PUNCHBLOCK

Punchblock is a middleware library for telephony applications. Like Rack is to Rails and Sinatra, Punchblock provides a consistent API on top of several underlying third-party call control protocols.

Design

In the same spirit that inspired Rack, the Punchblock library is envisioned to be the single library for call control wiring. Frameworks and applications may take advantage of Punchblock's single API to write powerful code for managing calls. Punchblock is not and will not be an application framework; rather it only surfaces the various protocols and presents a consistent interface to its consumers.

Supported Protocols

Punchblock is still in very early stages so this list is what we plan to support:

  • Rayo (Tropo, Voxeo Prism)
  • AGI/AMI (Asterisk)
  • EventSocket (FreeSWITCH, maybe)

Installation

gem install punchblock