Extended Bolt Extension Starter

An extended starter skeleton for a Bolt Extension, _(*1)

Installation

To get going run the following command, replacing the last argument with the name of your extension:, _(*2)

composer create-project --no-install 'bolt/bolt-extension-starter-extended:^3.0' <newextname>, _(*3)

Extension Content

This extension includes examples for the following features:, _(*4)

Routes, _(*5)
- Handling inside extension class
- Handling inside a controller class
- Twig response
- JSON response
- URL parameter
- GET and POST parameter
Accessing config, _(*6)
- Extension config
- Global config
Own Twig functions, _(*7)
Own Fieldtypes, _(*8)
Event listeners, _(*9)
- Handling inside extension class
- Handling inside a listener class
Own Menu Options, _(*10)

Routes

This extension adds several example routes to the system to show you how to define them inline in your Extension class or in a separate controller., _(*11)

/example/url returns "Hello, Bolt!" as plain text., _(*12)

/example/url/in/controller returns "Hello, World!" as plain text but will be handled in a controller class., _(*13)

/example/url/json returns a key value pair in JSON., _(*14)

/example/url/parameter/{id} returns the given url parameter as JSON., _(*15)

/example/url/get-parameter?foo=bar&baz=foo&id=7 returns the given GET parameter as JSON., _(*16)

/example/url/template returns content from a Twig template., _(*17)

This extension adds /bolt/my-custom-backend-page as Custom Page to the menu in the admin backend. It appears under Extras., _(*18)

You are not limited to just backend sites or sites served by Bolt. You can add any URL to the menu in the admin backend., _(*19)

For more information, see this page in the Bolt documentation: https://docs.bolt.cm/extensions/config, _(*20)