UCCX Reverse ANI Lookup via WhitePages API, Anyone?

[Brian Carscadden]

Anyone have success creating a UCCX app for returning an address via Whitepages.com's reverse lookup API?

http://pro.whitepages.com/developer

[Gergely Szabo]

Hi,

I read the docs and it looks interesting. The service is basically a HTTP webserver: you send a HTTP GET request and expect a result. Now what might be a bit challenging is the format of the result: it's JSON and it's kind of not really the choice of UCCX (XML would be a lot easier).

What you might be able to do is to inject a Javascript Enginge Instance (supported with at least UCCX 7) and use it (might require some RAM). Or create a proxy service, transforming JSON to XML.

I can help you with that, let me know.

G.

[Brian Carscadden]

Actually it is xml by default. Here's a snippet from the docs:

"

Optional JSON Output

The default output format is XML. You can optionally receive data in JSON by including the parameter outputtype=JSON in the request. For example:"

And the full link:

https://github.com/whitepages/WhitePages-PRO-Documentation/blob/master/WhitePages%20PRO%20API%201.1.md

[Gergely Szabo]

Hi, actually, this is what is says here:

The WhitePages PRO API 2.0 supports only JSON encoding of responses.

G.

[Brian Carscadden]

Noted. I'm checking with them to see if 1.1 support will be retained. If so, XML it is.

[Gergely Szabo]

Either way, it looks like a nice little project. I can help you with that, let me know.

G.