--set the user_exists to true or false
	if (context ~= "public") then
		--set the default
			record_ext = "wav";

		--get record_ext
			if (session:getVariable("record_ext")) then
				record_ext = session:getVariable("record_ext");
			end

		--set the recording path
			path = recordings_dir
			if (domain_count > 1) then
				path = path.."/"..domain_name;
			end
			path = path.."/archive/"..(os.date("%Y")).."/"..(os.date("%b")).."/"..(os.date("%d"));

		--add functions
			require "resources.functions.mkdir";
			
		--make sure the recordings directory exists
			mkdir(path);

		--check whether to record the to user
			if (user_exists == "true") then
				if (session:ready()) then
					--get user_variable -> record
						cmd = "user_data ".. destination_number .."@"..domain_name.." var user_record";
						user_record = trim(api:executeString(cmd));
						--freeswitch.consoleLog("notice", "[app:dialplan] " .. cmd .. "\n");

					--set the record_session variable
						--uuid_record,<uuid> [start|stop|mask|unmask] <path> [<limit>],Record session audio,mod_commands
						if (user_record == "all") then
							record_session = true;
						end
						if (user_record == "inbound" and call_direction == "inbound") then
							record_session = true;
						end
						if (user_record == "outbound" and call_direction == "outbound") then
							record_session = true;
						end
						if (user_record == "local" and call_direction == "local") then
							record_session = true;
						end
				end
			end

		--check whether to record the from user
			if (not record_session) then
				--get the from user
					sip_from_user = session:getVariable("sip_from_user");
					sip_from_uri = session:getVariable("sip_from_uri");
					sip_from_host = session:getVariable("sip_from_host");

				--get user exists true or false
					cmd = "user_exists id ".. sip_from_user .." "..sip_from_host;
					user_exists = trim(api:executeString(cmd));

				--get user_variable -> record
					cmd = "user_data ".. sip_from_user .."@"..sip_from_host.." var user_record";
					freeswitch.consoleLog("notice", "[app:dialplan] " .. cmd .. "\n");
					user_record = trim(api:executeString(cmd));

				--set the record_session variable
					--uuid_record,<uuid> [start|stop|mask|unmask] <path> [<limit>],Record session audio,mod_commands
					if (user_record == "all") then
						record_session = true;
					end
					if (user_record == "inbound" and call_direction == "inbound") then
						record_session = true;
					end
					if (user_record == "outbound" and call_direction == "outbound") then
						record_session = true;
					end
					if (user_record == "local" and call_direction == "local") then
						record_session = true;
					end
			end

		--record the session
			if (record_session) then
				cmd = "uuid_record "..uuid.." start "..path.."/"..uuid.."."..record_ext;
				session:execute("set", "api_on_answer="..cmd);
				--freeswitch.consoleLog("notice", "[app:dialplan] "..cmd.."\n");
			end
	end
