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# API Reference

🚧 **Coming Soon** 🚧

Complete API documentation for all Superset plugin development interfaces and services.

## Topics to be covered:

- Core plugin development APIs
- Chart and visualization APIs
- Data transformation and query APIs
- UI component and theming APIs
- Event handling and lifecycle APIs
- Configuration and settings APIs
- Security and authentication APIs
- Performance and monitoring APIs
- Utility functions and helpers
- TypeScript type definitions

## API Categories

### Core Plugin APIs

#### Plugin Registration
```typescript
// Plugin registration interface
interface PluginConfig {
  name: string;
  version: string;
  components: ComponentRegistry;
  metadata: PluginMetadata;
}

// registerPlugin function
function registerPlugin(config: PluginConfig): void;
```

#### Plugin Lifecycle
- `onActivate()` - Plugin activation hook
- `onDeactivate()` - Plugin deactivation hook
- `onUpdate()` - Plugin update hook
- `onConfigChange()` - Configuration change hook

### Chart Development APIs

#### Chart Component Interface
```typescript
interface ChartComponent {
  render(props: ChartProps): JSX.Element;
  transformProps(chartProps: ChartProps): TransformedProps;
  buildQuery(formData: FormData): Query;
}
```

#### Data Transformation
- `transformProps()` - Data transformation function
- `buildQuery()` - Query building function
- `formatData()` - Data formatting utilities
- `validateData()` - Data validation helpers

### UI and Theming APIs

#### Theme Provider
- `useTheme()` - Theme context hook
- `ThemeProvider` - Theme provider component
- `createTheme()` - Theme creation utility
- `mergeThemes()` - Theme composition function

#### Component Library
- Button components and variants
- Form controls and inputs
- Layout and grid components
- Data display components

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*This documentation is under active development. Check back soon for updates!*