Describe hooks provided by the Views module.

File

modules/views/views.api.php

Functions

Namesort descending Description
hook_views_ajax_data_alter This hook allows to alter the commands which are used on a views ajax request.
hook_views_api Register View API information.
hook_views_data Describes data tables (or the equivalent) to Views.
hook_views_data_alter Alter table structure.
hook_views_form_substitutions This hook is called to get a list of placeholders and their substitutions, used when preprocessing a View with form elements.
hook_views_invalidate_cache Allow modules to respond to the Views cache being invalidated.
hook_views_plugins Describes plugins defined by the module.
hook_views_plugins_alter Alter existing plugins data, defined by modules.
hook_views_post_build This hook is called right after the build process. The query is now fully built, but it has not yet been run through db_rewrite_sql.
hook_views_post_execute This hook is called right after the execute process. The query has been executed, but the pre_render() phase has not yet happened for handlers.
hook_views_post_render Post process any rendered data.
hook_views_pre_build This hook is called right before the build process, but after displays are attached and the display performs its pre_execute phase.
hook_views_pre_execute This hook is called right before the execute process. The query is now fully built, but it has not yet been run through db_rewrite_sql.
hook_views_pre_render This hook is called right before the render process. The query has been executed, and the pre_render() phase has already happened for handlers, so all data should be available.
hook_views_pre_view Allows altering a view at the very beginning of views processing, before anything is done.
hook_views_preview_info_alter Alter the information box that (optionally) appears with a view preview, including query and performance statistics.
hook_views_query_alter Alter the query before executing the query.
hook_views_query_substitutions Performs replacements in the query before being performed.
hook_views_ui_display_top_links_alter This hooks allows to alter the links at the top of the view edit form. Some modules might want to add links there.