# Asterisk support for SUBSCRIBE & PUBLISH methods

**URL:** <https://community.asterisk.org/t/asterisk-support-for-subscribe-publish-methods/24631>\
**Category:** Asterisk Support\
**Created:** [December 17, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/asterisk-support-for-subscribe-publish-methods/24631 "2008-12-17T05:27:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ragu\_nm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba8739/32.png) [@ragu\_nm](https://community.asterisk.org/u/ragu_nm)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/asterisk-support-for-subscribe-publish-methods/24631/1 "2008-12-17T05:27:59Z")

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Does Asterisk supports SUBSCRIBE and PUBLISH methods?

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**Author:** ![david55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@david55](https://community.asterisk.org/u/david55)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/asterisk-support-for-subscribe-publish-methods/24631/2 "2008-12-18T13:07:57Z")

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Asterisk supports inbound SUBSCRIBE and generates outbound PUBLISHes, although it may or may not completely implement them.

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**Author:** ![ragu\_nm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba8739/32.png) [@ragu\_nm](https://community.asterisk.org/u/ragu_nm)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 10:18am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/asterisk-support-for-subscribe-publish-methods/24631/3 "2008-12-19T10:18:26Z")

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> [@david55](#):
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> Asterisk supports inbound SUBSCRIBE and generates outbound PUBLISHes, although it may or may not completely implement them.

Thank u Mr.david.  
Can I use this to find presence of buddies?

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**Author:** ![david55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@david55](https://community.asterisk.org/u/david55)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 12:03pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/asterisk-support-for-subscribe-publish-methods/24631/4 "2008-12-19T12:03:45Z")

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The telephony term is Busy Lamp Field (BLF), but you can use it that way with the limitation that you may not get as many possible states as you do for instant messaging programs.