X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/4405cebd0a275856acaa184d49751a5f6dcc7048..e78883e07fc518cea2315b3765631d747550905a:/doc/plugins/write.mdwn?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/plugins/write.mdwn b/doc/plugins/write.mdwn index fc4b778db..d0f6a09e1 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 @@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ plugin, and a "call" parameter, which tells what function to call for the hook. An optional "last" parameter, if set to a true value, makes the hook run -after all other hooks of its type. Useful if the hook depends on some other -hook being run first. +after all other hooks of its type, and an optional "first" parameter makes +it run first. Useful if the hook depends on some other hook being run first. ## Types of hooks @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ function is passed no values. This allows a plugin to manipulate the list of files that need to be built when the wiki is refreshed. The function is passed a reference to an -array of pages that will be rebuilt, and can modify the array, either +array of files that will be rebuilt, and can modify the array, either adding or removing files from it. ### scan @@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ adding or removing files from it. This hook is called early in the process of building the wiki, and is used as a first pass scan of the page, to collect metadata about the page. It's -mostly used to scan the page for WikiLinks, and add them to `%links`. -Present in IkiWiki 2.40 and later. +mostly used to scan the page for [[WikiLinks|ikiwiki/WikiLink]], and add +them to `%links`. Present in IkiWiki 2.40 and later. The function is passed named parameters "page" and "content". Its return value is ignored. @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ make arbitrary changes. The function is passed named parameters "page", ### preprocess -Adding a [[ikiwiki/PreProcessorDirective]] is probably the most common use +Adding a preprocessor [[ikiwiki/directive]] is probably the most common use of a plugin. hook(type => "preprocess", id => "foo", call => \&preprocess); @@ -151,14 +151,14 @@ parameter is set to a true value if the page is being previewed. If `hook` is passed an optional "scan" parameter, set to a true value, this makes the hook be called during the preliminary scan that ikiwiki makes of updated pages, before begining to render pages. This should be done if the -hook modifies data in `%links`. Note that doing so will make the hook be -run twice per page build, so avoid doing it for expensive hooks. (As an -optimisation, if your preprocessor hook is called in a void context, you -can assume it's being run in scan mode, and avoid doing expensive things at -that point.) +hook modifies data in `%links` (typically by calling `add_link`). Note that +doing so will make the hook be run twice per page build, so avoid doing it +for expensive hooks. (As an optimisation, if your preprocessor hook is +called in a void context, you can assume it's being run in scan mode, and +avoid doing expensive things at that point.) Note that if the [[htmlscrubber]] is enabled, html in -[[ikiwiki/PreProcessorDirective]] output is sanitised, which may limit what +preprocessor [[ikiwiki/directive]] output is sanitised, which may limit what your plugin can do. Also, the rest of the page content is not in html format at preprocessor time. Text output by a preprocessor directive will be linkified and passed through markdown (or whatever engine is used to @@ -168,13 +168,14 @@ htmlize the page) along with the rest of the page. hook(type => "linkify", id => "foo", call => \&linkify); -This hook is called to convert [[WikiLinks|WikiLink]] on the page into html +This hook is called to convert [[WikiLinks|ikiwiki/WikiLink]] on the page into html links. The function is passed named parameters "page", "destpage", and "content". It should return the linkified content. Present in IkiWiki 2.40 and later. Plugins that implement linkify must also implement a scan hook, that scans -for the links on the page and adds them to `%links`. +for the links on the page and adds them to `%links` (typically by calling +`add_link`). ### htmlize @@ -188,6 +189,18 @@ languages to ikiwiki. The function is passed named parameters: "page" and "content" and should return the htmlized content. +If `hook` is passed an optional "keepextension" parameter, set to a true +value, then the extension will not be stripped from the source filename when +generating the page. + +If `hook` is passed an optional "noextension" parameter, set to a true +value, then the id parameter specifies not a filename extension, but +a whole filename that can be htmlized. This is useful for files +like `Makefile` that have no extension. + +If `hook` is passed an optional "longname" parameter, this value is used +when prompting a user to choose a page type on the edit page form. + ### pagetemplate hook(type => "pagetemplate", id => "foo", call => \&pagetemplate); @@ -299,7 +312,7 @@ can check if the session object has a "name" parameter set. ### canedit - hook(type => "canedit", id => "foo", call => \&pagelocked); + hook(type => "canedit", id => "foo", call => \&canedit); This hook can be used to implement arbitrary access methods to control when a page can be edited using the web interface (commits from revision control @@ -317,6 +330,26 @@ This hook should avoid directly redirecting the user to a signin page, since it's sometimes used to test to see which pages in a set of pages a user can edit. +### checkcontent + + hook(type => "checkcontent", id => "foo", call => \&checkcontent); + +This hook is called to check the content a user has entered on a page, +before it is saved, and decide if it should be allowed. + +It is passed named parameters: `content`, `page`, `cgi`, and `session`. If +the content the user has entered is a comment, it may also be passed some +additional parameters: `author`, `url`, and `subject`. The `subject` +parameter may also be filled with the user's comment about the change. + +Note: When the user edits an existing wiki page, the passed `content` will +include only the lines that they added to the page, or modified. + +The hook should return `undef` on success. If the content is disallowed, it +should return a message stating what the problem is, or a function +that can be run to perform whatever action is necessary to allow the user +to post the content. + ### editcontent hook(type => "editcontent", id => "foo", call => \&editcontent); @@ -356,7 +389,7 @@ This hook is called whenever ikiwiki normally saves its state, just before the state is saved. The function can save other state, modify values before they're saved, etc. -## renamepage +### renamepage hook(type => "renamepage", id => "foo", call => \&renamepage); @@ -379,12 +412,13 @@ die if not, which will cause the plugin to not be offered in the configuration interface. The data returned is a list of `%config` options, followed by a hash -describing the option. For example: +describing the option. There can also be an item named "plugin", which +describes the plugin as a whole. For example: return option_foo => { type => "boolean", - description => "enable foo", + description => "enable foo?", advanced => 1, safe => 1, rebuild => 1, @@ -392,10 +426,15 @@ describing the option. For example: option_bar => { type => "string", example => "hello", - description => "what to say", + description => "option bar", safe => 1, rebuild => 0, }, + plugin => { + description => "description of this plugin", + safe => 1, + rebuild => 1, + }, * `type` can be "boolean", "string", "integer", "pagespec", or "internal" (used for values that are not user-visible). The type is @@ -404,19 +443,24 @@ describing the option. For example: * `example` can be set to an example value. * `description` is a short description of the option. * `link` is a link to further information about the option. This can either - be a wikilink, or an url. + be a [[ikiwiki/WikiLink]], or an url. * `advanced` can be set to true if the option is more suitable for advanced users. * `safe` should be false if the option should not be displayed in unsafe configuration methods, such as the web interface. Anything that specifies a command to run, a path on disk, or a regexp should be marked as unsafe. -* `rebuild` should be true if changing the option will require a wiki rebuild. + If a plugin is marked as unsafe, that prevents it from being + enabled/disabled. +* `rebuild` should be true if changing the option (or enabling/disabling + the plugin) will require a wiki rebuild, false if no rebuild is needed, + and undef if a rebuild could be needed in some circumstances, but is not + strictly required. ## Plugin interface 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, @@ -437,8 +481,8 @@ your ikiwiki setup file, which sets the hash content to configure the wiki. The `%pagestate` hash can be used by plugins to save state that they will need next time ikiwiki is run. The hash holds per-page state, so to set a value, -use `%pagestate{$page}{$id}{$key}=$value`, and to retrieve the value, -use `%pagestate{$page}{$id}{$key}`. +use `$pagestate{$page}{$id}{$key}=$value`, and to retrieve the value, +use `$pagestate{$page}{$id}{$key}`. The `$value` can be anything that perl's Storable module is capable of serializing. `$key` can be any string you like, but `$id` must be the same @@ -451,6 +495,15 @@ When pages are deleted, ikiwiki automatically deletes their pagestate too. Note that page state does not persist across wiki rebuilds, only across wiki updates. +### %wikistate + +The `%wikistate` hash can be used by a plugin to store persistant state +that is not bound to any one page. To set a value, use +`$wikistate{$id}{$key}=$value, where `$value` is anything Storable can +serialize, `$key` is any string you like, and `$id` must be the same as the +"id" parameter passed to `hook()` when registering the plugin, so that the +state can be dropped if the plugin is no longer used. + ### Other variables If your plugin needs to access data about other pages in the wiki. It can @@ -462,7 +515,7 @@ 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 @@ -488,7 +541,7 @@ function that is called after the error message is printed, to do any final cleanup. If called inside a preprocess hook, error() does not abort the entire -wiki build, but instead replaces the [[ikiwiki/PreProcessorDirective]] with +wiki build, but instead replaces the preprocessor [[ikiwiki/directive]] with a version containing the error message. In other hooks, error() is a fatal error, so use with care. Try to avoid @@ -506,6 +559,9 @@ parameters are passed to `HTML::Template->new`. Passed a page name, returns the base name that will be used for a the html page created from it. (Ie, it appends ".html".) +Use this when constructing the filename of a html file. Use `urlto` when +generating a link to a page. + #### `add_depends($$)` Makes the specified page depend on the specified [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]]. @@ -520,6 +576,19 @@ The most often used is "location", which specifies the location the PageSpec should match against. If not passed, relative PageSpecs will match relative to the top of the wiki. +#### `pagespec_match_list($$;@)` + +Passed a reference to a list of page names, and [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]], +returns the set of pages that match the [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]]. + +Additional named parameters can be passed, to further limit the match. +The most often used is "location", which specifies the location the +PageSpec should match against. If not passed, relative PageSpecs will match +relative to the top of the wiki. + +Unlike pagespec_match, this may throw an error if there is an error in +the pagespec. + #### `bestlink($$)` Given a page and the text of a link on the page, determine which @@ -582,6 +651,16 @@ A failure to write the file will result in it dying with an error. If the destination directory doesn't exist, it will first be created. +The filename and directory are separate parameters because of +some security checks done to avoid symlink attacks. Before writing a file, +it checks to make sure there's not a symlink with its name, to avoid +following the symlink. If the filename parameter includes a subdirectory +to put the file in, it also checks if that subdirectory is a symlink, etc. +The directory parameter, however, is not checked for symlinks. So, +generally the directory parameter is a trusted toplevel directory like +the srcdir or destdir, and any subdirectories of this are included in the +filename parameter. + #### `will_render($$)` Given a page name and a destination file name (not including the base @@ -608,6 +687,23 @@ a type that ikiwiki knowns how to htmlize. Otherwise, returns undef. Given the name of a source file, returns the name of the wiki page that corresponds to that file. +#### `pagetitle($)` + +Give the name of a wiki page, returns a version suitable to be displayed as +the page's title. This is accomplished by de-escaping escaped characters in +the page name. "_" is replaced with a space, and '__NN__' is replaced by +the UTF character with code NN. + +#### `titlepage($)` + +This performs the inverse of `pagetitle`, ie, it converts a page title into +a wiki page name. + +#### `linkpage($)` + +This converts text that could have been entered by the user as a +[[ikiwiki/WikiLink]] into a wiki page name. + #### `srcfile($;$)` Given the name of a source file in the wiki, searches for the file in @@ -646,11 +742,26 @@ destination file, as registered by `will_render`. If the third parameter is passed and is true, an absolute url will be constructed instead of the default relative url. -#### `targetpage($$)` +#### `newpagefile($$)` + +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($$;$)` Passed a page and an extension, returns the filename that page will be rendered to. +Optionally, a third parameter can be passed, to specify the preferred +filename of the page. For example, `targetpage("foo", "rss", "feed")` +will yield something like `foo/feed.rss`. + +#### `add_link($$)` + +This adds a link to `%links`, ensuring that duplicate links are not +added. Pass it the page that contains the link, and the link text. + ## Miscellaneous ### Internal use pages @@ -661,7 +772,7 @@ are collected together to form the RecentChanges page, for example. To make an internal use page, register a filename extension that starts with "_". Internal use pages cannot be edited with the web interface, -generally shouldn't contain wikilinks or preprocessor directives (use +generally shouldn't contain [[WikiLinks|ikiwiki/WikiLink]] or preprocessor directives (use either on them with extreme caution), and are not matched by regular PageSpecs glob patterns, but instead only by a special `internal()` [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]]. @@ -707,8 +818,8 @@ Changes can be staged by calls to `rcs_add, `rcs_remove`, and Adds the passed file to the archive. The filename is relative to the root of the srcdir. -Note that this should not check the new file in, it should only -prepare for it to be checked in when rcs_commit (or `rcs_commit_staged`) is +Note that this should not commit the new file, it should only +prepare for it to be committed when rcs_commit (or `rcs_commit_staged`) is called. Note that the file may be in a new subdir that is not yet in to version control; the subdir can be added if so. @@ -716,9 +827,9 @@ to version control; the subdir can be added if so. Remove a file. The filename is relative to the root of the srcdir. -Note that this should not check the removal in, it should only prepare for it -to be checked in when `rcs_commit` (or `rcs_commit_staged`) is called. Note -that the new file may be in a new subdir that is not yet inversion +Note that this should not commit the removal, it should only prepare for it +to be committed when `rcs_commit` (or `rcs_commit_staged`) is called. Note +that the new file may be in a new subdir that is not yet in version control; the subdir can be added if so. #### `rcs_rename($$)` @@ -770,6 +881,30 @@ it up in the history. It's ok if this is not implemented, and throws an error. +#### `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: + + { + 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 + } + +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 It's also possible to write plugins that add new functions to @@ -777,9 +912,12 @@ It's also possible to write plugins that add new functions to IkiWiki::PageSpec package, that is named `match_foo`, where "foo()" is how it will be accessed in a [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]]. The function will be passed two parameters: The name of the page being matched, and the thing to match -against. It may also be passed additional, named parameters. It should return -a IkiWiki::SuccessReason object if the match succeeds, or an -IkiWiki::FailReason object if the match fails. +against. It may also be passed additional, named parameters. + +It should return a IkiWiki::SuccessReason object if the match succeeds, or +an IkiWiki::FailReason object if the match fails. If the match cannot be +attempted at all, for any page, it can instead return an +IkiWiki::ErrorReason object explaining why. ### Setup plugins @@ -793,6 +931,85 @@ when imported, populate `$IkiWiki::Setup::raw_setup` with a reference to a hash containing all the config items. They should also implement a `gendump` function. -By the way, to parse a ikiwiki setup file, a program just needs to -do something like: -`use IkiWiki::Setup; my %setup=IkiWiki::Setup::load($filename)` +By the way, to parse a ikiwiki setup file and populate `%config`, a +program just needs to do something like: +`use IkiWiki::Setup; IkiWiki::Setup::load($filename)` + +### Function overriding + +Sometimes using ikiwiki's pre-defined hooks is not enough. Your plugin +may need to replace one of ikiwiki's own functions with a modified version, +or wrap one of the functions. + +For example, your plugin might want to override `displaytime`, to change +the html markup used when displaying a date. Or it might want to override +`IkiWiki::formattime`, to change how a date is formatted. Or perhaps you +want to override `bestlink` and change how ikiwiki deals with [[WikiLinks|ikiwiki/WikiLink]]. + +By venturing into this territory, your plugin is becoming tightly tied to +ikiwiki's internals. And it might break if those internals change. But +don't let that stop you, if you're brave. + +Ikiwiki provides an `inject()` function, that is a powerful way to replace +any function with one of your own. This even allows you to inject a +replacement for an exported function, like `bestlink`. Everything that +imports that function will get your version instead. Pass it the name of +the function to replace, and a new function to call. + +For example, here's how to replace `displaytime` with a version using HTML 5 +markup: + + inject(name => 'IkiWiki::displaytime', call => sub { + return ""; + }); + +Here's how to wrap `bestlink` with a version that tries to handle +plural words: + + my $origbestlink=\&bestlink; + inject(name => 'IkiWiki::bestlink', call => \&mybestlink); + + sub deplural ($) { + my $word=shift; + $word =~ s/e?s$//; # just an example :-) + return $word; + } + + sub mybestlink ($$) { + my $page=shift; + my $link=shift; + my $ret=$origbestlink->($page, $link); + if (! length $ret) { + $ret=$origbestlink->($page, deplural($link)); + } + return $ret; + } + +### Javascript + +Some plugins use javascript to make ikiwiki look a bit more web-2.0-ish. + +All javascript code should be put in `.js` files in the `javascript` +underlay, and plugins using those files can enable use of the underlay by +calling `add_underlay("javascript");` in their `import` function. + +You'll have to arrange for `