X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/094af3d113f375f7faf2abf283615582a9977a65..04f064e78aedecc234e08bd9b49ae3674cb8f7bd:/doc/plugins/write.mdwn diff --git a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn index 5a5db6be0..8992fad01 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ that can be fleshed out to make a useful plugin. `IkiWiki::Plugin::pagecount` is another simple example. All perl plugins should `use IkiWiki` to import the ikiwiki plugin interface. It's a good idea to include the version number of the plugin interface that your plugin -expects: `use IkiWiki 2.00`. +expects: `use IkiWiki 3.00`. An external plugin is an executable program. It can be written in any language. Its interface to ikiwiki is via XML RPC, which it reads from @@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ describes the plugin as a whole. For example: To import the ikiwiki plugin interface: - use IkiWiki '2.00'; + use IkiWiki '3.00'; This will import several variables and functions into your plugin's namespace. These variables and functions are the ones most plugins need, @@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ use the following hashes, using a page name as the key: destination file. * `%pagesources` contains the name of the source file for each page. -Also, the %IkiWiki::version variable contains the version number for the +Also, the `%IkiWiki::version` variable contains the version number for the ikiwiki program. ### Library functions @@ -696,11 +696,15 @@ This can be called when creating a new page, to determine what filename to save the page to. It's passed a page name, and its type, and returns the name of the file to create, relative to the srcdir. -#### `targetpage($$)` +#### `targetpage($$;$)` Passed a page and an extension, returns the filename that page will be rendered to. +Optionally, a third parameter can be passed, to specify the preferred +filename of the page. For example, `targetpage("foo", "rss", "feed")` +will yield something like `foo/feed.rss`. + ## Miscellaneous ### Internal use pages @@ -820,14 +824,29 @@ it up in the history. It's ok if this is not implemented, and throws an error. -#### `rcs_test_receive()` +#### `rcs_receive()` + +This is called when ikiwiki is running as a pre-receive hook (or +equivalent), and is testing if changes pushed into the RCS from an +untrusted user should be accepted. This is optional, and doesn't make +sense to implement for all RCSs. + +It should examine the incoming changes, and do any sanity +checks that are appropriate for the RCS to limit changes to safe file adds, +removes, and changes. If something bad is found, it should exit +nonzero, to abort the push. Otherwise, it should return a list of +files that were changed, in the form: -This is used to test if changes pushed into the RCS should be accepted. -Ikiwiki will be running as a pre-receive hook (or equivilant) and should -examine the incoming changes, decide if they are allowed, and communicate -that to the RCS. + { + file => # name of file that was changed + action => # either "add", "change", or "remove" + path => # temp file containing the new file content, only + # needed for "add"/"change", and only if the file + # is an attachment, not a page + } -This is optional, and doesn't make sense for all RCSs. +The list will then be checked to make sure that each change is one that +is allowed to be made via the web interface. ### PageSpec plugins