[sr-dev] [dialog] Adding more info (variables) to a dialog

[Timo Reimann]

Hey Iñaki,


Iñaki Baz Castillo wrote:
> Hi, it would be very useful if custom variables could be attached to a
> dialog, and also the possibility of retreving, via MI, the list of
> dialogs with a specific variable value and also terminating it.
> 
> In my case when my kamailio handles a call it sets it a "client_name"
> profile which is enough to list/terminate all the calls belonging to
> such client.
> But sometimes I need to terminate those calls with a specific CLI, and
> the CLI is not the From username but a custon PAI inserted by
> Kamailio. This info is not stored with the dialog.
> 
> A workaround could be settting the dialog in two profiles: client_name
> and PAI, but I think it's not very elegant.
> Also I think that storing custom variables within each dialog could be
> very useful for other subjects.
> 
> Opinions? Thanks.

Have you considered using profiles that are associated to specific
values? I haven't tried them myself but it looks pretty much like what
you seek. Consider exported functions *profile(profile, value), and the
MI function "profile_list_dlgs":

http://www.kamailio.org/docs/modules/1.5.x/dialog.html#id2532160

Let me know what you think of this.


Cheers,

--Timo