Ant tasks
The publish API is based on a set of Ant tasks that provide programmatic access to PageSeeder functionality. Through the Ant API, PageSeeder exposes processes that are encapsulated as Ant tasks and can be invoked as:
<ps:mytask src="[source]" ... />
Where the Ant task is insufficient for a particular challenge, Ant Extensions are available.
Usage
PageSeeder Ant task can usually be run in two different contexts: within the PageSeeder Publisher or as standalone (in the command-line or a code editor such as Eclipse).
Publisher
Using PageSeeder Ant tasks in publish scripts with the Publish Engine requires no additional download. If properly installed, the existing environment is already configured appropriately.
Standalone
When running the Ant tasks as standalone scripts, the different jar files must be on the Ant classpath: the main API jar file (pageseeder-publish-api-x.jar) – Download .
The version of the pageseeder-publish-api must be the same as the PageSeeder Server. The version is listed on the lower left of all PageSeeder pages in v5 or on the user account drop down menu in v6.
Tasks must be defined in the Ant script. Add the following attribute to the <project> element at the top of the Ant file:
xmlns:ps="antlib:com.pageseeder.publishapi.ant"