Share Plugin snippets and discuss PieFed Plugin development in this community.

First of all: Plugins are an admin-only thing. They hook into PieFed's internals and have access to the entire instance and its database. So:

• This feature is not intended for moderators and users. You have to be an instance owner to be able to install Plugins.
• Caution is advised, don't blindly copy-paste executable code from the internet.
• Plugins are still in an early stage.

Documentation is at: https://codeberg.org/rimu/pyfedi/src/branch/main/docs/PLUGINS.md

To install a plugin, copy the code to piefed/app/plugins/<plugin_name>/__init__.py

As there's currenty no admin interface, deactivate plugins by renaming them. For example __init__.py --> __init__.py.disabled

You will find log output in your send_queue's output. If you set it up in a crontab as per the INSTALL.md, that's likely journalctl -u cron.service -f

Make sure to mention additional library requirements and install them in PieFed's environment.

It will take some time to figure out some useful plugin examples. Until then, there's some example boilerplate code in: https://codeberg.org/rimu/pyfedi/src/branch/main/app/plugins/example_plugin