poezio/doc/source/dev/plugin.rst

Plugin API documentation
========================

BasePlugin
----------

.. module:: plugin

.. autoclass:: BasePlugin
    :members: init, cleanup, api, core

    .. method:: init(self)

        Method called at the creation of the plugin.

        Do not override __init__ and use this instead.

    .. method:: cleanup(self)

        Method called before the destruction of the plugin.

        Use it to erase or save things before the plugin is disabled.

    .. attribute:: core

        The Poezio :py:class:`~Core` object. Use it carefully.

    .. attribute:: api

        The :py:class:`~PluginAPI` instance for this plugin.


Each plugin inheriting :py:class:`~BasePlugin` has an ``api`` member variable, which refers
to a :py:class:`~PluginAPI` object.

The :py:class:`~PluginAPI` object is an a interface through which the :py:class:`~BasePlugin`
(and inheritors) *should* go to interact with poezio. If it is not sufficient, then the ``core``
member can be used.

PluginAPI
---------

.. autoclass:: PluginAPI
    :members:
    :undoc-members:


Example plugins
---------------

**Example 1:** Add a simple command that sends "Hello World!" into the conversation

.. code-block:: python

    class Plugin(BasePlugin):
        def init(self):
            self.add_command('hello', self.command_hello, "Send 'Hello World!'")

        def command_hello(self, arg):
            self.core.send_message('Hello World!')

**Example 2:** Adds an event handler that sends “tg” to a groupchat when a message is received from someone named “Partauche”

.. code-block:: python

    class Plugin(BasePlugin):
        def init(self):
            self.add_event_handler('muc_msg', self.on_groupchat_message)

        def on_groupchat_message(self, message, tab):
            if message['mucnick'] == "Partauche":
                tab.command_say('tg')