Hooks that can be implemented by other modules in order to implement the Views API.

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core/modules/views/views.api.php, line 275
Describe hooks provided by the Views module.

Functions

Name Locationsort descending Description
hook_views_data core/modules/views/views.api.php Describes data tables (or the equivalent) to Views.
hook_views_data_alter core/modules/views/views.api.php Alter table structure.
hook_views_plugins core/modules/views/views.api.php Describes plugins defined by the module.
hook_views_plugins_alter core/modules/views/views.api.php Alter existing plugins data, defined by modules.
hook_views_api core/modules/views/views.api.php Register View API information.
hook_views_query_substitutions core/modules/views/views.api.php Performs replacements in the query before being performed.
hook_views_form_substitutions core/modules/views/views.api.php This hook is called to get a list of placeholders and their substitutions, used when preprocessing a View with form elements.
hook_views_pre_view core/modules/views/views.api.php Allows altering a view at the very beginning of views processing, before anything is done.
hook_views_pre_build core/modules/views/views.api.php This hook is called right before the build process, but after displays are attached and the display performs its pre_execute phase.
hook_views_post_build core/modules/views/views.api.php 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_pre_execute core/modules/views/views.api.php 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_post_execute core/modules/views/views.api.php 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_pre_render core/modules/views/views.api.php 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_post_render core/modules/views/views.api.php Post process any rendered data.
hook_views_query_alter core/modules/views/views.api.php Alter the query before executing the query.
hook_views_preview_info_alter core/modules/views/views.api.php Alter the information box that (optionally) appears with a view preview, including query and performance statistics.
hook_views_ui_display_top_links_alter core/modules/views/views.api.php This hooks allows to alter the links at the top of the view edit form. Some modules might want to add links there.
hook_views_ajax_data_alter core/modules/views/views.api.php This hook allows to alter the commands which are used on a views ajax request.
hook_views_invalidate_cache core/modules/views/views.api.php Allow modules to respond to the Views cache being invalidated.