Create a plugin!

Mikael Jenkler

@julian Is this the newest way to write a plugin!

https://nodebb.readthedocs.io/en/latest/plugins/create.html

I get confused because i see code that uses

plugin.load = function (data, next) { ...

If writing plugins for the v1.x.x branch what documentation should I use to write updated code ?

EDIT:
I guess this is a better start: https://github.com/NodeBB/nodebb-plugin-quickstart

module.exports is a node.js thing right. Is it obsolete to use this? Should I only use plugin.load ?

julian

Easiest (and most up-to-date) way would be to fork quickstart and make your own plugin

yariplus

Yes, you always need a module.exports or exports, otherwise, NodeBB will not see your hooks.

You can see at the end quick-start adds module.exports = plugin

FYI, you can shorten

var plugin = {}

plugin.load = function () { ... }
plugin.stuff = function () { ... }

module.exports = plugin

to just

exports.load = function () { ... }
exports.stuff = function () { ... }

I find this syntax more convenient depending on the plugin complexity.

Mikael Jenkler

@yariplus Nice short, I will try to update my plugin to the new style

Is it easy to read a json file from disk when you visit a page, Lets sat that you have somthing in stuff.json and that file is updated now an then on the disk.