Plugins

BitShares has prepared several plugins. The below list shows current BitShares plugins categories and plugin’s names. You can find more information in BitShartes Github - BitShares Plugins ReadMe.

A plugin adds a specific feature to an existing program. In BitShares, witness, account_history, market_history, and grouped_orders plugins are available as a default. However, you should specify plugin(s) for your purpose to run a node. You can define specific plugin(s) to activate when you start the node in a configuration file:

#-- Section to modify in a config.ini file --

    # Space-separated list of plugins to activate
    # plugins =

Categories and plugins’ names

History

account_history 

account_history_plugin.cpp
account_history_plugin.hpp

elasticsearch 

elasticsearch_plugin.cpp
elasticsearch_plugin.hpp

es_objects 

es_objects.cpp
es_objects.hpp

Business

delayed_node 

delayed_node_plugin.hpp
delayed_node_plugin.hpp

Market Data

market_history 

market_history_plugin.cpp
market_history_plugin.hpp

grouped_objects 

grouped_orders_plugin.cpp
grouped_orders_plugin.hpp

Block Producer

witness 

witness.cpp
witness.hpp

Debug

debug_witness 

debug_api.cpp
debug_witness.cpp

snapshot 

snapshot.cpp
snapshot.hpp

plugins code flowchart

The below shares plugins methods and processes.

witness_plugin methods and flow

(Created: 2018-11-24)

#

File name

name

../libraries/plugins/witness/witness.cpp

included several methods below (pdf)

new_chain_banner()

plugin_set_program_options()

plugin_initialize()

plugin_startup()

shutdown()

stop_block_production()

refresh_witness_key_cache()

schedule_production_loop()

block_production_loop()

maybe_produce)block()