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The Perforce C/C++ API allows you to write your own Perforce tools in C++. It provides you with the same interface that is used by all of the Perforce client programs (P4, P4V, P4Web, and the Perforce IDE Plug-ins). The C/C++ API User's Guide [ HTML | PDF ] is the starting point for using the API. See the release notes for the latest features. The Perforce C/C++ API can be downloaded from the Perforce FTP site. The API is found in a tar file named
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P4Java, the Perforce Java API is a Java-native API for accessing Perforce SCM services from within Java applications, servlets, plug-ins, and other Java contexts. This supported API is available for download from the Perforce FTP site. The API is found in release specific directories under 'bin.java'. For example:
The distribution includes the jar files for the API and the Javadoc. See the P4Java API documentation [ HTML | PDF ] and release notes for the latest features and details.
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P4Perl, Perforce's API for Perl allows you to write Perl scripts that directly execute Perforce commands. This supported API version is available for download from the Perforce FTP site. The APIs are found in release-specific directories. Installers are available for Windows users in the Windows platform directory:
Users on other platforms must build from source. Users on Windows platforms can build from source as well. Source tarballs are found in the release-specific /bin.tools directory. For example:
Installation from source requires the Perforce C/C++ API listed above. See the release notes for the latest features. For additional installation and usage information, please see the APIs for Scripting manual [ HTML | PDF ]. Please note that the P4Perl API available in the Public Depot has been deprecated and is not supported.
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P4Ruby, Perforce's API for Ruby allows you to write Ruby scripts that directly execute Perforce commands. This supported API version is available for download from the Perforce FTP site. The APIs are found in release-specific directories. Installers are available for Windows users in the Windows platform directory:
Users on other platforms must build from source. Users on Windows platforms can build from source as well. Source tarballs are found in the release-specific /bin.tools directory. For example:
Installation from source requires the Perforce C/C++ API listed above. See the release notes for the latest features. For additional installation and usage information, please see the APIs for Scripting manual [ HTML | PDF ]. Please note that the P4Ruby API available in the Public Depot has been deprecated and is not supported.
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P4Python, Perforce's API for Python allows you to write Python scripts that directly execute Perforce commands. This supported API version is available for download from the Perforce FTP site. The APIs are found in release-specific directories. Installers are available for Windows users in the Windows platform directory:
Users on other platforms must build from source. Users on Windows platforms can build from source as well. Source tarballs are found in the release-specific /bin.tools directory. For example:
Installation from source requires the Perforce C/C++ API listed above. See the release notes for the latest features. For additional installation and usage information, please see the APIs for Scripting manual Please note that the P4Python API available in the Public Depot has been deprecated and is not supported.
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P4PHP, Perforce's API for PHP allows you to write PHP scripts that directly execute Perforce commands. This supported API version is available for download from the Perforce FTP site. The APIs are found in release-specific directories. P4PHP must be built from source. Source tarballs are found in the release-specific /bin.tools directory. For example:
Installation from source requires the Perforce C/C++ API listed above. See the release notes for the latest features. For additional installation and usage information, please see the APIs for Scripting manual [ HTML | PDF ].
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P4ObjC, Perforce's API for Objective-C supports Objective-C developers on both the Mac and iPhone platforms. This supported API version is available for download from the Perforce FTP site site. The APIs are found in release-specific directories. Users must build from source. Source tarballs are found in the release-specific /bin.tools directory. For example:
Installation from source requires the Perforce C/C++ API for the target platform:
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P4COM allows you to easily execute Perforce commands from any Windows development language—there's no need to spawn p4.exe as a command line process. Examples given include VB6, VB.NET, C# and even Lisp. P4COM can also talk to internationalized Perforce servers.
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P4COM, a COM Interface to the Perforce C++ API for Windows
