---
title: Extend plugins with API features and state management
description: |
  The Processing engine includes an API that allows your plugins to interact with your data, build and write line protocol, and maintain state between executions.
menu:
  influxdb3_enterprise:
    name: Extend plugins
    parent: Processing engine and Python plugins
weight: 4
influxdb3/enterprise/tags: [processing engine, plugins, API, python]
aliases:
- /influxdb3/enterprise/extend-plugin/
related:
- /influxdb3/enterprise/reference/cli/influxdb3/create/trigger/
- /influxdb3/enterprise/reference/cli/influxdb3/test/
- /influxdb3/enterprise/reference/processing-engine/
source: /shared/influxdb3-plugins/extended-plugin-api.md
---

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