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FreeSWITCH Cookbook

You're reading from   FreeSWITCH Cookbook Written by members of the FreeSWITCH team, this is the ultimate guide to getting the most out of the platform. Stuffed with over 40 recipes, just about every angle is covered, from call routing to enabling text-to-speech conversion.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2012
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849515405
Length 150 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

FreeSWITCH Cookbook
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Routing Calls FREE CHAPTER 2. Connecting Telephones and Service Providers 3. Processing Call Detail Records 4. External Control 5. PBX Functionality Index

Company directory


Most companies have some form of dial-by-name directory. This recipe will show you how to add a company directory to your FreeSWITCH installation using mod_directory.

How to do it...

Enable and build mod_directory by following these steps:

  1. Open freeswitch_src/modules.conf in a text editor.

  2. Uncomment this line:

    #applications/mod_directory
  3. Save the file and exit.

  4. Linux/Unix users issue the proper make command:

    make mod_directory-install

Allow mod_directory to be loaded when FreeSWITCH starts:

  1. Open conf/autoload_configs/modules.conf.xml in a text editor.

  2. Uncomment this line:

    <!--<load module="mod_directory"/>-->
  3. Save the file and exit.

  4. Restart FreeSWITCH.

  5. Start fs_cli and issue the command show application.

You should see an application named directory in the list. Next we need to add a simple dialplan extension that will let us test:

  1. Open conf/dialplan/default/01_Custom.xml in a text editor.

  2. Add these lines:

    <extension name="dial by name">
      <condition field...
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