Writing plug-ins

After going through the basic setup of our development environment in the previous section, we are now ready to write our first fully functional import plug-in. In this section, we will show you how to create and implement a reasonably simple import plug-in and how to run this plug-in in PiWeb Auto Importer.

The result of this guide will be a very good starting point for adding your own custom import logic.

As a first step you need to decide which type of import plug-in you want to write. In the article Choose a plug-in type we will briefly introduce the two types of import plug-ins and talk about which one of these is better suited for your use case.

Depending on your choice we will then resume with creating a first plug-in in either Writing an import format plug-in or Writing an import automation plug-in.