From 6bb070bb47362b6688cd8ce3306e67c8768762ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nate Berkopec Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2019 12:42:46 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Apply @Jesus' plugin docs reformatting from #1849 --- docs/plugins.md | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/plugins.md b/docs/plugins.md index 3e0b531e..e1e034fd 100644 --- a/docs/plugins.md +++ b/docs/plugins.md @@ -1,15 +1,22 @@ ## Plugins -Puma 3.0 added support for plugins that can augment configuration and service operations. +Puma 3.0 added support for plugins that can augment configuration and service +operations. 2 canonical plugins to look to aid in development of further plugins: -* [tmp\_restart](https://github.com/puma/puma/blob/master/lib/puma/plugin/tmp_restart.rb): Restarts the server if the file `tmp/restart.txt` is touched -* [heroku](https://github.com/puma/puma-heroku/blob/master/lib/puma/plugin/heroku.rb): Packages up the default configuration used by puma on Heroku +* [tmp\_restart](https://github.com/puma/puma/blob/master/lib/puma/plugin/tmp_restart.rb): + Restarts the server if the file `tmp/restart.txt` is touched +* [heroku](https://github.com/puma/puma-heroku/blob/master/lib/puma/plugin/heroku.rb): + Packages up the default configuration used by puma on Heroku -Plugins are activated in a puma configuration file (such as `config/puma.rb'`) by adding `plugin "name"`, such as `plugin "heroku"`. +Plugins are activated in a puma configuration file (such as `config/puma.rb'`) +by adding `plugin "name"`, such as `plugin "heroku"`. -Plugins are activated based simply on path requirements so, activating the `heroku` plugin will simply be doing `require "puma/plugin/heroku"`. This allows gems to provide multiple plugins (as well as unrelated gems to provide puma plugins). +Plugins are activated based simply on path requirements so, activating the +`heroku` plugin will simply be doing `require "puma/plugin/heroku"`. This +allows gems to provide multiple plugins (as well as unrelated gems to provide +puma plugins). The `tmp_restart` plugin is bundled with puma, so it can always be used. @@ -17,12 +24,15 @@ To use the `heroku` plugin, add `puma-heroku` to your Gemfile or install it. ### API -At present, there are 2 hooks that plugins can use: `start` and `config`. +## Server-wide hooks -`start` runs when the server has started and allows the plugin to start other functionality to augment puma. +Plugins can use a couple of hooks at server level: `start` and `config`. -`config` runs when the server is being configured and is passed a `Puma::DSL` object that can be used to add additional configuration. +`start` runs when the server has started and allows the plugin to start other +functionality to augment puma. -Any public methods in `Puma::Plugin` are the public API that any plugin may use. +`config` runs when the server is being configured and is passed a `Puma::DSL` +object that can be used to add additional configuration. -In the future, more hooks and APIs will be added. +Any public methods in `Puma::Plugin` are the public API that any plugin may +use.