Plugins that want to expose functionality through the Reporting API should create a class
that extends this one. Every public method in that class that is not annotated with **@ignore**
will be callable through Piwik's Web API.
_Note: If your plugin calculates and stores reports, they should be made available through the API._
### Examples
**Defining an API for a plugin**
class API extends \Piwik\Plugin\API
{
public function myMethod($idSite, $period, $date, $segment = false)
{
$dataTable = // ... get some data ...
return $dataTable;
}
}
**Linking to an API method**
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protected function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
$this->model = new Model();
}
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
//instantiate a new user model
$this->userManagerModel = new UserManagerModel();
}