Call IVR
Synopsis - CallIvr
String CallIvr(ByVal phoneno As String, ByVal appname As String, ByVal selfdelete As Boolean, ByVal callerid As String, ByVal detection As String)
Description - CallIvr
Objective
Make a phone call to the specified number and use the IVR application to interact and control the phone call.
Parameters
| phoneno |
The phone number to call. |
| appname |
The name of the deployed IVR application. |
| selfdelete |
Ask the gateway to automatically delete the call request after the call is made if it is set to '1'; |
| callerid |
The 11 digit caller ID number. |
| detection |
The amount of detection for our system to recognize human answer. 0= balanced, 1= more aggressive, 2= most aggressive, 3= detection off. |
Returns
| reqId |
The return value is the call request ID. |
Example - CallIvr
Dim reqId As string = CallIvr("123-4567", "reminderApp", 1, "12345678911", 1);
Call Status
Synopsis - CallStatus
String CallStatus(ByVal reqId As String, ByRef responses As)
Description - CallStatus
Objective
Check the call status of the call with . If the call is made, the return value is 'Call Made', or if the call is failed, the return value is 'Call Failed', or if the call will retry, the return value is "Call will Retry", and for any other status, the return value is " " (empty string). Please note that you can have multiple IVR elements that collect responses.
Parameters
| <reqId> |
The reqId. |
| <responses> |
Reference to an array and is used to collect responses. |
Example - CallStatus
Dim status As String = CallStatus("11234035434", responses)
Source Code
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File Voicent.vb:
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Imports System
Imports System.Net
Imports System.IO
Public Class Voicent
...
Public Function CallIvr(ByVal phoneno As String, ByVal appname As String, ByVal selfdelete As Boolean)
Dim urlstr As String = "/ocall/callreqHandler.jsp"
' setting the http post string
Dim poststr As String = "info=Simple Text Call " + phoneno
poststr += "&phoneno=" + phoneno
poststr += "&firstocc=10"
poststr += "&selfdelete="
If (selfdelete) Then
poststr += "1"
Else
poststr += "0"
End If
poststr += "&startapp=" + appname
' Send Call Request
Dim rcstr As String = PostToGateway(urlstr, poststr)
Return GetRequestID(rcstr)
End Function
Public Function CallStatus(ByVal reqID, ByRef responses)
' call status url
Dim urlstr As String = "/ocall/callstatusHandler.jsp"
Dim poststr As String
poststr = "reqid=" + reqID
' Send Call Request
Dim rcstr As String = PostToGateway(urlstr, poststr)
' the responses is the 9th field
' the call status is the 3rd field
...
End Function
...
End Class