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# Services for Plugins

Plugin API reference: Services for Plugins. Generated from the MariaDB server headers by doxygen and moxygen.

> [`Plugin API`](/docs/server/reference/plugins/api-plugin/plugin_api.md)

Plugins calling back into the server.

If you need to call back into the server from a plugin, you should use the services provided in this section.

## Groups

| Name                                                                                                                                                                  | Description                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`Services for Direct Access to Server Internals`](/docs/server/reference/plugins/api-plugin/plugin_api/plugin_api_services_for_plugins/plugin_api_service_direct.md) | These are callbacks to the server that predate the normal plugin service APIs                                                                                                                        |
| [`Instrumentation Interface`](/docs/server/reference/plugins/api-plugin/plugin_api/plugin_api_services_for_plugins/instrumentation_interface.md)                      |                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| [`Plugin Services`](/docs/server/reference/plugins/api-plugin/plugin_api/plugin_api_services_for_plugins/plugin_api_services.md)                                      | A set of services provided by the server to plugins. **See also**: [Plugin Services Implementation](/docs/server/reference/plugins/api-plugin/page-implementation.md#plugin-services-implementation) |