args is used to pass parameters in. The documentation on the wiki should be up to date. I use v-params in my setup with no issues.
-dan > On Jul 3, 2017, at 1:42 AM, Alexander Münn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > One of my provision scripts generates some values that need to be exported so > that they become readable from the GUI. First, I thought using > VirtualParameters in this case is straight forward, but ended up with try and > error. Mostly because the documentation at [1] seems to be a bit out-dated? > It states that "Virtual parameter scripts don't have the variable args" and > further "Virtual parameter scripts have the variables timestamps and values.". > In contrast the sandbox doesn't provide either 'timestamps' or 'values' > variable. Instead I see the args array containing always(?) four objects. > After some experimenting my interpretation of each element is: > > args[0] - reference timestamp on read access; empty on set > args[1] - value object for writes; empty on get > args[2] - some timestamps ? > args[3] - last read value from device parameters > > On top of that I'm using following (loopback) VirtualParameter definition: > > const next = args[1]; > const last = args[3]; > > /* default value */ > if (!last.value) { > last.value = ["", "xsd:string"]; > } > > return {writable: true, value: next.value ? next.value : last.value}; > > > I'd like to discuss this "feature". Does anybody already use this or > something similar? Is the calling API to virtual parameter scripts stable in > this way? --Alex > > > [1] https://github.com/zaidka/genieacs/wiki/Virtual-Parameters > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.genieacs.com/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.genieacs.com/mailman/listinfo/users
