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Content Provider Components

Starting in VuFind 2.3, content-loading capabilities (for retrieving cover images, reviews, etc. from third-party APIs) were significantly refactored to rely on plugins.

Cover Plugin Details

Cover drivers are used for retrieving cover image data.

Default Namespace: \VuFind\Content\Covers

Base Class: \VuFind\Content\AbstractCover

Service Locator Configuration Section in module.config.php: ['vufind']['plugin_managers']['content_covers']

Service Manager Name for Service Locator: VuFind\ContentCoversPluginManager

See the General Plugin Information page for more details on VuFind plugins.

development/plugins/content_provider_components.1449772151.txt.gz · Last modified: 2015/12/10 18:29 by demiankatz