Skip to content

VS Code Extension API

Brett Cannon edited this page Jan 14, 2021 · 1 revision

The VS Code extension API is divided into two distinct parts (conceptually):

  • registration of handlers by which VS Code requests actions or data from an extension
  • functions (and types, constants, etc.) by which an extension requests actions or data from VS Code

In addition to that concrete API, VS Code defines several other ways that extensions may interact with it or provide it resources:

  • the package.json file (a superset of the npm package.json) defines static data about the extension. This includes commands, settings, language configuration, and debugger definitions. (Note that a number of items from that static data can be extended or overridden via the API.)
  • debug adapters (via "DAP") interact with VS Code (which acts as the debug client) to support debugging operations. They help make debuggers more independent from VS Code and its extensions.
  • Language Servers (via "LSP") consolidate much of the language-specific functionality provided by registered handlers in the VS Code API, effectively replacing those handlers. As with debug adapters, this allows such language services to be more independent from VS Code and its extensions.

The Python extension for VS Code takes adavantage of all of the above.


Note: hypothetically, an extension could be written in Python, either directly or with a light typescript wrapper around the VS Code API. I'm just saying...

Analysis of Hooks Used by the Extension

Usage:

  • `src/client/extension.ts'
    • debug.registerDebugConfigurationProvider (+1)
    • languages.registerCodeActionsProvider (+1)
    • languages.registerDocumentFormattingEditProvider
    • languages.registerDocumentRangeFormattingEditProvider
    • languages.setLanguageConfiguration
  • src/client/activation/jedi.ts
    • commands.registerCommand (+2)
    • languages.registerCodeLensProvider (+2)
    • languages.registerCompletionItemProvider (+1)
    • languages.registerDefinitionProvider
    • languages.registerDocumentSymbolProvider
    • languages.registerHoverProvider
    • languages.registerOnTypeFormattingEditProvider
    • languages.registerReferenceProvider
    • languages.registerRenameProvider
    • languages.registerSignatureHelpProvider
  • src/client/common/application/debugService.ts
    • debug.registerDebugAdapterDescriptorFactory
    • debug.registerDebugAdapterTrackerFactory
    • debug.registerDebugConfigurationProvider (+1)
  • in other files:
    • commands.registerCommand (3, incl. jedi)
    • languages.registerCodeLensProvider (3, incl. jedi)
    • languages.registerCompletionItemProvider (2, incl. jedi)
    • languages.registerCodeActionsProvider (2, incl. extension.ts)
    • commands.registerTextEditorCommand (1)
    • languages.registerWorkspaceSymbolProvider (1)
    • window.registerTreeDataProvider (1)
USED (by hook)
commands.registerCommand ------------------------------ src/client/activation/jedi.ts src/client/common/application/commandManager.ts src/client/providers/simpleRefactorProvider.ts src/client/providers/simpleRefactorProvider.ts commands.registerTextEditorCommand ------------------------------ src/client/common/application/commandManager.ts debug.registerDebugAdapterDescriptorFactory ------------------------------ src/client/common/application/debugService.ts debug.registerDebugAdapterTrackerFactory ------------------------------ src/client/common/application/debugService.ts debug.registerDebugConfigurationProvider ------------------------------ src/client/common/application/debugService.ts src/client/extension.ts languages.registerCodeActionsProvider ------------------------------ src/client/extension.ts src/client/providers/codeActionProvider/main.ts languages.registerCodeLensProvider ------------------------------ src/client/activation/jedi.ts src/client/datascience/datascience.ts src/client/testing/codeLenses/main.ts languages.registerCompletionItemProvider ------------------------------ src/client/activation/jedi.ts src/client/common/application/languageService.ts languages.registerDefinitionProvider ------------------------------ src/client/activation/jedi.ts languages.registerDocumentFormattingEditProvider ------------------------------ src/client/extension.ts languages.registerDocumentRangeFormattingEditProvider ------------------------------ src/client/extension.ts languages.registerDocumentSymbolProvider ------------------------------ src/client/activation/jedi.ts languages.registerHoverProvider ------------------------------ src/client/activation/jedi.ts languages.registerOnTypeFormattingEditProvider ------------------------------ src/client/activation/jedi.ts languages.registerReferenceProvider ------------------------------ src/client/activation/jedi.ts languages.registerRenameProvider ------------------------------ src/client/activation/jedi.ts languages.registerSignatureHelpProvider ------------------------------ src/client/activation/jedi.ts languages.registerSignatureHelpProvider ------------------------------ src/client/activation/jedi.ts languages.registerWorkspaceSymbolProvider ------------------------------ src/client/workspaceSymbols/main.ts languages.setLanguageConfiguration ------------------------------ src/client/extension.ts window.registerTreeDataProvider ------------------------------ src/client/datascience/liveshare/liveshareProxy.ts 

total used: 21

NOT USED
 languages.registerCallHierarchyProvider languages.registerColorProvider languages.registerDeclarationProvider languages.registerDocumentHighlightProvider languages.registerDocumentLinkProvider languages.registerFoldingRangeProvider languages.registerImplementationProvider languages.registerSelectionRangeProvider languages.registerTypeDefinitionProvider tasks.registerTaskProvider window.registerUriHandler window.registerWebviewPanelSerializer workspace.registerFileSystemProvider workspace.registerTaskProvider workspace.registerTextDocumentContentProvider 

total not used: 15

USED (by file)
src/client/activation/jedi.ts ------------------------------ commands.registerCommand languages.registerCodeLensProvider languages.registerCompletionItemProvider languages.registerDefinitionProvider languages.registerDocumentSymbolProvider languages.registerHoverProvider languages.registerOnTypeFormattingEditProvider languages.registerReferenceProvider languages.registerRenameProvider languages.registerSignatureHelpProvider src/client/common/application/commandManager.ts ------------------------------ commands.registerCommand commands.registerTextEditorCommand src/client/common/application/debugService.ts ------------------------------ debug.registerDebugAdapterDescriptorFactory debug.registerDebugAdapterTrackerFactory debug.registerDebugConfigurationProvider src/client/common/application/languageService.ts ------------------------------ languages.registerCompletionItemProvider src/client/datascience/datascience.ts ------------------------------ languages.registerCodeLensProvider src/client/datascience/liveshare/liveshareProxy.ts ------------------------------ window.registerTreeDataProvider src/client/extension.ts ------------------------------ debug.registerDebugConfigurationProvider languages.registerCodeActionsProvider languages.registerDocumentFormattingEditProvider languages.registerDocumentRangeFormattingEditProvider languages.setLanguageConfiguration src/client/providers/codeActionProvider/main.ts ------------------------------ languages.registerCodeActionsProvider src/client/providers/simpleRefactorProvider.ts ------------------------------ commands.registerCommand commands.registerCommand src/client/testing/codeLenses/main.ts ------------------------------ languages.registerCodeLensProvider src/client/workspaceSymbols/main.ts ------------------------------ languages.registerWorkspaceSymbolProvider 

total files using hooks: 11

Extra Information

script to analyze our usage of the VS Code API
# XXX Find all "known" hooks (in node_modules/@types/vscode/index.d.ts). # XXX Find all other uses of the VS Code API. import re import textwrap def _regex_join_options(opts, indent=' '): return f'\n{indent}|\n{indent}'.join(opts) ####################################### # helpers for hooks def find_known_hooks(): # For now we hard-code the list. return [ 'tasks.registerTaskProvider', 'commands.registerCommand', 'commands.registerTextEditorCommand', 'window.registerTreeDataProvider', # <T> 'window.registerUriHandler', 'window.registerWebviewPanelSerializer', 'workspace.registerFileSystemProvider', 'workspace.registerTaskProvider', 'workspace.registerTextDocumentContentProvider', 'languages.registerCallHierarchyProvider', 'languages.registerCodeActionsProvider', 'languages.registerCodeLensProvider', 'languages.registerColorProvider', 'languages.registerCompletionItemProvider', 'languages.registerDeclarationProvider', 'languages.registerDefinitionProvider', 'languages.registerDocumentFormattingEditProvider', 'languages.registerDocumentHighlightProvider', 'languages.registerDocumentLinkProvider', 'languages.registerDocumentRangeFormattingEditProvider', 'languages.registerDocumentSymbolProvider', 'languages.registerFoldingRangeProvider', 'languages.registerHoverProvider', 'languages.registerImplementationProvider', 'languages.registerOnTypeFormattingEditProvider', 'languages.registerReferenceProvider', 'languages.registerRenameProvider', 'languages.registerSelectionRangeProvider', 'languages.registerSignatureHelpProvider', 'languages.registerSignatureHelpProvider', 'languages.registerTypeDefinitionProvider', 'languages.registerWorkspaceSymbolProvider', 'languages.setLanguageConfiguration', 'debug.registerDebugAdapterDescriptorFactory', 'debug.registerDebugAdapterTrackerFactory', 'debug.registerDebugConfigurationProvider', ] def iter_hooks(srclines, *, known=None, alts=None): if not known: known = find_known_hooks() _hooks = (v.replace('.', '\.') for v in known + list(alts or ())) regex = re.compile( textwrap.dedent(rf'''  ^  .*? \b  (  {_regex_join_options(_hooks, ' ')}  )  \s* (?: < [^>]+ > \s* )?  [(]  '''), re.VERBOSE ) for line in srclines: m = regex.match(line) if not m: continue hook, = m.groups() yield alts.get(hook, hook) if alts else hook def find_all_hooks(filenames, *, known=None, alts=None): if not known: known = find_known_hooks() for filename in filenames or (): with open(filename) as srcfile: for hook in iter_hooks(srcfile, known=known, alts=alts): yield filename, hook def analyze_found_hooks(results): hooks = {} files = {} for filename, hook in results: try: found = hooks[hook] except KeyError: found = hooks[hook] = [] if filename not in found: found.append(filename) try: found = files[filename] except KeyError: found = files[filename] = [] found.append(hook) return hooks, files ####################################### # commands # hooks HOOKS_ALTS = { '.registerTreeDataProvider': 'window.registerTreeDataProvider', } def cmd_hooks(filenames, show=None): try: run_cmd = CMD_HOOKS_SHOW[show or 'summary'] except KeyError: raise ValueError(f'unsupported --show {show!r}') if run_cmd is None: raise NotImplementedError(show) known = find_known_hooks() run_cmd( find_all_hooks(filenames, known=known, alts=HOOKS_ALTS), filenames=filenames, known=known, ) def cmd_hooks_raw(results, **ignored): total = 0 for filename, hook in results: # We do not sort. print(f'{filename:50} {hook}') total += 1 print('----') print(f'total: {total}') print() def cmd_hooks_by_hook(results, known, **ignored): hooks, _= analyze_found_hooks(results) for hook in sorted(hooks, key=lambda h: (-len(hooks[h]), h)): found = hooks.get(hook, ()) if not found: continue print() print(f'{hook} ({len(hooks[hook])})') print('------------------------------') for filename in sorted(found): print(' ', filename) print() def cmd_hooks_by_file(results, **ignored): _, files = analyze_found_hooks(results) for filename in sorted(files, key=lambda f: (-len(files[f]), f)): print() print(f'{filename} ({len(files[filename])})') print('------------------------------') for hook in sorted(files[filename]): print(' ', hook) print() HOOKS_EXPECTED = [ 'commands.registerCommand', 'commands.registerTextEditorCommand', 'window.registerTreeDataProvider', 'languages.registerCodeActionsProvider', 'languages.registerCodeLensProvider', 'languages.registerCompletionItemProvider', 'languages.registerDefinitionProvider', 'languages.registerDocumentFormattingEditProvider', 'languages.registerDocumentRangeFormattingEditProvider', 'languages.registerDocumentSymbolProvider', 'languages.registerHoverProvider', 'languages.registerOnTypeFormattingEditProvider', 'languages.registerReferenceProvider', 'languages.registerRenameProvider', 'languages.registerSignatureHelpProvider', 'languages.registerSignatureHelpProvider', 'languages.registerWorkspaceSymbolProvider', 'languages.setLanguageConfiguration', 'debug.registerDebugAdapterDescriptorFactory', 'debug.registerDebugAdapterTrackerFactory', 'debug.registerDebugConfigurationProvider', ] def cmd_hooks_summary(results, known, filenames, **ignored): single = len(filenames) == 1 hooks, files = analyze_found_hooks(results) print() print(f'using {len(hooks)} hooks:') for hook in sorted(hooks, key=lambda h: (-len(hooks[h]), h)): if single: print(f' ', hook) else: print(f' {len(hooks[hook]):>2} {hook}') if len(filenames) > 100: # an approximation of "all" missing = set(HOOKS_EXPECTED) - set(hooks) if missing: print() print(f'expected but not found ({len(missing)}):') for hook in sorted(missing): print(' ', hook) notused = set(known) - set(hooks) if notused: print() print(f'not used ({len(notused)}):') for hook in sorted(notused): print(' ', hook) if not single: print() print(f'found {len(files)} files using hooks:') for filename in sorted(files, key=lambda f: (-len(files[f]), f)): print(f' {len(files[filename]):>2} {filename}') CMD_HOOKS_SHOW = { 'raw': cmd_hooks_raw, 'hooks': cmd_hooks_by_hook, 'files': cmd_hooks_by_file, 'summary': cmd_hooks_summary, } # api def cmd_api(filenames, show=None): try: run_cmd = CMD_API_SHOW[show or 'summary'] except KeyError: raise ValueError(f'unsupported --show {show!r}') if run_cmd is None: raise NotImplementedError(show) run_cmd(filenames) CMD_API_SHOW = { 'raw': None, 'hooks': None, 'files': None, 'summary': None, } # the registry COMMANDS = { 'hooks': cmd_hooks, 'api': cmd_api, } COMMANDS_DEFAULT = 'hooks' SHOW = { 'hooks': CMD_HOOKS_SHOW, 'api': CMD_API_SHOW, } ####################################### # the script import sys def parse_args(argv=sys.argv[1:], prog=sys.argv[0]): import argparse # Set up the "default" command. if argv and argv[0] not in COMMANDS: if '.' in argv[0] or argv[0].startswith('-'): # This doesn't guard against "--". if '-h' in argv or '--help' in argv: argv = ['--help'] else: # Use a sensible default for now. argv.insert(0, COMMANDS_DEFAULT) parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( prog=prog, ) subs = parser.add_subparsers(dest='cmd') for cmd in sorted(COMMANDS): sub = subs.add_parser(cmd) if cmd in SHOW: sub.add_argument( '--show', choices=sorted(SHOW[cmd]), default='summary', ) sub.add_argument('filenames', nargs='+') args = parser.parse_args(argv) ns = vars(args) cmd = ns.pop('cmd') return cmd, ns def main(cmd, **cmd_kwargs): try: run_cmd = COMMANDS[cmd] except KeyError: raise ValueError(f'unsupported --cmd {cmd!r}') run_cmd(**cmd_kwargs) if __name__ == '__main__': cmd, kwargs = parse_args() main(cmd, **kwargs)
Clone this wiki locally