Available Plugin Hooks

The registered callback function receives a hash array as single argument which contains hook specific data (called Arguments in the following list). It can then alter some of these values (listed as Return values) by returning a hash array containing the modified values.

Index:

Global Hooks
Task "login"
Task "logout"
Task "mail"
Task "addressbook"
Task "settings"
Template Hooks
Missing documentation

Global Hooks

startup

When the application is initialized. This is the place where task and action arguments can be altered.

Arguments:

task
action

Return values:

task
action

ready

(since 0.7-beta)

When the application is ready, user is authenticated and the request was checked. This is the place where task and action arguments can be altered too. It is executed before any actions and task's func.inc files.

Arguments:

task
action

Return values:

task
action

config_get

On direct access to a config option, plugins can inject their own values or implement an alternative storage for configuration.

Arguments:

name
default
result

Return values:

result

storage_folders

Former mailboxes_list

Triggered whenever a list of the mailboxes is requested from the IMAP class. If no plugin returns a list, the default list is retrieved.

Arguments:

root: Root folder
name: Folder name pattern
filter: Optional filter
mode: Query mode: LSUB or LIST

Return values:

folders: Folders list to be used

render_mailboxlist

When the mailbox list is about to be rendered. This hook allows plugins to alter the folder tree or to localize folder names.

Arguments:

list: The hierarchical list of mailboxes
delimiter: IMAP hierarchy delimiter

Return values:

list

write_log

Triggered every time a message is sent to the logs. Setting the abort field to true finishes log action before writing to file.

Arguments:

name: The name of the target log
line: The line to write to the log

Return values:

name
line
abort

console

Called for debug logging. Setting the abort field to true avoids regular debug logging which will again trigger the write_loghook.

Arguments:

args: List of variables to dump

Return values:

args
abort

email2user

Triggered whenever a email-to-user lookup is executed.

Arguments:

email: E-mail address

Return values:

user: User login

user2email

Triggered whenever a login-to-email lookup is executed. Can be used also to set initial identities for a new user.

Arguments:

user: User login
first: True if one entry is expected
extended: True if array result (email and identity data) is expected

Return values:

email: E-mail address (or array of arrays with keys: email, name, organization, reply-to, bcc, signature, html_signature)

request_token

(since 0.6-beta)

Request tokens created for CSRF prevention are passed to this hook before they're used. A plugin can register or even alter these request tokens.

Arguments:

value

Return values:

value

refresh

(since 0.9-rc)

Hook triggered by periodic polling requests from the client to collect updates or new data. This only happens on AJAX requests and plugins can execute actions on the client by adding command calls to the output object:

$rcmail->output->command('plugin.somecallback');

Arguments:

last: timestamp of last refresh call

Return values: none.

authenticate

Before the user login on the IMAP server is performed.

Arguments:

host
user
pass
cookiecheck
valid

Return values:

host
user
pass
cookiecheck: set to false to disable cookie check
valid: set to true to disable CSRF check. (since 0.5.1)
abort: set to true to skip the imap login and fail
error: if using abort, also set error to any string (else you will get a storage error)

login_after

Triggered after a user successfully logged in. This hook allows a plugin to control the redirect after the login form was submitted. Information about the current user can be obtained from the rcube_user object at rcmail::get_instance()->user

Arguments:

[url parameters, e.g. task, action, etc.]

Return values:

task
action
[more url parameters]

login_failed

Triggered if user authentication failed. Could be useful for logging or to give more detailed feedback to the user why the login failed.

Arguments:

host
user
code

Return values: none.

user_create

When a somebody logs in the first time and a local user is created. Return values will also be used to create the default identity for this new user.

Arguments:

user
user_name
user_email
host

Return values:

user_name
user_email
alias
language

Task "logout"

session_destroy

Triggered when a user logs out and the session is destroyed.

Arguments: none.

Return values: none.

logout_after

After the user is logged out and the session is killed, this hook is triggered. The arguments still contain some user info which is not available in $_SESSION anymore. It's also possible to redirect to some other URL in this hook because it's the last action in the logout process.

Arguments:

host
user
language

Return values: none.

Task "mail"

storage_init

Former imap_init

This hook allows you to configure some IMAP communications options.

Arguments:

fetch_headers: String appended to the FETCH HEADER.FIELDS () list
message_flags: Hash array with message flags and their IMAP equivalents

Return values:

fetch_headers: String with additional headers to be fetched (separated by space)
message_flags

storage_connect

Triggered right before connecting to the IMAP server. Similar to the authenticate hook but triggered in every step not just on login.

Arguments:

host
user
attempt: Number of connection attempt (if retry is returned)

Return values:

host
user
pass
retry: Set this to true for anther connection attempt

storage_connected

(since 1.1-beta)

Triggered after successful IMAP logins.

Arguments:

host
user
session: IMAP session identifier if provided by the server

Return values: none.

message_load

Triggered when a message is loaded from the server, namely when a new rcube_message object was created. This allows one to analyze the structured message object and find specific attachments, headers or contents for further actions.

Arguments:

object: The rcube_message instance

Return values: none.

message_read

Triggered when a message is loaded and its SEEN flag is set. The message argument will give you access to all the message headers and its structure.

Arguments:

uid
mailbox
message: The according rcube_message instance

Return values: none.

message_part_structure

Triggered for every part of the message structure when it's parsing is processed. The structure argument holds a hierarchical list of the current part and its sub-parts.

Arguments:

object: The rcube_message instance
structure: The raw part structure from the IMAP server
mimetype: Content type of the part (lowercase)
recursive: True if the part is parsed recursively (a sub-part)

Return values:

structure
mimetype
recursive

message_part_before

Triggered before a message part (text or html) is cleaned/formatted.

Arguments:

type
body
safe
plain
inline_html

Return values:

type
body
safe
plain
inline_html

message_part_after

After message text part formatting.

Arguments:

type
body
safe
plain
inline_html

Return values:

body

message_part_get

(since 0.8-beta)

Callback when downloading or displaying a non-text part of a message (e.g. an attachment).

Arguments:

uid: The message UID
id: The part's mime number
mimetype: The part's mime type
download: True if download is forced
part: The message part structure

Return values:

mimetype
download
body

message_headers_output

Triggered when building the message headers table for display. If you want to add more headers, you need to fetch them at the storage_init hook.

Arguments:

output: Hash array with all the headers to be put into the html table
headers: Message headers object

Return values:

output: Altered headers array

message_check_safe

Sets message safe flag when a message contains a HTML part. This hooks allows plugins to alter the safe flag after the lookup for known senders was executed. Check $args['message']->is_safe and set $args['message']->set_safe(true|false) to modify the setting.

Arguments:

message: The according rcube_message instance

Return values: none.

message_objects

Hook to render the alert box displayed above a message when links to remote images or resources are detected. This is also triggered for draft messages showing the edit button.

Arguments:

content: Array with alert box contents
message: The according rcube_message instance

Return values:

content: Altered headers array

message_body_prefix

Contents prepended to the message body block when viewing an email message.

Arguments:

part: rcube_message_part instance of the rendered body part
prefix: The content to be prepended

Return values:

prefix

message_compose

Triggered when the compose step is executed (before redirecting). This allows a plugin to manipulate the request parameters and pre-fill the compose form. Even attachments can be appended to the message using this hook.

Arguments:

param: Array with request parameters

Return values:

param: _Compose parameters like 'to', 'subject', 'body' _
attachments: _Array of attachments to be added. An entry (array) should contain the fields 'path', 'name' and 'mimetype' _

message_compose_body

Triggered during the compose step. This allows a plugin to modify the body of a message after the blank/draft/forward has been assembled, but before the compose form is displayed.

Arguments:

body: The body of the message

Return values:

body: The body of the message

attachment_upload

Triggered every time a user uploads an attachment in message compose mode. This hook is mainly used by core plugins that handle the storage of the uploaded files.

Arguments:

path: Temporary file path to the uploaded file
name: The original file name
mimetype: Detected mime-type

Return values:

status: True if the file was successfully stored (required)
error: Error message in case a plugin rejects the upload and sets the abort flag
id: The unique ID of the file to get retrieve it later on (required)
name
mimetype
abort

attachment_save

Triggered for every attachment of forwarded message before compose. This hook is mainly used by core plugins that handle the storage of mail attachments.

Arguments:

path: Temporary file path or
data: File contents (if path is empty)
name: The original file name
mimetype: Detected mime-type
content_id: Message part ID

Return values:

status: True if the file was successfully stored (required)
id: The unique ID of the file to get retrieve it later on (required)
name
mimetype

message_outgoing_headers

(deprecated, use message_before_send or message_ready hooks instead)

Before a mail message is sent, this hooks allows you to set additional mail headers.

Arguments:

headers: Hash array with current message headers

Return values:

headers
abort: If true the message will not be sent
message: The reason why the message was not sent which will be shown to the user

message_outgoing_body

Before a mail message is composed, this hook is triggered before adding the message body contents.

Arguments:

body: The message body to be added
type: html|plain|alternative
message: Reference to current MailMime object

Return values:

body

message_ready

(since 1.2-beta)

Before a composed message is either sent or saved as draft, this hook allows final modifications to the mime structure.

Arguments:

message: Reference to current MailMime object

Return values:

message: The modified or completely replaced MailMime object

smtp_connect

Triggered when before opening an SMTP connection to send a message. Some SMTP related config options are passed as arguments and can be altered by a plugin.

Arguments:

smtp_server
smtp_port
smtp_user
smtp_pass
smtp_auth_type
smtp_helo_host

Return values: all arguments

message_before_send

Triggered before message is finally sent

Arguments:

message: Message object (Mail_mime)
from: Sender address string
mailto: Either a comma-separated list of recipients (RFC822 compliant), or an array of recipients, each RFC822 valid
options: SMTP options

Return values:

message
from
mailto
options
abort: Aborts sending operation.
error: Error message as string or arguments to be passed to rcube::gettext(). Used with abort=true
result: Boolean result of send operation. Used with abort=true.

message_sent

Triggered when a message is finally sent This hook doesn't have any return values but can be used for logging or notifications.

Arguments:

headers: Hash array with all message headers
body: The full message body as text or file handle

Return values: none.

message_draftsaved

(since 0.8-beta)

Triggered when a message is saved as draft . This hook can be used for logging or notifications and it can overwrite the displayed confirmation message.

Arguments:

msgid: The message ID header value
uid: The UID of the message saved
folder: The folder where the message was saved in

Return values:

message: Confirmation message text to display

check_recent

Triggered before checking the given folders for new messages. Plugins can alter the list of folders to be considered for the checking.

Arguments:

folders: The list of folders to be checked
all: True if checking all folders is enabled

Return values:

folders

new_messages

Triggered in step check_recent if some new (recent) messages are available. This hook doesn't have any return values but it can add some javascript actions to the output.

Arguments:

mailbox: The current mailbox

Return values: none.

html_editor

Triggered to add HTML editor scripts into the page. You can use it to replace default TinyMCE editor.

Arguments:

mode: Editor mode. Specifies where editor is used. For identity signature or message body

Return values:

abort

quota

Triggered after fetching mailbox quota resource usage and limits from IMAP server.

Arguments:

total: Mailbox size limit in kilobytes. Not set if server doesn't support IMAP quota.
used: Current mailbox size in kilobytes. Not set if server doesn't support IMAP quota.
percent: Current mailbox size in percent. Not set if server doesn't support IMAP quota.

Return values:

total: Mailbox size limit in kilobytes.
used: Current mailbox size in kilobytes.
percent: Current mailbox size in percent.

messages_list

Triggered before sending the message list. You can use it to set message headers, list_cols/list_flags and other rcube_mail_header variables. Also use it to pass additional plugin related flags to the UI using the extra_flags array.

Arguments:

messages: List of message headers.
cols: All the currently visible columns.

Return values:

messages
cols

Task "addressbook"

addressbooks_list

Triggered when building the list of address sources in the address book view. Each entry in the sources list needs to hold the following fields: id, name, readonly.

Arguments:

sources: Hash array with list of available address books

Return values:

sources

addressbook_get

This hook is triggered each time an address book object is requested. The id parameter specifies which address book the application needs. If it's the ID of the plugins' address book, this hooks should return an according instance of a rcube_addressbook implementation.

Arguments:

Return values:

instance: Instance of an address book implementation derived from rcube_addressbook

contact_validate

(since 1.0-beta)

Triggered before an contact record is saved (e.g. created or updated). A plugin can perform additional validation checks and reject the contact data from being saved.

Arguments:

record: Hash array with record fields
autofix: Attempt to automatically fill the missing fields
valid: Result of the default pre-validation

Return values:

record: Record data with corrected values
valid: Set to false if invalid
error: Provide a reason if validation failed
abort

contact_create

Triggered when an new address book record is created. A plugin can prevent the contact to be created by setting the abort field to true. The user is then rejected back to the input form.

Arguments:

record: Hash array with record fields
source: Address book identifier

Return values:

record
abort

contact_update

Triggered when an address book record is saved. As in the create_contact hook this action can be aborted by setting the abort field to true.

Arguments:

id
record: Hash array with record fields
source: Address book identifier

Return values:

record
abort

contact_delete

Triggered when an address book record is to be deleted. To abort the deletion a plugin can set the abort field to true.

Arguments:

id
source: Address book identifier

Return values:

abort

contact_displayname

(since 0.6-beta)

When saving a contact without name field or when adding a contact from mail task, all data is passed to this hook where the display name can be composed.

Arguments:

name: The name of the contact to be saved (could be empty)
email: E-mail address
prefix
firstname
middlename
surname
suffix

Return values:

name

group_create

(since 0.4-beta)

Triggered when a contacts group is to be created. A plugin can set the abort field to true in order to prevent the creation of this group.

Arguments:

name: The name of the group to create
source: Address book identifier

Return values:

name
abort
message: Reason why this operation was aborted

group_delete

(since 0.4-beta)

Triggered when a specific contacts group should be deleted. To abort the deletion a plugin can set the abort field to true.

Arguments:

group_id: The group identifier
source: Address book identifier

Return values:

abort
message: Reason why this operation was aborted

group_rename

(since 0.4-beta)

This hook is triggered when a contacts group is renamed. To abort this operation a plugin can set the abort field to true.

Arguments:

group_id: The group identifier
name: New name of the group
source: Address book identifier

Return values:

abort
message: Reason why this operation was aborted

group_addmembers

(since 0.4-beta)

When one or more contacts are added to a contacts group. A plugin can set the abort field to true in order to prevent this action.

Arguments:

ids: List of contact IDs (string separated by comma)
group_id: The group identifier
source: Address book identifier

Return values:

ids
abort
message: Reason why this operation was aborted

group_delmembers

(since 0.4-beta)

Contacts are about to be removed from a group. A plugin can set the abort field to true in order to prevent this action.

Arguments:

ids: List of contact IDs (string separated by comma)
group_id: The group identifier
source: Address book identifier

Return values:

ids
abort
message: Reason why this operation was aborted

Task "settings"

settings_actions

(since 1.0-beta)

Hook to render the top level list of settings sections (aka "tabs"). Plugins which want to define a new section in the settings screen should use this hook instead of injecting a new item with javascript or using the "tabs" in template_container hook. Just append the following struct to the actions argument:

array(
  'command' => '<the-command-executed-on-click>',
  'type' => 'link',
  'label' => '<plugin>.<label-name>',
  'title' => '<plugin>.<label-name>',
  'class' => '<css-class-name>',
)

Arguments:

actions: reference to an html_table object
attrib: HTML attributes

Return values:

actions
attrib

folders_list

Allows a plugin to modify the main table on the manage folders screen

Arguments:

table: reference to an html_table object

Return values: none.

preferences_save

(since 1.0-beta)

Allows a plugin to inject data into the array of preferences about to be saved

Arguments:

prefs: Hash array with prefs to be saved

Return values:

result: boolean
abort: boolean
prefs: array

preferences_update

As opposed to the preferences_save hook, this is triggered whenever user preferences are updated. And that's not limited to the preferences section but can also be executed by another plugin.

Arguments:

prefs: Hash array with prefs to be updated
old: Hash array with currently stored user preferences
userid: The ID of the user these prefs are saved for

Return values:

prefs: array
old: array
abort: boolean

preferences_list

Allows a plugin to modify the user preferences table. This hook is triggered for each section of the user prefs pane. The section is denoted in the section parameter. Possible values are general, mailbox, mailview, compose, folders, server

Arguments:

section: which section of the prefs pane
blocks: reference to an array containing preferences blocks/options

Return values:

blocks

preferences_sections_list

Allows a plugin to modify the user preferences sections list.

Arguments:

list: list (hash array) of sections
cols: column names to display

Return values:

list
cols

identities_list

Triggered when a users identities are listed.

Arguments:

list: The list of identity records
cols: List of cols to be displayed

Return values:

list
cols

identity_create

Triggered when a user attempts to create a new sender identity. A plugin can prevent the record to be created by setting the abort field to true. The user is then rejected back to the input form.

Arguments:

login: True if triggered at login when a new user is created (deprecated)
record: Hash array with identity record fields

Return values:

record
abort

identity_create_after

(since 1.1.2)

Triggered when a user successfully saved a new sender identity. In addition to the record property, the arguments also contain the ID of the new identity record.

Arguments:

id: The ID of the newly created identity record
record: Hash array with identity record fields

Return values:

identity_update

Triggered when a user changes one of his sender identities. As in the create_identity hook this action can be aborted by setting the abort field to true.

Arguments:

id
record: Hash array with identity record fields

Return values:

record
abort

identity_delete

Triggered when a sender identity is to be deleted. To abort the deletion a plugin can set the abort field to true.

Arguments:

Return values:

abort

identity_form

Triggered when identity edit form is being build.

Arguments:

form: Form content definition array.
record: Identity data array.

Return values:

form
record

Template Hooks

The RoundCube skin retrieves certain parts (e.g. message list, folders list, etc.) from the application with special tags within the HTML templates: <roundcube:object name="someobject" ... />. Template hooks are triggered once a template object is rendered. A plugin can alter or extend the html content of a template object.

The hooks are named template_object_* where * is the name of the object. A list of all available template objects is given in [wiki:Doc_SkinML#Contentobjects].

Arguments:

content
[tag attributes]

Return values:

content

template_container

Allows a plugin the add HTML content to a specific container. A skin template may specify several containers (e.g. taskbar, toolbar, etc...). This hook is triggered when the template engine processes such a container and it is also internally used for adding buttons using $this->add_button(attrib, container). Remember to always add or prepend to the content argument and never replace it entirely.

Arguments:

name: Name of the container
content: The container content

Return values:

content

render_page

Triggered after a template was parsed, just before sending the HTML page to the client. This is the place where plugins can add additional content to the page which is not related to any template object. Use $rcmail->output->add_footer() or $this->include_script() to extend the html page. Of course it's also possible to directly alter the content attribute.

Arguments:

template: Name of the rendred template
content: The HTML source

Return values:

content

send_page

(since 0.6-beta)

The final HTML code of a page is passed to this hook before delivering it to the browser. Final string-based modifications on the content can be made here.

Arguments: