Dear community, I this thread I would like to summarize ways to extend server side logics in Frappe (python). This is based on my experiences thus far. Till now, I only find 4 ways. Use doc_event hooks Class method extension Whitelisted method override Monkey patching Note: #1 option is most re…

This is an excellent post; thank you for sharing! I believe there is a 5) Server Script , which has similar capabilities to editing hooks. Pros You make changes via a web browser, instead of hooks.py. This makes it a bit more accessible. Disadvantages Your changes aren’t as visible/obvious. …

[image] brian_pond: And I guess 6) would be Forking As soon as the official support for a version is stopped, it becomes easily forkable. That means whoever is using less than v14 today can fork without any worry of diverging the code.

For the monkey patch part, which has a flaw that it is loaded withtout installation. I think here is the solution as I tested it [image] How can we override ERPNext core functions? ERPNext FYI, you can also use monkey patching with Python. I needed to override erpnext.co…

There is also System Console which might be useful for one-off interventions with specialized code, or even stuff done from time to time only (made more useable and sustainable with documenting it with your own SOPs [Standard Operation Procedures]). Also very useful for testing code-bits and gettin…

Yes, I used system console quite a lot to debug python script.

How do you mean by this? Any simple example?

It’s not clear whom you mean by “you” and what you mean by “this”. Anyway, if you want an example for system console, just type “system console” (or the appropriate translation according to your setup) in awesomebar and see what you get. Then run one of the simplest of python code, something like p…

Nop, using hooks.py is not working in some case. [image] Monkey patch customization - ignored path from hooks.py Frappe Cloud I also came across the same issue. This is a known issue with supervisor (production setup), but I also can’t find the solution either. I.e., Monk…

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kittiu January 30, 2025, 11:53am 9

Nop, using hooks.py is not working in some case.