NAME
Magrathea::API - Easier access to the Magrathea NTS API
VERSION
Version 1.6.0
SYNOPSIS
use Magrathea::API;
my $mt = new Magrathea::API;
my $number = $mt->allocate('01792');
$mt->deactivate($number);
my @list = $mt->list('01792');
my @numbers = $mt->block_allocate('01792', 10);
$mt->fax2email($numbers[2], 'user@host.com');
$mt->divert($number[3], '+5716027171');
$emerg = $mt->emergency_info;DESCRIPTION
This module implements most of the Magrathea NTS API in a simple format.
EXPORT
Nothing Exported.
MAIN API METHODS
Constructor
new
This will create a new Magrathea object and open at telnet session to the server. If authorisation fails, it will croak.
my $mt = new Magrathea::API(
username => 'myuser',
password => 'mypass',
);Parameters:
- username
- password
-
The username and password allocated by Magrathea.
- host
-
Defaults to api.magrathea-telecom.co.uk but could be overridden.
- port
-
Defaults to 777.
- timeout
-
In seconds. Defaults to 10.
- debug
-
If set to a true value, this will output the conversation between the API and Magrathea's server. Be careful as this will also echo the username and password.
Allocation Methods
In all cases where $number is passed, this may be a string containing a number in National format (020 1234 5678) or in International format (+44 20 1234 5678). Spaces are ignored. Also, Phone::Number objects may be passed.
When a number is returned, it will always be in the for of a Phone::Number object.
allocate
Passed a prefix, this will allocate and activate a number. You do not need to add the _ characters. If a number can be found, this routine will return a Phone::Number object. If no match is found, this routine will return undef. It will croak on any other error from Magrathea.
activate
Passed a number as a string or a Phone::Number, this will activate that number.
deactivate
Passed a number as a string or a Phone::Number, this deactivates the number.
reactivate
Reactivates a number that has previously been deactivated.
list
This should be passed a prefix and possibly a quantity (defaulting to 10. It will return a sorted random list of available numbers matching the prefix. These are returned as an array (or an arrayref) of Phone::Number. None of the numbers is allocated by this method.
If none are available, the method will return an empty array.
Block Methods
block_allocate
This should be passed a prefix (without any _ characters) and an optional block size (defaulting to 10). It will attempt to allocate and activate a block of numbers.
If a block can be found, this routine should return an array or arrayref of Phone::Number objects. Under odd circumstances, it is possible that fewer than the requested quantity of numbers will be returned;
If no range is found is found, this routine will return undef in scalar context or an empty array in list context. It will croak on any other error from Magrathea.
block_info
This should be passed a number (string or Phone::Number) to check whether that number is part of a block.
If it is, the size of the block will be returned in scalar context; In list context, the response will be an array of all the numbers in that block.
If it is not a block, this will return undef or an empty array.
block_deactivate
This should be passed the first number in a block. It will deactivate and return the block of numbers.
block_reactivate
This should be passed the first number in a block. It will reactivate the block and return the size of the block in scalar context or an array of the numbers in list context.
If the block is not available, this method will croak.
In testing, this method has never worked correctly.
Service Methods
fax2email
Sets a number as a fax to email.
$mt->fax2email($number, $email_address);voice2email
Sets a number as a voice to email.
$mt->voice2email($number, $email_address);sip
$mt->sip($number, $host, [$username, [$inband]]);Passed a number and a host, will set an inbound sip link to the international number (minus leading +) @ the host. If username is defined, it will be used instead of the number. If inband is true, it will force inband DTMF. The default is RFC2833 DTMF.
divert
$mt->divert($number, $to_number);status
Returns the status for a given number.
my $status = $mt->status($number);
my @status = $mt->status($number);In scalar context, returns the first (and usually only) status as a Magrathea::API::Status object. In list context, returns up to three statuses representing the three possible setups created with ORDE.
If the number is not allocated to us and activated, this routine returns undef in scalar context and an empty list in list context.
The Magrathea::API::Status object has the following calls:
$status->number-
A Phone::Number object representing the number to which this status refers.
$status->active-
Boolean.
$status->expiry-
The date this number expires in the form
YYYY-MM-DD. $status->type-
One of sip, fax2email, voice2email, divert or unallocated.
$status->target-
The target email or phone number for this number;
$status->entry-
The entry number (1, 2 or 3) for this status;
In addition, it overloads '""' to provide as tring comprising the type and the target, separated by a space.
Emergency Methods
emergency_info
Passed a phone number, this method returns a Magrathea::API::Emergency object with the current 999 information.
Optionally it can be passed a second parameter which, if it is a truthy value, will set the ported flag.
Low Level Methods
All the Magrathea low level calls are available. These are simply passed an array of strings which are joined to create the command string. They return the raw response on success (minus the leading 0) and die on failure. $@ will contain the error.
See the Magrathea documentation.
The functions are:
- auth
-
This is called by "new" and should not be called directly.
$mt->auth('username', 'password'); - quit
-
This is called automatically upon the Magrathea::API object going out of scope and should not be called directly.
- allo
-
$mt->allo('0201235___'); - acti
-
$mt->acti('02012345678'); - deac
-
$mt->deac('02012345678'); - reac
-
$mt->reac('02012345678'); - stat
-
$mt->stat('02012345678'); - set
-
$mt->set('02012345678 1 441189999999'); $mt->set('02012345678 1 F:fax@mydomain.com'); $mt->set('02012345678 1 V:voicemail@mydomain.com'); $mt->set('02012345678 1 S:username@sip.com'); $mt->set('02012345678 1 I:username:password@iaxhost.com'); - spin
-
$mt->set('02012345678 [pin]'); - feat
-
$mt->feat('02012345678 D'); $mt->feat('02012345678 J'); - orde
-
$mt->orde('02012345678 1 0000'); - info
-
$mt->info('02012345678 GEN Magrathea, 14 Shute End, RG40 1BJ');
It will not usually be necessary to call these functions directly.
AUTHOR
Cliff Stanford, <cliff@may.be>
ISSUES
Please open any issues with this code on the Github Issues Page.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
Copyright (C) 2012 - 2018 by Cliff Stanford
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.10.1 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.