1 # <a name="Package <code>TWiki::Func="></a> Package =TWiki::Func
3 _Official list of stable TWiki functions for Plugin developers_
5 This module defines official functions that [[Plugins|TWiki/TWikiPlugins]] can use to interact with the TWiki engine and content.
7 Refer to [[EmptyPlugin]] and lib/TWiki/Plugins/EmptyPlugin.pm for a template Plugin and documentation on how to write a Plugin.
9 Plugins should **only** use functions published in this module. If you use functions in other TWiki libraries you might create a security hole and you will probably need to change your Plugin when you upgrade TWiki.
11 Deprecated functions will still work in older code, though they should _not_ be called in new Plugins and should be replaced in older Plugins as soon as possible.
13 The version of the TWiki::Func module is defined by the VERSION number of the TWiki::Plugins module, currently 1.11. This can be shown by the `%PLUGINVERSION%` variable. The 'Since' field in the function documentation refers to the VERSION number and the date that the function was addded.
15 **_Note:_** Beware! These methods should only ever be called from the context of a TWiki Plugin. They require a Plugins SESSION context to be established before they are called, and will not work if simply called from another TWiki module. For example,
18 print TWiki::Func::getSkin(),"\n";
20 will fail with `Can't call method "getSkin" on an undefined value at TWiki/Func.pm line 83`.
22 If you want to call the methods outside the context of a plugin, you can create a Plugins SESSION object. For example, the script:
25 $TWiki::Plugins::SESSION = new TWiki();
26 print TWiki::Func::getSkin(),"\n";
32 <li><a href="#Package =TWiki::Func="> Package TWiki::Func</a><ul>
33 <li><a href="#Environment"> Environment</a><ul>
34 <li><a href="#getSkin( ) -> $skin"> getSkin( ) -> $skin</a></li>
35 <li><a href="#get_UrlHost( ) -> $host"> getUrlHost( ) -> $host</a></li>
36 <li><a href="#get_ScriptUrl( $web, $topic, $sc"> getScriptUrl( $web, $topic, $script, ... ) -> $url</a></li>
37 <li><a href="#get_ViewUrl( $web, $topic ) -> $"> getViewUrl( $web, $topic ) -> $url</a></li>
38 <li><a href="#get_OopsUrl( $web, $topic, $temp"> getOopsUrl( $web, $topic, $template, $param1, $param2, $param3, $param4 ) -> $url</a></li>
39 <li><a href="#get_PubUrlPath( ) -> $path"> getPubUrlPath( ) -> $path</a></li>
40 <li><a href="#get_CgiQuery( ) -> $query"> getCgiQuery( ) -> $query</a></li>
41 <li><a href="#get_SessionValue( $key ) -> $val"> getSessionValue( $key ) -> $value</a></li>
42 <li><a href="#set_SessionValue( $key, $value )"> setSessionValue( $key, $value ) -> $boolean</a></li>
43 <li><a href="#clear_SessionValue( $key ) -> $b"> clearSessionValue( $key ) -> $boolean</a></li>
44 <li><a href="#getContext() -> \%hash"> getContext() -> \%hash</a></li>
47 <li><a href="#Preferences"> Preferences</a><ul>
48 <li><a href="#get_PreferencesValue( $key, $web"> getPreferencesValue( $key, $web ) -> $value</a></li>
49 <li><a href="#get_PluginPreferencesValue( $key"> getPluginPreferencesValue( $key ) -> $value</a></li>
50 <li><a href="#get_PreferencesFlag( $key, $web"> getPreferencesFlag( $key, $web ) -> $value</a></li>
51 <li><a href="#get_PluginPreferencesFlag( $key"> getPluginPreferencesFlag( $key ) -> $boolean</a></li>
52 <li><a href="#get_WikiToolName( ) -> $name"> getWikiToolName( ) -> $name</a></li>
53 <li><a href="#get_MainWebname( ) -> $name"> getMainWebname( ) -> $name</a></li>
54 <li><a href="#get_TwikiWebname( ) -> $name"> getTwikiWebname( ) -> $name</a></li>
57 <li><a href="#User Handling and Access Control"> User Handling and Access Control</a><ul>
58 <li><a href="#get_DefaultUserName( ) -> $login"> getDefaultUserName( ) -> $loginName</a></li>
59 <li><a href="#get_WikiName( ) -> $wikiName"> getWikiName( ) -> $wikiName</a></li>
60 <li><a href="#get_WikiUserName( ) -> $wikiName"> getWikiUserName( ) -> $wikiName</a></li>
61 <li><a href="#wiki_ToUserName( $wikiName ) ->"> wikiToUserName( $wikiName ) -> $loginName</a></li>
62 <li><a href="#user_ToWikiName( $loginName, $do"> userToWikiName( $loginName, $dontAddWeb ) -> $wikiName</a></li>
63 <li><a href="#isGuest( ) -> $boolean"> isGuest( ) -> $boolean</a></li>
64 <li><a href="#permissionsSet( $web ) -> $boole"> permissionsSet( $web ) -> $boolean</a></li>
65 <li><a href="#check_AccessPermission( $type, $"> checkAccessPermission( $type, $wikiName, $text, $topic, $web ) -> $boolean</a></li>
68 <li><a href="#Webs, Topics and Attachments"> Webs, Topics and Attachments</a><ul>
69 <li><a href="#get_ListOfWebs( $filter ) -> @we"> getListOfWebs( $filter ) -> @webs</a></li>
70 <li><a href="#webExists( $web ) -> $boolean"> webExists( $web ) -> $boolean</a></li>
71 <li><a href="#createWeb( $newWeb, $baseWeb, $o"> createWeb( $newWeb, $baseWeb, $opts )</a></li>
72 <li><a href="#moveWeb( $oldName, $newName )"> moveWeb( $oldName, $newName )</a></li>
73 <li><a href="#get_TopicList( $web ) -> @topics"> getTopicList( $web ) -> @topics</a></li>
74 <li><a href="#topicExists( $web, $topic ) -> $"> topicExists( $web, $topic ) -> $boolean</a></li>
75 <li><a href="#check_TopicEditLock( $web, $topi"> checkTopicEditLock( $web, $topic ) -> ( $oopsUrl, $loginName, $unlockTime )</a></li>
76 <li><a href="#set_TopicEditLock( $web, $topic,"> setTopicEditLock( $web, $topic, $lock )</a></li>
77 <li><a href="#saveTopic( $web, $topic, $meta,"> saveTopic( $web, $topic, $meta, $text, $options ) -> $error</a></li>
78 <li><a href="#save_TopicText( $web, $topic, $t"> saveTopicText( $web, $topic, $text, $ignorePermissions, $dontNotify ) -> $oopsUrl</a></li>
79 <li><a href="#moveTopic( $web, $topic, $newWeb"> moveTopic( $web, $topic, $newWeb, $newTopic )</a></li>
80 <li><a href="#get_RevisionInfo($web, $topic, $"> getRevisionInfo($web, $topic, $rev, $attachment ) -> ( $date, $user, $rev, $comment ) </a></li>
81 <li><a href="#get_RevisionAtTime( $web, $topic"> getRevisionAtTime( $web, $topic, $time ) -> $rev</a></li>
82 <li><a href="#readTopic( $web, $topic, $rev )"> readTopic( $web, $topic, $rev ) -> ( $meta, $text )</a></li>
83 <li><a href="#read_TopicText( $web, $topic, $r"> readTopicText( $web, $topic, $rev, $ignorePermissions ) -> $text</a></li>
84 <li><a href="#attachmentExists( $web, $topic,"> attachmentExists( $web, $topic, $attachment ) -> $boolean</a></li>
85 <li><a href="#readAttachment( $web, $topic, $n"> readAttachment( $web, $topic, $name, $rev ) -> $data</a></li>
86 <li><a href="#saveAttachment( $web, $topic, $a"> saveAttachment( $web, $topic, $attachment, $opts )</a></li>
87 <li><a href="#moveAttachment( $web, $topic, $a"> moveAttachment( $web, $topic, $attachment, $newWeb, $newTopic, $newAttachment )</a></li>
90 <li><a href="#Assembling Pages"> Assembling Pages</a><ul>
91 <li><a href="#readTemplate( $name, $skin ) ->"> readTemplate( $name, $skin ) -> $text</a></li>
92 <li><a href="#loadTemplate ( $name, $skin, $we"> loadTemplate ( $name, $skin, $web ) -> $text</a></li>
93 <li><a href="#expandTemplate( $def ) -> $stri"> expandTemplate( $def ) -> $string</a></li>
94 <li><a href="#writeHeader( $query, $contentLen"> writeHeader( $query, $contentLength )</a></li>
95 <li><a href="#redirect_CgiQuery( $query, $url"> redirectCgiQuery( $query, $url )</a></li>
96 <li><a href="#add_ToHEAD( $id, $header )"> addToHEAD( $id, $header )</a></li>
97 <li><a href="#expand_CommonVariables( $text, $"> expandCommonVariables( $text, $topic, $web ) -> $text</a></li>
98 <li><a href="#renderText( $text, $web ) -> $te"> renderText( $text, $web ) -> $text</a></li>
99 <li><a href="#internalLink( $pre, $web, $topic"> internalLink( $pre, $web, $topic, $label, $anchor, $createLink ) -> $text</a></li>
102 <li><a href="#E-mail"> E-mail</a><ul>
103 <li><a href="#sendEmail ( $text, $retries ) ->"> sendEmail ( $text, $retries ) -> $error</a></li>
104 <li><a href="#wiki_ToEmail( $wikiName ) -> $em"> wikiToEmail( $wikiName ) -> $email</a></li>
107 <li><a href="#Creating New Topics"> Creating New Topics</a><ul>
108 <li><a href="#expand_VariablesOnTopicCreation"> expandVariablesOnTopicCreation ( $text ) -> $text</a></li>
111 <li><a href="#Special handlers"> Special handlers</a><ul>
112 <li><a href="#register_TagHandler( $var, \fn,"> registerTagHandler( $var, \&fn, $syntax )</a></li>
113 <li><a href="#registerRESTHandler( $alias, \fn"> registerRESTHandler( $alias, \&fn, )</a></li>
116 <li><a href="#Searching"> Searching</a><ul>
117 <li><a href="#search_InWebContent($searchStrin"> searchInWebContent($searchString, $web, \@topics, \%options ) -> \%map</a></li>
120 <li><a href="#Plugin-specific file handling"> Plugin-specific file handling</a><ul>
121 <li><a href="#get_WorkArea( $pluginName ) -> $"> getWorkArea( $pluginName ) -> $directorypath</a></li>
122 <li><a href="#readFile( $filename ) -> $text"> readFile( $filename ) -> $text</a></li>
123 <li><a href="#saveFile( $filename, $text )"> saveFile( $filename, $text )</a></li>
126 <li><a href="#General Utilities"> General Utilities</a><ul>
127 <li><a href="#get_RegularExpression( $name ) -"> getRegularExpression( $name ) -> $expr</a></li>
128 <li><a href="#normalize_WebTopicName($web, $to"> normalizeWebTopicName($web, $topic) -> ($web, $topic)</a></li>
129 <li><a href="#writeWarning( $text )"> writeWarning( $text )</a></li>
130 <li><a href="#writeDebug( $text )"> writeDebug( $text )</a></li>
131 <li><a href="#formatTime( $time, $format, $tim"> formatTime( $time, $format, $timezone ) -> $text</a></li>
132 <li><a href="#is_ValidWikiWord ( $text ) -> $b"> isValidWikiWord ( $text ) -> $boolean</a></li>
133 <li><a href="#extractParameters($attr ) -> %pa"> extractParameters($attr ) -> %params</a></li>
134 <li><a href="#extract_NameValuePair( $attr, $n"> extractNameValuePair( $attr, $name ) -> $value</a></li>
137 <li><a href="#Deprecated functions"> Deprecated functions</a><ul>
138 <li><a href="#get_ScriptUrlPath( ) -> $path"> getScriptUrlPath( ) -> $path</a></li>
139 <li><a href="#get_PublicWebList( ) -> @webs"> getPublicWebList( ) -> @webs</a></li>
140 <li><a href="#format_GmTime( $time, $format )"> formatGmTime( $time, $format ) -> $text</a></li>
141 <li><a href="#get_DataDir( ) -> $dir"> getDataDir( ) -> $dir</a></li>
142 <li><a href="#get_PubDir( ) -> $dir"> getPubDir( ) -> $dir</a></li>
143 <li><a href="#checkDependencies( $moduleName,"> checkDependencies( $moduleName, $dependenciesRef ) -> $error</a></li>
151 ## <a name="Environment"></a> Environment
153 ### <a name="getSkin( ) - $skin"></a> getSkin( ) -> $skin
155 Get the skin path, set by the `SKIN` and `COVER` preferences variables or the `skin` and `cover` CGI parameters
157 Return: `$skin` Comma-separated list of skins, e.g. `'gnu,tartan'`. Empty string if none.
159 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (29 Jul 2001)
161 ### <a name="get_UrlHost( ) - $host"></a> getUrlHost( ) -> $host
163 Get protocol, domain and optional port of script URL
165 Return: `$host` URL host, e.g. `"http://example.com:80"`
167 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
169 ### <a name="get_ScriptUrl( $web, $topic, $sc"></a> getScriptUrl( $web, $topic, $script, ... ) -> $url
171 Compose fully qualified URL
173 - `$web` - Web name, e.g. `'Main'`
174 - `$topic` - Topic name, e.g. `'WebNotify'`
175 - `$script` - Script name, e.g. `'view'`
177 Return: `$url` URL, e.g. `"http://example.com:80/cgi-bin/view.pl/Main/WebNotify"`
179 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
181 ### <a name="get_ViewUrl( $web, $topic ) - $u"></a> getViewUrl( $web, $topic ) -> $url
183 Compose fully qualified view URL
185 - `$web` - Web name, e.g. `'Main'`. The current web is taken if empty
186 - `$topic` - Topic name, e.g. `'WebNotify'`
188 Return: `$url` URL, e.g. `"http://example.com:80/cgi-bin/view.pl/Main/WebNotify"`
190 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
192 ### <a name="get_OopsUrl( $web, $topic, $temp"></a> getOopsUrl( $web, $topic, $template, $param1, $param2, $param3, $param4 ) -> $url
194 Compose fully qualified 'oops' dialog URL
196 - `$web` - Web name, e.g. `'Main'`. The current web is taken if empty
197 - `$topic` - Topic name, e.g. `'WebNotify'`
198 - `$template` - Oops template name, e.g. `'oopsmistake'`. The 'oops' is optional; 'mistake' will translate to 'oopsmistake'.
199 - `$param1` ... `$param4` - Parameter values for %PARAM1% ... %PARAMn% variables in template, optional
201 Return: `$url` URL, e.g. `"http://example.com:80/cgi-bin/oops.pl/ Main/WebNotify?template=oopslocked¶m1=joe"`
203 This might be used like this:
205 my $url = TWiki::Func::getOopsUrl($web, $topic, 'oopsmistake', 'I made a boo-boo');
206 TWiki::Func::redirectCgiQuery( undef, $url );
209 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
211 Since TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1, the recommended approach is to throw an [[oops exception|Main/TWikiOopsExceptionDotPm]].
213 use Error qw( :try );
215 throw TWiki::OopsException($web, $topic, undef, 0, [ 'I made a boo-boo' ]);
217 and let TWiki handle the cleanup.
219 ### <a name="get_PubUrlPath( ) - $path"></a> getPubUrlPath( ) -> $path
223 Return: `$path` URL path of pub directory, e.g. `"/pub"`
225 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (14 Jul 2001)
227 ### <a name="get_CgiQuery( ) - $query"></a> getCgiQuery( ) -> $query
229 Get CGI query object. Important: Plugins cannot assume that scripts run under CGI, Plugins must always test if the CGI query object is set
231 Return: `$query` CGI query object; or 0 if script is called as a shell script
233 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
235 ### <a name="get_SessionValue( $key ) - $valu"></a> getSessionValue( $key ) -> $value
237 Get a session value from the client session module
239 - `$key` - Session key
241 Return: `$value` Value associated with key; empty string if not set
243 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (27 Feb 200)
245 ### <a name="set_SessionValue( $key, $value )"></a> setSessionValue( $key, $value ) -> $boolean
247 Set a session value via the client session module
249 - `$key` - Session key
250 - `$value` - Value associated with key
252 Return: true if function succeeded
254 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (17 Aug 2001)
256 ### <a name="clear_SessionValue( $key ) - $bo"></a> clearSessionValue( $key ) -> $boolean
258 Clear a session value via the client session module
260 - `$key` - Session key
262 Return: true if function succeeded
264 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
266 ### <a name="getContext() - \%hash"></a> getContext() -> \\%hash
268 Get a hash of context identifiers representing the currently active context.
270 The context is a set of identifiers that are set during specific phases of TWiki processing. For example, each of the standard scripts in the 'bin' directory each has a context identifier - the view script has 'view', the edit script has 'edit' etc. So you can easily tell what 'type' of script your Plugin is being called within. The core context identifiers are listed in the [[TWikiTemplates]] topic. Please be careful not to overwrite any of these identifiers!
272 Context identifiers can be used to communicate between Plugins, and between Plugins and templates. For example, in [[FirstPlugin]].pm, you might write:
275 TWiki::Func::getContext()->{'MyID'} = 1;
278 This can be used in SecondPlugin.pm like this:
281 if( TWiki::Func::getContext()->{'MyID'} ) {
286 or in a template, like this:
288 %TMPL:DEF{"ON"}% Not off %TMPL:END%
289 %TMPL:DEF{"OFF"}% Not on %TMPL:END%
290 %TMPL:P{context="MyID" then="ON" else="OFF"}%
294 %IF{"context MyID" then="MyID is ON" else="MyID is OFF"}%
296 **_Note_**: **all** plugins have an **automatically generated** context identifier if they are installed and initialised. For example, if the [[FirstPlugin]] is working, the context ID 'FirstPlugin' will be set.
298 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
300 ## <a name="Preferences"></a> Preferences
302 ### <a name="get_PreferencesValue( $key, $web"></a> getPreferencesValue( $key, $web ) -> $value
304 Get a preferences value from TWiki or from a Plugin
306 - `$key` - Preferences key
307 - `$web` - Name of web, optional. Current web if not specified; does not apply to settings of Plugin topics
309 Return: `$value` Preferences value; empty string if not set
311 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
313 - Example for Plugin setting:
314 - [[MyPlugin]] topic has: `* Set COLOR = red`
315 - Use `"MYPLUGIN_COLOR"` for `$key`
316 - `my $color = TWiki::Func::getPreferencesValue( "MYPLUGIN_COLOR" );`
318 - Example for preferences setting:
319 - [[WebPreferences]] topic has: `* Set WEBBGCOLOR = #FFFFC0`
320 - `my $webColor = TWiki::Func::getPreferencesValue( 'WEBBGCOLOR', 'Sandbox' );`
322 ### <a name="get_PluginPreferencesValue( $key"></a> getPluginPreferencesValue( $key ) -> $value
324 Get a preferences value from your Plugin
326 - `$key` - Plugin Preferences key w/o PLUGINNAME\_ prefix.
328 Return: `$value` Preferences value; empty string if not set
330 **_Note_**: This function will will **only** work when called from the Plugin.pm file itself. it **will not work** if called from a sub-package (e.g. TWiki::Plugins::MyPlugin::MyModule)
332 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.021 (27 Mar 2004)
334 ### <a name="get_PreferencesFlag( $key, $web"></a><a name="get_PreferencesFlag( $key, $web "></a> getPreferencesFlag( $key, $web ) -> $value
336 Get a preferences flag from TWiki or from a Plugin
338 - `$key` - Preferences key
339 - `$web` - Name of web, optional. Current web if not specified; does not apply to settings of Plugin topics
341 Return: `$value` Preferences flag `'1'` (if set), or `"0"` (for preferences values `"off"`, `"no"` and `"0"`)
343 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
345 - Example for Plugin setting:
346 - [[MyPlugin]] topic has: `* Set SHOWHELP = off`
347 - Use `"MYPLUGIN_SHOWHELP"` for `$key`
348 - `my $showHelp = TWiki::Func::getPreferencesFlag( "MYPLUGIN_SHOWHELP" );`
350 ### <a name="get_PluginPreferencesFlag( $key"></a><a name="get_PluginPreferencesFlag( $key "></a> getPluginPreferencesFlag( $key ) -> $boolean
352 Get a preferences flag from your Plugin
354 - `$key` - Plugin Preferences key w/o PLUGINNAME\_ prefix.
356 Return: false for preferences values `"off"`, `"no"` and `"0"`, or values not set at all. True otherwise.
358 **_Note_**: This function will will **only** work when called from the Plugin.pm file itself. it **will not work** if called from a sub-package (e.g. TWiki::Plugins::MyPlugin::MyModule)
360 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.021 (27 Mar 2004)
362 ### <a name="get_WikiToolName( ) - $name"></a> getWikiToolName( ) -> $name
364 Get toolname as defined in TWiki.cfg
366 Return: `$name` Name of tool, e.g. `'TWiki'`
368 Synonymous with TWiki::Func::getPreferencesValue('WIKITOOLNAME');
370 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (27 Feb 2001)
372 ### <a name="get_MainWebname( ) - $name"></a> getMainWebname( ) -> $name
374 Get name of Main web as defined in TWiki.cfg
376 Return: `$name` Name, e.g. `'Main'`
378 Synonymous with TWiki::Func::getPreferencesValue('MAINWEB');
380 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (27 Feb 2001)
382 ### <a name="get_TwikiWebname( ) - $name"></a> getTwikiWebname( ) -> $name
384 Get name of TWiki documentation web as defined in TWiki.cfg
386 Return: `$name` Name, e.g. `'TWiki'`
388 Synonymous with TWiki::Func::getPreferencesValue('TWIKIWEB');
390 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (27 Feb 2001)
392 ## <a name="User Handling and Access Control"></a> User Handling and Access Control
394 ### <a name="get_DefaultUserName( ) - $loginN"></a> getDefaultUserName( ) -> $loginName
396 Get default user name as defined in the configuration as `DefaultUserLogin`
398 Return: `$loginName` Default user name, e.g. `'guest'`
400 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
402 ### <a name="get_WikiName( ) - $wikiName"></a> getWikiName( ) -> $wikiName
404 Get Wiki name of logged in user
406 Return: `$wikiName` Wiki Name, e.g. `'JohnDoe'`
408 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
410 ### <a name="get_WikiUserName( ) - $wikiName"></a> getWikiUserName( ) -> $wikiName
412 Get Wiki name of logged in user with web prefix
414 Return: `$wikiName` Wiki Name, e.g. `"Main.JohnDoe"`
416 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
418 ### <a name="wiki_ToUserName( $wikiName ) - $"></a> wikiToUserName( $wikiName ) -> $loginName
420 Translate a Wiki name to a login name based on [[Main.TWikiUsers|Main/TWikiUsers]] topic
422 - `$wikiName` - Wiki name, e.g. `'Main.JohnDoe'` or `'JohnDoe'`
424 Return: `$loginName` Login name of user, e.g. `'jdoe'`
426 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
428 ### <a name="user_ToWikiName( $loginName, $do"></a> userToWikiName( $loginName, $dontAddWeb ) -> $wikiName
430 Translate a login name to a Wiki name based on [[Main.TWikiUsers|Main/TWikiUsers]] topic
432 - `$loginName` - Login name, e.g. `'jdoe'`
433 - `$dontAddWeb` - Do not add web prefix if `"1"`
435 Return: `$wikiName` Wiki name of user, e.g. `'Main.JohnDoe'` or `'JohnDoe'`
437 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
439 ### <a name="isGuest( ) - $boolean"></a> isGuest( ) -> $boolean
441 Test if logged in user is a guest ([[TWikiGuest]])
443 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
445 ### <a name="permissionsSet( $web ) - $boolea"></a> permissionsSet( $web ) -> $boolean
447 Test if any access restrictions are set for this web, ignoring settings on individual pages
449 - `$web` - Web name, required, e.g. `'Sandbox'`
451 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (27 Feb 2001)
453 ### <a name="check_AccessPermission( $type, $"></a> checkAccessPermission( $type, $wikiName, $text, $topic, $web ) -> $boolean
455 Check access permission for a topic based on the [[TWiki.TWikiAccessControl|TWiki/TWikiAccessControl]] rules
457 - `$type` - Access type, e.g. `'VIEW'`, `'CHANGE'`, `'CREATE'`
458 - `$wikiName` - [[WikiName]] of remote user, i.e. `"Main.PeterThoeny"`
459 - `$text` - Topic text, optional. If empty, topic `$web.$topic` is consulted
460 - `$topic` - Topic name, required, e.g. `'PrivateStuff'`
461 - `$web` - Web name, required, e.g. `'Sandbox'`
463 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (27 Feb 2001)
465 ## <a name="Webs, Topics and Attachments"></a> Webs, Topics and Attachments
467 ### <a name="get_ListOfWebs( $filter ) - @web"></a> getListOfWebs( $filter ) -> @webs
469 - `$filter` - spec of web types to recover
471 Gets a list of webs, filtered according to the spec in the $filter, which may include one of:
473 1. 'user' (for only user webs)
474 2. 'template' (for only template webs i.e. those starting with "\_")
476 `$filter` may also contain the word 'public' which will further filter out webs that have NOSEARCHALL set on them. 'allowed' filters out webs the current user can't read.
478 For example, the deprecated getPublicWebList function can be duplicated as follows:
480 my @webs = TWiki::Func::getListOfWebs( "user,public" );
482 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
484 ### <a name="webExists( $web ) - $boolean"></a> webExists( $web ) -> $boolean
488 - `$web` - Web name, required, e.g. `'Sandbox'`
490 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (14 Jul 2001)
492 ### <a name="createWeb( $newWeb, $baseWeb, $o"></a> createWeb( $newWeb, $baseWeb, $opts )
494 - `$newWeb` is the name of the new web.
495 - `$baseWeb` is the name of an existing web (a template web). If the base web is a system web, all topics in it will be copied into the new web. If it is a normal web, only topics starting with 'Web' will be copied. If no base web is specified, an empty web (with no topics) will be created. If it is specified but does not exist, an error will be thrown.
496 - `$opts` is a ref to a hash that contains settings to be modified in
498 the web preferences topic in the new web.
500 use Error qw( :try );
501 use TWiki::AccessControlException;
504 TWiki::Func::createWeb( "Newweb" );
505 } catch Error::Simple with {
507 # see documentation on Error::Simple
508 } catch TWiki::AccessControlException with {
510 # see documentation on TWiki::AccessControlException
515 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
517 ### <a name="moveWeb( $oldName, $newName )"></a> moveWeb( $oldName, $newName )
521 use Error qw( :try );
522 use TWiki::AccessControlException;
525 TWiki::Func::moveWeb( "Oldweb", "Newweb" );
526 } catch Error::Simple with {
528 # see documentation on Error::Simple
529 } catch TWiki::AccessControlException with {
531 # see documentation on TWiki::AccessControlException
536 To delete a web, move it to a subweb of `Trash`
538 TWiki::Func::moveWeb( "Deadweb", "Trash.Deadweb" );
540 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
542 ### <a name="get_TopicList( $web ) - @topics"></a> getTopicList( $web ) -> @topics
544 Get list of all topics in a web
546 - `$web` - Web name, required, e.g. `'Sandbox'`
548 Return: `@topics` Topic list, e.g. `( 'WebChanges', 'WebHome', 'WebIndex', 'WebNotify' )`
550 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
552 ### <a name="topicExists( $web, $topic ) - $b"></a> topicExists( $web, $topic ) -> $boolean
556 - `$web` - Web name, optional, e.g. `'Main'`.
557 - `$topic` - Topic name, required, e.g. `'TokyoOffice'`, or `"Main.TokyoOffice"`
559 $web and $topic are parsed as described in the documentation for `normalizeWebTopicName`.
561 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (14 Jul 2001)
563 ### <a name="check_TopicEditLock( $web, $topi"></a> checkTopicEditLock( $web, $topic ) -> ( $oopsUrl, $loginName, $unlockTime )
565 Check if a lease has been taken by some other user.
567 - `$web` Web name, e.g. `"Main"`, or empty
568 - `$topic` Topic name, e.g. `"MyTopic"`, or `"Main.MyTopic"`
570 Return: `( $oopsUrl, $loginName, $unlockTime )` - The `$oopsUrl` for calling redirectCgiQuery(), user's `$loginName`, and estimated `$unlockTime` in minutes, or ( '', '', 0 ) if no lease exists.
572 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.010 (31 Dec 2002)
574 ### <a name="set_TopicEditLock( $web, $topic,"></a> setTopicEditLock( $web, $topic, $lock )
576 - `$web` Web name, e.g. `"Main"`, or empty
577 - `$topic` Topic name, e.g. `"MyTopic"`, or `"Main.MyTopic"`
578 - `$lock` 1 to lease the topic, 0 to clear the lease=
580 Takes out a "lease" on the topic. The lease doesn't prevent anyone from editing and changing the topic, but it does redirect them to a warning screen, so this provides some protection. The `edit` script always takes out a lease.
582 It is **impossible** to fully lock a topic. Concurrent changes will be merged.
584 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.010 (31 Dec 2002)
586 ### <a name="saveTopic( $web, $topic, $meta,"></a><a name="saveTopic( $web, $topic, $meta, "></a> saveTopic( $web, $topic, $meta, $text, $options ) -> $error
588 - `$web` - web for the topic
589 - `$topic` - topic name
590 - `$meta` - reference to TWiki::Meta object
591 - `$text` - text of the topic (without embedded meta-data!!!
592 - `\%options` - ref to hash of save options `\%options` may include: <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
594 <td><code>dontlog</code></td>
595 <td> don't log this change in twiki log </td>
598 <td><code>comment</code></td>
599 <td> comment for save </td>
602 <td><code>minor</code></td>
603 <td> True if this is a minor change, and is not to be notified </td>
607 Return: error message or undef.
609 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (29 Jul 2001)
613 my( $meta, $text ) = TWiki::Func::readTopic( $web, $topic )
614 $text =~ s/APPLE/ORANGE/g;
615 TWiki::Func::saveTopic( $web, $topic, $meta, $text, { comment => 'refruited' } );
617 **_Note:_** Plugins handlers ( e.g. `beforeSaveHandler` ) will be called as appropriate.
619 ### <a name="save_TopicText( $web, $topic, $t"></a> saveTopicText( $web, $topic, $text, $ignorePermissions, $dontNotify ) -> $oopsUrl
621 Save topic text, typically obtained by readTopicText(). Topic data usually includes meta data; the file attachment meta data is replaced by the meta data from the topic file if it exists.
623 - `$web` - Web name, e.g. `'Main'`, or empty
624 - `$topic` - Topic name, e.g. `'MyTopic'`, or `"Main.MyTopic"`
625 - `$text` - Topic text to save, assumed to include meta data
626 - `$ignorePermissions` - Set to `"1"` if checkAccessPermission() is already performed and OK
627 - `$dontNotify` - Set to `"1"` if not to notify users of the change
629 Return: `$oopsUrl` Empty string if OK; the `$oopsUrl` for calling redirectCgiQuery() in case of error
631 This method is a lot less efficient and much more dangerous than `saveTopic`.
633 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.010 (31 Dec 2002)
635 my $text = TWiki::Func::readTopicText( $web, $topic );
637 # check for oops URL in case of error:
638 if( $text =~ /^http.*?\/oops/ ) {
639 TWiki::Func::redirectCgiQuery( $query, $text );
642 # do topic text manipulation like:
643 $text =~ s/old/new/g;
644 # do meta data manipulation like:
645 $text =~ s/(META\:FIELD.*?name\=\"TopicClassification\".*?value\=\")[^\"]*/$1BugResolved/;
646 $oopsUrl = TWiki::Func::saveTopicText( $web, $topic, $text ); # save topic text
648 ### <a name="moveTopic( $web, $topic, $newWeb"></a> moveTopic( $web, $topic, $newWeb, $newTopic )
650 - `$web` source web - required
651 - `$topic` source topic - required
653 - `$newTopic` dest topic
655 Renames the topic. Throws an exception if something went wrong. If $newWeb is undef, it defaults to $web. If $newTopic is undef, it defaults to $topic.
657 The destination topic must not already exist.
659 Rename a topic to the $TWiki::cfg\{TrashWebName\} to delete it.
661 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
663 use Error qw( :try );
666 moveTopic( "Work", "TokyoOffice", "Trash", "ClosedOffice" );
667 } catch Error::Simple with {
669 # see documentation on Error::Simple
670 } catch TWiki::AccessControlException with {
672 # see documentation on TWiki::AccessControlException
677 ### <a name="get_RevisionInfo($web, $topic, $"></a> getRevisionInfo($web, $topic, $rev, $attachment ) -> ( $date, $user, $rev, $comment )
679 Get revision info of a topic or attachment
681 - `$web` - Web name, optional, e.g. `'Main'`
682 - `$topic` - Topic name, required, e.g. `'TokyoOffice'`
683 - `$rev` - revsion number, or tag name (can be in the format 1.2, or just the minor number)
684 - `$attachment` -attachment filename
686 Return: `( $date, $user, $rev, $comment )` List with: ( last update date, login name of last user, minor part of top revision number ), e.g. `( 1234561, 'phoeny', "5" )`
688 <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
691 <td> in epochSec </td>
695 <td> Wiki name of the author (<strong>not</strong> login name) </td>
699 <td> actual rev number </td>
703 <td> WHAT COMMENT? </td>
707 NOTE: if you are trying to get revision info for a topic, use `$meta->getRevisionInfo` instead if you can - it is significantly more efficient, and returns a user object that contains other user information.
709 NOTE: prior versions of TWiki may under some circumstances have returned the login name of the user rather than the wiki name; the code documentation was totally unclear, and we have been unable to establish the intent. However the wikiname is obviously more useful, so that is what is returned.
711 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (29 Jul 2001)
713 ### <a name="get_RevisionAtTime( $web, $topic"></a> getRevisionAtTime( $web, $topic, $time ) -> $rev
715 Get the revision number of a topic at a specific time.
717 - `$web` - web for topic
719 - `$time` - time (in epoch secs) for the rev
721 Return: Single-digit revision number, or undef if it couldn't be determined (either because the topic isn't that old, or there was a problem)
723 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
725 ### <a name="readTopic( $web, $topic, $rev )"></a><a name="readTopic( $web, $topic, $rev ) "></a> readTopic( $web, $topic, $rev ) -> ( $meta, $text )
727 Read topic text and meta data, regardless of access permissions.
729 - `$web` - Web name, required, e.g. `'Main'`
730 - `$topic` - Topic name, required, e.g. `'TokyoOffice'`
731 - `$rev` - revision to read (default latest)
733 Return: `( $meta, $text )` Meta data object and topic text
735 `$meta` is a perl 'object' of class `TWiki::Meta`. This class is fully documented in the source code documentation shipped with the release, or can be inspected in the `lib/TWiki/Meta.pm` file.
737 This method **ignores** topic access permissions. You should be careful to use `checkAccessPermissions` to ensure the current user has read access to the topic.
739 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
741 ### <a name="read_TopicText( $web, $topic, $r"></a> readTopicText( $web, $topic, $rev, $ignorePermissions ) -> $text
743 Read topic text, including meta data
745 - `$web` - Web name, e.g. `'Main'`, or empty
746 - `$topic` - Topic name, e.g. `'MyTopic'`, or `"Main.MyTopic"`
747 - `$rev` - Topic revision to read, optional. Specify the minor part of the revision, e.g. `"5"`, not `"1.5"`; the top revision is returned if omitted or empty.
748 - `$ignorePermissions` - Set to `"1"` if checkAccessPermission() is already performed and OK; an oops URL is returned if user has no permission
750 Return: `$text` Topic text with embedded meta data; an oops URL for calling redirectCgiQuery() is returned in case of an error
752 This method is more efficient than `readTopic`, but returns meta-data embedded in the text. Plugins authors must be very careful to avoid damaging meta-data. You are recommended to use readTopic instead, which is a lot safer..
754 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.010 (31 Dec 2002)
756 ### <a name="attachmentExists( $web, $topic,"></a><a name="attachmentExists( $web, $topic, "></a> attachmentExists( $web, $topic, $attachment ) -> $boolean
758 Test if attachment exists
760 - `$web` - Web name, optional, e.g. `Main`.
761 - `$topic` - Topic name, required, e.g. `TokyoOffice`, or `Main.TokyoOffice`
762 - `$attachment` - attachment name, e.g.=logo.gif=
764 $web and $topic are parsed as described in the documentation for `normalizeWebTopicName`.
766 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
768 ### <a name="readAttachment( $web, $topic, $n"></a> readAttachment( $web, $topic, $name, $rev ) -> $data
770 - `$web` - web for topic
772 - `$name` - attachment name
773 - `$rev` - revision to read (default latest)
775 Read an attachment from the store for a topic, and return it as a string. The names of attachments on a topic can be recovered from the meta-data returned by `readTopic`. If the attachment does not exist, or cannot be read, undef will be returned.
777 View permission on the topic is required for the read to be successful. Access control violations are flagged by a TWiki::AccessControlException. Permissions are checked for the user passed in.
779 my( $meta, $text ) = TWiki::Func::readTopic( $web, $topic );
780 my @attachments = $meta->find( 'FILEATTACHMENT' );
781 foreach my $a ( @attachments ) {
783 my $data = TWiki::Func::readAttachment( $meta, $a->{name} );
785 } catch TWiki::AccessControlException with {
789 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
791 ### <a name="saveAttachment( $web, $topic, $a"></a> saveAttachment( $web, $topic, $attachment, $opts )
793 - `$web` - web for topic
794 - `$topic` - topic to atach to
795 - `$attachment` - name of the attachment
796 - `$opts` - Ref to hash of options
800 <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
802 <td><code>dontlog</code></td>
803 <td> don't log this change in twiki log </td>
806 <td><code>comment</code></td>
807 <td> comment for save </td>
810 <td><code>hide</code></td>
811 <td> if the attachment is to be hidden in normal topic view </td>
814 <td><code>stream</code></td>
815 <td> Stream of file to upload </td>
818 <td><code>file</code></td>
819 <td> Name of a file to use for the attachment data. ignored if stream is set. Local file on the server. </td>
822 <td><code>filepath</code></td>
823 <td> Client path to file </td>
826 <td><code>filesize</code></td>
827 <td> Size of uploaded data </td>
830 <td><code>filedate</code></td>
835 Save an attachment to the store for a topic. On success, returns undef. If there is an error, an exception will be thrown.
838 TWiki::Func::saveAttachment( $web, $topic, 'image.gif',
839 { file => 'image.gif',
840 comment => 'Picture of Health',
842 } catch Error::Simple with {
843 # see documentation on Error
848 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
850 ### <a name="moveAttachment( $web, $topic, $a"></a> moveAttachment( $web, $topic, $attachment, $newWeb, $newTopic, $newAttachment )
852 - `$web` source web - required
853 - `$topic` source topic - required
854 - `$attachment` source attachment - required
856 - `$newTopic` dest topic
857 - `$newAttachment` dest attachment
859 Renames the topic. Throws an exception on error or access violation. If $newWeb is undef, it defaults to $web. If $newTopic is undef, it defaults to $topic. If $newAttachment is undef, it defaults to $attachment. If all of $newWeb, $newTopic and $newAttachment are undef, it is an error.
861 The destination topic must already exist, but the destination attachment must **not** exist.
863 Rename an attachment to $TWiki::cfg\{TrashWebName\}.TrashAttament to delete it.
865 use Error qw( :try );
868 # move attachment between topics
869 moveAttachment( "Countries", "Germany", "AlsaceLorraine.dat",
870 "Countries", "France" );
871 # Note destination attachment name is defaulted to the same as source
872 } catch TWiki::AccessControlException with {
874 # see documentation on TWiki::AccessControlException
875 } catch Error::Simple with {
877 # see documentation on Error::Simple
880 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
882 ## <a name="Assembling Pages"></a> Assembling Pages
884 ### <a name="readTemplate( $name, $skin ) - $"></a> readTemplate( $name, $skin ) -> $text
886 Read a template or skin. Embedded [[template directives|TWiki/TWikiTemplates]] get expanded
888 - `$name` - Template name, e.g. `'view'`
889 - `$skin` - Comma-separated list of skin names, optional, e.g. `'print'`
891 Return: `$text` Template text
893 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
895 ### <a name="loadTemplate ( $name, $skin, $we"></a> loadTemplate ( $name, $skin, $web ) -> $text
897 - `$name` - template file name
898 - `$skin` - comma-separated list of skins to use (default: current skin)
899 - `$web` - the web to look in for topics that contain templates (default: current web)
901 Return: expanded template text (what's left after removal of all %TMPL:DEF% statements)
903 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
905 Reads a template and extracts template definitions, adding them to the list of loaded templates, overwriting any previous definition.
907 How TWiki searches for templates is described in [[TWikiTemplates]].
909 If template text is found, extracts include statements and fully expands them.
911 ### <a name="expandTemplate( $def ) - $strin"></a> expandTemplate( $def ) -> $string
913 Do a , only expanding the template (not expanding any variables other than %TMPL)
915 - `$def` - template name
917 Return: the text of the expanded template
919 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
921 A template is defined using a %TMPL:DEF% statement in a template file. See the documentation on TWiki templates for more information.
923 ### <a name="writeHeader( $query, $contentLen"></a> writeHeader( $query, $contentLength )
925 Prints a basic content-type HTML header for text/html to standard out
927 - `$query` - CGI query object. If not given, the default CGI query will be used. In most cases you should _not_ pass this parameter.
928 - `$contentLength` - Length of content
932 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
934 ### <a name="redirect_CgiQuery( $query, $url"></a><a name="redirect_CgiQuery( $query, $url "></a> redirectCgiQuery( $query, $url )
938 - `$query` - CGI query object. Ignored, only there for compatibility. The session CGI query object is used instead.
939 - `$url` - URL to redirect to
941 Return: none, never returns
943 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
945 ### <a name="add_ToHEAD( $id, $header )"></a> addToHEAD( $id, $header )
947 Adds `$header` to the HTML header (the
949 tag). This is useful for Plugins that want to include some javascript custom css.
951 - `$id` - Unique ID to prevent the same HTML from being duplicated. Plugins should use a prefix to prevent name clashes (e.g EDITTABLEPLUGIN\_JSCALENDAR)
952 - `$header` - the HTML to be added to the
954 section. The HTML must be valid in a HEAD tag - no checks are performed.
956 All TWiki variables present in `$header` will be expanded before being inserted into the ``
960 Note that this is _not_ the same as the HTTP header, which is modified through the Plugins `modifyHeaderHandler`.
962 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
966 TWiki::Func::addToHEAD('PATTERN_STYLE','<link id="twikiLayoutCss" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="%PUBURL%/TWiki/PatternSkin/layout.css" media="all" />')
968 ### <a name="expand_CommonVariables( $text, $"></a> expandCommonVariables( $text, $topic, $web ) -> $text
970 Expand all common `%VARIABLES%`
972 - `$text` - Text with variables to expand, e.g. `'Current user is %WIKIUSER%'`
973 - `$topic` - Current topic name, e.g. `'WebNotify'`
974 - `$web` - Web name, optional, e.g. `'Main'`. The current web is taken if missing
976 Return: `$text` Expanded text, e.g. `'Current user is TWikiGuest'`
978 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
980 See also: expandVariablesOnTopicCreation
982 ### <a name="renderText( $text, $web ) - $tex"></a> renderText( $text, $web ) -> $text
984 Render text from TWiki markup into XHTML as defined in [[TWiki.TextFormattingRules|TWiki/TextFormattingRules]]
986 - `$text` - Text to render, e.g. `'*bold* text and =fixed font='`
987 - `$web` - Web name, optional, e.g. `'Main'`. The current web is taken if missing
989 Return: `$text` XHTML text, e.g. `'<b>bold</b> and <code>fixed font</code>'`
991 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
993 ### <a name="internalLink( $pre, $web, $topic"></a> internalLink( $pre, $web, $topic, $label, $anchor, $createLink ) -> $text
995 Render topic name and link label into an XHTML link. Normally you do not need to call this funtion, it is called internally by `renderText()`
997 - `$pre` - Text occuring before the TWiki link syntax, optional
998 - `$web` - Web name, required, e.g. `'Main'`
999 - `$topic` - Topic name to link to, required, e.g. `'WebNotify'`
1000 - `$label` - Link label, required. Usually the same as `$topic`, e.g. `'notify'`
1001 - `$anchor` - Anchor, optional, e.g. `'#Jump'`
1002 - `$createLink` - Set to `'1'` to add question linked mark after topic name if topic does not exist;<br /> set to `'0'` to suppress link for non-existing topics
1004 Return: `$text` XHTML anchor, e.g. `'<a href='/cgi-bin/view/Main/WebNotify#Jump'>notify</a>'`
1006 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
1008 ## <a name="E-mail"></a> E-mail
1010 ### <a name="sendEmail ( $text, $retries ) -"></a><a name="sendEmail ( $text, $retries ) - "></a> sendEmail ( $text, $retries ) -> $error
1012 - `$text` - text of the mail, including MIME headers
1013 - `$retries` - number of times to retry the send (default 1)
1015 Send an e-mail specified as MIME format content. To specify MIME format mails, you create a string that contains a set of header lines that contain field definitions and a message body such as:
1017 To: liz@windsor.gov.uk
1018 From: serf@hovel.net
1019 CC: george@whitehouse.gov
1024 Please abolish the monarchy (with King George's permission, of course)
1030 Leave a blank line between the last header field and the message body.
1032 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
1034 ### <a name="wiki_ToEmail( $wikiName ) - $ema"></a> wikiToEmail( $wikiName ) -> $email
1036 - `$wikiName` - wiki name of the user
1038 Get the e-mail address(es) of the named user. If the user has multiple e-mail addresses (for example, the user is a group), then the list will be comma-separated.
1040 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
1042 ## <a name="Creating New Topics"></a> Creating New Topics
1044 ### <a name="expand_VariablesOnTopicCreation"></a><a name="expand_VariablesOnTopicCreation "></a> expandVariablesOnTopicCreation ( $text ) -> $text
1046 Expand the limited set of variables that are always expanded during topic creation
1048 - `$text` - the text to process
1050 Return: text with variables expanded
1052 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
1054 Expands only the variables expected in templates that must be statically expanded in new content.
1056 The expanded variables are:
1058 - `%DATE%` Signature-format date
1059 - `%SERVERTIME%` See [[TWikiVariables]]
1060 - `%GMTIME%` See [[TWikiVariables]]
1061 - `%USERNAME%` Base login name
1062 - `%WIKINAME%` Wiki name
1063 - `%WIKIUSERNAME%` Wiki name with prepended web
1064 - `%URLPARAM{...}%` - Parameters to the current CGI query
1067 See also: expandVariables
1069 ## <a name="Special handlers"></a> Special handlers
1071 Special handlers can be defined to make functions in plugins behave as if they were built-in to TWiki.
1073 ### <a name="register_TagHandler( $var, \fn,"></a><a name="register_TagHandler( $var, \fn, "></a> registerTagHandler( $var, \\&fn, $syntax )
1075 Should only be called from initPlugin.
1077 Register a function to handle a simple variable. Handles both %VAR% and %VAR\{...\}%. Registered variables are treated the same as TWiki internal variables, and are expanded at the same time. This is a _lot_ more efficient than using the `commonTagsHandler`.
1079 - `$var` - The name of the variable, i.e. the 'MYVAR' part of %MYVAR%. The variable name **must** match /^[A-Z]\[A-Z0-9\_]\*$/ or it won't work.
1080 - `\&fn` - Reference to the handler function.
1081 - `$syntax` can be 'classic' (the default) or 'context-free'. 'classic' syntax is appropriate where you want the variable to support classic TWiki syntax i.e. to accept the standard `%MYVAR{ "unnamed" param1="value1" param2="value2" }%` syntax, as well as an unquoted default parameter, such as `%MYVAR{unquoted parameter}%`. If your variable will only use named parameters, you can use 'context-free' syntax, which supports a more relaxed syntax. For example, %MYVAR\{param1=value1, value 2, param3="value 3", param4='value 5"\}%
1083 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
1085 The variable handler function must be of the form:
1087 sub handler(\%session, \%params, $topic, $web)
1091 - `\%session` - a reference to the TWiki session object (may be ignored)
1092 - `\%params` - a reference to a TWiki::Attrs object containing parameters. This can be used as a simple hash that maps parameter names to values, with \_DEFAULT being the name for the default parameter.
1093 - `$topic` - name of the topic in the query
1094 - `$web` - name of the web in the query
1096 for example, to execute an arbitrary command on the server, you might do this:
1099 TWiki::Func::registerTagHandler('EXEC', \&boo);
1103 my( $session, $params, $topic, $web ) = @_;
1104 my $cmd = $params->{_DEFAULT};
1106 return "NO COMMAND SPECIFIED" unless $cmd;
1108 my $result = `$cmd 2>&1`;
1109 return $params->{silent} ? '' : $result;
1113 would let you do this: `%EXEC{"ps -Af" silent="on"}%`
1115 ### <a name="registerRESTHandler( $alias, \fn"></a> registerRESTHandler( $alias, \\&fn, )
1117 Should only be called from initPlugin.
1119 Adds a function to the dispatch table of the REST interface
1121 - `$alias` - The name .
1122 - `\&fn` - Reference to the function.
1124 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
1126 The handler function must be of the form:
1128 sub handler(\%session)
1132 - `\%session` - a reference to the TWiki session object (may be ignored)
1134 From the REST interface, the name of the plugin must be used as the subject of the invokation.
1140 The [[EmptyPlugin]] has the following call in the initPlugin handler:
1142 TWiki::Func::registerRESTHandler('example', \&restExample);
1144 This adds the `restExample` function to the REST dispatch table for the [[EmptyPlugin]] under the 'example' alias, and allows it to be invoked using the URL
1146 `http://server:port/bin/rest/EmptyPlugin/example`
1150 `http://server:port/bin/rest/EmptyPlugin/restExample`
1152 (ie, with the name of the function instead of the alias) will not work.
1154 ## <a name="Searching"></a> Searching
1156 ### <a name="search_InWebContent($searchStrin"></a> searchInWebContent($searchString, $web, \\@topics, \\%options ) -> \\%map
1158 Search for a string in the content of a web. The search is over all content, including meta-data. Meta-data matches will be returned as formatted lines within the topic content (meta-data matches are returned as lines of the format %META:\\w+\{.\*\}%)
1160 - `$searchString` - the search string, in egrep format
1161 - `$web` - The web to search in
1162 - `\@topics` - reference to a list of topics to search
1163 - `\%option` - reference to an options hash
1165 The `\%options` hash may contain the following options:
1167 - `type` - if `regex` will perform a egrep-syntax RE search (default '')
1168 - `casesensitive` - false to ignore case (defaulkt true)
1169 - `files_without_match` - true to return files only (default false). If `files_without_match` is specified, it will return on the first match in each topic (i.e. it will return only one match per topic, and will not return matching lines).
1171 The return value is a reference to a hash which maps each matching topic name to a list of the lines in that topic that matched the search, as would be returned by 'grep'.
1173 To iterate over the returned topics use:
1175 my $result = TWiki::Func::searchInWebContent( "Slimy Toad", $web, \@topics,
1176 { casesensitive => 0, files_without_match => 0 } );
1177 foreach my $topic (keys %$result ) {
1178 foreach my $matching_line ( @{$result->{$topic}} ) {
1181 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
1183 ## <a name="Plugin-specific file handling"></a> Plugin-specific file handling
1185 ### <a name="get_WorkArea( $pluginName ) - $d"></a> getWorkArea( $pluginName ) -> $directorypath
1187 Gets a private directory for Plugin use. The Plugin is entirely responsible for managing this directory; TWiki will not read from it, or write to it.
1189 The directory is guaranteed to exist, and to be writable by the webserver user. By default it will **not** be web accessible.
1191 The directory and it's contents are permanent, so Plugins must be careful to keep their areas tidy.
1193 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1 (Dec 2005)
1195 ### <a name="readFile( $filename ) - $text"></a> readFile( $filename ) -> $text
1197 Read file, low level. Used for Plugin workarea.
1199 - `$filename` - Full path name of file
1201 Return: `$text` Content of file, empty if not found
1203 **_NOTE:_** Use this function only for the Plugin workarea, **not** for topics and attachments. Use the appropriate functions to manipulate topics and attachments.
1205 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (07 Dec 2002)
1207 ### <a name="saveFile( $filename, $text )"></a> saveFile( $filename, $text )
1209 Save file, low level. Used for Plugin workarea.
1211 - `$filename` - Full path name of file
1212 - `$text` - Text to save
1216 **_NOTE:_** Use this function only for the Plugin workarea, **not** for topics and attachments. Use the appropriate functions to manipulate topics and attachments.
1218 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (07 Dec 2002)
1220 ## <a name="General Utilities"></a> General Utilities
1222 ### <a name="get_RegularExpression( $name ) -"></a> getRegularExpression( $name ) -> $expr
1224 Retrieves a TWiki predefined regular expression or character class.
1226 - `$name` - Name of the expression to retrieve. See notes below
1228 Return: String or precompiled regular expression matching as described below.
1230 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.020 (9 Feb 2004)
1232 **_Note:_** TWiki internally precompiles several regular expressions to represent various string entities in an [[I18N]]-compatible manner. Plugins authors are encouraged to use these in matching where appropriate. The following are guaranteed to be present. Others may exist, but their use is unsupported and they may be removed in future TWiki versions.
1234 In the table below, the expression marked type 'String' are intended for use within character classes (i.e. for use within square brackets inside a regular expression), for example:
1236 my $upper = TWiki::Func::getRegularExpression('upperAlpha');
1237 my $alpha = TWiki::Func::getRegularExpression('mixedAlpha');
1238 my $capitalized = qr/[$upper][$alpha]+/;
1240 Those expressions marked type 'RE' are precompiled regular expressions that can be used outside square brackets. For example:
1242 my $webRE = TWiki::Func::getRegularExpression('webNameRegex');
1243 my $isWebName = ( $s =~ m/$webRE/ );
1245 <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
1247 <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong> Name </strong></th>
1248 <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong> Matches </strong></th>
1249 <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong> Type </strong></th>
1252 <td> upperAlpha </td>
1253 <td> Upper case characters </td>
1257 <td> upperAlphaNum </td>
1258 <td> Upper case characters and digits </td>
1262 <td> lowerAlpha </td>
1263 <td> Lower case characters </td>
1267 <td> lowerAlphaNum </td>
1268 <td> Lower case characters and digits </td>
1277 <td> mixedAlpha </td>
1278 <td> Alphabetic characters </td>
1282 <td> mixedAlphaNum </td>
1283 <td> Alphanumeric characters </td>
1287 <td> wikiWordRegex </td>
1288 <td>[[Main/WikiWords]]</td>
1292 <td> webNameRegex </td>
1293 <td> User web names </td>
1297 <td> anchorRegex </td>
1298 <td> #AnchorNames </td>
1302 <td> abbrevRegex </td>
1303 <td> Abbreviations e.g. GOV, IRS </td>
1307 <td> emailAddrRegex </td>
1308 <td><a href="mailto:email@address.com">email@address.com</a></td>
1312 <td> tagNameRegex </td>
1313 <td> Standard variable names e.g. %THIS_BIT% (THIS_BIT only) </td>
1318 ### <a name="normalize_WebTopicName($web, $to"></a> normalizeWebTopicName($web, $topic) -> ($web, $topic)
1320 Parse a web and topic name, supplying defaults as appropriate.
1322 - `$web` - Web name, identifying variable, or empty string
1323 - `$topic` - Topic name, may be a web.topic string, required.
1325 Return: the parsed Web/Topic pai
1327 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
1329 <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
1331 <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong> Input </strong></th>
1332 <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong> Return </strong></th>
1335 <td><tt>( 'Web', 'Topic' ) </tt></td>
1336 <td><tt>( 'Web', 'Topic' ) </tt></td>
1339 <td><tt>( '', 'Topic' ) </tt></td>
1340 <td><tt>( 'Main', 'Topic' ) </tt></td>
1343 <td><tt>( '', '' ) </tt></td>
1344 <td><tt>( 'Main', 'WebHome' ) </tt></td>
1347 <td><tt>( '', 'Web/Topic' ) </tt></td>
1348 <td><tt>( 'Web', 'Topic' ) </tt></td>
1351 <td><tt>( '', 'Web.Topic' ) </tt></td>
1352 <td><tt>( 'Web', 'Topic' ) </tt></td>
1355 <td><tt>( 'Web1', 'Web2.Topic' )</tt></td>
1356 <td><tt>( 'Web2', 'Topic' ) </tt></td>
1359 <td><tt>( 'Main', 'Topic' )</tt></td>
1360 <td><tt>( 'Main', 'Topic' ) </tt></td>
1363 <td><tt>( 'TWiki', 'Topic' )</tt></td>
1364 <td><tt>( 'TWiki', 'Topic' ) </tt></td>
1368 where `Main` and `TWiki` are the web names set in $cfg\{UsersWebName\} and $cfg\{SystemWebName\} respectively.
1370 ### <a name="writeWarning( $text )"></a> writeWarning( $text )
1372 Log Warning that may require admin intervention to data/warning.txt
1374 - `$text` - Text to write; timestamp gets added
1378 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.020 (16 Feb 2004)
1380 ### <a name="writeDebug( $text )"></a> writeDebug( $text )
1382 Log debug message to data/debug.txt
1384 - `$text` - Text to write; timestamp gets added
1388 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.020 (16 Feb 2004)
1390 ### <a name="formatTime( $time, $format, $tim"></a> formatTime( $time, $format, $timezone ) -> $text
1392 Format the time in seconds into the desired time string
1394 - `$time` - Time in epoc seconds
1395 - `$format` - Format type, optional. Default e.g. `'31 Dec 2002 - 19:30'`. Can be `'$iso'` (e.g. `'2002-12-31T19:30Z'`), `'$rcs'` (e.g. `'2001/12/31 23:59:59'`, `'$http'` for HTTP header format (e.g. `'Thu, 23 Jul 1998 07:21:56 GMT'`), or any string with tokens `'$seconds, $minutes, $hours, $day, $wday, $month, $mo, $year, $ye, $tz'` for seconds, minutes, hours, day of month, day of week, 3 letter month, 2 digit month, 4 digit year, 2 digit year, timezone string, respectively
1396 - `$timezone` - either not defined (uses the displaytime setting), 'gmtime', or 'servertime'
1398 Return: `$text` Formatted time string
1400 <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
1403 <td> if you used the removed formatGmTime, add a third parameter 'gmtime' </td>
1407 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.020 (26 Feb 2004)
1409 ### <a name="is_ValidWikiWord ( $text ) - $bo"></a> isValidWikiWord ( $text ) -> $boolean
1411 Check for a valid [[WikiWord]] or [[WikiName]]
1413 - `$text` - Word to test
1415 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.100 (Dec 2005)
1417 ### <a name="extractParameters($attr ) - %par"></a> extractParameters($attr ) -> %params
1419 Extract all parameters from a variable string and returns a hash of parameters
1421 - `$attr` - Attribute string
1423 Return: `%params` Hash containing all parameters. The nameless parameter is stored in key `_DEFAULT`
1425 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.025 (26 Aug 2004)
1428 - Variable: `%TEST{ 'nameless' name1="val1" name2="val2" }%`
1429 - First extract text between `{...}` to get: `'nameless' name1="val1" name2="val2"`
1430 - Then call this on the text: <br />
1431 - params = TWiki::Func::extractParameters( $text );=
1432 - The `%params` hash contains now: <br />`_DEFAULT => 'nameless'`<br />`name1 => "val1"`<br />`name2 => "val2"`
1434 ### <a name="extract_NameValuePair( $attr, $n"></a> extractNameValuePair( $attr, $name ) -> $value
1436 Extract a named or unnamed value from a variable parameter string - Note: | Function TWiki::Func::extractParameters is more efficient for extracting several parameters
1438 - `$attr` - Attribute string
1439 - `$name` - Name, optional
1441 Return: `$value` Extracted value
1443 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
1446 - Variable: `%TEST{ 'nameless' name1="val1" name2="val2" }%`
1447 - First extract text between `{...}` to get: `'nameless' name1="val1" name2="val2"`
1448 - Then call this on the text: <br />`my $noname = TWiki::Func::extractNameValuePair( $text );`<br />`my $val1 = TWiki::Func::extractNameValuePair( $text, "name1" );`<br />`my $val2 = TWiki::Func::extractNameValuePair( $text, "name2" );`
1450 ## <a name="Deprecated functions"></a> Deprecated functions
1452 From time-to-time, the TWiki developers will add new functions to the interface (either to [[TWikiFuncDotPm]], or new handlers). Sometimes these improvements mean that old functions have to be deprecated to keep the code manageable. When this happens, the deprecated functions will be supported in the interface for at least one more TWiki release, and probably longer, though this cannot be guaranteed.
1454 Updated plugins may still need to define deprecated handlers for compatibility with old TWiki versions. In this case, the plugin package that defines old handlers can suppress the warnings in %FAILEDPLUGINS%.
1456 This is done by defining a map from the handler name to the `TWiki::Plugins` version _in which the handler was first deprecated_. For example, if we need to define the `endRenderingHandler` for compatibility with `TWiki::Plugins` versions before 1.1, we would add this to the plugin:
1458 package TWiki::Plugins::SinkPlugin;
1459 use vars qw( %TWikiCompatibility );
1460 $TWikiCompatibility{endRenderingHandler} = 1.1;
1462 If the currently-running TWiki version is 1.1 _or later_, then the _handler will not be called_ and _the warning will not be issued_. TWiki with versions of `TWiki::Plugins` before 1.1 will still call the handler as required.
1464 The following functions are retained for compatibility only. You should stop using them as soon as possible.
1466 ### <a name="get_ScriptUrlPath( ) - $path"></a> getScriptUrlPath( ) -> $path
1470 **DEPRECATED** since 1.1 - use `getScriptUrl` instead.
1472 Return: `$path` URL path of TWiki scripts, e.g. `"/cgi-bin"`
1474 **WARNING:** you are strongly recommended **not** to use this function, as the \{ScriptUrlPaths\} URL rewriting rules will not apply to urls generated using it.
1476 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
1478 ### <a name="get_PublicWebList( ) - @webs"></a> getPublicWebList( ) -> @webs
1480 **DEPRECATED** since 1.1 - use `getListOfWebs` instead.
1482 Get list of all public webs, e.g. all webs that do not have the `NOSEARCHALL` flag set in the [[WebPreferences]]
1484 Return: `@webs` List of all public webs, e.g. `( 'Main', 'Know', 'TWiki' )`
1486 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (07 Dec 2002)
1488 ### <a name="format_GmTime( $time, $format )"></a><a name="format_GmTime( $time, $format ) "></a> formatGmTime( $time, $format ) -> $text
1490 **DEPRECATED** since 1.1 - use `formatTime` instead.
1492 Format the time to GM time
1494 - `$time` - Time in epoc seconds
1495 - `$format` - Format type, optional. Default e.g. `'31 Dec 2002 - 19:30'`, can be `'iso'` (e.g. `'2002-12-31T19:30Z'`), `'rcs'` (e.g. `'2001/12/31 23:59:59'`, `'http'` for HTTP header format (e.g. `'Thu, 23 Jul 1998 07:21:56 GMT'`)
1497 Return: `$text` Formatted time string
1499 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
1501 ### <a name="get_DataDir( ) - $dir"></a> getDataDir( ) -> $dir
1503 **DEPRECATED** since 1.1 - use the [[content handling functions|Main/WebHome#Functions_Content_Handling]] to manipulate topics instead
1505 Get data directory (topic file root)
1507 Return: `$dir` Data directory, e.g. `'/twiki/data'`
1509 This function violates store encapsulation and is therefore **deprecated**.
1511 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (07 Dec 2002)
1513 ### <a name="get_PubDir( ) - $dir"></a> getPubDir( ) -> $dir
1515 **DEPRECATED** since 1.1 - use the [[content handling functions|Main/WebHome#Functions_Content_Handling]] to manipulateattachments instead
1517 Get pub directory (file attachment root). Attachments are in `$dir/Web/TopicName`
1519 Return: `$dir` Pub directory, e.g. `'/htdocs/twiki/pub'`
1521 This function violates store encapsulation and is therefore **deprecated**.
1523 Use `readAttachment` and `saveAttachment` instead.
1525 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (07 Dec 2002)
1527 ### <a name="checkDependencies( $moduleName,"></a><a name="checkDependencies( $moduleName, "></a> checkDependencies( $moduleName, $dependenciesRef ) -> $error
1529 **DEPRECATED** since 1.1 - use TWiki:Plugins.BuildContrib and define DEPENDENCIES that can be statically evaluated at install time instead. It is a lot more efficient.
1531 **Since:** TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.025 (01 Aug 2004)