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## # api:
An optional field to precise which application a script/plugin belongs to:
# api: streamtuner2
Which is a vanity tag foremost. You wouldn't *normally* mix scripts from
different applications or languages and expect them to behave or work at all.
* Nonetheless it makes sense for installation management, or filtering
in plugin download repositories.
* Additionally you still want to do some verification, such as
$meta.api ~= /^(|myapi|altname|python)$/
* Usually you'd allow `# api: language` for generic plugins (not bound to
specific API).
* And you might very well combine scripts from different APIs (in the same
language, that is). For instance if one plugin implemented a stub API:
# provide: api:archnemesis
* Essentially `# api: NAME` is a shortcut for `# depends: api:NAME`.
See also [depends](wiki/depends)
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