Curl( )

Curl( )

Loads an external URL and assigns the result to a variable

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 Curl(   URL   [,   postdata   ]) 

Downloads the given URL and assigns it to the channel variable named CURL . If specified, the postdata argument is passed to the URL as an HTTP POST. Curl( ) is often used to signal external applications of dialplan events.

Returns , or -1 on fatal errors.

 ; post the Caller ID number and unique call ID to a URL  exten => 123,1,Curl(http://localhost/test.     php,CallerID=${CALLERID}&UniqueCallID={$UNIQUEID})  ; now use the NoOp(  ) application to print the result to      the Asterisk console     exten => 123,2,NoOp(${CURL})