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Since Servoy 8.3 server side scripting also has access to the handlers a developer has assigned in the designer - through $scope.handlers. Together with the new "private": true configuration on a handler definition in the spec file, you can make handlers that are not directly callable from the client but only through server side scripting.

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For information about documenting API functions see the documenting api functions example. For information about documenting model properties and handlers please have a look at Documenting what properties do / Documenting handlers and handler templates.

Calling special servoyApi functions from server-side js

Starting with Servoy 8.3.1, inside the server side scripting file of a component/service you can call specific Servoy provided functions using the "servoyApi" object.

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var query = servoyApi.getQuerySelect(foundset.getDataSource());

Logging

Inside the server side scripting file of a component/service you can log messages using "console", not application,output. The output will appear in developer's console view as well as in the application server log file (depending on configured logging levels). For example:

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