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<a name="development"></a>Part III. Developer Guide</h1></div></div></div>
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<p><b>Table of Contents</b></p>
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<dt><span class="chapter"><a href="embedding.html">Embedding and Integrating Cockpit</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="embedding.html#embedding-full">Embedding the Cockpit Interface</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="embedding.html#embedding-components">Integrating Cockpit Components into Web Applications</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="embedding.html#embedding-deep">Deep Integration</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="embedding.html#embedding-cors">Pinging Cockpit</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="chapter"><a href="packages.html">Cockpit Packages</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="packages.html#package-layout">Layout of Package Files</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="packages.html#package-manifest">Package Manifest</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="packages.html#package-manifest-override">Manifest overrides</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="packages.html#package-links">Package Links and Paths</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="packages.html#package-minified">Content Negotiation</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="packages.html#package-api">Using Cockpit API</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="packages.html#package-bridges">Bridges for specific tasks</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="packages.html#package-replace">Replacing an existing package</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="chapter"><a href="urls.html">Cockpit URLs</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="section"><a href="urls.html#urls-components">Component URLs</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="section"><a href="urls.html#urls-visible">Visible URLs</a></span></dt>
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<dt><span class="reference"><a href="api-base1.html">API: base1</a></span></dt>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="api-cockpit.html">cockpit.js</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Basic cockpit API to interact with the system</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="cockpit-dbus.html">cockpit.js: DBus Client</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — DBus API communication</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="cockpit-file.html">cockpit.js: File Access</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Reading, writing, and watching files.</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="cockpit-http.html">cockpit.js: HTTP Client</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — HTTP and REST API communication</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="cockpit-spawn.html">cockpit.js: Spawning Processes</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Spawning processes or scripts</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="cockpit-metrics.html">cockpit.js: Metrics</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Reading and streaming metric data</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="cockpit-series-data.html">cockpit.js: Series Data</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Representing series data</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="cockpit-channels.html">cockpit.js: Raw Channels</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Raw communication channels</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="cockpit-location.html">cockpit.js: Page Location and Jumping</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Page location and navigation between components</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="cockpit-locale.html">cockpit.js: Localization</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Localization and translations</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="cockpit-error.html">cockpit.js: Errors</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Problem codes and messages</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="cockpit-login.html">cockpit.js: User Session</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — User information and login session state</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="cockpit-util.html">cockpit.js: Utilities</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Various utility functions</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="cockpit-cache.html">cockpit.js: Object Cache</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Caching and sharing data</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="cockpit-manifest.html">cockpit.js: Manifests</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Manifest info</span>
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<dt><span class="reference"><a href="api-shell.html">API: shell</a></span></dt>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="api-shell-html.html">index.html</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Main cockpit shell, for a single machine</span>
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<dt><span class="reference"><a href="api-system.html">API: system</a></span></dt>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="api-logs-html.html">logs.html</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — System log component</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="api-terminal-html.html">terminal.html</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Server terminal component</span>
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