Re: [SR-Users] PRE-PAY update timer

Well, the generic answer to the question of how to periodically do something in the background is 'rtimer': https://kamailio.org/docs/modules/5.2.x/modules/rtimer.html This can be combined with putting dialogs in an `htable` (perhaps using the dialog module's start/end event_routes) and walking over the entries in a background rtimer route: https://kamailio.org/docs/modules/5.2.x/modules/htable.html#htable.f.sht_it… Alternately, one can use jsonrpc_exec() https://kamailio.org/docs/modules/5.2.x/modules/jsonrpcs.html#jsonrpcs.f.js… to run 'dlg.list': https://kamailio.org/docs/modules/5.2.x/modules/dialog.html#dlg.r.list ... and iterate over the output with the help of the 'jansson' module (JSON parser): https://kamailio.org/docs/modules/5.2.x/modules/jansson.html But honestly, I'd ask yourself whether this extra layer of complexity is truly worth it. For a lot of prepaid setups, live balance decrementing isn't worth the bother. An alternate and simpler approach is to just let the call be initiated if the balance is > 0 at the time the call is made, then deduct from the balance when the call ends. Yeah, it means someone's free to make a 4 hour call without the prepaid credit to support it, and worse yet, possibly a number of 4 hour calls initiated simultaneously. But most calls aren't like that, and from a business perspective, is it really worth the headache of live decrementing and all the moving parts involved? Maybe it is, but I would at least ask the question. -- Alex On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 06:18:19PM +0100, Steve Bucklin wrote: -- Alex Balashov | Principal | Evariste Systems LLC Tel: +1-706-510-6800 / +1-800-250-5920 (toll-free) Web: http://www.evaristesys.com/, http://www.csrpswitch.com/