Along with the release of the new features in version 7.3, we updated ONLYOFFICE API for the editors, plugins, and Document Builder.

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Along with the release of the new features in <a href="/blog/?p=52310&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=docs_73_devs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">version 7.3</a>, we updated API for the editors, plugins, and Document Builder. Check all the details below.
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<h2>Enhanced WOPI support</h2>
From now on, you are able to work with the binary formats such as doc, ppt, and xls within WOPI integrations. We implemented the corresponding <a href="https://api.onlyoffice.com/editors/wopi/editingbinary" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scheme</a> which includes the <a href="https://api.onlyoffice.com/editors/wopi/discovery#convert" target="_blank" rel="noopener">convert</a> action in the WOPI discovery. It converts binary files into docx, pptx, and xlsx for further editing.
Besides, we added the <a href="https://api.onlyoffice.com/editors/wopi/conversionapi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WOPI Conversion API</a> for easier work with different office file formats.
<pre class="theme:github font:monospace lang:default decode:true ">&lt;form action="https://documentserver/cool/convert-to/docx" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post"&gt; 
File: &lt;input type="file" name="data"&gt;&lt;br/&gt; 
&lt;input type="submit" value="Convert to DOCX"&gt;
&lt;/form&gt;
</pre>
Further enhancements here comprise:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://api.onlyoffice.com/editors/wopi/restapi/checkfileinfo#UserCanNotWriteRelative" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UserCanNotWriteRelative</a> property in the CheckFileInfo WOPI operation which specifies if a user has permissions to create new files on the WOPI server or not;</li>
<li><a href="https://api.onlyoffice.com/editors/wopi/restapi/putrelativefile" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PutRelativeFile</a> WOPI operation which creates a new file on the host based on the current file.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Inserting external data in spreadsheets</h2>
The newly added <a href="https://api.onlyoffice.com/editors/config/document#referenceData" target="_blank" rel="noopener">document.referenceData</a> parameter defines an object that is generated by the integrator to uniquely identify a file in its system.
Together with the implemented <a href="https://api.onlyoffice.com/editors/methods#setReferenceData" target="_blank" rel="noopener">setReferenceData</a> method and <a href="https://api.onlyoffice.com/editors/config/events#onRequestReferenceData" target="_blank" rel="noopener">onRequestReferenceData</a> event, it is now possible to refresh data using a link to a file — when a user is trying to update values inserted from the external file by clicking the corresponding button in the External links dialog box. <a href="https://api.onlyoffice.com/editors/insertingexternaldata" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Learn more</a>
<pre class="theme:github font:monospace lang:default decode:true ">var onRequestReferenceData = function () {
var referenceData = event.data.referenceData;
var path = event.data.path;
 ...
docEditor.setReferenceData({
 "fileType": "xlsx",
 "path": "sample.xlsx",
 "referenceData": {
"fileKey": "BCFA2CED",
"instanceId": "https://example.com"
 },
 "url": "https://example.com/url-to-example-document.xlsx"
 });
};
var docEditor = new DocsAPI.DocEditor("placeholder", {
"events": {
"onRequestReferenceData": onRequestReferenceData, 
 ...
 },
 ...
});</pre>
<h2>Interface customization</h2>
Users of ONLYOFFICE Docs Developer Edition with the extended license get new options for customizing the frontend of the editors via the config file:
<ul>
<li>adjusting the font of the interface elements such as buttons, tabs, etc.;</li>
<li>defining the initial value of the right/left panel visibility – displayed or hidden.</li>
</ul>
<h2>API updates for plugins and macros</h2>
<ul>
<li>Sign type in the <a href="https://api.onlyoffice.com/plugin/config#initDataType" target="_blank" rel="noopener">initDataType</a> config parameter.</li>
<li><a href="https://api.onlyoffice.com/plugin/executemethod/common/getvbamacros" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GetVBAMacros</a> method which returns all VBA macros from the document.</li>
<li><a href="https://api.onlyoffice.com/plugin/executemethod/common/ondropevent" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OnDropEvent</a> method which implements the external drag&amp;drop emulation.</li>
<li><a href="https://api.onlyoffice.com/plugin/executemethod/cell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Spreadsheet Api</a> and <a href="https://api.onlyoffice.com/plugin/executemethod/slide" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Presentation Api</a> methods available for the window.Asc.plugin.executeMethod.</li>
</ul>
Check this code example for the OnDropEvent method:
<pre class="theme:github font:monospace lang:default decode:true ">window.Asc.plugin.executeMethod("OnDropEvent", [{
 type: "ondrop",
 x : pos.x,
 y : pos.y,
 text : "test text",
 html : "test html"
}]);</pre>
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<h2>API updates for Document Builder</h2>
In the <a href="https://api.onlyoffice.com/docbuilder/basic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DocBuilder API</a>, we added lots of new comment, table of contents/figure, and some other methods, including the following ones:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://api.onlyoffice.com/docbuilder/textdocumentapi/apiblocklvlsdt/addcomment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ApiBlockLvlSdt/AddComment</a></li>
<li><a href="https://api.onlyoffice.com/docbuilder/textdocumentapi/apicomment/getautorname" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ApiComment/GetAutorName</a></li>
<li><a href="https://api.onlyoffice.com/docbuilder/textdocumentapi/apidocument/addtableofcontents" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ApiDocument/AddTableOfContents</a></li>
<li><a href="https://api.onlyoffice.com/docbuilder/textdocumentapi/apidocument/addtableoffigures" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ApiDocument/AddTableOfFigures</a></li>
<li><a href="https://api.onlyoffice.com/docbuilder/textdocumentapi/apiparagraph/addcaption" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ApiParagraph/AddCaption</a></li>
<li><a href="https://api.onlyoffice.com/docbuilder/textdocumentapi/apidocument/getstatistics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ApiDocument/GetStatistics</a></li>
</ul>
Check the <a href="https://api.onlyoffice.com/docbuilder/changelog#73" target="_blank" rel="noopener">full list</a> of new methods.
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<h3>Useful links</h3>
What’s new in ONLYOFFICE Docs 7.3: <a href="/blog/?p=52310&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=docs_73_devs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blog</a> / <a href="https://youtu.be/lJYyz9CiZfE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> / <a href="https://youtu.be/0LpAWnJEEGE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">live event</a>
<a href="https://www.onlyoffice.com/developer-edition.aspx?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=docs_73_devs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ONLYOFFICE for developers</a>
<a href="https://www.onlyoffice.com/document-builder.aspx?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=docs_73_devs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ONLYOFFICE Document Builder</a>
<a href="https://api.onlyoffice.com/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=docs_73_devs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">API documentation</a>
<a href="https://api.onlyoffice.com/editors/changelog?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=docs_73_devs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">API changelog</a>
<a href="https://api.onlyoffice.com/plugin/changelog?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=docs_73_devs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Plugins &amp; macros changelog</a>
<a href="https://api.onlyoffice.com/docbuilder/changelog?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=docs_73_devs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DocBuilder changelog</a>
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