Introduction
The Asterisk Gateway Interface, commonly referred to as AGI, is a language-independent API for processing calls. It allows programmers to write simple programs to manipulate and route calls on Asterisk servers in a simple, easy manner.
This article provides a technical introduction to the AGI, explaining how it works, how it can be used, where you can find API documentation, and even provides some basic code samples which demonstrate how to use the AGI. The intended audience is programmers, telephony enthusiasts, or IT people who want to learn more about adding functionality to their Asterisk PBX systems. This is not a full programming reference, and will not explain how to write AGI programs, it will merely teach you what the AGI provides and how to use it high-level.
