VIP List

[glennbtn]

I want to create a VIP list of numbers that would send calls to alternative destination unlike normal incoming calls

I can create a dialplan and pipe the numbers in but think it may be too big with the numbers I want to use.

Is there anyway of getting fusion to look in a file as part of a dial plan and in the number is in the file go to the alternative destination

Thanks

 

[DigitalDaz]

Being a redis fan, because of its speed and the fact that it will be in memory, thats what I'd use.

Load the numbers into redis and then use a lua script in the dialplan to do the lookup.

 

[whut]

That is an interesting issue. There are multiple ways to fix the issue. I like the redis idea as it should be fast as it is in memory as mentioned. I would be interested in seeing how this would be implemented. Pulling from a file should also be fast too unless it is a very large list of numbers. But file would not be as secure. I read something about referencing a file in a dialplan. I have not tested `in_file` expression but it would look similar to this:

<condition field="caller_id_number" expression="in_file">
  <param name="file">vip_numbers.txt</param>
  <action ACTION HERE
</condition>

You could also look into creating a vip_numbers table in the fusionpbx database. Here again I am not sure what your dialplan will look like for running a sql query. Querying the database may be best by executing a lua script for security of database connection string.

 

[glennbtn]

That is an interesting issue. There are multiple ways to fix the issue. I like the redis idea as it should be fast as it is in memory as mentioned. I would be interested in seeing how this would be implemented. Pulling from a file should also be fast too unless it is a very large list of numbers. But file would not be as secure. I read something about referencing a file in a dialplan. I have not tested `in_file` expression but it would look similar to this:

<condition field="caller_id_number" expression="in_file">
  <param name="file">vip_numbers.txt</param>
  <action ACTION HERE
</condition>

You could also look into creating a vip_numbers table in the fusionpbx database. Here again I am not sure what your dialplan will look like for running a sql query. Querying the database may be best by executing a lua script for security of database connection string.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Just trying to get it working. Teach me to agree to something LOL