1 Friendica Addon development
6 Please see the sample addon 'randplace' for a working example of using some of these features.
7 Addons work by intercepting event hooks - which must be registered.
8 Modules work by intercepting specific page requests (by URL path).
12 Addon names are used in file paths and functions names, and as such:
13 - Can't contain spaces or punctuation.
14 - Can't start with a number.
18 You can provide human-readable information about your addon in the first multi-line comment of your addon file.
24 * Name: {Human-readable name}
25 * Description: {Short description}
27 * Author: {Author1 Name}
28 * Author: {Author2 Name} <{Author profile link}>
29 * Maintainer: {Maintainer1 Name}
30 * Maintainer: {Maintainer2 Name} <{Maintainer profile link}>
31 * Status: {Unsupported|Arbitrary status}
35 You can also provide a longer documentation in a `README` or `README.md` file.
36 The latter will be converted from Markdown to HTML in the addon detail page.
40 If your addon uses hooks, they have to be registered in a `<addon>_install()` function.
41 This function also allows to perform arbitrary actions your addon needs to function properly.
43 Uninstalling an addon automatically unregisters any hook it registered, but if you need to provide specific uninstallation steps, you can add them in a `<addon>_uninstall()` function.
45 The install and uninstall functions will be called (i.e. re-installed) if the addon changes after installation.
46 Therefore your uninstall should not destroy data and install should consider that data may already exist.
47 Future extensions may provide for "setup" amd "remove".
51 Register your addon hooks during installation.
53 \Friendica\Core\Hook::register($hookname, $file, $function);
55 `$hookname` is a string and corresponds to a known Friendica PHP hook.
57 `$file` is a pathname relative to the top-level Friendica directory.
58 This *should* be 'addon/*addon_name*/*addon_name*.php' in most cases and can be shortened to `__FILE__`.
60 `$function` is a string and is the name of the function which will be executed when the hook is called.
63 Your hook callback functions will be called with at least one and possibly two arguments
65 function <addon>_<hookname>(App $a, &$b) {
69 If you wish to make changes to the calling data, you must declare them as reference variables (with `&`) during function declaration.
72 $a is the Friendica `App` class.
73 It contains a wealth of information about the current state of Friendica:
75 * which module has been called,
76 * configuration information,
77 * the page contents at the point the hook was invoked,
78 * profile and user information, etc.
80 It is recommeded you call this `$a` to match its usage elsewhere.
83 $b can be called anything you like.
84 This is information specific to the hook currently being processed, and generally contains information that is being immediately processed or acted on that you can use, display, or alter.
85 Remember to declare it with `&` if you wish to alter it.
89 Your addon can provide user-specific settings via the `addon_settings` PHP hook, but it can also provide node-wide settings in the administration page of your addon.
91 Simply declare a `<addon>_addon_admin(App $a)` function to display the form and a `<addon>_addon_admin_post(App $a)` function to process the data from the form.
95 If your addon requires adding a stylesheet on all pages of Friendica, add the following hook:
98 function <addon>_install()
100 \Friendica\Core\Hook::register('head', __FILE__, '<addon>_head');
105 function <addon>_head(App $a)
107 $a->registerStylesheet(__DIR__ . '/relative/path/to/addon/stylesheet.css');
111 `__DIR__` is the folder path of your addon.
117 If your addon requires adding a script on all pages of Friendica, add the following hook:
121 function <addon>_install()
123 \Friendica\Core\Hook::register('footer', __FILE__, '<addon>_footer');
127 function <addon>_footer(App $a)
129 $a->registerFooterScript(__DIR__ . '/relative/path/to/addon/script.js');
133 `__DIR__` is the folder path of your addon.
137 The main Friendica script provides hooks via events dispatched on the `document` property.
138 In your Javascript file included as described above, add your event listener like this:
141 document.addEventListener(name, callback);
144 - *name* is the name of the hook and corresponds to a known Friendica JavaScript hook.
145 - *callback* is a JavaScript anonymous function to execute.
147 More info about Javascript event listeners: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EventTarget/addEventListener
149 #### Current JavaScript hooks
151 ##### postprocess_liveupdate
152 Called at the end of the live update process (XmlHttpRequest) and on a post preview.
153 No additional data is provided.
157 Addons may also act as "modules" and intercept all page requests for a given URL path.
158 In order for a addon to act as a module it needs to declare an empty function `<addon>_module()`.
160 If this function exists, you will now receive all page requests for `https://my.web.site/<addon>` - with any number of URL components as additional arguments.
161 These are parsed into an array $a->argv, with a corresponding $a->argc indicating the number of URL components.
162 So `https://my.web.site/addon/arg1/arg2` would look for a module named "addon" and pass its module functions the $a App structure (which is available to many components).
167 $a->argv = array(0 => 'addon', 1 => 'arg1', 2 => 'arg2');
170 To display a module page, you need to declare the function `<addon>_content(App $a)`, which defines and returns the page body content.
171 They may also contain `<addon>_post(App $a)` which is called before the `<addon>_content` function and typically handles the results of POST forms.
172 You may also have `<addon>_init(App $a)` which is called before `<addon>_content` and should include common logic to your module.
176 If your addon needs some template, you can use the Friendica template system.
177 Friendica uses [smarty3](http://www.smarty.net/) as a template engine.
179 Put your tpl files in the *templates/* subfolder of your addon.
181 In your code, like in the function addon_name_content(), load the template file and execute it passing needed values:
184 # load template file. first argument is the template name,
185 # second is the addon path relative to friendica top folder
186 $tpl = Renderer::getMarkupTemplate('mytemplate.tpl', __DIR__);
188 # apply template. first argument is the loaded template,
189 # second an array of 'name' => 'values' to pass to template
190 $output = Renderer::replaceMacros($tpl, array(
191 'title' => 'My beautiful addon',
195 See also the wiki page [Quick Template Guide](https://github.com/friendica/friendica/wiki/Quick-Template-Guide).
200 Called when a user attempts to login.
201 `$b` is an array containing:
203 - **username**: the supplied username
204 - **password**: the supplied password
205 - **authenticated**: set this to non-zero to authenticate the user.
206 - **user_record**: successful authentication must also return a valid user record from the database
209 Called after a user has successfully logged in.
210 `$b` contains the `$a->user` array.
213 Called when formatting a post for display.
216 - **item**: The item (array) details pulled from the database
217 - **output**: the (string) HTML representation of this item prior to adding it to the page
220 Called when a status post or comment is entered on the local system.
221 `$b` is the item array of the information to be stored in the database.
222 Please note: body contents are bbcode - not HTML.
225 Called when a local status post or comment has been stored on the local system.
226 `$b` is the item array of the information which has just been stored in the database.
227 Please note: body contents are bbcode - not HTML
230 Called when receiving a post from another source. This may also be used to post local activity or system generated messages.
231 `$b` is the item array of information to be stored in the database and the item body is bbcode.
234 Called when generating the HTML for the user Settings page.
235 `$b` is the HTML string of the settings page before the final `</form>` tag.
238 Called when the Settings pages are submitted.
239 `$b` is the $_POST array.
242 Called when generating the HTML for the addon settings page.
243 `$b` is the (string) HTML of the addon settings page before the final `</form>` tag.
245 ### addon_settings_post
246 Called when the Addon Settings pages are submitted.
247 `$b` is the $_POST array.
250 Called when posting a profile page.
251 `$b` is the $_POST array.
254 Called prior to output of profile edit page.
255 `$b` is an array containing:
257 - **profile**: profile (array) record from the database
258 - **entry**: the (string) HTML of the generated entry
261 Called when the HTML is generated for the Advanced profile, corresponding to the Profile tab within a person's profile page.
262 `$b` is the HTML string representation of the generated profile.
263 The profile array details are in `$a->profile`.
266 Called from the Directory page when formatting an item for display.
269 - **contact**: contact record array for the person from the database
270 - **entry**: the HTML string of the generated entry
272 ### profile_sidebar_enter
273 Called prior to generating the sidebar "short" profile for a page.
274 `$b` is the person's profile array
277 Called when generating the sidebar "short" profile for a page.
280 - **profile**: profile record array for the person from the database
281 - **entry**: the HTML string of the generated entry
283 ### contact_block_end
284 Called when formatting the block of contacts/friends on a profile sidebar has completed.
287 - **contacts**: array of contacts
288 - **output**: the generated HTML string of the contact block
291 Called after conversion of bbcode to HTML.
292 `$b` is an HTML string converted text.
295 Called after tag conversion of HTML to bbcode (e.g. remote message posting)
296 `$b` is a string converted text
299 Called when building the `<head>` sections.
300 Stylesheets should be registered using this hook.
301 `$b` is an HTML string of the `<head>` tag.
304 Called after building the page navigation section.
305 `$b` is a string HTML of nav region.
308 Called prior to output of personal XRD file.
311 - **user**: the user record array for the person
312 - **xml**: the complete XML string to be output
315 Called prior to output home page content, shown to unlogged users.
316 `$b` is the HTML sring of section region.
319 Called when editing contact details on an individual from the Contacts page.
322 - **contact**: contact record (array) of target contact
323 - **output**: the (string) generated HTML of the contact edit page
325 ### contact_edit_post
326 Called when posting the contact edit page.
327 `$b` is the `$_POST` array
330 Called just after DB has been opened and before session start.
334 Called after HTML content functions have completed.
335 `$b` is (string) HTML of content div.
338 Called after HTML content functions have completed.
339 Deferred Javascript files should be registered using this hook.
340 `$b` is (string) HTML of footer div/element.
343 Called when looking up the avatar. `$b` is an array:
345 - **size**: the size of the avatar that will be looked up
346 - **email**: email to look up the avatar for
347 - **url**: the (string) generated URL of the avatar
349 ### emailer_send_prepare
350 Called from `Emailer::send()` before building the mime message.
351 `$b` is an array of params to `Emailer::send()`.
353 - **fromName**: name of the sender
354 - **fromEmail**: email fo the sender
355 - **replyTo**: replyTo address to direct responses
356 - **toEmail**: destination email address
357 - **messageSubject**: subject of the message
358 - **htmlVersion**: html version of the message
359 - **textVersion**: text only version of the message
360 - **additionalMailHeader**: additions to the smtp mail header
363 Called before calling PHP's `mail()`.
364 `$b` is an array of params to `mail()`.
372 Called during `App` initialization to allow addons to load their own configuration file(s) with `App::loadConfigFile()`.
375 Called after the navigational menu is build in `include/nav.php`.
376 `$b` is an array containing `$nav` from `include/nav.php`.
379 Called before vars are passed to the template engine to render the page.
380 The registered function can add,change or remove variables passed to template.
381 `$b` is an array with:
383 - **template**: filename of template
384 - **vars**: array of vars passed to the template
387 Called after the other queries have passed.
388 The registered function can add, change or remove the `acl_lookup()` variables.
390 - **results**: array of the acl_lookup() vars
392 ### prepare_body_init
393 Called at the start of prepare_body
396 - **item** (input/output): item array
398 ### prepare_body_content_filter
399 Called before the HTML conversion in prepare_body. If the item matches a content filter rule set by an addon, it should
400 just add the reason to the filter_reasons element of the hook data.
403 - **item**: item array (input)
404 - **filter_reasons** (input/output): reasons array
407 Called after the HTML conversion in `prepare_body()`.
410 - **item** (input): item array
411 - **html** (input/output): converted item body
412 - **is_preview** (input): post preview flag
413 - **filter_reasons** (input): reasons array
415 ### prepare_body_final
416 Called at the end of `prepare_body()`.
419 - **item**: item array (input)
420 - **html**: converted item body (input/output)
422 ### put_item_in_cache
423 Called after `prepare_text()` in `put_item_in_cache()`.
426 - **item** (input): item array
427 - **rendered-html** (input/output): final item body HTML
428 - **rendered-hash** (input/output): original item body hash
430 ### magic_auth_success
431 Called when a magic-auth was successful.
434 visitor => array with the contact record of the visitor
435 url => the query string
438 Called when displaying the post permission screen.
439 Hook data is a list of form fields that need to be displayed along the ACL.
440 Form field array structure is:
442 - **type**: `checkbox` or `select`.
443 - **field**: Standard field data structure to be used by `field_checkbox.tpl` and `field_select.tpl`.
445 For `checkbox`, **field** is:
446 - [0] (String): Form field name; Mandatory.
447 - [1]: (String): Form field label; Optional, default is none.
448 - [2]: (Boolean): Whether the checkbox should be checked by default; Optional, default is false.
449 - [3]: (String): Additional help text; Optional, default is none.
450 - [4]: (String): Additional HTML attributes; Optional, default is none.
452 For `select`, **field** is:
453 - [0] (String): Form field name; Mandatory.
454 - [1] (String): Form field label; Optional, default is none.
455 - [2] (Boolean): Default value to be selected by default; Optional, default is none.
456 - [3] (String): Additional help text; Optional, default is none.
457 - [4] (Array): Associative array of options. Item key is option value, item value is option label; Mandatory.
460 Called just before dispatching the router.
461 Hook data is a `\FastRoute\RouterCollector` object that should be used to add addon routes pointing to classes.
463 **Notice**: The class whose name is provided in the route handler must be reachable via auto-loader.
465 ## Complete list of hook callbacks
467 Here is a complete list of all hook callbacks with file locations (as of 24-Sep-2018). Please see the source for details of any hooks not documented above.
471 Hook::callAll('init_1');
472 Hook::callAll('app_menu', $arr);
473 Hook::callAll('page_content_top', $a->page['content']);
474 Hook::callAll($a->module.'_mod_init', $placeholder);
475 Hook::callAll($a->module.'_mod_init', $placeholder);
476 Hook::callAll($a->module.'_mod_post', $_POST);
477 Hook::callAll($a->module.'_mod_afterpost', $placeholder);
478 Hook::callAll($a->module.'_mod_content', $arr);
479 Hook::callAll($a->module.'_mod_aftercontent', $arr);
480 Hook::callAll('page_end', $a->page['content']);
484 Hook::callAll('logged_in', $a->user);
485 Hook::callAll('authenticate', $addon_auth);
486 Hook::callAll('logged_in', $a->user);
488 ### include/enotify.php
490 Hook::callAll('enotify', $h);
491 Hook::callAll('enotify_store', $datarray);
492 Hook::callAll('enotify_mail', $datarray);
493 Hook::callAll('check_item_notification', $notification_data);
495 ### include/conversation.php
497 Hook::callAll('conversation_start', $cb);
498 Hook::callAll('render_location', $locate);
499 Hook::callAll('display_item', $arr);
500 Hook::callAll('display_item', $arr);
501 Hook::callAll('item_photo_menu', $args);
502 Hook::callAll('jot_tool', $jotplugins);
506 Hook::callAll('contact_block_end', $arr);
507 Hook::callAll('poke_verbs', $arr);
508 Hook::callAll('put_item_in_cache', $hook_data);
509 Hook::callAll('prepare_body_init', $item);
510 Hook::callAll('prepare_body_content_filter', $hook_data);
511 Hook::callAll('prepare_body', $hook_data);
512 Hook::callAll('prepare_body_final', $hook_data);
514 ### include/items.php
516 Hook::callAll('page_info_data', $data);
518 ### mod/directory.php
520 Hook::callAll('directory_item', $arr);
524 Hook::callAll('personal_xrd', $arr);
528 Hook::callAll('network_ping', $arr);
530 ### mod/parse_url.php
532 Hook::callAll("parse_link", $arr);
536 Hook::callAll('home_init', $ret);
540 Hook::callAll('acl_lookup_end', $results);
544 Hook::callAll('network_content_init', $arr);
545 Hook::callAll('network_tabs', $arr);
547 ### mod/friendica.php
549 Hook::callAll('about_hook', $o);
551 ### mod/subthread.php
553 Hook::callAll('post_local_end', $arr);
557 Hook::callAll('profile_post', $_POST);
558 Hook::callAll('profile_edit', $arr);
562 Hook::callAll('addon_settings_post', $_POST);
563 Hook::callAll('connector_settings_post', $_POST);
564 Hook::callAll('display_settings_post', $_POST);
565 Hook::callAll('settings_post', $_POST);
566 Hook::callAll('addon_settings', $settings_addons);
567 Hook::callAll('connector_settings', $settings_connectors);
568 Hook::callAll('display_settings', $o);
569 Hook::callAll('settings_form', $o);
573 Hook::callAll('photo_post_init', $_POST);
574 Hook::callAll('photo_post_file', $ret);
575 Hook::callAll('photo_post_end', $foo);
576 Hook::callAll('photo_post_end', $foo);
577 Hook::callAll('photo_post_end', $foo);
578 Hook::callAll('photo_post_end', $foo);
579 Hook::callAll('photo_post_end', intval($item_id));
580 Hook::callAll('photo_upload_form', $ret);
584 Hook::callAll('profile_advanced', $o);
588 Hook::callAll('home_init', $ret);
589 Hook::callAll("home_content", $content);
593 Hook::callAll('post_local_end', $arr);
597 Hook::callAll('contact_edit_post', $_POST);
598 Hook::callAll('contact_edit', $arr);
602 Hook::callAll('post_local_end', $arr);
606 Hook::callAll('lockview_content', $item);
610 Hook::callAll('uexport_options', $options);
614 Hook::callAll('register_post', $arr);
615 Hook::callAll('register_form', $arr);
619 Hook::callAll('post_local_start', $_REQUEST);
620 Hook::callAll('post_local', $datarray);
621 Hook::callAll('post_local_end', $datarray);
625 Hook::callAll('jot_tool', $jotplugins);
627 ### src/Network/FKOAuth1.php
629 Hook::callAll('logged_in', $a->user);
631 ### src/Render/FriendicaSmartyEngine.php
633 Hook::callAll("template_vars", $arr);
637 Hook::callAll('load_config');
638 Hook::callAll('head');
639 Hook::callAll('footer');
640 Hook::callAll('route_collection');
642 ### src/Model/Item.php
644 Hook::callAll('post_local', $item);
645 Hook::callAll('post_remote', $item);
646 Hook::callAll('post_local_end', $posted_item);
647 Hook::callAll('post_remote_end', $posted_item);
648 Hook::callAll('tagged', $arr);
649 Hook::callAll('post_local_end', $new_item);
651 ### src/Model/Contact.php
653 Hook::callAll('contact_photo_menu', $args);
654 Hook::callAll('follow', $arr);
656 ### src/Model/Profile.php
658 Hook::callAll('profile_sidebar_enter', $profile);
659 Hook::callAll('profile_sidebar', $arr);
660 Hook::callAll('profile_tabs', $arr);
661 Hook::callAll('zrl_init', $arr);
662 Hook::callAll('magic_auth_success', $arr);
664 ### src/Model/Event.php
666 Hook::callAll('event_updated', $event['id']);
667 Hook::callAll("event_created", $event['id']);
669 ### src/Model/User.php
671 Hook::callAll('register_account', $uid);
672 Hook::callAll('remove_user', $user);
674 ### src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
676 Hook::callAll('bbcode', $text);
677 Hook::callAll('bb2diaspora', $text);
679 ### src/Content/Text/HTML.php
681 Hook::callAll('html2bbcode', $message);
683 ### src/Content/Smilies.php
685 Hook::callAll('smilie', $params);
687 ### src/Content/Feature.php
689 Hook::callAll('isEnabled', $arr);
690 Hook::callAll('get', $arr);
692 ### src/Content/ContactSelector.php
694 Hook::callAll('network_to_name', $nets);
695 Hook::callAll('gender_selector', $select);
696 Hook::callAll('sexpref_selector', $select);
697 Hook::callAll('marital_selector', $select);
699 ### src/Content/OEmbed.php
701 Hook::callAll('oembed_fetch_url', $embedurl, $j);
703 ### src/Content/Nav.php
705 Hook::callAll('page_header', $a->page['nav']);
706 Hook::callAll('nav_info', $nav);
708 ### src/Worker/Directory.php
710 Hook::callAll('globaldir_update', $arr);
712 ### src/Worker/Notifier.php
714 Hook::callAll('notifier_end', $target_item);
716 ### src/Module/Login.php
718 Hook::callAll('authenticate', $addon_auth);
719 Hook::callAll('login_hook', $o);
721 ### src/Module/Logout.php
723 Hook::callAll("logging_out");
725 ### src/Object/Post.php
727 Hook::callAll('render_location', $locate);
728 Hook::callAll('display_item', $arr);
732 Hook::callAll('contact_select_options', $x);
733 Hook::callAll($a->module.'_pre_'.$selname, $arr);
734 Hook::callAll($a->module.'_post_'.$selname, $o);
735 Hook::callAll($a->module.'_pre_'.$selname, $arr);
736 Hook::callAll($a->module.'_post_'.$selname, $o);
737 Hook::callAll('jot_networks', $jotnets);
739 ### src/Core/Authentication.php
741 Hook::callAll('logged_in', $a->user);
743 ### src/Core/Hook.php
745 self::callSingle(self::getApp(), 'hook_fork', $fork_hook, $hookdata);
747 ### src/Core/Worker.php
749 Hook::callAll("proc_run", $arr);
751 ### src/Util/Emailer.php
753 Hook::callAll('emailer_send_prepare', $params);
754 Hook::callAll("emailer_send", $hookdata);
758 Hook::callAll('generate_map', $arr);
759 Hook::callAll('generate_named_map', $arr);
760 Hook::callAll('Map::getCoordinates', $arr);
762 ### src/Util/Network.php
764 Hook::callAll('avatar_lookup', $avatar);
766 ### src/Util/ParseUrl.php
768 Hook::callAll("getsiteinfo", $siteinfo);
770 ### src/Protocol/DFRN.php
772 Hook::callAll('atom_feed_end', $atom);
773 Hook::callAll('atom_feed_end', $atom);
777 document.dispatchEvent(new Event('postprocess_liveupdate'));