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Header
[optional] The name and value of an arbitrary parameter to your event. You may
add as many additional headers (along with their values) to your event.
ActionID
[optional] An identifier which can be used to identify the response to this action.

Privilege
user, all

Example
Action: UserEvent
Blah: one
SomethingElse: two
ActionID: 63346

Event: UserEvent
Privilege: user,all
UserEvent:
Action: UserEvent
Blah: one
SomethingElse: two
ActionID: 63346

WaitEvent Waits for an event to occur

After calling this action, Asterisk will send you a Success response as soon as another
event is queued by the Asterisk Manager Interface. Once WaitEvent has been called on
an HTTP manager session, events will be generated and queued.

Parameters
Timeout
[optional] Maximum time to wait for events.
ActionID
[optional] An identifier that can be used to identify the response to this action.

Privilege
none
Example
Action: WaitEvent
Timeout: 30
Action: Ping

Response: Success
Message: Waiting for Event...

546 | Appendix F: Asterisk Manager Interface Actions