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In the controller documentation for plugins, there's a section that talks about routing to specific actions using a Craft object like this:

var url = Craft.getActionUrl('cocktailRecipes/ingredients/saveIngredient', { id: 10 });

I think this object is the one in /craft/app/resources/js/craft.js, but I can't figure out how to make it available. I tried including it via includeJsResource, but this doesn't appear to be working

{% includeJsResource "resources/js/craft.js" %}

What do I need to include to be able to use this object in my JavaScript (it is not a load ordering issue, the URL generated by includeJsResource goes to the 404 page)?

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The Craft global variable is available to any Javascript running in the backend/Control Panel, without including anything.

It's not possible to include, reference or use the global for any code running in the frontend.

EDIT:

To provide access to a controller action for frontend Javascript, I'd recommend setting up a site route in your plugin's main class. The following will route the URL http://yourbaseurl/myplugin/foobar/add to ExampleController:

public function registerSiteRoutes()
{
    return array(
        'myplugin/foobar/add' => array('action' => 'myPlugin/example/add'),
    );
}

As for the ExampleController, be sure to set the $allowAnonymous class variable to true. This allows visitors that aren't logged in to Craft access (beware that this will make all your controller´s actions accessible without login):

class MyPlugin_ExampleController extends BaseController
{
   protected $allowAnonymous = true;
   public function actionAdd()
   {
       // Your code here           
   }
}
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  • In that case, how do I reach the business logic from the frontend? I have a plugin with a BasicController that has a method actionAdd, and I've tried navigating to /actions/basicController/add, and I get a 404 – charmeleon Mar 18 '15 at 23:50
  • The cleanest way would probably be to add a site route and point that to your controller, e.g. 'myplugin/add' => array( 'action' => 'myPlugin/basic/add' ), then call http://yourbaseurl.com/myplugin/add with $.ajax() in your frontend JS. – Mats Mikkel Rummelhoff Mar 19 '15 at 0:04
  • I'm assuming that registerSiteRoutes goes in the BasicPlugin.php file? Because I've added it, and I'm still getting 404s. EDIT: I decided to go into the PluginService and use print_r to see all the Plugins that are loaded, and my plugin, as well as another that I downloaded and dumped into the plugins directory, do not appear in that list – charmeleon Mar 19 '15 at 0:17
  • You might need to allow anonymous (i.e. not logged in) access to your controller. This is done by setting the $allowAnonymous variable of your controller class to true: protected $allowAnonymous = true; – Mats Mikkel Rummelhoff Mar 19 '15 at 0:22
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    Regarding the edit to your comment above – apologize if this is a silly question, but you have installed your plugin, right? Dumping plugins into the plugins directory wont automatically install/activate plugins. – Mats Mikkel Rummelhoff Mar 19 '15 at 0:28

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