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simple get input Sample

 This sample is no longer supported in Version 1 REST API. A new implementation of this sample in Version 2 of the REST API.

A simple application to use the get input action to obtain speech or keypresses from an answered inbound or outbound call.

The application prompts the caller to say a four digit number. It then waits for 20 seconds for the caller to say four digits or to enter four digits on the telephone keypad. Once four digits have been recognised (either speech or keypresses) they are sent to a page that reads them back to the caller.

Use actions: Get Input, Play

    • {
          "actions" :
          [
              {
                  "get_input":
                  {
                      "prompt" :
                      {
                          "play" :
                          {
                              "play_list" :
                              [
                                  {
                                      "text_to_say" : "Please say a four digit number.
                                                       Press star to listen to this message again."
                                  }
                              ]
                          }
                      },
                      "speech_recognition_grammar" : "//FourDigits",
                      "seconds_speech_recognition_timeout" : 20,
                      "digit_input_options" :
                      {
                          "digit_count" : 4
                      },
                      "next_page" :
                      {
                          "url" : "ReadInput.aspx"
                      }
                  }
              }
          ],
          "token" : "my get input instance id"
      }
    • {
          "actions" :
          [
              {
                  "play" :
                  {
                      "play_list" :
                      [
                          {
                              "text_to_say" : "You said four two six nine."
                      ]
                  }
              }
          ]
      }
      
    • {
          "actions" :
          [
              {
                  "play" :
                  {
                      "play_list" :
                      [
                          {
                              "text_to_say" : "You are now out of the conference. Goodbye."
                          }
                      ]
                  }
              }
          ],
          "token" : "my connect to conference instance id"
      }
    • {
          [
          ],
          "token" : "Error for Action: xxxx  ActionIndex: xxxx  Result: xxxx"
      }
      
    • {
      }
      
  • Implemented as ASP.Net Web Forms:

    • using System;
      using System.Collections.Generic;
      using RestAPIWrapper;
      
      public partial class SimpleGetInput : System.Web.UI.Page
      {
          protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
          {
              // Unpack the request
              TelephonyRequest ourRequest = new TelephonyRequest(Request);
              if (!ourRequest.IsValid)
              {
                  return;
              }
      
              // Setup the actions
              List<TelephonyAction> actions = new List<TelephonyAction>();
      
              // Create the get input action
              Play prompt = Play.SayText("Please say a four digit number. " +
                                         "Press star to listen to this message again.");
              // Use a predefined grammar that expects 4 digits, 0-9.
              // Allow 20 seconds for the input.
              GetInput getInputAction = new GetInput(prompt, SpeechRecognitionGrammar.FourDigits, 20);
              getInputAction.NextPage = new WebPageRequest("ReadInput.aspx");
      
              getInputAction.DigitInputOptions = new DigitInputOptions(4);
      
              actions.Add(getInputAction);
      
              // Respond
              TelephonyResponse ourResponse = new TelephonyResponse(actions, "my get number instance id");
              ourResponse.ToHttpResponse(Response);
          }
      }
      
    • using System;
      using System.Collections.Generic;
      using RestAPIWrapper;
      
      public partial class ReadInput : System.Web.UI.Page
      {
          protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
          {
              // Unpack the request
              TelephonyRequest ourRequest = new TelephonyRequest(Request);
              if (!ourRequest.IsValid)
              {
                  return;
              }
              String token = ourRequest.InstanceInfo.Token;
      
              // Get the result of the get input action
              GetInputResult result = (GetInputResult)ourRequest.InstanceInfo.ActionResult;
              List<String> input = result.Input;
      
              // Setup the actions
              List<TelephonyAction> actions = new List<TelephonyAction>();
      
              // Create the play action
              Play playInput;
              if (result.InputType.Equals("speech"))
              {
                  playInput = Play.SayText(String.Format(
                      "You said {0}.", input));
              }
              else
              {
                  playInput = Play.SayText(String.Format(
                      "You entered the digits <say-as interpret-as='characters'>{0}</say-as>.", input));
              }
              actions.Add(playInput);
      
              // Respond
              TelephonyResponse ourResponse = new TelephonyResponse(actions, token);
              ourResponse.ToHttpResponse(Response);
          }
      }
      
    • using System;
      using System.Collections.Generic;
      using RestAPIWrapper;
      
      public partial class ErrorPage : System.Web.UI.Page
      {
          protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
          {
              // Unpack the request
              TelephonyRequest ourRequest = new TelephonyRequest(Request);
              if (!ourRequest.IsValid)
              {
                  return;
              }
              ErrorResult result = ourRequest.InstanceInfo.ErrorResult;
      
              String token = String.Format("Action: {0}\nActionIndex: {1}\nResult: {2}",
                  result.Action, result.ActionIndex, result.Result);
      
              // Respond
              TelephonyResponse ourResponse = new TelephonyResponse(null, token);
              ourResponse.ToHttpResponse(Response);
          }
      }
      
    • using System;
      using System.Collections.Generic;
      using RestAPIWrapper;
      
      public partial class FinalPage : System.Web.UI.Page
      {
          protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
          {
              // Unpack the request
              TelephonyRequest ourRequest = new TelephonyRequest(Request);
              if (!ourRequest.IsValid)
              {
                  return;
              }
          }
      }
      
  • Implemented as ASP.Net Web Forms:

    • Imports System
      Imports System.Collections.Generic
      Imports RestAPIWrapper
      
      Partial Class SimpleGetInput
          Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
      
          Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
      
              ' Unpack the request
              Dim ourRequest As TelephonyRequest = New TelephonyRequest(Request)
              If Not ourRequest.IsValid Then
                  Return
              End If
      
              ' Setup the actions
              Dim actions As List(Of TelephonyAction) = New List(Of TelephonyAction)
      
              ' Create the get input action
              Dim prompt As Play = Play.SayText("Please say a four digit number. " + _
      										  "Press star to listen to this message again.")
              ' Use a predefined grammar that expects 4 digits, 0-9.
              ' Allow 20 seconds for the input.
              Dim getInputAction As GetInput = New GetInput(prompt, SpeechRecognitionGrammar.FourDigits, 20)
              getInputAction.NextPage = New WebPageRequest("ReadInput.aspx")
      
              getInputAction.DigitInputOptions = New DigitInputOptions(4)
      
              actions.Add(getInputAction)
      
              ' Respond
              Dim ourResponse As TelephonyResponse = New TelephonyResponse(actions, "my get input instance id")
              ourResponse.ToHttpResponse(Response)
          End Sub
      End Class
      
    • Imports System
      Imports System.Collections.Generic
      Imports RestAPIWrapper
      
      Partial Class ReadInput
          Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
      
          Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
      
              ' Unpack the request
              Dim ourRequest As TelephonyRequest = New TelephonyRequest(Request)
              If Not ourRequest.IsValid Then
                  Return
              End If
              Dim token As String = ourRequest.InstanceInfo.Token
      
              ' Get the result of the get_input action
              Dim result As GetInputResult = ourRequest.InstanceInfo.ActionResult
              Dim input As List(Of String) = result.Input
      
              ' Setup the actions
              Dim actions As List(Of TelephonyAction) = New List(Of TelephonyAction)
      
              ' Create the play action
              Dim playInput As Play
              If result.InputType.Equals("speech") Then
                  playInput = Play.SayText(String.Format(
                      "You said {0}.", input))
              Else
                  playInput = Play.SayText(String.Format(
                      "You entered the digits <say-as interpret-as='characters'>{0}</say-as>.", input))
              End If
      		actions.Add(playInput)
      
              ' Respond
              Dim ourResponse As TelephonyResponse = New TelephonyResponse(actions, token)
              ourResponse.ToHttpResponse(Response)
          End Sub
      End Class
      
    • Imports System
      Imports System.Collections.Generic
      Imports RestAPIWrapper
      
      Partial Class ErrorPage
          Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
      
          Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
      
              ' Unpack the request
              Dim ourRequest As TelephonyRequest = New TelephonyRequest(Request)
              If Not ourRequest.IsValid Then
                  Return
              End If
              Dim result As ErrorResult = ourRequest.InstanceInfo.ErrorResult
      
              Dim token As String = String.Format("Action: {0}\nActionIndex: {1}\nResult: {2}", _
                  result.Action, result.ActionIndex, result.Result)
      
              ' Respond
              Dim ourResponse As TelephonyResponse = New TelephonyResponse(token)
              ourResponse.ToHttpResponse(Response)
          End Sub
      End Class
      
    • Imports System
      Imports System.Collections.Generic
      Imports RestAPIWrapper
      
      Partial Class FinalPage
          Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
      
          Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
      
              ' Unpack the request
              Dim ourRequest As TelephonyRequest = New TelephonyRequest(Request)
              If Not ourRequest.IsValid Then
                  Return
              End If
          End Sub
      End Class
      
  • Implemented as Java Servlets:

    • package com.aculab.telephonyrestapi.samples;
      
      import javax.servlet.http.*;
      import javax.servlet.ServletException;
      import java.io.IOException;
      import com.aculab.telephonyrestapi.*;
      
      public class SimpleGetInput extends HttpServlet
      {
          @Override
          public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request,
                             HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException, ServletException
          {
          	handleRequest(request, response);
          }
      
          @Override
          public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
                            HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException, ServletException
          {
             	handleRequest(request, response);
          }
      
          private void handleRequest(HttpServletRequest request,
                                     HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException
          {
              // Unpack the request
              TelephonyRequest ourRequest = new TelephonyRequest(request);
              if (!ourRequest.isValid())
              {
                  return;
              }
      
              // Set up the actions
              List<TelephonyAction> actions = new ArrayList<TelephonyAction>();
      
              // Create the get input action
              Play prompt = Play.sayText("Please say a four digit number. " +
                                         "Press star to listen to this message again.");
              // Use a predefined grammar that expects 4 digits, 0-9.
              // Allow 20 seconds for the input.
              GetInput getInputAction = new GetInput(prompt, SpeechRecognitionGrammar.FourDigits, 20);
              getInputAction.setNextPage(new WebPageRequest("ReadInput"));
      
              getInputAction.setDigitInputOptions(new DigitInputOptions(4));
      
              actions.add(getInputAction);
      
              // Respond
              TelephonyResponse ourResponse = new TelephonyResponse(actions, "my get input instance id");
              ourResponse.setHttpServletResponse(response);
          }
      }
      
    • package com.aculab.telephonyrestapi.samples;
      
      import javax.servlet.http.*;
      import javax.servlet.ServletException;
      import java.io.IOException;
      import com.aculab.telephonyrestapi.*;
      
      public class ReadInput extends HttpServlet
      {
          @Override
          public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request,
                             HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException, ServletException
          {
          	handleRequest(request, response);
          }
      
          @Override
          public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
                            HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException, ServletException
          {
             	handleRequest(request, response);
          }
      
          private void handleRequest(HttpServletRequest request,
                                     HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException
          {
              // Unpack the request
              TelephonyRequest ourRequest = new TelephonyRequest(request);
              if (!ourRequest.isValid())
              {
                  return;
              }
              String token = ourRequest.getInstanceInfo().getToken();
      
              // Get the result of the get input action
              GetInputResult result = (GetInputResult)ourRequest.getInstanceInfo().getActionResult();
              List<String> input = result.getInput();
      
              // Set up the actions
              List<TelephonyAction> actions = new ArrayList<TelephonyAction>();
      
              // Create the play action
              Play playInput;
              if (result.getInputType().equals("speech"))
              {
                  playInput = Play.sayText(String.format(
                      "You said %s.", input));
              }
              else
              {
                  playInput = Play.sayText(String.format(
                      "You entered the digits <say-as interpret-as='characters'>%s</say-as>.", input));
              }
              actions.Add(playInput);
      
              // Respond
              TelephonyResponse ourResponse = new TelephonyResponse(actions, token);
              ourResponse.setHttpServletResponse(response);
          }
      }
      
    • package com.aculab.telephonyrestapi.samples;
      
      import javax.servlet.http.*;
      import javax.servlet.ServletException;
      import java.io.IOException;
      import java.util.ArrayList;
      import java.util.List;
      
      import com.aculab.telephonyrestapi.*;
      
      public class ErrorPage extends HttpServlet
      {
          private static final long serialVersionUID = -4842873371047361437L;
      
          @Override
          public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
                            HttpServletResponse response)
              throws IOException, ServletException
          {
             	handleRequest(request, response);
          }
      
          @Override
          public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request,
                  HttpServletResponse response)
                          throws IOException, ServletException
          {
          	handleRequest(request, response);
          }
      
          private void handleRequest(HttpServletRequest request,
                                     HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException
          {
              // Unpack the request
              TelephonyRequest ourRequest = new TelephonyRequest(request);
              if (!ourRequest.isValid())
              {
                  return;
              }
              ErrorResult result = ourRequest.getInstanceInfo().getErrorResult();
      
              String token = String.format("Action: %s\nActionIndex: %d\nResult: %s", result.getAction(), result.getActionIndex(), result.getResult());
      
              // Respond
              List<TelephonyAction> actions = new ArrayList<TelephonyAction>();
              TelephonyResponse ourResponse = new TelephonyResponse(actions, token);
              ourResponse.setHttpServletResponse(response);
          }
      }
      
    • package com.aculab.telephonyrestapi.samples;
      
      import javax.servlet.http.*;
      import javax.servlet.ServletException;
      import java.io.IOException;
      import com.aculab.telephonyrestapi.*;
      
      public class FinalPage extends HttpServlet
      {
          private static final long serialVersionUID = 5940620014313056844L;
      
          @Override
          public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
                            HttpServletResponse response)
              throws IOException, ServletException
          {
             	handleRequest(request, response);
          }
      
          @Override
          public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request,
                  HttpServletResponse response)
                          throws IOException, ServletException
          {
          	handleRequest(request, response);
          }
      
          private void handleRequest(HttpServletRequest request,
                                     HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException
          {
              // Unpack the request
              TelephonyRequest ourRequest = new TelephonyRequest(request);
              if (!ourRequest.isValid())
              {
                  return;
              }
          }
      }
      
  • Implemented using a wrapper for Python's wsgiref.simple_server.

    For the purposes of this sample, the first page is first_page, the final page is final_page and the error page is error_page.
    • The application base class.

      from aculab.telephony_rest_api import Play
      
      class ApplicationBase:
      
          def __init__(self, exit=None):
              self.exit = exit or [self.exit]
      
      
          def exit(self):
              pass
      
      
          def error_page(self, my_actions, query_info):
              try:
                  error_result = query_info.ErrorResult
                  action = error_result.get('action', 'none')
                  print("\nError {0} : {1}\n".format(action, error_result['result']))
                  my_actions.add(Play(text_to_say='I encountered an error.'))
      
              except Exception as exc:
                  print("Error page exception: {0}".format(exc))
              return True
      
      
          def final_page(self, my_actions, query_info):
              try:
                  tcall = query_info.ThisCall
                  if tcall:
                      print("This call ID         : {0}".format(tcall.get('call_id')))
                      print("This call duration   : {0}".format(tcall.get('seconds_call_duration')))
                  self.exit[0]()
              except Exception as exc:
                  print("Final page exception: {0}".format(exc))
              return True
      
      
          def unknown_page(self, my_actions, query_info):
              try:
                  my_actions.add(Play(text_to_say='I find myself on an unknown page.'))
              except Exception as exc:
                  print("Unknown page exception: {0}".format(exc))
              return True
      
    • The application code.

      import sys, os
      sys.path.append(os.path.abspath('../..'))
      
      # import the wrappers for the REST API, these are used to create and send tasks
      from aculab.telephony_rest_api import *
      from aculab.simple_server import *
      from aculab.base_application import ApplicationBase
      
      class Application(ApplicationBase):
      
          def __init__(self):
              ApplicationBase.__init__(self)
      
      
          def responder(self, query, start_response):
      
              query_info = RESTQuery(query)
              page = query_info.Page
      
              my_actions = Actions(token='get number sample')
      
              # on your inbound service, set the first page entry to point to this page
              # e.g., http://<ip address>:<port>/first_page
              if 'first_page' == page:
                  # configure tasks
      
                  my_number = GetInput()
                  digit_options = DigitInputOptions()
                  digit_options.set_digit_count(4)
                  my_number.set_grammar(GetInput.Grammars.FourDigits)
                  my_number.set_digit_input_options(digit_options)
                  play_action = Play(text_to_say=('Please say your four digit number, '
                                                  'or enter it on your keypad. '
                                                  'Press star to listen to this message again.'),
                                     tts_voice='English US Male Polly Joey')
                  my_number.on_prompt_play(play_action)
                  my_number.set_next_page(next_page=WebPage(url='read_entered_digits'))
                  my_actions.add(my_number)
      
              elif 'read_entered_digits' == page:
                  action_result = query_info.ActionResult
                  digits = action_result['result']['input']
                  print("Digits entered: {0}".format(digits))
                  
                  if action_result['result']['input_type'] == "digits":
                      my_actions.add(Play(text_to_say="You entered, {0}".format(digits)))
                  else:
                      my_actions.add(Play(text_to_say="You entered, {0}".format(digits)))
      
              elif 'final_page' == page:
                  if self.final_page(my_actions, query_info) is False:
                      return None
      
              elif 'error_page' == page:
                  if self.error_page(my_actions, query_info) is False:
                      return None
      
              else:
                  if self.unknown_page(my_actions, query_info) is False:
                      return None
                      
              response_body = my_actions.get_json()
              response_headers = [('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8'), ('Content-Length', str(len(response_body)))]
              start_response('200 OK', response_headers)
              return [response_body]
      
      
      if __name__ == "__main__":
          application = Application()
          # Set the host and port you want to use in the rest_simple_server.py file.
          # To use SSL also set the key and certificate file.
          ss = SimpleServer(application, simple_server_host, simple_server_port, simple_server_keyfile, simple_server_certfile)
          ss.start()
          print("Hit ctl-break to quit.")
      
    • declare(encoding='UTF-8');
      spl_autoload_register();
      header("Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8");
      
      use \Aculab\TelephonyRestAPI\Actions;
      use \Aculab\TelephonyRestAPI\Play;
      use \Aculab\TelephonyRestAPI\GetInput;
      
      $response = new Actions();
      $response->setToken('my get input instance id');
      
      // Create the get input action
      $prompt = Play::sayText("Please say a four digit number. " .
          "Press star to listen to this message again."
      );
      $getInputAction = new GetInput($prompt, GetInput::FOURDIGITS);
      
      $getInputAction->setSpeechRecognitionTimeout(20);
      $getInputAction->setDigitInputOptions(4);
      $getInputAction->setNextPage("ReadInput.php");
      
      $response->add($getInputAction);
      
      print $response;
      
      
    • declare(encoding='UTF-8');
      spl_autoload_register();
      header("Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8");
      
      use \Aculab\TelephonyRestAPI\InstanceInfo;
      use \Aculab\TelephonyRestAPI\Actions;
      use \Aculab\TelephonyRestAPI\Play;
      
      $info = InstanceInfo::getInstanceInfo();
      
      $response = new Actions();
      $response->setToken($info->getToken());
      // Get the result of the get_input action
      $result = $info->getActionResult();
      $inputType = $result->getInputType();
      $input = $result->getInput();
      
      // Create the play action
      if ($inputType === 'speech') {
          $playInput = Play::sayText("You said, " . $input);
      } else {
          $playInput = Play::sayText("You entered the digits <say-as interpret-as='characters'>" . $input . "</say-as>.");
      }
      $response->add($playInput);
      
      print $response;
      
      
    • declare(encoding='UTF-8');
      spl_autoload_register();
      header("Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8");
      
      $info = \Aculab\TelephonyRestAPI\InstanceInfo::getInstanceInfo();
      
      $error = $info->getErrorResult();
      $action = $error->getAction();
      $desc = $error->getResult();
      if (!is_null($action)) {
          error_log("Error from action \"$action\" with result:\n$desc\n");
      } else {
          error_log("Error result:\n$desc\n");
      }
      
      $response = new \Aculab\TelephonyRestAPI\Actions();
      $response->setToken('Error');
      
      $play = new \Aculab\TelephonyRestAPI\Play();
      $play->addText('An error has occurred.');
      $response->add($play);
      
      print $response;
      
      
    • declare(encoding='UTF-8');
      spl_autoload_register();
      header("Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8");
      
      $info = \Aculab\TelephonyRestAPI\InstanceInfo::getInstanceInfo();
      $call = $info->getThisCallInfo();
      $callid = $call->getCallId();
      $duration = $call->getSecondsCallDuration();
      error_log("This all id: $callid\nThis call duration: $duration\n");
      
      print '';