Asterisk

Since Camel 2.18

The asterisk: component allows you to work easily with an Asterisk PBX Server http://www.asterisk.org/ using asterisk-java

This component help to interface with Asterisk Manager Interface

Maven users will need to add the following dependency to their pom.xml for this component:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-asterisk</artifactId>
    <version>x.x.x</version>
    <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>

URI format

asterisk:name[?options]

Options

The Asterisk component has no options.

The Asterisk endpoint is configured using URI syntax:

asterisk:name

with the following path and query parameters:

Path Parameters (1 parameters):

Name Description Default Type

name

Required Logical name

String

Query Parameters (8 parameters):

Name Description Default Type

hostname (common)

Required The hostname of the asterisk server

String

password (common)

Required Login password

String

username (common)

Required Login username

String

bridgeErrorHandler (consumer)

Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

false

boolean

exceptionHandler (consumer)

To let the consumer use a custom ExceptionHandler. Notice if the option bridgeErrorHandler is enabled then this option is not in use. By default the consumer will deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

ExceptionHandler

exchangePattern (consumer)

Sets the exchange pattern when the consumer creates an exchange.

ExchangePattern

action (producer)

What action to perform such as getting queue status, sip peers or extension state.

AsteriskAction

synchronous (advanced)

Sets whether synchronous processing should be strictly used, or Camel is allowed to use asynchronous processing (if supported).

false

boolean

Spring Boot Auto-Configuration

When using Spring Boot make sure to use the following Maven dependency to have support for auto configuration:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
  <artifactId>camel-asterisk-starter</artifactId>
  <version>x.x.x</version>
  <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version -->
</dependency>

The component supports 2 options, which are listed below.

Name Description Default Type

camel.component.asterisk.enabled

Enable asterisk component

true

Boolean

camel.component.asterisk.resolve-property-placeholders

Whether the component should resolve property placeholders on itself when starting. Only properties which are of String type can use property placeholders.

true

Boolean

Action

Supported actions are:

  • QUEUE_STATUS, Queue Status

  • SIP_PEERS, List SIP Peers

  • EXTENSION_STATE, Check Extension Status

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