NAME
Polycom::App::Push - Module for sending push requests to Polycom's SoundPoint IP and VVX series VoIP phones
SYNOPSIS
use Polycom::App::Push;
my $phone = Polycom::App::Push->new(address => "172.23.8.100", username => "Bob", password => "1234");
# Send a simple HTML message to a Polycom phone that will pop-up on the screen
$phone->push_message({priority => 'normal', data => '<html><h1>Fire drill at 2:00pm!</h1></html>'});
# Send a message to a Polycom phone, requesting it to show the specified web page
$phone->push_message({priority => "critical", url => "http://www.google.com"});
DESCRIPTION
The Polycom::App::Push
class is for writing web applications for Polycom's SoundPoint IP and VVX series VoIP phones. It provides a mechanism to push messages to a phone for display to the user.
Note that to use the push_message
method, the phone must be configured with the following parameters, where the values of each parameters should be customized based on your requirements:
<apps
apps.push.messageType="2"
apps.push.serverRootURL="/sampleapps"
apps.push.username="Bob"
apps.push.password="1234" />
CONSTRUCTOR
new ( %fields )
use Polycom::App::Push;
my $phone = Polycom::App::Push->new(address => "172.23.8.100", username => "Polycom", password => "456");
Returns a newly created Polycom::App
object. The following parameters are required:
address - the IP address of the phone.
username - the user name configured on the phone with the "apps.push.username" parameter.
password - the password configured on the phone with the "apps.push.password" parameter.
ACCESSORS
address
my $ip_address = $phone->address
$phone->address('172.23.8.100'); # Set the address to "172.23.8.100"
username
my $username = $phone->username;
$phone->username('Bob'); # Set the username to 'Bob'
password
my $password = $phone->password;
$phone->password('1234'); # Set the password to '1234'
METHODS
push_message
if (!$phone->push_message({priority => "critical", url => "http://www.google.com"});)
{
print "Failed to send push message\n";
}
This method can be used to send a push request to a Polycom IP phone that will trigger it to display the supplied message or URL in its web browser. The following parameters are supported:
priority - the priority of the message (either "critical" or "normal"). If not specified, "normal" is assumed.
url - the URL to display on the phone, relative to the "apps.push.serverRootURL" configuration parameter.
data - a URI-escaped HTML document to display on the phone.
Note that either url
or data
must be specified, but not both. Returns 1
if the message was sent successfully, or 0
otherwise.
SEE ALSO
Developer's Guide SoundPoint IP / SoundStation IP - http://support.polycom.com/global/documents/support/setup_maintenance/products/voice/Web_Application_Developers_Guide_SIP_3_1.pdf
Polycom::App::URI
- A module that can be used to generate XHTML documents for displaying custom softkeys and hyperlinks using internal URIs for Polycom phones.
AUTHOR
Zachary Blair, <zblair@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2012 by Zachary Blair
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.