Chapter 7. External control of Asterisk

Chapter 7. External control of Asterisk

7.1. asterisk -rx "command"

Example

7.2. Call Files

Parameters
Executing call files in the future
Hotel wake-up call example

7.3. The Asterisk Manager Interface (AMI)

Example: Getting the number of voicemail messages with expect
StarAstAPI for PHP
Example: Getting the number of mailbox messages with PHP

7.4. The Aynchronous Javascript Asterisk Manager (AJAM)

Example: Getting the number of voicemail messages with AJAM
AJAX and AJAM considerations

One of Asterisk's biggest advantages is the ability it gives the administrator to control it from the shell or through external applications.