Revision as of 12:17, 5 August 2022

Extension: External Data

Overview
Description:	allows for using and displaying values retrieved from various sources: external URLs, local wiki pages and local files (in CSV, GFF, JSON and XML formats), database tables, and LDAP servers.
State:	stable	Dependency:	MediaWiki
Developer:	Yaron Koren, and others	License:	GPL v2+
Type:	MediaWiki	Category:	Infrastructure
Edition:	BlueSpice pro	Version:	4.1+
For more info, visit Mediawiki.

Accessibility

Test status:	2-testing complete
Last test date:	2022-08-05
Extension type:	backend

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-'''ExternalData''' extension allows MediaWiki pages to retrieve, filter, and format structured data from one or more sources. These sources can include external URLs, regular wiki pages, uploaded files, files on the local server, databases or LDAP directories.
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-The extension has nine parser functions:
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-*'''#get_web_data''' retrieves CSV, GFF, JSON or XML data from a URL and assigns it to variables that can be accessed on the page.
-*'''#get_soap_data''' retrieves data from a URL via the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOAP SOAP] protocol.
-*'''#get_file_data''' retrieves data from a file on the local server, in the same formats as #get_web_data.
-*'''#get_db_data''' retrieves data from a database.
-*'''#get_ldap_data''' retrieves data from an LDAP server.
-*'''#external_value''' displays the value of any such variable.
-*'''#for_external_table''' cycles through all the values retrieved for a set of variables, displaying the same "container" text for each one.
-*'''#store_external_table''' cycles through a table of values, storing them as semantic data via the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_MediaWiki Semantic MediaWiki] extension, by mimicking a call to SMW's #subobject function for each row.
-*'''#display_external_table''' cycles through all the values retrieved for a set of variables, displaying each "row" using a template.
-*'''#clear_external_data''' erases the current set of retrieved data.
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Revision as of 12:17, 5 August 2022

Extension: External Data

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