Use Koha's REST API instead of relying on altered Apache configuration

[minusdavid]

As of at least eds_plugin_19.05010.kpz, it looks like the EDS plugin requires Apache to have an Alias directive pointing to the plugin directory.

Modern Koha plugins like https://github.com/bywatersolutions/koha-plugin-coverflow inject routes into Koha's REST API so that no special configuration changes need to be made server side.

[mmabrahamson]

This sounds fantastic! Anything to make it easier to install. I couldn't spot where the linked repo is doing the route injection. Could you point me to the section where this happens? Appreciate it!

[kidclamp]

Here is the specific commit, there were some followups too
bywatersolutions/koha-plugin-coverflow@68caf99

For more details on adding routs to a plugin:
https://koha-community.gitlab.io/KohaAdvent/

[minusdavid]

This would still be nice to have. I tried to find documentation for the altered Apache configuration but I couldn't find any. Fortunately, I was able to find some old existing examples on my own systems.

I can't get the EDS plugin to work on 21.11, but I'm having the librarian follow up with EBSCO, as I imagine it's just plugin configuration and nothing Koha specific...

[minusdavid]

It is pretty frustrating trying to get this plugin to work.

Found the alias at https://koha.katipo.co.narkive.com/GnvGDdb2/eds-plugin-not-loading

Alias /plugin/ "/var/lib/koha/instance/plugins/"

[minusdavid]

Needed the Location directive as well since Apache didn't want to run those scripts as CGI.