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simple send fax Sample

A simple outbound application that starts a fax session on an outbound call and sends the contents of a tif file (myFax.tif).

A progress page is set so that the application can present the negotiated fax settings and a page count after each page has been sent. A next page is set so that the application can present the fax termination result.

This application requires the tif file myFax.tif to be available in the cloud media store.

Use actions: Send Fax

    • {
    "actions" :
    [
        {
            "send_fax" :
            {
                "fax_to_send": "myFax.tif",
                "next_page"  :
                {
                    "url"    : "SendFaxComplete",
                    "method" : "Post"
                }
                "progress_page":
                {
                    "url"    : "FaxProgress",
                    "method" : "Post"
                }
            }
        }
    ],
    "token" : "my 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 SimpleSendFax : 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>();
        actions.Add(new SendFax("myFax.tif", new WebPageRequest("SendFaxComplete.aspx"), new WebPageRequest("SendFaxProgress.aspx")));

        // Respond
        TelephonyResponse ourResponse = new TelephonyResponse(actions, "my send fax instance id");
        ourResponse.ToHttpResponse(Response);
    }
}

    • using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using RestAPIWrapper;

public partial class SendFaxProgress : 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;
        SendFaxProgress progress = (SendFaxProgress)ourRequest.InstanceInfo.ActionProgress;

        // Add your own code here to use the progress information.
        // e.g. update a database, write to a log...
        int pagesSent = progress.PagesSent;

        // Respond
        TelephonyResponse ourResponse = new TelephonyResponse(token);
        ourResponse.ToHttpResponse(Response);
    }
}


    • using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using RestAPIWrapper;

public partial class SendFaxComplete : 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;
        SendFaxResult result = (SendFaxResult)ourRequest.InstanceInfo.ActionResult;

        // Add your own code here to use the result information.
        // e.g. update a database, write to a log...
        int pagesSent = result.PagesSent;

        // Respond
        TelephonyResponse ourResponse = new TelephonyResponse(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 SimpleSendFax
    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)
        actions.Add(New SendFax("myFax.tif", New WebPageRequest("SendFaxComplete.aspx"), New WebPageRequest("SendFaxProgress.aspx")))

        ' Respond
        Dim ourResponse As TelephonyResponse = New TelephonyResponse(actions, "my send fax instance id")
        ourResponse.ToHttpResponse(Response)
    End Sub
End Class

    • Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports RestAPIWrapper

Partial Class SendFaxProgress
    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
        Dim progress As RestAPIWrapper.SendFaxProgress = ourRequest.InstanceInfo.ActionProgress

        ' Add your own code here to use the progress information.
        ' e.g. update a database, write to a log...
        Dim pagesSent As Integer = progress.PagesSent

        ' 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 SendFaxComplete
    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
        Dim result As SendFaxResult = ourRequest.InstanceInfo.ActionResult

        ' Add your own code here to use the result information.
        ' e.g. update a database, write to a log...
        Dim pagesSent As Integer = result.PagesSent

        ' 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 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 SimpleSendFax 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;
        }

        // Setup the actions
        List<TelephonyAction> actions = new ArrayList<TelephonyAction>();
        actions.add(new SendFax("myFax.tif", new WebPageRequest("SendFaxComplete"), new WebPageRequest("SendFaxProgress")));

        // Respond
        TelephonyResponse ourResponse = new TelephonyResponse(actions, "my send fax 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 SendFaxProgress 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();
        SendFaxProgress result = (SendFaxProgress)ourRequest.getInstanceInfo().getActionProgress();

        // Add your own code here to use the progress information.
        // e.g. update a database, write to a log...
        int pagesSent = progress.getPagesSent();

        // Respond
        TelephonyResponse ourResponse = new TelephonyResponse(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 SendFaxComplete 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();
        SendFaxResult result = (SendFaxResult)ourRequest.getInstanceInfo().getActionResult();

        // Add your own code here to use the result information.
        // e.g. update a database, write to a log...
        int pagesSent = result.getPagesSent();

        // Respond
        TelephonyResponse ourResponse = new TelephonyResponse(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.

      # This is an outbound application and, as such, needs to be invoked by the web services API.
# It uses a Python wrapper for the web services API to invoke this sample.
# Before running this sample you will need to configure an outbound service that points to it.

import sys, os
from threading import Thread
from getpass import getpass
sys.path.append(os.path.abspath('../..'))

from aculab.telephony_rest_api import *
from aculab.simple_server import *
from aculab.base_application import ApplicationBase
from aculab.web_services import invoke_outbound_service


if sys.version > '3':
    def raw_input(text):
        return input(text)


class MyThread(Thread):
    def __init__(self, function):
        Thread.__init__(self)
        self._function = function
        self.return_code = 0

    def run(self):
        self.return_code = self._function()


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='send fax sample')
        
        # on your outbound service, set the first page entry to point to this page
        # e.g., http://<ip address>:<port>/first_page
        if 'first_page' == page:
            fax_action = SendFax(fax_to_send='myFax.tif',
                                 progress_page=WebPage(url='fax_progress_page', method='POST'),
                                 next_page=WebPage(url='fax_completed_page', method='POST'))
            my_actions.add(fax_action)

        elif 'fax_progress_page' == page:
            negotiated_settings = query_info.Progress['progress'].get('negotiated_settings')
            if negotiated_settings:
                modem = negotiated_settings['modem']
                datarate = negotiated_settings['data_rate']
                print("Modem {0} rate {1}".format(modem, datarate))
            pages = query_info.Progress['progress'].get('pages_sent', '0')
            print("Page count {0}".format(pages))
                
        elif 'fax_completed_page' == page:
            fax_result = query_info.ActionResult['result']['description']
            print("The fax result is {0}".format(fax_result))

        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]


def test_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()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    test_thread = MyThread(test_main)
    test_thread.start()

    service_name        = raw_input('the outbound service to invoke:')
    service_password    = getpass('your outbound service password:')
    call_to             = raw_input('call to:')
    call_from           = raw_input('call from:')
    token               = raw_input('token:')
    outbound_parameters = raw_input('the outbound service parameters:')
    target              = raw_input('the cloud region or Rapide IP address:')
    username            = raw_input('your cloud or Rapide username:')

    outbound_calls = invoke_outbound_service.OutboundCalls(call_to=call_to.strip(),
                                   call_from=call_from.strip(),
                                   token=token.strip(), 
                                   outbound_parameters=outbound_parameters.strip())
    application_instance_ids = invoke_outbound_service.invoke_outbound_service(target=target.strip(), 
                                                       username=username.strip(), 
                                                       service_name=service_name.strip(),
                                                       service_password=service_password.strip(), 
                                                       outbound_calls=outbound_calls)
    test_thread.join()

    • declare(encoding='UTF-8');
spl_autoload_register();
header("Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8");

$fax = new Aculab\TelephonyRestAPI\SendFax();
$fax->setTiffFile('myFax.tif');
$fax->setProgressPage('FaxProgress.php', 'POST');
$fax->setNextPage('SendFaxComplete.php', 'POST');

$response = new Aculab\TelephonyRestAPI\Actions();
$response->setToken('my instance id');
$response->add($fax);

print $response;


    • declare(encoding='UTF-8');
spl_autoload_register();
header("Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8");

$info = Aculab\TelephonyRestAPI\InstanceInfo::getInstanceInfo();
$p = $info->getActionProgress();
$str = 'send progress: ';
$str .= ' pages: ' . $p->getPagesSent();
$str .= ' reconnects: ' . $p->getReconnects();
$ns = $p->getNegotiatedFaxSettings();
$str .= ' modem: ' . $ns->getModem() . ' at: ' . $ns->getDataRate() . ' remote: ' . $ns->getRemoteSubscriberId();
error_log($str);


print '';

    • declare(encoding='UTF-8');
spl_autoload_register();
header("Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8");

$info = Aculab\TelephonyRestAPI\InstanceInfo::getInstanceInfo();
$result = $info->getActionResult();
$str = 'Fax result: ' . $result->getDescription();
$str .= ' pages: ' . $result->getPagesSent();
$str .= ' time: ' . $result->getSecondsDuration();
error_log($str);

print '';


    • 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 '';
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