[cisco-voip] sending random number via services URL

[Ryan Ratliff]

That intelligence is built into the phone.  I've seen phones do it for a directory URL without even being asked to.

I'm not aware of any other variables like this, but it may be documented in the ip phone services sdk.

-Ryan

On May 7, 2010, at 3:19 PM, Lelio Fulgenzi wrote:

> I know that I can send a #DEVICENAME# (or something like that) to a services URL to tell the service my MAC address.
> 
> Two questions:
> is it the phone that intercepts that #DEVICENAME# and knows to send the MAC address as part of the service URL or is it the service itself which says "oh, i should look up the mac address"
> are there any other variables I can use? I'm looking for a random string of sorts that will change with each request.
> The reason I need this is that if I use a static value, chances are things can break. Or at least not work well.
> 
> 
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