[Pyst-users] Automatic calls

[DomDom <Bes...@ne...>]

Hello,

I am new to Asterisk and relatively new to Python (I write some small =
programs).
I am sorry that my questions may seem stupid to some but answers will =
help me a lot.
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I would like to generate automatic calls from a python program (let's =
call it myprog.py), play a sound file and retrieve the digit pressed by =
the callee into the initial program (myprog.py).
I used the pyst package (through a small python programm that we can =
call automatic.py)  to test generation of calls with Originate and read =
the sound file. It works well !!
Thanks to Michael Fletcher for his work.

1) Could somebody explain me what python function I can use to run the =
automatic.py program from myprog.py ?
It seems that the os.exec function is not the good one. Right ?
I suppose that I will have to use sys.arg to pass the tel number from =
myprog.py to automatic.py.

2) How can I retrieve the digit pressed by the callee into myprog.py ?
Should I use the Read Asterisk function and how ?
I wonder if I have to run automatic.py in a thread from myprog.py.

3) Just for info, I would like to understand the line ' variables =3D =
{'WaitTime':'45'}, ' in the example provided by Michael in his site =
http://blog.vrplumber.com/1274.

I would appreciate answers since I can't go forward.
I will post a small tutorial once I manage to do what I want, to help =
others like me.

Thank you in advance
Dominique