SwitchvoxAPI

SwitchvoxAPI is a C# library that abstracts away the complexity of interfacing with the Digium Switchvox XML API.

Installation

NuGet

Install-Package SwitchvoxAPI

Manual

1. Download the latest build
2. Right click SwitchvoxAPI.zip -> Properties
3. On the General tab, under Security select Unblock
4. Unzip the file
5. Add a reference to SwitchvoxAPI.dll to your project, or import the SwitchvoxAPI module into PowerShell. Alternatively, you can run the included SwitchvoxAPI.cmd file to open a prompt and import the SwitchvoxAPI module for you.

Usage

var client = new SwitchvoxClient("https://phones.mycoolsite.com", "username", "password");
var extensions = client.Extensions.GetInfo();

If you are incorporating SwitchvoxAPI into a website, you can store your connection details in your web.config file's AppSettings tag.

<configuration>
    <appSettings>
	    <add key="ServerUrl" value="https://phones.mycoolsite.com"/>
	    <add key="UserName" value="username"/>
	    <add key="Password" value="password"/>
    </appSettings>
</configuration>

var client = new SwitchvoxClient(); //Automatically retrieves your settings from your web.config file

All methods implemented by SwitchvoxAPI deserialize the XML returned by Switchvox, allowing you to interface with the phone system in pure .NET.

var names = client.Extensions.GetInfo().Select(e => e.DisplayName);

All Methods supported by Switchvox are represented as methods in an object hierarchy similar to the method name, with SwitchvoxClient as the root level node. e.g. client.Extensions.GetInfo() for switchvox.extensions.getInfo, client.Call() for switchvox.call, etc. This makes it easy to cross reference between existing documentation and SwitchvoxAPI.

If you wish to access the User API, you will need to pass a user's extension details to SwitchvoxClient. Otherwise, enter a set of admin credentials (with API Access Permissions).

Methods that contain a number of optional parameters (such as switchvox.call) can also be invoked with as many or few arguments as you like:

client.Call("12345678", "100", "1000");

client.Call("12345678", "100", "1000", timeout: 100, callerIdName: "Mom");

Due to the sheer scale of Digium's Switchvox API, only the most commonly used API Methods have been implemented (read: methods I have had to use). Methods that are not yet implemented are defined with the default accessibility (internal) and so will not mess up IntelliSense when including SwitchvoxAPI in projects.

If you wish to implement an undefined Method, three things have to be done:

1. Create an object hierarchy under SwitchvoxClient for the method you wish to implement
2. Implement a method that constructs the XML required for the method request
3. Define one or more objects to deserialize the response against

Existing Methods such as SwitchvoxAPI.Extensions.GetInfo or SwitchvoxAPI.CurrentCalls.GetList can also be referred to to see how Methods are defined. If you do implement a Method that is not yet defined, feel free to request merging your additions with SwitchvoxAPI to bring it a little bit closer to completion!

Supported Methods

• Switchvox
  • Call
  • CallLogs
    • Search
  • CallQueueLogs
    • Search
  • CallQueues
    • GetCurrentStatus
  • CurrentCalls
    • GetList
    • HangUp
  • ExtensionGroups
    • GetInfo
    • GetList
  • Extensions
    • GetInfo
    • Search
  • IVR
    • GlobalVariables
      • Add
      • GetList
      • Remove
      • Update
  • Users
    • CallQueues
      • GetTodaysStatus

Examples

Retrieve A Queue's Call Logs

//Get Today's Queue Status
var queueStatus = userClient.Users.CallQueues.GetTodaysStatus("1234", "5678");

//Get the account IDs of the queue
var queueAccountIds = queueStatus.Members.Select(m => m.AccountId).ToArray()

//Retrieve today's call logs
var callLogData = client.CallLogs.Search(DateTime.Today, DateTime.Today.AddDays(1), CallLogSearchCriteria.AccountId, accountIds, itemsPerPage: 10000);

Note: due to what appears to be a bug in the Switchvox system, filtering by caller ID name may not return all results. If you observe executing a search with no filter returns more results that match a specified name, you may want to use LINQ to filter the results instead of filtering the request server side

PowerShell

For entertainment purposes only

All cmdlets can be invoked with either a Svx or Svox noun prefix.

If you are attempting to use these seriously, please open an issue for any troubles you may have.

The following cmdlets are currently supported. A basic usage example is included for each cmdlet. To view additional details about supported parameters, run Get-Help <cmdlet>

Session

Cmdlet	Method	Example
Connect-SvxServer	N/A	Connect-SvxServer phones.mycoolsite.com
Disconnect-SvxServer	N/A	Disconnect-SvxServer
Get-SvxClient	N/A	Get-SvxClient

Actions

Cmdlet	Method	Example
Add-SvxIVRVariable	ivr.globalVariables.add	Add-SvxIVRVariable newVariable 10
Disconnect-SvxCall	currentCalls.hangUp	Get-SvxCall | Disconnect-SvxCall # XD
Invoke-SvxCall	call	Get-SvxExtension 1000 | Invoke-SvxCall 1234
Remove-SvxIVRVariable	ivr.globalVariables.getList	Get-SvxIVRVariable blah | Remove-SvxIVRVariable
Set-SvxIVRVariable	ivr.globalVariables.update	Get-SvxIVRVariable blah | Set-SvxIVRVariable 3

Data

Cmdlet	Method	Example
Get-SvxCall	currentCalls.getList	Get-SvxCall Get-SvxCall bob Get-SvxCall 1234
Get-SvxCallLog	callLogs.search	Get-SvxCallLog Get-SvxCallLog bob
Get-SvxCallQueueLog	callQueueLogs.search	Get-SvxCallQueueLog -QueueAccountID 1234 Get-SvxExtension -Type CallQueue | Get-SvxCallQueueLog
Get-SvxCallQueueStatus	callQueues.getCurrentStatus	Get-SvxCallQueueStatus -QueueAccountID 1234 Get-SvxExtension -Type CallQueue | Get-SvxCallQueueStatus
Get-SvxUserCallQueueStatus	users.callQueues.getTodaysStatus	Get-SvxUserCallQueueStatus -QueueAccountId 1234 -UserAccountId 5678 Get-SvxExtension -Type CallQueue | Get-SvxUserCallQueueStatus -UserAccountId 5678
Get-SvxExtension	extensions.search	Get-SvxExtension bob Get-SvxExtension 1000
Get-SvxExtensionGroup	extensionGroups.getInfo	Get-SvxExtensionGroup blah
Get-SvxExtensionSettings	extensions.settings.getInfo	Get-SvxExtensionSettings
Get-SvxIVRVariable	ivr.globalVariables.getList	Get-SvxIVRVariable blah

SwitchvoxAPI also supports GoSvox, a method of storing encrypted credentials in your PowerShell session for seamless switching between one or more severs. For more information on GoSvox, see the equivalent documentation under PrtgAPI