What is the correct way to specify caller ID on an originated channel in ARI?

[cbardon]

I’ve noticed that there are a few ways to set callerID on originated channels from ARI (both the name and the number). I’ve tried something like this:

http://asterisk:8088/ari/channels?endpoint=PJSIP/1000&app=asteriskTester&callerID=19055551243)

However that won’t show up in either a microsip extension or on the SBC. I also tried setting variables in the body. The docs imply that you can set CALLERID(name), so I tried this in the body:

    "variables":{
        "CALLERID(num)":"+19055551111",
        "CALLERID(name)":"Alice_callerid"
    }

Which also didn’t work, but this did:

    "variables":{
        "CONNECTEDLINE(num)":"+19055551212",        
        "CONNECTEDLINE(name)": "Alice_connectedline"
    }

Giving me “From: “Alice_connectedline” sip:+19055551212@10.0.150.195;tag=6913fb03-edca-48db-b0fd-624ab62e9a03” on the SBC INVITE (although I didn’t see a p-asserted-identity header-not sure if this is ever required).

Is this expected behaviour? It appears to do what I want for my scenario, so I’m inclined to just run with it, but I’m wondering why those other callerID parameters didn’t do what I expected.

[david551]

I’m not familiar with the fine details of ARI, but if setting CONNECTEDLINE has the right effect you were setting CALLERID on the channel on the wrong side of the bridge.

[cbardon]

Thanks David-based on the docs for CONNECTEDLINE that makes sense, but I’m not sure how/why this could be on the wrong side of the bridge. I’m originating a channel through ARI, which is dialing outbound, but the caller ID seems like it’s reversed? I’m new to Asterisk, but very familiar with other SIP/CPaaS platforms, so part of this is trying to wrap my head around the different semantics.