Official list of stable TWiki functions for Plugin developers
This module defines official functions that TWiki plugins
can use to interact with the TWiki engine and content.
Refer to EmptyPlugin and lib/TWiki/Plugins/EmptyPlugin.pm for a template
plugin and documentation on how to write a plugin.
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.
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.
The version of the TWiki::Func module is defined by the VERSION number of the
TWiki::Plugins module, currently 6.10. This can be shown
by the %PLUGINVERSION% TWiki variable, and accessed in code using
$TWiki::Plugins::VERSION. The 'Since' field in the function
documentation refers to $TWiki::Plugins::VERSION.
Notes on use of $TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 6.00 and later:
The version number is now aligned with the TWiki release version.
A TWiki-6.7.8 release will have a $TWiki::Plugins::VERSION = 6.78.
In an unlikely case where the patch number is 10 or larger, the patch number is added to the previous patch number. For example, TWiki-6.7.9 will have version 6.79, TWiki-6.7.10 will have 6.7910, and TWiki-6.7.11 will have 6.7911. This ensures that the version number can sort properly.
TWiki::Plugins::VERSION also applies to the plugin handlers. The handlers are documented in the EmptyPlugin, and that module indicates what version of TWiki::Plugins::VERSION it relates to.
A full history of the changes to this API can be found at the end of this
topic.
Get the skin path, set by the SKIN and COVER preferences variables or the skin and cover CGI parameters
Return: $skin Comma-separated list of skins, e.g. 'gnu,tartan'. Empty string if none.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (29 Jul 2001)
getUrlHost( ) -> $host
Get protocol, domain and optional port of script URL
Return: $host URL host, e.g. "http://example.com:80"Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
... - an arbitrary number of name=>value parameter pairs that will be url-encoded and added to the url. The special parameter name '#' is reserved for specifying an anchor. e.g. getScriptUrl('x','y','view','#'=>'XXX',a=>1,b=>2) will give .../view/x/y?a=1&b=2#XXX
Return: $url URL, e.g. "http://example.com:80/cgi-bin/view.pl/Main/WebNotify"Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
getViewUrl( $web, $topic ) -> $url
Compose fully qualified view URL
$web - Web name, e.g. 'Main'. The current web is taken if empty
$topic - Topic name, e.g. 'WebNotify'
Return: $url URL, e.g. "http://example.com:80/cgi-bin/view.pl/Main/WebNotify"Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
getPubUrlPath( ) -> $path
Get pub URL path
Return: $path URL path of pub directory, e.g. "/pub"Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (14 Jul 2001)
Get whatever is at the other end of a URL (using an HTTP GET request). Will
only work for encrypted protocols such as https if the LWP CPAN module is
installed.
Note that the $url may have an optional user and password, as specified by
the relevant RFC. Any proxy set in configure is honored.
Optional parameters may be supplied:
\@headers (an array ref): Additional HTTP headers of form 'name1', 'value1', 'name2', 'value2'. User-Agent header is set to "TWiki::Net/### libwww-perl/#.##" by default, where ### is the revision number of TWiki::Net and #.## is the version of LWP.
\%params (a hash ref): Additional options.
Below is the list of available %params. See CPAN:LWP::UserAgent for more
details.
=> {$phase => \&cb, ...} Note: %matchspec is not available.
local_address
=> $address
max_redirect
=> $n
max_size
=> $bytes
method *
=> $method E.g. 'HEAD'
parse_head
=> $boolean
requests_redirectable
=> \@requests
ssl_opts
=> {$key => $value, ...}
timeout *
=> $secs
The parameters with * do not require LWP.
Example:
my $response = getExternalResource($url,
['Cache-Control' => 'max-age=0'], {timeout => 10});
The $response is an object that is known to implement the following subset of
the methods of HTTP::Response. It may in fact be an HTTP::Response object,
but it may also not be if LWP is not available, so callers may only assume
the following subset of methods is available:
code()
message()
header($field)
content()
is_error()
is_redirect()
Note that if LWP is not available, this function:
can only really be trusted for HTTP/1.0 urls. If HTTP/1.1 or another protocol is required, you are strongly recommended to require LWP.
Will not parse multipart content
In the event of the server returning an error, then is_error() will return
true, code() will return a valid HTTP status code
as specified in RFC 2616 and RFC 2518, and message() will return the
message that was received from
the server. In the event of a client-side error (e.g. an unparseable URL)
then is_error() will return true and message() will return an explanatory
message. code() will return 400 (BAD REQUEST).
Note: Callers can easily check the availability of other HTTP::Response methods
as follows:
my $response = TWiki::Func::getExternalResource($url);
if (!$response->is_error() && $response->isa('HTTP::Response')) {
$text = $response->content();
# ... other methods of HTTP::Response may be called
} else {
# ... only the methods listed above may be called
}
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.2
Note: The optional parameters \@headers and \%params were added in
TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 6.00
This method is essentially the same as getExternalResource() except that it uses
an HTTP POST method and that the additional $text parameter is required.
The $text is sent to the server as the body content of the HTTP request.
See getExternalResource() for more details.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 6.00
getCgiQuery( ) -> $query
Get CGI query object. Important: Plugins cannot assume that scripts run under CGI, Plugins must always test if the CGI query object is set
Return: $query CGI query object; or 0 if script is called as a shell script
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
Get a list of all the names of session variables. The list is unsorted.
Session keys are stored and retrieved using setSessionValue and
getSessionValue.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.2
getSessionValue( $key ) -> $value
Get a session value from the client session module
$key - Session key
Return: $value Value associated with key; empty string if not set
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (27 Feb 200)
setSessionValue( $key, $value ) -> $boolean
Set a session value.
$key - Session key
$value - Value associated with key
Return: true if function succeeded
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (17 Aug 2001)
clearSessionValue( $key ) -> $boolean
Clear a session value that was set using setSessionValue.
$key - name of value stored in session to be cleared. Note that you cannot clear AUTHUSER.
Return: true if the session value was cleared
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
getContext() -> \%hash
Get a hash of context identifiers representing the currently active
context.
The context is a set of identifiers that are set
during specific phases of TWiki processing. For example, each of
the standard scripts in the 'bin' directory each has a context
identifier - the view script has 'view', the edit script has 'edit'
etc. So you can easily tell what 'type' of script your Plugin is
being called within. The core context identifiers are listed
in the IfStatements topic. Please be careful not to
overwrite any of these identifiers!
Context identifiers can be used to communicate between Plugins, and between
Plugins and templates. For example, in FirstPlugin.pm, you might write:
sub initPlugin {
TWiki::Func::getContext()->{'MyID'} = 1;
...
This can be used in SecondPlugin.pm like this:
sub initPlugin {
if( TWiki::Func::getContext()->{'MyID'} ) {
...
}
...
or in a template, like this:
%TMPL:DEF{"ON"}% Not off %TMPL:END%
%TMPL:DEF{"OFF"}% Not on %TMPL:END%
%TMPL:P{context="MyID" then="ON" else="OFF"}%
or in a topic:
%IF{"context MyID" then="MyID is ON" else="MyID is OFF"}%
Note: all plugins have an automatically generated context identifier
if they are installed and initialised. For example, if the FirstPlugin is
working, the context ID 'FirstPluginEnabled' will be set.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
pushTopicContext($web, $topic)
$web - new web
$topic - new topic
Change the TWiki context so it behaves as if it was processing $web.$topic
from now on. All the preferences will be reset to those of the new topic.
Note that if the new topic is not readable by the logged in user due to
access control considerations, there will not be an exception. It is the
duty of the caller to check access permissions before changing the topic.
It is the duty of the caller to restore the original context by calling
popTopicContext.
Note that this call does not re-initialise plugins, so if you have used
global variables to remember the web and topic in initPlugin, then those
values will be unchanged.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.2
popTopicContext()
Returns the TWiki context to the state it was in before the
pushTopicContext was called.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.2
Preferences
getPreferencesValue( $key, $web ) -> $value
Get a preferences value from TWiki or from a Plugin
$key - Preferences key
$web - Name of web, optional. Current web if not specified; does not apply to settings of Plugin topics
Return: $value Preferences value; empty string if not set
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
Example for Plugin setting:
MyPlugin topic has: * Set COLOR = red
Use "MYPLUGIN_COLOR" for $key
my $color = TWiki::Func::getPreferencesValue( "MYPLUGIN_COLOR" );
Return: $value Preferences value; empty string if not set
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)
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.021 (27 Mar 2004)
NOTE: As of TWiki-4.1, if $NO_PREFS_IN_TOPIC is enabled in the plugin, then
preferences set in the plugin topic will be ignored.
getPreferencesFlag( $key, $web ) -> $value
Get a preferences flag from TWiki or from a Plugin
$key - Preferences key
$web - Name of web, optional. Current web if not specified; does not apply to settings of Plugin topics
Return: $value Preferences flag '1' (if set), or "0" (for preferences values "off", "no" and "0")
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
Example for Plugin setting:
MyPlugin topic has: * Set SHOWHELP = off
Use "MYPLUGIN_SHOWHELP" for $key
my $showHelp = TWiki::Func::getPreferencesFlag( "MYPLUGIN_SHOWHELP" );
NOTE: As of TWiki-4.1, if $NO_PREFS_IN_TOPIC is enabled in the plugin, then
preferences set in the plugin topic will be ignored.
Return: false for preferences values "off", "no" and "0", or values not set at all. True otherwise.
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)
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.021 (27 Mar 2004)
NOTE: As of TWiki-4.1, if $NO_PREFS_IN_TOPIC is enabled in the plugin, then
preferences set in the plugin topic will be ignored.
setPreferencesValue($name, $val)
Set the preferences value so that future calls to getPreferencesValue will
return this value, and %$name% will expand to the preference when used in
future variable expansions.
The preference only persists for the rest of this request. Finalised
preferences cannot be redefined using this function.
Returns 1 if the preference was defined, and 0 otherwise.
getWikiToolName( ) -> $name
Get toolname as defined in TWiki.cfg
Return: $name Name of tool, e.g. 'TWiki'Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (27 Feb 2001)
getMainWebname( ) -> $name
Get name of Main web as defined in TWiki.cfg
Return: $name Name, e.g. 'Main'Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (27 Feb 2001)
getTwikiWebname( ) -> $name
Get name of TWiki documentation web as defined in TWiki.cfg
Return: $name Name, e.g. 'TWiki'Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (27 Feb 2001)
User Handling and Access Control
getDefaultUserName( ) -> $loginName
Get default user name as defined in the configuration as DefaultUserLogin
Return: $loginName Default user name, e.g. 'guest'Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
getCanonicalUserID( $user ) -> $cUID
$user can be a login, wikiname or web.wikiname
Return the cUID of the specified user. A cUID is a unique identifier which
is assigned by TWiki for each user.
BEWARE: While the default TWikiUserMapping uses a cUID that looks like a user's
LoginName, some characters are modified to make them compatible with rcs.
Other usermappings may use other conventions - the JoomlaUserMapping
for example, has cUIDs like 'JoomlaeUserMapping_1234'.
If $user is undefined, it assumes the currently logged-in user.
Return: $cUID, an internal unique and portable escaped identifier for
registered users. This may be autogenerated for an authenticated but
unregistered user.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.2
getWikiName( $user ) -> $wikiName
Return the WikiName of the specified user.
If $user is undefined get Wiki name of logged-in user.
$user can be a cUID, login, wikiname or web.wikiname
Return: $wikiName Wiki Name, e.g. 'JohnDoe'Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
getWikiUserName( $user ) -> $wikiName
Return the userWeb.WikiName of the specified user.
If $user is undefined get Wiki name of logged-in user.
$user can be a cUID, login, wikiname or web.wikiname
Return: $wikiName Wiki Name, e.g. "Main.JohnDoe"Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
wikiToUserName( $id ) -> $loginName
Translate a Wiki name to a login name.
$id - Wiki name, required, e.g. 'Main.JohnDoe' or 'JohnDoe'. Since TWiki 4.2.1, $id may also be a login name. This will normally be transparent, but should be borne in mind if you have login names that are also legal wiki names.
Return: $loginName Login name of user, e.g. 'jdoe', or undef if not
matched.
Note that it is possible for several login names to map to the same wikiname.
This function will only return the first login name that maps to the
wikiname.
Returns undef if the WikiName is not found.
To get the login name of the currently logged in user use:
my $user = TWiki::Func::wikiToUserName( TWiki::Func::getWikiName() );
$loginName - Login name, e.g. 'jdoe'. Since TWiki 4.2.1 this may also be a wiki name. This will normally be transparent, but may be relevant if you have login names that are also valid wiki names.
$dontAddWeb - Do not add web prefix if "1"
Return: $wikiName Wiki name of user, e.g. 'Main.JohnDoe' or 'JohnDoe'
userToWikiName will always return a name. If the user does not
exist in the mapping, the $loginName parameter is returned. (backward compatibility)
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
Find the wikinames of all users who have the given email address as their
registered address. Since several users could register with the same email
address, this returns a list of wikinames rather than a single wikiname.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.2
Returns the registered email addresses of the named user. If $user is
undef, returns the registered email addresses for the logged-in user.
Since TWiki 4.2.1, $user may also be a login name, or the name of a group.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.2
isGuest( ) -> $boolean
Test if logged in user is a guest (TWikiGuest)
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
isAnAdmin( $user, $topic, $web ) -> $boolean
Find out if the user is an admin or not. If the user is not given,
the currently logged-in user is assumed.
a user mapping handler's isAdmin() may take $topic and $web arguments. That's why this function takes them too. For a user mapping handler whose isAdmin() doesn't care $topic and $web (e.g. TWikiUserMapping), $topic and $web are irrelevant, needless to say.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.2
Note: The parameters $topic and $web were added in
TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 6.00
Get an iterator over the list of all the registered users not including
groups. The iterator will return each wiki name in turn (e.g. 'FredBloggs').
Use it as follows:
my $iterator = TWiki::Func::eachUser();
while ($it->hasNext()) {
my $user = $it->next();
# $user is a wikiname
}
WARNING on large sites, this could be a long list!
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.2
eachMembership($id) -> $iterator
$id - WikiName or login name of the user. If $id is undef, defaults to the currently logged-in user.
Get an iterator over the names of all groups that the user is a member of.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.2
eachGroup() -> $iterator
Get an iterator over all groups.
Use it as follows:
my $iterator = TWiki::Func::eachGroup();
while ($it->hasNext()) {
my $group = $it->next();
# $group is a group name e.g. TWikiAdminGroup
}
WARNING on large sites, this could be a long list!
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.2
isGroup( $group ) -> $boolean
Checks if $group is the name of a group known to TWiki.
eachGroupMember($group) -> $iterator
Get an iterator over all the members of the named group. Returns undef if
$group is not a valid group.
Use it as follows:
my $iterator = TWiki::Func::eachGroupMember('RadioheadGroup');
while ($it->hasNext()) {
my $user = $it->next();
# $user is a wiki name e.g. 'TomYorke', 'PhilSelway'
}
WARNING on large sites, this could be a long list!
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.2
$type - Access type, required, e.g. 'VIEW', 'CHANGE'.
$id - WikiName of remote user, required, e.g. "PeterThoeny". From TWiki 4.2.1, $id may also be a login name. If $id is '', 0 or undef then access is always permitted.
$text - Topic text, optional. If 'perl false' (undef, 0 or ''), topic $web.$topic is consulted. $text may optionally contain embedded %META:PREFERENCE tags. Provide this parameter if:
You are setting different access controls in the text to those defined in the stored topic,
You already have the topic text in hand, and want to help TWiki avoid having to read it again,
You are providing a $meta parameter.
$topic - Topic name, required, e.g. 'PrivateStuff'
$web - Web name, required, e.g. 'Sandbox'
$meta - Meta-data object, as returned by readTopic. Optional. If undef, but $text is defined, then access controls will be parsed from $text. If defined, then metadata embedded in $text will be ignored. This parameter is always ignored if $text is undefined. Settings in $meta override Set settings in $text.
A perl true result indicates that access is permitted.
Note the weird parameter order is due to compatibility constraints with
earlier TWiki releases.
Tip if you want, you can use this method to check your own access control types. For example, if you:
Set ALLOWTOPICSPIN = IncyWincy
in ThatWeb.ThisTopic, then a call to checkAccessPermission('SPIN', 'IncyWincy', undef, 'ThisTopic', 'ThatWeb', undef) will return true.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (27 Feb 2001)
Gets a list of webs, filtered according to the spec in the $filter,
which may include one of:
'user' (for only user webs)
'template' (for only template webs i.e. those starting with "_")
$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.
For example, the deprecated getPublicWebList function can be duplicated
as follows:
my @webs = TWiki::Func::getListOfWebs( "user,public" );
$templateWeb - flag, optional. If true, then template web names (starting with _) are considered valid, otherwise only user web names are valid.
Return: true if web name is valid
If $TWiki::cfg{EnableHierarchicalWebs} is off, it will also return false when a nested
web name is passed to it.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.4
createWeb( $newWeb, $baseWeb, $opts )
$newWeb is the name of the new web.
$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.
$opts is a ref to a hash that contains settings to be modified in
the web preferences topic in the new web.
use Error qw( :try );
use TWiki::AccessControlException;
try {
TWiki::Func::createWeb( "Newweb" );
} catch Error::Simple with {
my $e = shift;
# see documentation on Error::Simple
} catch TWiki::AccessControlException with {
my $e = shift;
# see documentation on TWiki::AccessControlException
} otherwise {
...
};
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
moveWeb( $oldName, $newName )
Move (rename) a web.
use Error qw( :try );
use TWiki::AccessControlException;
try {
TWiki::Func::moveWeb( "Oldweb", "Newweb" );
} catch Error::Simple with {
my $e = shift;
# see documentation on Error::Simple
} catch TWiki::AccessControlException with {
my $e = shift;
# see documentation on TWiki::AccessControlException
} otherwise {
...
};
Get an iterator over the list of all the changes in the given web between
$time and now. $time is a time in seconds since 1st Jan 1970, and is not
guaranteed to return any changes that occurred before (now -
{Store}{RememberChangesFor}). {Store}{RememberChangesFor}) is a
setting in configure. Changes are returned in most-recent-first
order.
Use it as follows:
my $iterator = TWiki::Func::eachChangeSince(
$web, time() - 7 * 24 * 60 * 60); # the last 7 days
while ($iterator->hasNext()) {
my $change = $iterator->next();
# $change is a perl hash that contains the following fields:
# topic => topic name
# user => wikiname - wikiname of user who made the change
# time => time of the change
# revision => revision number *after* the change
# more => more info about the change (e.g. 'minor')
}
Return: @topics Topic list, e.g. ( 'WebChanges', 'WebHome', 'WebIndex', 'WebNotify' )Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
topicExists( $web, $topic ) -> $boolean
Test if topic exists.
$web - Web name, optional, e.g. 'Main'.
$topic - Topic name, required, e.g. 'TokyoOffice', or "Main.TokyoOffice"
$web and $topic are parsed as described in the documentation for normalizeWebTopicName.
Specifically, the Main is used if $web is not specified and $topic has no web specifier.
To get an expected behaviour it is recommened to specify the current web for $web; don't leave it empty.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (14 Jul 2001)
isValidTopicName( $name ) -> $boolean
Check for a valid topic name. Names considerd valid for autolinking are
WikiWords (such as 'SanFrancisco') and acronym (such as 'SWMBO').
$name - topic name
Return: true if topic name is valid
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.4
Check if a lease has been taken by some other user.
$web Web name, e.g. "Main", or empty
$topic Topic name, e.g. "MyTopic", or "Main.MyTopic"
Return: ( $oopsUrl, $loginName, $unlockTime ) - The $oopsUrl for calling redirectCgiQuery(), user's $loginName, and estimated $unlockTime in minutes, or ( '', '', 0 ) if no lease exists.
$script The script to invoke when continuing with the edit
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.010 (31 Dec 2002)
setTopicEditLock( $web, $topic, $lock )
$web Web name, e.g. "Main", or empty
$topic Topic name, e.g. "MyTopic", or "Main.MyTopic"
$lock 1 to lease the topic, 0 to clear an existing lease
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.
It is impossible to fully lock a topic. Concurrent changes will be
merged.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.010 (31 Dec 2002)
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.
$web - Web name, e.g. 'Main', or empty
$topic - Topic name, e.g. 'MyTopic', or "Main.MyTopic"
$text - Topic text to save, assumed to include meta data
$ignorePermissions - Set to "1" if checkAccessPermission() is already performed and OK
$dontNotify - Set to "1" if not to notify users of the change
Return: $oopsUrl Empty string if OK; the $oopsUrl for calling redirectCgiQuery() in case of error
This method is a lot less efficient and much more dangerous than saveTopic.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.010 (31 Dec 2002)
my $text = TWiki::Func::readTopicText( $web, $topic );
# check for oops URL in case of error:
if( $text =~ /^http.*?\/oops/ ) {
TWiki::Func::redirectCgiQuery( $query, $text );
return;
}
# do topic text manipulation like:
$text =~ s/old/new/g;
# do meta data manipulation like:
$text =~ s/(META\:FIELD.*?name\=\"TopicClassification\".*?value\=\")[^\"]*/$1BugResolved/;
$oopsUrl = TWiki::Func::saveTopicText( $web, $topic, $text ); # save topic text
moveTopic( $web, $topic, $newWeb, $newTopic )
$web source web - required
$topic source topic - required
$newWeb dest web
$newTopic dest topic
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.
The destination topic must not already exist.
Rename a topic to the $TWiki::cfg{TrashWebName} to delete it.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
use Error qw( :try );
try {
moveTopic( "Work", "TokyoOffice", "Trash", "ClosedOffice" );
} catch Error::Simple with {
my $e = shift;
# see documentation on Error::Simple
} catch TWiki::AccessControlException with {
my $e = shift;
# see documentation on TWiki::AccessControlException
} otherwise {
...
};
$rev - revsion number, or tag name (can be in the format 1.2, or just the minor number)
$attachment -attachment filename
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" )
$date
in epochSec
$user
Wiki name of the author (not login name)
$rev
actual rev number
$comment
WHAT COMMENT?
NOTE: if you are trying to get revision info for a topic, use
$meta->getRevisionInfo instead if you can - it is significantly
more efficient.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (29 Jul 2001)
getRevisionAtTime( $web, $topic, $time ) -> $rev
Get the revision number of a topic at a specific time.
$web - web for topic
$topic - topic
$time - time (in epoch secs) for the rev
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)
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
Read topic text and meta data, regardless of access permissions.
$web - Web name, required, e.g. 'Main'
$topic - Topic name, required, e.g. 'TokyoOffice'
$rev - revision to read (default latest)
Return: ( $meta, $text ) Meta data object and topic text
$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.
This method ignores topic access permissions. You should be careful to use
checkAccessPermission to ensure the current user has read access to the
topic.
See usage example at TWiki::Func::saveTopic.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
$topic - Topic name, e.g. 'MyTopic', or "Main.MyTopic"
$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.
$ignorePermissions - Set to "1" if checkAccessPermission() is already performed and OK; an oops URL is returned if user has no permission
Return: $text Topic text with embedded meta data; an oops URL for calling redirectCgiQuery() is returned in case of an error
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.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.010 (31 Dec 2002)
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. If the revision is not specified, the latest version will
be returned.
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 current user.
my( $meta, $text ) = TWiki::Func::readTopic( $web, $topic );
my @attachments = $meta->find( 'FILEATTACHMENT' );
foreach my $a ( @attachments ) {
try {
my $data = TWiki::Func::readAttachment( $web, $topic, $a->{name} );
...
} catch TWiki::AccessControlException with {
};
}
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.
The destination topic must already exist, but the destination attachment must
not exist.
Rename an attachment to $TWiki::cfg{TrashWebName}.TrashAttament to delete it.
use Error qw( :try );
try {
# move attachment between topics
moveAttachment( "Countries", "Germany", "AlsaceLorraine.dat",
"Countries", "France" );
# Note destination attachment name is defaulted to the same as source
} catch TWiki::AccessControlException with {
my $e = shift;
# see documentation on TWiki::AccessControlException
} catch Error::Simple with {
my $e = shift;
# see documentation on Error::Simple
};
$skin - Comma-separated list of skin names, optional, e.g. 'print'
Return: $text Template text
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
loadTemplate ( $name, $skin, $web ) -> $text
$name - template file name
$skin - comma-separated list of skins to use (default: current skin)
$web - the web to look in for topics that contain templates (default: current web)
Return: expanded template text (what's left after removal of all %TMPL:DEF% statements)
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
Reads a template and extracts template definitions, adding them to the
list of loaded templates, overwriting any previous definition.
How TWiki searches for templates is described in TWikiTemplates.
If template text is found, extracts include statements and fully expands them.
expandTemplate( $def ) -> $string
Do a %TMPL:P{$def}%, only expanding the template (not expanding any variables other than %TMPL)
$def - template name
Return: the text of the expanded template
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
A template is defined using a %TMPL:DEF% statement in a template
file. See the documentation on TWiki templates for more information.
writeHeader( )
Print a basic content-type HTML header for text/html to standard out. No return value.
Note: In TWiki versions earlier than TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.3, this function used to have $query and $contentLength parameters. Both were marked "you should not pass this parameter".
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
$query - CGI query object. Ignored, only there for compatibility. The session CGI query object is used instead.
$url - URL to redirect to
$passthru - enable passthrough.
$viaCache - forcibly cache a redirect CGI query. It cuts off all the params in a GET url and replace with a "?$cache=..." param. "$viaCache" is meaningful only if "$passthru" is true.
Return: none
Print output to STDOUT that will cause a 302 redirect to a new URL.
Nothing more should be printed to STDOUT after this method has been called.
The $passthru parameter allows you to pass the parameters that were passed
to the current query on to the target URL, as long as it is another URL on the
same TWiki installation. If $passthru is set to a true value, then TWiki
will save the current URL parameters, and then try to restore them on the
other side of the redirect. Parameters are stored on the server in a cache
file.
Note that if $passthru is set, then any parameters in $url will be lost
when the old parameters are restored. if you want to change any parameter
values, you will need to do that in the current CGI query before redirecting
e.g.
$passthru does nothing if $url does not point to a script in the current
TWiki installation.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
addToHEAD( $id, $header, $requires )
Adds $header to the HTML header (the tag).
This is useful for Plugins that want to include some javascript and custom css.
$id - Unique ID to prevent the same HTML from being duplicated. Plugins should use a prefix to prevent name clashes (e.g EDITTABLEPLUGIN_JSCALENDAR)
$header - the HTML to be added to the section. The HTML must be valid in a HEAD tag - no checks are performed.
requires optional, comma-separated list of id's of other head blocks this one depends on. Those blocks will be loaded first.
All TWiki variables present in $header will be expanded before being inserted into the section.
Note that this is not the same as the HTTP header, which is modified through the Plugins modifyHeaderHandler.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
example:
$text - Text with variables to expand, e.g. 'Current user is %WIKIUSER%'
$topic - Current topic name, e.g. 'WebNotify'
$web - Web name, optional, e.g. 'Main'. The current web is taken if missing
$meta - topic meta-data to use while expanding (Since TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.2)
Return: $text Expanded text, e.g. 'Current user is TWikiGuest'Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
See also: expandVariablesOnTopicCreation
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()
$pre - Text occuring before the TWiki link syntax, optional
$web - Web name, required, e.g. 'Main'
$topic - Topic name to link to, required, e.g. 'WebNotify'
$label - Link label, required. Usually the same as $topic, e.g. 'notify'
$anchor - Anchor, optional, e.g. '#Jump'
$createLink - Set to '1' to add question linked mark after topic name if topic does not exist; set to '0' to suppress link for non-existing topics
Return: $text XHTML anchor, e.g. '<a href='/cgi-bin/view/Main/WebNotify#Jump'>notify</a>'Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
E-mail
sendEmail ( $text, $retries ) -> $error
$text - text of the mail, including MIME headers
$retries - number of times to retry the send (default 1)
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:
To: liz@windsor.gov.uk
From: serf@hovel.net
CC: george@whitehouse.gov
Subject: Revolution
Dear Liz,
Please abolish the monarchy (with King George's permission, of course)
Thanks,
A. Peasant
Leave a blank line between the last header field and the message body.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
wikiToEmail( $wikiName ) -> $email
$wikiname - wiki name of the user
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.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
Deprecated in favour of wikinameToEmails, because this function only
returns a single email address, where a user may in fact have several.
Since TWiki 4.2.1, $wikiName may also be a login name.
Expand the limited set of variables that are always expanded during topic creation
$text - the text to process
$web - name of web, optional
$topic - name of topic, optional
Return: text with variables expanded
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
Expands only the variables expected in templates that must be statically
expanded in new content.
The expanded variables are:
%URLPARAM{...}% - Parameters to the current CGI query
%NOP% No-op
See also: expandCommonVariables
Special Handlers
Special handlers can be defined to make functions in plugins behave as if they were built-in to TWiki.
registerTagHandler( $var, \&fn, $syntax )
Should only be called from initPlugin.
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.
$var - The name of the variable, i.e. the 'MYVAR' part of %MYVAR%. The variable name must match /^[A-Z][A-Z0-9_]*$/ or it won't work.
\&fn - Reference to the handler function.
$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"}%
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
The variable handler function must be of the form:
sub handler(\%session, \%params, $topic, $web)
where:
\%session - a reference to the TWiki session object (may be ignored)
\%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.
$topic - name of the topic in the query
$web - name of the web in the query
$meta - topic meta-data to use while expanding, can be undef (Since TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.4)
$textRef - reference to unexpanded topic text, can be undef (Since TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.4)
for example, to execute an arbitrary command on the server, you might do this:
sub initPlugin{
TWiki::Func::registerTagHandler('EXEC', \&boo);
}
sub boo {
my( $session, $params, $topic, $web ) = @_;
my $cmd = $params->{_DEFAULT};
return "NO COMMAND SPECIFIED" unless $cmd;
my $result = `$cmd 2>&1`;
return $params->{silent} ? '' : $result;
}
would let you do this:
%EXEC{"ps -Af" silent="on"}%
Registered tags differ from tags implemented using the old TWiki approach (text substitution in commonTagsHandler) in the following ways:
registered tags are evaluated at the same time as system tags, such as %SERVERTIME. commonTagsHandler is only called later, when all system tags have already been expanded (though they are expanded again after commonTagsHandler returns).
registered tag names can only contain alphanumerics and _ (underscore)
registering a tag FRED defines both %FRED{...}%and also%FRED%.
registered tag handlers cannot return another tag as their only result (e.g. return '%SERVERTIME%';). It won't work.
registerRESTHandler( $alias, \&fn, )
Should only be called from initPlugin.
Adds a function to the dispatch table of the REST interface
$alias - The name .
\&fn - Reference to the function.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1
The handler function must be of the form:
sub handler(\%session)
where:
\%session - a reference to the TWiki session object (may be ignored)
From the REST interface, the name of the plugin must be used
as the subject of the invokation.
Example
The EmptyPlugin has the following call in the initPlugin handler:
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
http://server:port/bin/rest/EmptyPlugin/example
note that the URL
http://server:port/bin/rest/EmptyPlugin/restExample
(ie, with the name of the function instead of the alias) will not work.
registerExternalHTTPHandler( \&fn )
Should only be called from initPlugin.
Adds a function to modify all the HTTP requests to any external resources.
\&fn - Reference to the function.
The handler function must be of the form:
sub handler(\%session, $url) -> (\@headers, \%params)
where:
\%session - a reference to the TWiki session object (may be ignored)
$url - a URL being requested
The returned \@headers and \%params are added to the request in the same
manner as getExternalResource, except that \%params will not override any
entries that have been set earlier.
All the params explicitly given by the caller of getExternalResource or
postExternalResource will have the highest precedence.
Example:
sub initPlugin {
TWiki::Func::registerExternalHTTPHandler( \&handleExternalHTTPRequest );
}
sub handleExternalHTTPRequest {
my ($session, $url) = @_;
my @headers;
my %params;
# Add any necessary @headers and %params
push @headers, 'X-Example-Header' => 'Value';
$params{timeout} = 5;
# Return refs to both
return (\@headers, \%params);
}
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 6.00
decodeFormatTokens($str) -> $unencodedString
TWiki has an informal standard set of tokens used in format
parameters that are used to block evaluation of paramater strings.
For example, if you were to write
%MYTAG{format="%WURBLE%"}%
then %WURBLE would be expanded before %MYTAG is evaluated. To avoid
this TWiki uses escapes in the format string. For example:
%MYTAG{format="$percntWURBLE$percnt"}%
This lets you enter arbitrary strings into parameters without worrying that
TWiki will expand them before your plugin gets a chance to deal with them
properly. Once you have processed your tag, you will want to expand these
tokens to their proper value. That's what this function does.
New line. Use $n() if followed by alphanumeric character, e.g. write Foo$n()Bar instead of Foo$nBar
$nop or $nop()
Is a "no operation".
$quot
Double quote (")
$aquot
Apostrophe quote (')
$percnt
Percent sign (%)
$dollar
Dollar sign ($)
$lt
Less than sign (<)
$gt
Greater than sign (>)
Note that $quot, $aquot, $percnt and $dollar all work *even if they are followed by
alphanumeric characters*. You have been warned!
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.2
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+{.*}%)
$searchString - the search string, in egrep format
$web - The web to search in
\@topics - reference to a list of topics to search
\%option - reference to an options hash
The \%options hash may contain the following options:
type - if regex will perform a egrep-syntax RE search (default '')
casesensitive - false to ignore case (default true)
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).
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'.
To iterate over the returned topics use:
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.
The directory is guaranteed to exist, and to be writable by the webserver
user. By default it will not be web accessible.
The directory and it's contents are permanent, so Plugins must be careful
to keep their areas tidy.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.1 (Dec 2005)
readFile( $filename ) -> $text
Read file, low level. Used for Plugin workarea.
$filename - Full path name of file
Return: $text Content of file, empty if not found
NOTE: Use this function only for the Plugin workarea, not for topics and attachments. Use the appropriate functions to manipulate topics and attachments.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (07 Dec 2002)
saveFile( $filename, $text )
Save file, low level. Used for Plugin workarea.
$filename - Full path name of file
$text - Text to save
Return: none
NOTE: Use this function only for the Plugin workarea, not for topics and attachments. Use the appropriate functions to manipulate topics and attachments.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (07 Dec 2002)
Returns the current site name if it's defined. Otherwise returns the null
string.
getContentMode( $web ) -> $contentMode
Returns the content mode of the specified $web.
Please read ReadOnlyAndMirrorWebs about content mode.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 6.00
webWritable( $web ) -> $boolean
Checks if the web is wriable on this site - if it's master or local.
Returns true if it's writable. Returns false otherwise.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 6.00
Returns the relevant paths and the disk ID of the specified web on the specified site.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 6.00
trashWebName(web => $web | disk => $diskID) -> $trashWebName
Returns the name of the trash web to which topics of the $web web are moved.
Or returns the name of the trash web of the specified disk.
Each disk (file system) TWiki uses needs to have a trash web since a topic deletion may entail an attachment directory move, which is possible only within the same disk/file system.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 6.00
General Utilities
getRegularExpression( $name ) -> $expr
Retrieves a TWiki predefined regular expression or character class.
$name - Name of the expression to retrieve. See notes below
Return: String or precompiled regular expression matching as described below.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.020 (9 Feb 2004)
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.
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:
my $upper = TWiki::Func::getRegularExpression('upperAlpha');
my $alpha = TWiki::Func::getRegularExpression('mixedAlpha');
my $capitalized = qr/[$upper][$alpha]+/;
Those expressions marked type 'RE' are precompiled regular expressions that can be used outside square brackets. For example:
my $webRE = TWiki::Func::getRegularExpression('webNameRegex');
my $isWebName = ( $s =~ m/$webRE/ );
Note that hierarchical web names (Web.SubWeb) are only available if hierarchical webs are enabled in configure.
The symbols %USERSWEB%, %SYSTEMWEB% and %DOCWEB% can be used in the input to represent the web names set in $cfg{UsersWebName} and $cfg{SystemWebName}. For example:
Given a file namer, sanitise it according to the rules for transforming
attachment names. Returns
the sanitised name together with the basename before sanitisation.
Sanitation includes filtering illegal characters and mapping client
file names to legal server names.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.2
Return: $textSince: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.3 (18 Jan 2010)
spaceOutWikiWord( $word, $sep ) -> $text
Spaces out a wiki word by inserting a string between each word component.
Word component boundaries are transitions from lowercase to uppercase or numeric,
from numeric to uppercase or lowercase, and from uppercase to numeric characters.
Parameter $sep defines the separator between the word components, the default is a space.
Example: "ABC2015ProjectCharter" results in "ABC 2015 Project Charter"
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.2
writeWarning( $text )
Log Warning that may require admin intervention to data/warning.txt
$text - Text to write; timestamp gets added
Return: none
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.020 (16 Feb 2004)
writeDebug( $text )
Log debug message to data/debug.txt
$text - Text to write; timestamp gets added
Return: none
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.020 (16 Feb 2004)
writeLog( $action, $extra, $web, $topic, $user )
Write the log for an event to the logfile.
$action - name of the event, such as 'blacklist'.
$extra - arbitrary extra information to add to the event.
$web - web name, optional. Base web is taken if empty. Ignored if web is specified in $topic.
$topic - topic name, optional. Can be Topic or Web.Topic. Base topic is taken if empty.
$user - WikiName, login name or cUID of user, optional. Name of logged-in user is taken if not specified.
Return: none
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.4
Example: Calling TWiki::Func::writeLog( 'blacklist', 'Magic number is missing' )
will add a log entry like this:
| 2011-01-19 - 01:13 | guest | blacklist | TWiki.TWikiRegistration | Magic number is missing | 1.2.3.4 |
Note: Older plugins that use $TWiki::cfg{LogFileName} or call the internal TWiki
function directly should be fixed to use writeLog.
To maintain compatibility with older TWiki releases, you can write conditional code as follows:
if( defined &TWiki::Func::writeLog ) {
# use writeLog
TWiki::Func::writeLog( 'myevent', $extra, $web, $topic );
} else {
# deprecated code if plugin is used in older TWiki releases
$TWiki::Plugins::VERSION > 1.1
? $TWiki::Plugins::SESSION->writeLog( 'myevent', "$web.$topic", $extra )
: TWiki::Store::writeLog( 'myevent', "$web.$topic", $extra );
}
formatTime( $time, $format, $timezone ) -> $text
Format the time in seconds into the desired time string
$time - Time in epoc seconds
$format - Format type, optional. Default e.g. '2014-12-31 - 19:30'. Can be '$iso' (e.g. '2014-12-31T19:30Z'), '$rcs' (e.g. '2014/12/31 23:59:59', '$http' for HTTP header format (e.g. 'The, 2014-07-23 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
$timezone - either not defined (uses the displaytime setting), 'gmtime', or 'servertime'
Return: $text Formatted time string
Note: If you used the removed formatGmTime, add a third parameter 'gmtime'
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.020 (26 Feb 2004)
isTrue( $value, $default ) -> $boolean
Returns 1 if $value is true, and 0 otherwise. "true" means set to
something with a Perl true value, with the special cases that "off",
"false" and "no" (case insensitive) are forced to false. Leading and
trailing spaces in $value are ignored.
If the value is undef, then $default is returned. If $default is
not specified it is taken as 0.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.2
First extract text between {...} to get: 'nameless' name1="val1" name2="val2"
Then call this on the text: my $noname = TWiki::Func::extractNameValuePair( $text ); my $val1 = TWiki::Func::extractNameValuePair( $text, "name1" ); my $val2 = TWiki::Func::extractNameValuePair( $text, "name2" );
Note: Function TWiki::Func::extractParameters is more efficient for extracting several parameters
entityEncode( $text, $extra ) -> $text
Entity encode text.
$text - Text to encode, may be empty
$extra - Additional characters to include in the set of encoded characters, optional
Return: $text Entity encoded text
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 6.00
Escape special characters to HTML numeric entities. This is not a generic
encoding, it is tuned specifically for use in TWiki.
HTML4.0 spec:
"Certain characters in HTML are reserved for use as markup and must be
escaped to appear literally. The "<" character may be represented with
an entity, <. Similarly, ">"
is escaped as >, and "&" is escaped
as &. If an attribute value contains a
double quotation mark and is delimited by double quotation marks, then the
quote should be escaped as ".
Other entities exist for special characters that cannot easily be entered
with some keyboards..."
This method encodes HTML special and any non-printable ASCII
characters (except for \n and \r) using numeric entities.
FURTHER this method also encodes characters that are special in TWiki
meta-language.
$extras is an optional param that may be used to include additional
characters in the set of encoded characters. It should be a string
containing the additional chars.
entityDecode( $text ) -> $text
Decode all numeric entities (e.g. {). Does not decode
named entities such as & (use HTML::Entities for that)
$text - Text to decode, may be empty
Return: $text Entity decoded text
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 6.00
urlEncode( $text ) -> $text
URL encode text, mainly used to encode URL parameters.
$text - Text to encode, may be empty
Return: $text URL encoded text
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 6.00
Encoding is done by converting characters that are illegal in
URLs to their %NN equivalents. This method is used for encoding
strings that must be embedded verbatim in URLs; it cannot
be applied to URLs themselves, as it escapes reserved
characters such as = and ?.
RFC 1738, Dec. '94:
...Only alphanumerics [0-9a-zA-Z], the special
characters $-_.+!*'(), and reserved characters used for their
reserved purposes may be used unencoded within a URL.
Reserved characters are $&+,/:;=?@ - these are also encoded by
this method.
This URL-encoding handles all character encodings including ISO-8859-*,
KOI8-R, EUC-* and UTF-8.
This may not handle EBCDIC properly, as it generates an EBCDIC URL-encoded
URL, but mainframe web servers seem to translate this outbound before it hits browser
- see CGI::Util::escape for another approach.
urlDecode( $text ) -> $text
URL decode text, mainly used to decode URL parameters.
$text - Text to decode, may be empty
Return: $text URL decoded text
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 6.00
getDebugFilePath() -> $path
You may want to have an external program write to the debug file.
This function returns the path to it. An external program may corrupt
the debug file, but that's no big deal -- it's a debug file.
The return value is $TWiki::cfg{DebugFileName} with %DATE%
and other "variables" resolved. $TWiki::cfg{DebugFileName} is an
absolute path in most cases. If it's not, then the current directory
is prepended in the return value.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 6.10
Deprecated functions
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.
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%.
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:
package TWiki::Plugins::SinkPlugin;
use vars qw( %TWikiCompatibility );
$TWikiCompatibility{endRenderingHandler} = 1.1;
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.
The following functions are retained for compatibility only. You should
stop using them as soon as possible.
getScriptUrlPath( ) -> $path
Get script URL path
DEPRECATED since 1.1 - use getScriptUrl instead.
Return: $path URL path of TWiki scripts, e.g. "/cgi-bin"WARNING: you are strongly recommended not to use this function, as the
{ScriptUrlPaths} URL rewriting rules will not apply to urls generated
using it.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
$web - Web name, e.g. 'Main'. The current web is taken if empty
$topic - Topic name, e.g. 'WebNotify'
$template - Oops template name, e.g. 'oopsmistake'. The 'oops' is optional; 'mistake' will translate to 'oopsmistake'.
$param1 ... $param4 - Parameter values for %PARAM1% ... %PARAMn% variables in template, optional
Return: $url URL, e.g. "http://example.com:80/cgi-bin/oops.pl/ Main/WebNotify?template=oopslocked¶m1=joe"DEPRECATED since 1.1, the recommended approach is to throw an oops exception.
use Error qw( :try );
throw TWiki::OopsException(
'toestuckerror',
web => $web,
topic => $topic,
params => [ 'I got my toe stuck' ]);
(this example will use the oopstoestuckerror template.)
If this is not possible (e.g. in a REST handler that does not trap the exception)
then you can use getScriptUrl instead:
my $url = TWiki::Func::getScriptUrl($web, $topic, 'oops',
template => 'oopstoestuckerror',
param1 => 'I got my toe stuck');
TWiki::Func::redirectCgiQuery( undef, $url );
return 0;
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
permissionsSet( $web ) -> $boolean
Test if any access restrictions are set for this web, ignoring settings on
individual pages
$web - Web name, required, e.g. 'Sandbox'
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (27 Feb 2001)
DEPRECATED since 1.2 - use getPreferencesValue instead to determine
what permissions are set on the web, for example:
foreach my $type ( 'ALLOW', 'DENY' ) {
foreach my $action ( 'CHANGE', 'VIEW' ) {
my $pref = $type . 'WEB' . $action;
my $val = getPreferencesValue( $pref, $web ) || '';
if( $val =~ /\S/ ) {
print "$pref is set to $val on $web\n";
}
}
}
DEPRECATED since 1.1 - use getListOfWebs instead.
Get list of all public webs, e.g. all webs that do not have the NOSEARCHALL flag set in the WebPreferences
Return: @webs List of all public webs, e.g. ( 'Main', 'Know', 'TWiki' )Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (07 Dec 2002)
formatGmTime( $time, $format ) -> $text
DEPRECATED since 1.1 - use formatTime instead.
Format the time to GM time
$time - Time in epoc seconds
$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')
Return: $text Formatted time string
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (7 Dec 2002)
getDataDir( ) -> $dir
DEPRECATED since 1.1 - use the "Webs, Topics and Attachments" functions to manipulate topics instead
Get data directory (topic file root)
Return: $dir Data directory, e.g. '/twiki/data'
This function violates store encapsulation and is therefore deprecated.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (07 Dec 2002)
getPubDir( ) -> $dir
DEPRECATED since 1.1 - use the "Webs, Topics and Attachments" functions to manipulateattachments instead
Get pub directory (file attachment root). Attachments are in $dir/Web/TopicName
Return: $dir Pub directory, e.g. '/htdocs/twiki/pub'
This function violates store encapsulation and is therefore deprecated.
Use readAttachment and saveAttachment instead.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.000 (07 Dec 2002)
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.
Since: TWiki::Plugins::VERSION 1.025 (01 Aug 2004)