Google Hangouts has a new Telephone API for 3rd Party support:
Kage:
Quote from: tm1000 on May 20, 2014, 08:00:20 am
I have reviewed this with Asterisk developers and the input is as follows:
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This is for writing apps which run in the hangouts environment. The API here is for writing applications which are invoked inside of an active hangout session. You have to add the app to the google hangout platform, then you create a hangout which invokes the app and the app does "stuff". They are not for external manipulation for the purposes of setting up/tearing down hangouts
Quote from: giqcass on May 18, 2014, 03:26:10 am
I expect this to be added to Asterisk soon.
First I'm not at all familiar with Asterisk but even with this supposed limitation don't they still have the ability to initiate the hangout session to make their application do stuff inside of it? If that's the case then any third party application could do the same, what's the difference as long as the user isn't forced to go to the Google site first and login that way?
tm1000:
As I tried to explain previously. The "application" sits inside of Hangouts. It can not be accessed externally. The API is for making hangout applications, not for making external applications.
Simply put you can only create the application to sit inside of hangouts. You must also sign up and agree to Google's TOS to create an Application and then be approved to be part of the App store.
"as the user isn't forced to go to the Google site first and login that way" <-- you have to go to hangouts and login to hangouts to use a hangout app.
Quote from: Kage on May 20, 2014, 09:04:10 am
Quote from: tm1000 on May 20, 2014, 08:00:20 am
I have reviewed this with Asterisk developers and the input is as follows:
Quote
This is for writing apps which run in the hangouts environment. The API here is for writing applications which are invoked inside of an active hangout session. You have to add the app to the google hangout platform, then you create a hangout which invokes the app and the app does "stuff". They are not for external manipulation for the purposes of setting up/tearing down hangouts
Quote from: giqcass on May 18, 2014, 03:26:10 am
I expect this to be added to Asterisk soon.
First I'm not at all familiar with Asterisk but even with this supposed limitation don't they still have the ability to initiate the hangout session to make their application do stuff inside of it? If that's the case then any third party application could do the same, what's the difference as long as the user isn't forced to go to the Google site first and login that way?
Kage:
Ok fine, wasn't sure exactly how that would work and whether Asterisk would have the ability to log into a Hangouts session for you independently without having to go to the Google site.
From my perspective at least then it seems kind of pointless and silly to have an app inside of Goggle Hangouts just to make a phone call. That would be like having an application inside the Skype client but I suppose some will find use for it.
Crow550:
Update to the Hangouts Telephone API: https://developers.google.com/+/hangouts/api/gapi.hangout.telephone
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