How do third party module developersexposetheir resources via asterisk ARI?

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On Oct 17, 2013, at 1:23 PM, Paul Albrecht <palbrecht at glccom.com> wrote:

>> Sort of. It's designed to be modular and allow for extension, but it's not great for external module developers yet.
>> 
>> The current process is:
>> 
>> 1. Write a new API declaration (rest-api/api-docs/fizzbin.json)
>> 2. Add your declaration to the master list (rest-api/resources.json)
>> 3. Run 'make ari-stubs'
>> 
>> This will generate several files.
>> * res/res_ari_fizzbin.c - Boiler plate code for parsing HTTP request, validating responses, etc.
>> * res/ari/resource_fizzbin.h - Boiler plate header file
>> * res/ari/resource_fizzbin.c - Implementation stubs
>> 
>> It will also update res/ari/ari_model_validators.h and res/ari/ari_model_validators.c with validators for your data models.
>> 
>> The res/ari/resource_fizzbin.c is the only one you modify. This is where you would implement your RESTful API.
>> 
>> I have a short list (in my head) of the changes that would be necessary to enable external ARI modules.
>> 
>> * Allow make_ari_stubs.py to be run against a single API declaration
>>  * In this case, model generators should be embedded in the module, instead of being put in res_ari_model.c
>> * Embed the API declaration in the generated res/res_ari_fizzbin.c
>> * Serve /ari/api-docs out of the modules instead of from the filesystem
>> * Build /ari/api-docs/resource.json dynamically from what's loaded instead of from the filesystem
>> 
> 
> Thanks for the info. Maybe it should be in the wiki.

I've also create a "How to build an ARI resource" page - https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/x/ngeUAQ

Feedback welcome.

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David M. Lee
Digium, Inc. | Software Developer
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