I am trying to an app in Sinch which would act like an automated voice response menu where people could choose from a set of options and then the application could forward the call accordingly. I know Twillio has this, but I wanted to use Sinch for various reasons.
The documentation is not very complete, but it does give an IVR type example which suggests that it "might" be possible.
{
"Instructions":
[{
"name" : "PlayFiles",
"ids" : [ "welcome" ],
"locale" : "en-US"
}],
"Action":
{
"name" : "ConnectPSTN",
"number" : "+46555000111",
"maxDuration" : 600,
"locale" : "en-US",
"cli" : "+46555000222",
"suppressCallbacks" : true
}
}
but there isn't a verb (like Twillio) which can capture this response.
Has anyone out there been able to create a simple IVR using sinch?
Edit, we do support this now
Please look at https://www.sinch.com/docs/voice/rest/#runmenuaction
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I'm trying to build an architecture of RESTful services, and to build a gateway service for all of those, with Java Spring. In order to make the latter, I need to implement a client for the other services, which me and my colleagues tried to design around the HATEOAS principle, by providing links to related resources through spring-hateoas module.
Let's say I have a service running on localhost, listening on 8080 port, which returns a collection of resources with a GET operation on /resources. For example:
{
"_embedded" : {
"resources" : [ {
"label" : "My first resource!",
"resourceId" : 3,
"_links" : {
"self" : {
"href" : "http://localhost:8080/resources/3"
},
"meals" : {
"href" : "http://localhost:8080/resources",
"templated" : true
}
}
}, {
"label" : "Another resource!",
"resourceId" : 4,
"_links" : {
"self" : {
"href" : "http://localhost:8080/resources/4"
},
"meals" : {
"href" : "http://localhost:8080/resources",
"templated" : true
}
}
} ]
},
"_links" : {
"self" : {
"href" : "http://localhost:8080/resources",
"templated" : true
}
}
}
I'm trying to use a HATEOAS client such as Traverson. How could I follow a resource element simply by following HATEOAS links? My solution so far has been to add a link to item on my collection, such as follow:
"_links" : {
"self" : {
"href" : "http://localhost:8080/resources",
"templated" : true
},
"item" : {
"href" : "http://localhost:8080/resources/{id}",
"templated" : true
}
}
So then I can replace the id directly in the template with Traverson and follow the result. But is it a good practice? Should I proceed another way?
Simply put, Traverson is meant to find a link.
In the simplest cases, each link has a unique name (rel). By simply providing the name of the rel to Traverson's follow(...) function, it will use the proper LinkDiscoverer and navigate to the corresponding URI of that rel.
This is a Hop.
Since the goal is to navigate the API kind of like following links on a webpage, you must define a chain of hops.
In your case, it's a little more complication, since you have an embedded with multiple items. Asking for the self link isn't straightforward, since you can easily see three on the root document.
Hence Traverson's support for JSON-Path. If you check the reference documentation, it's easy to see that a JSON-Path expression can be supplied to help pick which link you want.
As long as the attribute being selected is the URI, then Traverson will "hop" to it.
NOTE: When simply using rels, you can supply multiple rels as strings in follow(...). When using anything else, like a JSON-Path expression or rel(...), then use one follow(...) per hop. Thankfully, this isn't hard to read of you put each hop on a separate line (again, see ref docs for examples).
Hiting the endpoint:
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/findplacefromtext/json?input=Hoboken%20NJ&fields=formatted_address,name&inputtype=textquery&key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Getting the result:
{
"candidates" : [
{
"formatted_address" : "New Jersey, USA",
"name" : "Hoboken"
}
],
"debug_log" : {
"line" : []
},
"status" : "OK"
}
What bugs me is that I can't find a way to separate out the region and country - Yes, I know I can parse the result myself. But is there an option I get shoot out to Google Places API to have the response separate out city/state(or region)/country in the returned JSON?
Something like:
{
"candidates" : [
{
"state" : "New Jersey",
"country" : "USA",
"name" : "Hoboken"
}
],
"debug_log" : {
"line" : []
},
"status" : "OK"
}
As far as I know, it isn't possible, you'll have to parse it. Places API is designed to search businesses and POIs at first place.
Google does have, however a geocoding API which seems to give out Postal Code, Country, State, Address, separetely.
There are also some free alternatives
Is it possible to send the same email multiple times?
I tried via API to add email to queue, but I cannot remove it anyway. And if I don't, I get message "You've already sent this email to the subscriber." There was answer in another question. However, I need to be able to send email many (not constant) times, thus creating N amount of campaigns does not work for me. Therefore, the only option was to remove subscriber from list and add it back again, however, also doing this did not trigger the email to be sent.
Am I out of luck with MailChimp, is there a way or am I doing something wrong?
You are doing rigth, it is one of mailchimp 'smart' restrictions, like 'no more than 255 symbols in merge field'. You can workaround it, just create new campaign with one email.
I post example below, replace placeholders with rigth values. You can find TEMPLATE_ID in browser address bar when you edit template. (templates/design?tid=TEMPLATE_ID)
POST https://usX.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/campaigns
{
"type" : "regular",
"recipients" : {
"list_id" : "${LIST_ID}",
"segment_text" : "${SUBJECT}",
"segment_opts" : {
"match" : "all",
"conditions" : [ {
"condition_type" : "TextMerge",
"op" : "is",
"field" : "EMAIL",
"value" : "${USER_EMAIL}"
} ]
}
},
"settings" : {
"subject_line" : "${SUBJECT}",
"title" : "${SUBJECT}",
"from_name" : "${YOUR_COMPANY}",
"reply_to" : "${YOUR_COMPANY_EMAIL}",
"to_name" : "*|FNAME|* *|LNAME|*",
"template_id" : ${TEMPLATE_ID}
}
}
after creating, check subscriber count ( should be "recipient_count":1), save campaign id and start campaign.
POST https://usX.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/campaigns/${CAMPAIGN_ID}/actions/send
after that, wait some time, no less than 1 min, and delete campaign with
DELETE https://usX.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/campaigns/${CAMPAIGN_ID}
I'm building a basic places search page and I'm using the Google Places Javascript library for it (text search). I do get one "photo" element back, but I noticed that the "photo_reference" field is empty. Here a sample request:
var service = new google.maps.places.PlacesService(this.map);
service.textSearch({query: 'harbour bridge'}, this.callback.bind(this));
Repsonse:
{
"formatted_address":"Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney NSW, Australia",
"geometry":{
"location":{
"lat":-33.8523063,
"lng":151.21078710000006
}
},
"icon":"https://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/generic_business-71.png",
"id":"e22913360d0b946d099c7a32a77a95e49f9ead66",
"name":"Sydney Harbour Bridge",
"photos":[{
"height":4000,
"html_attributions":["Jasper Straver"],
"width":6000
}],
"place_id":"ChIJ49XqJV2uEmsRPsTAF7eOlGg",
"rating":4.7,
"reference":"[...]",
"types":["point_of_interest", "establishment"],
"html_attributions":[]
}
If I do the same request using the web service, I get the photo_reference. Example:
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/textsearch/json?key=[...]&query=harbour%20bridge
Response:
{
"formatted_address" : "Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney NSW, Australia",
"geometry" : {
"location" : {
"lat" : -33.8523063,
"lng" : 151.2107871
}
},
"icon" : "https://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/generic_business-71.png",
"id" : "e22913360d0b946d099c7a32a77a95e49f9ead66",
"name" : "Sydney Harbour Bridge",
"photos" : [
{
"height" : 4000,
"html_attributions" : ["\u003ca href=\"https://maps.google.com/maps/contrib/113178678511744469415/photos\"\u003eJasper Straver\u003c/a\u003e"],
"photo_reference" : "CmRdAAAAY-WUame_CRFnMFmUN4UlvFHI7o3tQOqXJxTkjQINgzMQOOheBzLPIm43dlIAIkhFyugFAw8fnf-ItEiUp1j48B23sCDFRtCWM123euhDif_P1jYkvFAjDrPxq1rCnmi2EhCt6LpVl5W-AKPLRkW_tzs6GhRlG4dx2CVuTNZZMFFo3eYMSFWzGg",
"width" : 6000
}
],
"place_id" : "ChIJ49XqJV2uEmsRPsTAF7eOlGg",
"rating" : 4.7,
"reference" : "[...]",
"types" : [ "point_of_interest", "establishment" ]
}
How come there is a difference between the JS and Web Services API? How can I get the photo_reference from the JS library? (I don't want to make a getDetails(...) request for each search result)
Thanks!
photo_reference is for the Google Places API Web Service. With the Places Javascript library you can just call getUrl on the elements of the photos array, e.g. place.photos[0].getUrl({maxWidth: 1000}).
Like the Web Service, search results won't have more than 1 photo.
I am trying to do application specific places search with google place api. Here is how I am adding a place:
Request:
{
"location": {
"lat": 37.760538,
"lng": -121.900879
},
"accuracy": 50,
"name": "p2p",
"types": ["other"]
}
I get success response as shown below:
Response:
{
"id" : "dfe583b1ac058750cf524f958afc5e82ade455d7",
"place_id" : "qgYvCi0wMDAwMDBhNWE4OWU4NTMzOjgwOGZlZTBhNjI3OjBjNTU1OTU4M2Q2NDI5YmM",
"reference" : "CkQxAAAAsPE72V-jhHUjj6vPy2HdC__2MhAdXanL6mlFBA4bcayRabKyMlfKFiah7U2vkoCj1P_0w9ESFSv5mfDkyufaZhIQTHBHY_jPGRHEE3EmEAGElhoUXTSylMslwHSTK5tYdstW2rOZKbw",
"scope" : "APP",
"status" : "OK"
}
When I search for this place using radar search, I get ZERO_RESULTS.
Request:
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/radarsearch/json?key=key&radius=5000&location=37.761926,-121.891856&keyword=p2p
Response:
{
"html_attributions": [ ],
"results": [ ],
"status": "ZERO_RESULTS"
}
Is there something that I am doing the right way? Please help.
Thanks & Regards,
--Rajani
Your scope is "APP". That means you can access it (via PlaceID) from the application that created the entry only. If the location passes Google's moderation process, then it will gain scope "GOOGLE" and be accessible from the general searches.
scope — Indicates the scope of the place_id. The possible values are:
APP: The place ID is recognised by your application only. This is because your
application added the place, and the place has not yet
passed the moderation process.
GOOGLE: The place ID is available to other applications and on Google Maps.
Note: The scope field is included only in Nearby Search results and
Place Details results. You can only retrieve app-scoped places via the
Nearby Search and the Place Details requests. If the scope field is
not present in a response, it is safe to assume the scope is GOOGLE.
See: https://developers.google.com/places/documentation/search