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+=========
+ Plugins
+=========
+
+Plugins can supply REST routes.
+::
+
+ >>> dump_json('http://localhost:9001/3.1/plugins')
+ entry 0:
+ class: mailman.testing.plugin.ExamplePlugin
+ configuration:
+ enable: True
+ http_etag: "..."
+ name: example
+ path:
+ http_etag: "..."
+ start: 0
+ total_size: 1
+
+ >>> dump_json('http://localhost:9001/3.1/plugins/example')
+ example-plugin-reply: yes
+ http_etag: "..."
+
+ >>> dump_json('http://localhost:9001/3.1/plugins/example/good')
+ good: True
+ http_etag: "..."
+
+ >>> dump_json('http://localhost:9001/3.1/plugins/example/bad')
+ Traceback (most recent call last):
+ ...
+ urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 400: ...
+
+For example this route that presents a counter.
+::
+
+ >>> dump_json('http://localhost:9001/3.1/plugins/example/count')
+ count: 0
+ http_etag: "..."
+
+ >>> call_http('http://localhost:9001/3.1/plugins/example/count',
+ ... {'count':3}, method='POST')
+ content-length: 0
+ date: ...
+ server: ...
+ status: 204
+
+ >>> dump_json('http://localhost:9001/3.1/plugins/example/count')
+ count: 3
+ http_etag: "..."
+
+ >>> call_http('http://localhost:9001/3.1/plugins/example/count',
+ ... method='DELETE')
+ content-length: 0
+ date: ...
+ server: ...
+ status: 204
+
+ >>> dump_json('http://localhost:9001/3.1/plugins/example/count')
+ count: 0
+ http_etag: "..."