API/Plugins
Everything you need to know about Understand’s language-specific APIs and plugins.
The Understand GUI is powerful and has a lot of different reporting options, but, at some point, you probably need to access information from you code in a ...
Mon, 1 Nov, 2021 at 4:35 PM
Understand includes a PERL API which allows you to directly query the Understand database. If you want to create your own report, or gather information in a...
Fri, 1 Oct, 2021 at 4:29 PM
The Tutorials are the best place to start learning the APIs. Once you’ve been through them here is the full API documentation. You can access the most up to...
Thu, 14 Apr, 2022 at 1:31 PM
This article is part of a series on using the Understand API. Understand has an extensive API to let you query the data it captures about your code. It ...
Fri, 1 Oct, 2021 at 4:18 PM
With the Understand C API your applications can directly access code information from Understand. The C API is included with Understand and the API docu...
Mon, 4 Oct, 2021 at 10:53 AM
Overview CodeCheck scripts are special Perl and Python scripts that let you provide custom checks for verifying your team’s coding standards. They can b...
Mon, 4 Oct, 2021 at 10:52 AM
The Python 3 API allows you to write your own scripts that can create custom reports, generate your own metrics and in general make Understand deliver exact...
Mon, 20 Jun, 2022 at 9:39 AM
One of our partners has written a report plugin to integrate with Jenkins. They have asked us not to post the code online, but if you are interested and you...
Fri, 1 Oct, 2021 at 3:37 PM
As a project goes through its life-span some code invariable gets relegated to the trash. Here are some quick ways of identifying code that might be a good ...
Fri, 1 Oct, 2021 at 3:32 PM
This article is part of a series on using the Understand API. Interactive Reports are special Perl scripts that create a text-based window in Understand...
Mon, 4 Oct, 2021 at 10:50 AM