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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""ARI resources may be closed, if an application only needs them temporarily.
+"""
+
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2013, Digium, Inc.
+#
+
+import ari
+import logging
+import sys
+import thread
+
+logging.basicConfig()
+
+client = ari.connect('http://localhost:8088/', 'hey', 'peekaboo')
+
+
+# noinspection PyUnusedLocal
+def on_start(channel, event):
+    """Callback for StasisStart events.
+
+    On new channels, register the on_dtmf callback, answer the channel and
+    play "Hello, world"
+
+    :param channel: Channel DTMF was received from.
+    :param event: Event.
+    """
+    on_dtmf_handle = None
+
+    def on_dtmf(channel, event):
+        """Callback for DTMF events.
+
+        When DTMF is received, play the digit back to the channel. # hangs up,
+        * plays a special message.
+
+        :param channel: Channel DTMF was received from.
+        :param event: Event.
+        """
+        digit = event['digit']
+        if digit == '#':
+            channel.play(media='sound:goodbye')
+            channel.continueInDialplan()
+            on_dtmf_handle.close()
+        elif digit == '*':
+            channel.play(media='sound:asterisk-friend')
+        else:
+            channel.play(media='sound:digits/%s' % digit)
+
+    on_dtmf_handle = channel.on_event('ChannelDtmfReceived', on_dtmf)
+    channel.answer()
+    channel.play(media='sound:hello-world')
+
+
+client.on_channel_event('StasisStart', on_start)
+
+# Run the WebSocket
+sync = thread.allocate_lock()
+
+
+def run():
+    """Thread for running the Websocket.
+    """
+    sync.acquire()
+    client.run(apps="hello")
+    sync.release()
+
+
+thr = thread.start_new_thread(run, ())
+print "Press enter to exit"
+sys.stdin.readline()
+client.close()
+sync.acquire()
+print "Application finished"