FreePBX FAX Statistics module: an idea

I’m interested in understanding/learning how to write (rules/requirements) a basic FreePBX Module that (-A-) will show (system) global FAX Statistics (initially in a static fashion, more or less, as happens when from Asterisk CLI we run a “fax show stats”).

The idea is to have a place in the FreePBX’s GUI that let system’s global FAX statistics to appear.

A more complex challenge (I’m not a developer…sigh!) will be (-B-) to implement a FrePBX Module which show (Database collected) FreePBX system global FAX statistics to avoid them get lost on every Asterisk restart (which could happens quite often) as happens now.

Where should I start if I care about (-A-)?
Is there a (Free) Module I could examine to understand/learn how to manage challenge (-A-)?

Someone will for sure tell me that global FAX statistics are just a part of a big more complex picture: users FAX statistics should also be considered.

I know…I’m a newbie here, I’m just trying to understand if such type of request could be managed by myself or if it’s so complex that only a Feature Request could be filed to FreePBX Developers.

Kind regards, Davide.

Aspiring FreePBX devs are welcome at http://www.pbxossa.org where you will find a number of 3rd party modules and a few people willing to give you a bit of help as needed. You just need github credentials and a bit of familiarity with git.

At the link above you will find the basic “Hello World” module which which will show you the basic framework for a module. Also there is the Call Statistics module which queries the CDR and displays statistics based on user input, it may guide you a bit.

Thanks you very much! The very first step to me is to figure out the basic…exactly an “Hello World” example would teach.

Would be interesting to have a high level point of view about ways a Module can interact with the (FreePBX/Asterisk) system…but I think some matters become clear and clear just by doing.

At least the idea of a FAX Global Statistics Report Module for FreePBX didn’t result a silly idea to others.

Thanks again.

Please see this link for information:http://wiki.freepbx.org/display/DC/Developer+Corner+Home

Also note that we will soon be on git instead of svn.

Thanks tm1000. For sure, it will not an easy task for an absolute beginner like me.

To me, a very inspiring Blog post was <a href=http://cuddletech.com/blog/?p=817>this one.