Drupal Module APIs
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Building APIs for your modules
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Providing an API for your modules can make them more popular, reduce support requests from your users, and help you find new uses for your code. In this session, you'll learn how to add APIs to your modules, special considerations for modules with APIs, and find out about the APIs your module has by default. We'll talk about security, validation, and how to release and document your APIs to make life easier on other developers. Adam Kalsey created the Activity Stream module to build lifestreaming services into Drupal. Activity Stream's API allows any developer to add third party services to a lifestream. This talk will use real-world code samples from Activity Stream and from Drupal Core.
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Building APIs for your modules
What’s an API?
Application ProgrammingInterface
But why?
Get help
Other Smart People You
Smart People in the World
Make your module better
Be more popular
Better code
What can I do?
Theming
Feeds
Work
Settings
API Design
APIs are Forever
Edit ruthlessly
Great. But how?
hooks
ac#vitystream_flickr.module
ac#vitystream.module
consolidated settings
ac#vitystream_flickr.module
ac#vitystream.module
ac#vitystream_flickr.module
ac#vitystream.module
ac#vitystream_flickr.module
ac#vitystream.module
ac#vitystream_flickr.module
ac#vitystream.module
ac#vitystream.module
node.module
ac#vitystream.module
node.module
Security
validation
Documentation
Adam KalseyVP of [email protected]://workhabit.com/
