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List of all API methods with descriptions

api.portal

api.portal.get()	Get the Plone portal object out of thin air.
api.portal.get_navigation_root([context])	Get the navigation root object for the context.
api.portal.get_tool([name])	Get a portal tool in a simple way.
api.portal.get_localized_time([datetime, ...])	Display a date/time in a user-friendly way.
api.portal.send_email([sender, recipient, ...])	Send an email.
api.portal.show_message([message, request, type])	Display a status message.
api.portal.get_registry_record([name, interface])	Get a record value from plone.app.registry

api.content

api.content.get([path, UID])	Get an object.
api.content.create([container, type, id, ...])	Create a new content item.
api.content.delete([obj, objects, ...])	Delete the object(s).
api.content.copy([source, target, id, safe_id])	Copy the object to the target container.
api.content.move([source, target, id, safe_id])	Move the object to the target container.
api.content.rename([obj, new_id, safe_id])	Rename the object.
api.content.get_uuid([obj])	Get the object's Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID).
api.content.get_state([obj, default])	Get the current workflow state of the object.
api.content.transition([obj, transition, ...])	Perform a workflow transition for the object or attempt to perform workflow transitions on the object to reach the given state.
api.content.get_view([name, context, request])	Get a BrowserView object.

api.user

api.user.get([userid, username])	Get a user.
api.user.create([email, username, password, ...])	Create a user.
api.user.delete([username, user])	Delete a user.
api.user.get_current()	Get the currently logged-in user.
api.user.is_anonymous()	Check if the currently logged-in user is anonymous.
api.user.get_users([groupname, group])	Get all users or all users filtered by group.
api.user.get_roles([username, user, obj, ...])	Get user's site-wide or local roles.
api.user.get_permissions([username, user, obj])	Get user's site-wide or local permissions.
api.user.grant_roles([username, user, obj, ...])	Grant roles to a user.
api.user.revoke_roles([username, user, obj, ...])	Revoke roles from a user.

api.group

api.group.get([groupname])	Get a group.
api.group.create([groupname, title, ...])	Create a group.
api.group.delete([groupname, group])	Delete a group.
api.group.add_user([groupname, group, ...])	Add the user to a group.
api.group.remove_user([groupname, group, ...])	Remove the user from a group.
api.group.get_groups([username, user])	Get all groups or all groups filtered by user.
api.group.get_roles([groupname, group, obj])	Get group's site-wide or local roles.
api.group.grant_roles([groupname, group, ...])	Grant roles to a group.
api.group.revoke_roles([groupname, group, ...])	Revoke roles from a group.

api.env

api.env.adopt_roles([roles])	Context manager for temporarily switching roles.
api.env.adopt_user([username, user])	Context manager for temporarily switching user inside a block.
api.env.debug_mode()	Returns True if your zope instance is running in debug mode.
api.env.test_mode()	Returns True if you are running the zope test runner.

Exceptions and errors

api.exc.PloneApiError	Base exception class for plone.api errors.
api.exc.MissingParameterError	Raised when a parameter is missing.
api.exc.InvalidParameterError	Raised when a parameter is invalid.
api.exc.CannotGetPortalError	Raised when the portal object cannot be retrieved.