Updated variable plugin documentation

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Fabio Manganiello 2018-07-20 19:19:55 +02:00
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@ -6,12 +6,24 @@ from platypush.plugins import Plugin, action
class VariablePlugin(Plugin): class VariablePlugin(Plugin):
""" """
This plugin allows you to manipulate context variables that can be This plugin allows you to manipulate context variables that can be
accessed across your tasks. accessed across your tasks. It requires the :mod:`platypush.plugins.db`
plugin to be enabled, as the variables will be stored on a local database
for persistency and multi-process sharing purposes.
Requires:
* **sqlalchemy** (``pip install sqlalchemy``)
""" """
_variable_table_name = 'variable' _variable_table_name = 'variable'
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
"""
The plugin will create a table named ``variable`` on the database
configured in the :mod:`platypush.plugins.db` plugin. You'll have
to specify a default ``engine`` in your ``db`` plugin configuration.
"""
super().__init__(*args, **kwargs) super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.db_plugin = get_plugin('db') self.db_plugin = get_plugin('db')