PlaceholderAPI/wiki/Commands.md

This page shows all commands, including with a detailed description of what every command does.

## Overview

- **[Parse Commands](#parse-commands)**
  - [`/papi bcparse <player|me> <string>`](#papi-bcparse)
  - [`/papi cmdparse <player|me> <string>`](#papi-cmdparse)
  - [`/papi parse <player|me> <string>`](#papi-parse)
  - [`/papi parserel <player> <player> <string>`](#papi-parserel)

- **[eCloud Commands](#ecloud-commands)**
  - [`/papi ecloud clear`](#papi-ecloud-clear)
  - [`/papi ecloud disable`](#papi-ecloud-disable)
  - [`/papi ecloud download <expansion> [version]`](#papi-ecloud-download)
  - [`/papi ecloud enable`](#papi-ecloud-enable)
  - [`/papi ecloud info <expansion> [version]`](#papi-ecloud-info)
  - [`/papi ecloud list <all|<author>|installed>`](#papi-ecloud-list)
  - [`/papi ecloud placeholders <expansion>`](#papi-ecloud-placeholders)
  - [`/papi ecloud refresh`](#papi-ecloud-refresh)
  - [`/papi ecloud status`](#papi-ecloud-status)

- **[Expansion Commands](#expansion-commands)**
  - [`/papi info <expansion>`](#papi-info)
  - [`/papi list`](#papi-list)
  - [`/papi register <jar file>`](#papi-register)
  - [`/papi unregister <jar file>`](#papi-unregister)

- **[Other Commands](#other-commands)**
  - [`/papi dump`](#papi-dump)
  - [`/papi help`](#papi-help)
  - [`/papi reload`](#papi-reload)
  - [`/papi version`](#papi-version)

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### Parse Commands
These commands are used to parse placeholders into their respective values. Useful for debugging.

- #### `/papi bcparse`
  **Description**:  
  Parses placeholders of a String and broadcasts the result to all players.
  
  **Arguments**:
  * `<player|me>` - The Player to parse values of the placeholder (Use `me` for yourself).
  * `<Text with placeholders>` - The text to parse.
  
  **Example**:  
  ```
  /papi bcparse funnycube My name is %player_name%!
  ```

- #### `/papi cmdparse`
  **Description**:  
  Parses placeholders of a String and executes it as a command.

  **Arguments**:  
  - `<player|me>` - The player to parse placeholders against. Use `me` for yourself.
  - `<Command with placeholders>` - The Text to parse and execute as command. Please leave away the `/` of the command.
  
  **Example**:  
  ```
  /papi cmdparse funnycube say My name is %player_name%!
  ```

- #### `/papi parse`
  **Description**:  
  Parses the placeholders in a given text and shows the result.
  
  **Arguments**:
  * `<player|me>` - The Player to parse values of the placeholder (Use `me` for yourself).
  * `<Text with placeholders>` - The text to parse.
  
  **Example**:  
  ```
  /papi parse funnycube My group is %vault_group%
  ```

- #### `/papi parserel`
  **Description**:  
  Parses a relational placeholder.
  
  **Arguments**:  
  * `<player1>` - The first player.
  * `<player2>` - the second player to compare with.
  * `<Text with placeholders>` - The actual placeholder to parse.
  
  **Example**:  
  ```
  /papi parserel funnycube extended_clip %placeholder%
  ```

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### eCloud Commands
These commands all start with `/papi ecloud` and are used for things related about the [[Expansion Cloud]].

- #### `/papi ecloud clear`
  **Description**:  
  Clears the cache for the eCloud.

- #### `/papi ecloud disable`
  **Description**:  
  Disables the connection to the eCloud.

- #### `/papi ecloud download`
  **Description**:  
  Allows you to download an expansion from the eCloud
  
  **Arguments**:  
  - `<expansion>` - The expansion to download.
  - `[version]` - The specific version of the expansion to download (Optional)
  
  **Example**:  
  ```
  /papi ecloud download Vault
  /papi ecloud download Vault 1.5.2
  ```

- #### `/papi ecloud enable`
  **Description**:  
  Enables the connection to the eCloud
 
- #### `/papi ecloud info`
  **Description**:  
  Gives information about a specific Expansion.
  
  **Arguments**:  
  - `<expansion>` - The Expansion to retrieve information from.
  - `[version]` - The Expansion's version to get information from.
  
  **Example**:  
  ```
  /papi ecloud info Vault
  ```

- #### `/papi ecloud list`
  **Description**:  
  Lists either all Expansions on the eCloud, only those by a specific author or only those that you have [installed](#papi-ecloud-download).  
  Installed Expansions show as green in the list and Expansions that are installed and have an update available show as gold.
  
  **Arguments**:  
  - `<all|<author>|installed>` - List all Expansions, Expansions of a specific author or all Expnansions you have installed.
  
  **Example**:  
  ```
  /papi ecloud list all
  /papi ecloud list clip
  /papi ecloud list installed
  ```

- #### `/papi ecloud placeholders`
  **Description**:  
  List all placeholders of an Expansion.
  
  **Arguments**:  
  - `<expansion>` - The Expansion to list placeholders of.
  
  **Example**:  
  ```
  /papi ecloud placeholders Vault
  ```

- #### `/papi ecloud refresh`
  **Description**:  
  Refresh the cached data from the eCloud.

- #### `/papi ecloud status`
  **Description**:  
  Displays the actual Status of the eCloud.

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### Expansion Commands
These commands can be used to manage the expansions that you have currently installed.

- #### `/papi info`
  **Description**:  
  Gives you information about the specified Expansion.

  **Argument(s)**:  
  - `<expansion>` - The Expansion to get info from (Needs to be registered and active).
  
  **Example**:  
  ```
  /papi info Vault
  ```

- #### `/papi list`
  **Description**:  
  Lists all active/registered expansions.  
  This is different to [/papi ecloud list installed](#papi-ecloud-list) in the fact, that it also includes expansions that were installed through a plugin (That aren't a separate   jar-file) and it also doesn't show which one have updates available.

- #### `/papi register`
  **Description**:  
  Registers an expansion from a specified filename.  
  This is useful in cases, where you downloaded the expansion manually and don't want to restart the server.  
  The file needs to be inside `/plugins/PlaceholderAPI/expansions`.
  
  **Arguments**:
  - `<filename>` - The file to register (including the file-extension).
  
  **Example**:  
  ```
  /papi register MyExpansion.jar
  ```

- #### `/papi unregister`
  **Description**:  
  Unregisters the specified expansion.
  
  **Arguments**:
  - `<filename>` - The expansion to unregister.
  
  **Example**:  
  ```
  /papi unregister MyExpansion.jar
  ```

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### Other Commands
These are other commands of PlaceholderAPI that don't fit any of the above categories.

- #### `/papi dump`
  **Description**:  
  Pastes useful information from PlaceholderAPI such as plugin version, server version and installed expansions to https://paste.helpch.at for simple sharing and support.

- #### `/papi help`
  **Description**:  
  Displays all the commands PlaceholderAPI currently offers.

- #### `/papi reload`
  **Description**:  
  Reloads the config settings.  
  You need to use this command after [downloading Expansions](#papi-ecloud-download) from the eCloud or they won't be properly registered.

- #### `/papi version`
  **Description**:  
  Shows the current version and authors of PlaceholderAPI.