PR #13387 broke the documented get_plugin_config method as it is documented

[kkthxbye-code]

Change Type

Correction

Area

Plugins

Proposed Changes

Not sure if this should be a bug report or a documentation change, as I'm not sure what the intention was. PR #13387 moved get_plugin_config from extras.plugins to extras.plugins.util. This seems like an undocumented backwards incompatible change to the plugin API. It broke netbox-napalm for instance:

netbox-community/netbox-napalm-plugin#16

The change should either be rolled back or the documentation should be changed here:

netbox/docs/plugins/development/index.md

Lines 119 to 126 in 4004966

	!!! tip "Accessing Config Parameters"
	Plugin configuration parameters can be accessed using the `get_plugin_config()` function. For example:
	```python
	from extras.plugins import get_plugin_config
	get_plugin_config('my_plugin', 'verbose_name')
	```

If the change is to stay, we should edit the release notes on github for 3.5.8 indicating that there's a BC break.

[jeremystretch]

This seems like an undocumented backwards incompatible change to the plugin API.

This was not intentional; it was an oversight on my part. We can fix it by importing the utility functions in extras.plugins.