Options Module


Table of Contents

1. Admin Guide
1.1. Overview
1.2. Dependencies
1.2.1. OpenSIPS Modules
1.2.2. External Libraries or Applications
1.3. Exported Parameters
1.3.1. accept (string)
1.3.2. accept_encoding (string)
1.3.3. accept_language (string)
1.3.4. support (string)
1.4. Exported Functions
1.4.1. options_reply()
2. Contributors
2.1. By Commit Statistics
2.2. By Commit Activity
3. Documentation
3.1. Contributors

List of Tables

2.1. Top contributors by DevScore(1), authored commits(2) and lines added/removed(3)
2.2. Most recently active contributors(1) to this module

List of Examples

1.1. Set accept parameter
1.2. Set accept_encoding parameter
1.3. Set accept_language parameter
1.4. Set support parameter
1.5. options_reply usage

Chapter 1. Admin Guide

1.1. Overview

This module provides a function to answer OPTIONS requests which are directed to the server itself. This means an OPTIONS request which has the address of the server in the request URI, and no username in the URI. The request will be answered with a 200 OK which the capabilities of the server.

To answer OPTIONS request directed to your server is the easiest way for is-alive-tests on the SIP (application) layer from remote (similar to ICMP echo requests, also known as ping, on the network layer).

1.2. Dependencies

1.2.1. OpenSIPS Modules

The following modules must be loaded before this module:

  • sl -- Stateless replies.

  • signaling -- Stateless replies.

1.2.2. External Libraries or Applications

The following libraries or applications must be installed before running OpenSIPS with this module loaded:

  • None.

1.3. Exported Parameters

1.3.1. accept (string)

This parameter is the content of the Accept header field. If , the header is not added in the reply. Note: it is not clearly written in RFC3261 if a proxy should accept any content (the default */*) because it does not care about content. Or if it does not accept any content, which is .

Default value is */*.

Example 1.1. Set accept parameter

...
modparam("options", "accept", "application/*")
...

1.3.2. accept_encoding (string)

This parameter is the content of the Accept-Encoding header field. If , the header is not added in the reply. Please do not change the default value because OpenSIPS does not support any encodings yet.

Default value is .

Example 1.2. Set accept_encoding parameter

...
modparam("options", "accept_encoding", "gzip")
...

1.3.3. accept_language (string)

This parameter is the content of the Accept-Language header field. If , the header is not added in the reply. You can set any language code which you prefer for error descriptions from other devices, but presumably there are not much devices around which support other languages then the default English.

Default value is en.

Example 1.3. Set accept_language parameter

...
modparam("options", "accept_language", "de")
...

1.3.4. support (string)

This parameter is the content of the Support header field. If , the header is not added in the reply. Please do not change the default value, because OpenSIPS currently does not support any of the SIP extensions registered at the IANA.

Default value is .

Example 1.4. Set support parameter

...
modparam("options", "support", "100rel")
...

1.4. Exported Functions

1.4.1.  options_reply()

This function checks if the request method is OPTIONS and if the request URI does not contain an username. If both is true the request will be answered stateless with 200 OK and the capabilities from the modules parameters.

It sends 500 Server Internal Error for some errors and returns false if it is called for a wrong request.

The check for the request method and the missing username is optional because it is also done by the function itself. But you should not call this function outside the myself check because in this case the function could answer OPTIONS requests which are sent to you as outbound proxy but with an other destination then your proxy (this check is currently missing in the function).

This function can be used from REQUEST_ROUTE.

Example 1.5. options_reply usage

...
if (uri==myself) {
	if ((method==OPTIONS) && (! uri=~"sip:.*[@]+.*")) {
		options_reply();
	}
}
...

Chapter 2. Contributors

2.1. By Commit Statistics

Table 2.1. Top contributors by DevScore(1), authored commits(2) and lines added/removed(3)

 NameDevScoreCommitsLines ++Lines --
1. Bogdan-Andrei Iancu (@bogdan-iancu)19175034
2. Daniel-Constantin Mierla (@miconda)14124131
3. Nils Ohlmeier936304
4. Liviu Chircu (@liviuchircu)752034
5. Razvan Crainea (@razvancrainea)528287
6. Elena-Ramona Modroiu4244
7. Ancuta Onofrei311011
8. Jan Janak (@janakj)3177
9. Konstantin Bokarius3125
10. Edson Gellert Schubert310103

(1) DevScore = author_commits + author_lines_added / (project_lines_added / project_commits) + author_lines_deleted / (project_lines_deleted / project_commits)

(2) including any documentation-related commits, excluding merge commits. Regarding imported patches/code, we do our best to count the work on behalf of the proper owner, as per the "fix_authors" and "mod_renames" arrays in opensips/doc/build-contrib.sh. If you identify any patches/commits which do not get properly attributed to you, please submit a pull request which extends "fix_authors" and/or "mod_renames".

(3) ignoring whitespace edits, renamed files and auto-generated files

2.2. By Commit Activity

Table 2.2. Most recently active contributors(1) to this module

 NameCommit Activity
1. Bogdan-Andrei Iancu (@bogdan-iancu)Nov 2003 - Jun 2018
2. Liviu Chircu (@liviuchircu)Jul 2014 - Jun 2018
3. Razvan Crainea (@razvancrainea)Nov 2012 - Aug 2015
4. Daniel-Constantin Mierla (@miconda)Jul 2006 - Mar 2008
5. Konstantin BokariusMar 2008 - Mar 2008
6. Edson Gellert SchubertFeb 2008 - Feb 2008
7. Ancuta OnofreiSep 2007 - Sep 2007
8. Elena-Ramona ModroiuJul 2005 - Oct 2005
9. Jan Janak (@janakj)Aug 2004 - Aug 2004
10. Nils OhlmeierOct 2003 - Oct 2003

(1) including any documentation-related commits, excluding merge commits

Chapter 3. Documentation

3.1. Contributors

Last edited by: Bogdan-Andrei Iancu (@bogdan-iancu), Liviu Chircu (@liviuchircu), Razvan Crainea (@razvancrainea), Daniel-Constantin Mierla (@miconda), Konstantin Bokarius, Edson Gellert Schubert, Elena-Ramona Modroiu, Jan Janak (@janakj), Nils Ohlmeier.

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