OpenGuides - A complete web application for managing a collaboratively-written guide to a city or town.
The OpenGuides software provides the framework for a collaboratively-written city guide. It is similar to a wiki but provides somewhat more structured data storage allowing you to annotate wiki pages with information such as category, location, and much more. It provides searching facilities including "find me everything within a certain distance of this place". Every page includes a link to a machine-readable (RDF) version of the page.
my $config = OpenGuides::Config->new( file => "wiki.conf" ); my $guide = OpenGuides->new( config => $config );
An accessor, returns the underlying Wiki::Toolkit object.
An accessor, returns the underlying OpenGuides::Config object.
An accessor, returns the underlying Wiki::Toolkit::Plugin::Locator::UK object.
An accessor, returns the underlying Wiki::Toolkit::Plugin::Diff object.
# Print node to STDOUT. $guide->display_node( id => "Calthorpe Arms", version => 2, ); # Or return output as a string (useful for writing tests). $guide->display_node( id => "Calthorpe Arms", return_output => 1, ); # Return output as a string with HTTP headers omitted (for tests). $guide->display_node( id => "Calthorpe Arms", return_output => 1, noheaders => 1, ); # Or return the hash of variables that will be passed to the template # (not including those set additionally by OpenGuides::Template). $guide->display_node( id => "Calthorpe Arms", return_tt_vars => 1, );
If version is omitted then it will assume you want the latest version.
version
Note that if you pass the return_output parameter, and your node is a redirecting node, this method will fake the redirect and return the output that will actually end up in the user's browser. If instead you want to see the HTTP headers that will be printed in order to perform the redirect, pass the intercept_redirect parameter as well. The intercept_redirect parameter has no effect if the node isn't a redirect, or if the return_output parameter is omitted.
return_output
intercept_redirect
(At the moment, return_tt_vars acts as if the intercept_redirect parameter was passed.)
return_tt_vars
The noheaders parameter only takes effect if return_output is true and intercept_redirect is false or omitted.
noheaders
If you have specified the host_checker_module option in your wiki.conf, this method will attempt to call the <blacklisted_host> method of that module to determine whether the host requesting the node has been blacklisted. If this method returns true, then the blacklisted_host.tt template will be used to display an error message.
host_checker_module
wiki.conf
blacklisted_host.tt
The blacklisted_host method will be passed a scalar containing the host's IP address.
blacklisted_host
$guide->display_random_page;
Display a random page. As with other methods, the return_output parameter can be used to return the output instead of printing it to STDOUT. You can also restrict it to a given category and/or locale by supplying appropriate parameters:
$guide->display_random_page( category => "pubs", locale => "bermondsey", );
The values of these parameters are case-insensitive.
You can make sure this method never returns pages that are themselves categories and/or locales by setting random_page_omits_categories and/or random_page_omits_locales in your wiki.conf.
random_page_omits_categories
random_page_omits_locales
$guide->display_edit_form( id => "Vivat Bacchus", vars => \%vars, content => $content, metadata => \%metadata, checksum => $checksum );
Display an edit form for the specified node. As with other methods, the return_output parameter can be used to return the output instead of printing it to STDOUT.
If this is to redisplay an existing edit, the content, metadata and checksum may be supplied in those arguments
Extra template variables may be supplied in the vars argument
$guide->preview_edit( id => "Vivat Bacchus", cgi_obj => $q, );
Preview the edited version of the specified node. As with other methods, the return_output parameter can be used to return the output instead of printing it to STDOUT.
$guide->display_prefs_form;
Displays a form that lets the user view and set their preferences. The return_output and return_tt_vars parameters can be used to return the output or template variables, instead of printing the output to STDOUT. The noheaders parameter can also be used in conjunction with return_output, if you wish to omit all HTTP headers.
$guide->display_recent_changes;
As with other methods, the return_output parameter can be used to return the output instead of printing it to STDOUT.
$guide->display_diffs( id => "Home Page", version => 6, other_version => 5, ); # Or return output as a string (useful for writing tests). my $output = $guide->display_diffs( id => "Home Page", version => 6, other_version => 5, return_output => 1, ); # Or return the hash of variables that will be passed to the template # (not including those set additionally by OpenGuides::Template). my %vars = $guide->display_diffs( id => "Home Page", version => 6, other_version => 5, return_tt_vars => 1, );
$guide->find_within_distance( id => $node, metres => $q->param("distance_in_metres") );
$guide->show_backlinks( id => "Calthorpe Arms" );
As with other methods, parameters return_tt_vars and return_output can be used to return these things instead of printing the output to STDOUT.
# Show everything in Category: Pubs. $guide->show_index( cat => "pubs", ); # Show all pubs in Holborn. $guide->show_index( cat => "pubs", loc => "holborn", ); # RDF version of things in Locale: Holborn. $guide->show_index( loc => "Holborn", format => "rdf", ); # RSS / Atom version (recent changes style). $guide->show_index( loc => "Holborn", format => "rss", ); # Or return output as a string (useful for writing tests). $guide->show_index( cat => "pubs", return_output => 1, ); # Return output as a string with HTTP headers omitted (for tests). $guide->show_index( cat => "pubs", return_output => 1, noheaders => 1, ); # Or return the template variables (again, useful for writing tests). $guide->show_index( cat => "pubs", format => "map" return_tt_vars => 1, );
If neither cat or loc is supplied, then all pages will be returned.
cat
loc
The recommended format of parameters to this method changed to the above in version 0.67 of OpenGuides, though older invocations are still supported and will redirect to the new URL format.
If you pass the return_output or return_tt_vars parameters, and a redirect is required, this method will fake the redirect and return the output/variables that will actually end up being viewed by the user. If instead you want to see the HTTP headers that will be printed in order to perform the redirect, pass the intercept_redirect parameter as well.
The intercept_redirect parameter has no effect if no redirect is required, or if the return_output/return_tt_vars parameter is omitted.
$guide->show_metadata(); $guide->show_metadata(type => "category"); $guide->show_metadata(type => "category", format => "json");
Lists all metadata types, or all metadata values of a given type. Useful for programatically discovering a guide.
$guide->list_all_versions ( id => "Home Page" ); # Or return output as a string (useful for writing tests). $guide->list_all_versions ( id => "Home Page", return_output => 1, ); # Or return the hash of variables that will be passed to the template # (not including those set additionally by OpenGuides::Template). $guide->list_all_versions ( id => "Home Page", return_tt_vars => 1, );
Fetch the OpenGuides feed object, and the output content type, for the supplied feed type.
Handles all the setup for the OpenGuides feed object.
# Last ten non-minor edits to Hammersmith pages in RSS 1.0 format $guide->display_feed( feed_type => 'rss', feed_listing => 'recent_changes', items => 10, ignore_minor_edits => 1, locale => "Hammersmith", ); # All edits bob has made to pub pages in the last week in Atom format $guide->display_feed( feed_type => 'atom', feed_listing => 'recent_changes', days => 7, username => "bob", category => "Pubs", );
feed_type is a mandatory parameter. Supported values at present are "rss" and "atom".
feed_type
feed_listing is a mandatory parameter. Supported values at present are "recent_changes". (More values are coming soon though!)
feed_listing
print $guide->display_about(format => "rdf");
Displays static 'about' information in various format. Defaults to HTML.
$guide->commit_node( id => $node, cgi_obj => $q, );
If you have specified the spam_detector_module option in your wiki.conf, this method will attempt to call the <looks_like_spam> method of that module to determine whether the edit is spam. If this method returns true, then the spam_detected.tt template will be used to display an error message.
spam_detector_module
spam_detected.tt
The looks_like_spam method will be passed a datastructure containing content and metadata.
looks_like_spam
The geographical data that you should provide in the CGI object depends on the handler you chose in wiki.conf.
British National Grid - provide either os_x and os_y or latitude and longitude; whichever set of data you give, it will be converted to the other and both sets will be stored.
os_x
os_y
latitude
longitude
Irish National Grid - provide either osie_x and osie_y or latitude and longitude; whichever set of data you give, it will be converted to the other and both sets will be stored.
osie_x
osie_y
UTM ellipsoid - provide latitude and longitude; these will be converted to easting and northing and both sets of data will be stored.
$guide->_autoCreateCategoryLocale( id => "FAQ", metadata => \%metadata, );
When a new node is added, or a previously un-moderated node is moderated, identifies if any of its Categories or Locales are missing, and creates them.
Guide admins can control the text that gets put into the content field of the autocreated node by putting it in custom_autocreate_content.tt in their custom templates directory. The following TT variables will be available to the template:
index_type (e.g. Category)
Category
index_value (e.g. Vegan-friendly)
Vegan-friendly
node_name (e.g. Category Vegan-Friendly)
Category Vegan-Friendly
(Note capitalisation - index_value is what they typed in to the form, and node_name is the fully free-upper-ed name of the autocreated node.)
For nodes not requiring moderation, should be called on writing the node For nodes requiring moderation, should only be called on moderation
$guide->delete_node( id => "FAQ", version => 15, password => "beer", );
version is optional - if it isn't supplied then all versions of the node will be deleted; in other words the node will be entirely removed.
If password is not supplied then a form for entering the password will be displayed.
password
$guide->set_node_moderation( id => "FAQ", password => "beer", moderation_flag => 1, );
Sets the moderation needed flag on a node, either on or off.
$guide->moderate_node( id => "FAQ", version => 12, password => "beer", );
Marks a version of a node as moderated. Will also auto-create and Locales and Categories for the newly moderated version.
Search for nodes which don't have a certain kind of metadata. Excludes nodes which are pure redirects, and optionally also excludes locales and categories.
If password is not supplied then a form for entering the password will be displayed, along with a list of all the edits the user made.
If the password is given, will delete all of these versions.
Fetch everything we need to display the admin interface, and passes it off to the template
UTF8 data are currently not handled correctly throughout.
Other bugs are documented at http://dev.openguides.org/
The Open Guide to London, at http://london.openguides.org/, is the first and biggest OpenGuides site.
A list of live OpenGuides installs is available at http://openguides.org/.
Wiki::Toolkit, the Wiki toolkit which does the heavy lifting for OpenGuides.
If you have a question, a bug report, or a patch, or you're interested in joining the development team, please contact openguides-dev@lists.openguides.org (moderated mailing list, will reach all current developers but you'll have to wait for your post to be approved) or file a bug report at http://dev.openguides.org/
The OpenGuides Project (openguides-dev@lists.openguides.org)
Copyright (C) 2003-2012 The OpenGuides Project. All Rights Reserved.
The OpenGuides distribution is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Programming by Dominic Hargreaves, Earle Martin, Kake Pugh, and Ivor Williams. Testing and bug reporting by Billy Abbott, Jody Belka, Kerry Bosworth, Simon Cozens, Cal Henderson, Steve Jolly, and Bob Walker (among others). Much of the Module::Build stuff copied from the Siesta project http://siesta.unixbeard.net/
To install OpenGuides, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm OpenGuides
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install OpenGuides
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.