External functions API

Overview

The External functions API allows you to create fully parameterised methods that can be accessed by external programs (such as Web services).

externallib.php

• This file is located at the root of your plugin.
• This file is composed by a class that contains the external functions and their descriptions.

Example

You will find an example of an external.php file in the web service template plugin. This plugin contains a web service hello_world function. To make testing easy for you, the plugin is distributed with a test client in the folder /client.

See also

• Core APIs
• Web services API