containing the options to be parsed
514 \return zero for success, non-zero if an error occurs
517 int ast_app_parse_options(const struct ast_app_option *options, struct ast_flags *flags, char **args, char *optstr);
520 \brief Parses a string containing application options and sets flags/arguments.
521 \param options The array of possible options declared with AST_APP_OPTIONS
522 \param flags The 64-bit flag structure to have option flags set
523 \param args The array of argument pointers to hold arguments found
524 \param optstr The string containing the options to be parsed
525 \return zero for success, non-zero if an error occurs
528 int ast_app_parse_options64(const struct ast_app_option *options, struct ast_flags64 *flags, char **args, char *optstr);
530 /*! \brief Given a list of options array, return an option string based on passed flags
531 \param options The array of possible options declared with AST_APP_OPTIONS
532 \param flags The flags of the options that you wish to populate the buffer with
533 \param buf The buffer to fill with the string of options
534 \param len The maximum length of buf
536 void ast_app_options2str64(const struct ast_app_option *options, struct ast_flags64 *flags, char *buf, size_t len);
538 /*! \brief Present a dialtone and collect a certain length extension.
539 \return Returns 1 on valid extension entered, -1 on hangup, or 0 on invalid extension.
540 \note Note that if 'collect' holds digits already, new digits will be appended, so be sure it's initialized properly */
541 int ast_app_dtget(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *context, char *collect, size_t size, int maxlen, int timeout);
543 /*! \brief Allow to record message and have a review option */
544 int ast_record_review(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *playfile, const char *recordfile, int maxtime, const char *fmt, int *duration, const char *path);
546 /*! \brief Decode an encoded control or extended ASCII character
547 \return Returns a pointer to the result string
549 int ast_get_encoded_char(const char *stream, char *result, size_t *consumed);
551 /*! \brief Decode a stream of encoded control or extended ASCII characters */
552 char *ast_get_encoded_str(const char *stream, char *result, size_t result_len);
554 /*! \brief Decode a stream of encoded control or extended ASCII characters */
555 int ast_str_get_encoded_str(struct ast_str **str, int maxlen, const char *stream);
558 * \brief Common routine for child processes, to close all fds prior to exec(2)
559 * \param[in] n starting file descriptor number for closing all higher file descriptors
562 void ast_close_fds_above_n(int n);
565 * \brief Common routine to safely fork without a chance of a signal handler firing badly in the child
566 * \param[in] stop_reaper flag to determine if sigchld handler is replaced or not
569 int ast_safe_fork(int stop_reaper);
572 * \brief Common routine to cleanup after fork'ed process is complete (if reaping was stopped)
575 void ast_safe_fork_cleanup(void);
577 #if defined(__cplusplus) || defined(c_plusplus)
581 #endif /* _ASTERISK_APP_H */