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diff --git a/doc/plugins/contrib/dynamiccookies.mdwn b/doc/plugins/contrib/dynamiccookies.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c43b18f6b --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/plugins/contrib/dynamiccookies.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +[[!template id=plugin name=dynamiccookies author="[[schmonz]]"]] +[[!template id=gitbranch branch=schmonz/dynamiccookies author="[[schmonz]]"]] +[[!tag type/web]] + +This plugin populates ikiwiki's cookiejar by calling an external +program. The program is expected to print the serialized cookies +on `stdout` in a form which can be `eval`'d (e.g., `Data::Dumper`). + +The plugin author's use case for this seemingly hacky interface: +aggregating authenticated feeds at work, where for various reasons +the needed cookies must be acquired using a separate `perl` from +the one used by ikiwiki. |