Place type plugins¶

Type	`betty.ancestry.place_type.PlaceType`
Repository	`betty.project.Project.place_type_repository`

Place types are used to indicate the type of a Place, such as a country, a city, or a house number.

Creating a place type¶

Create a new class that extends betty.ancestry.place_type.PlaceType and implements the abstract methods, for example:

from typing import override
from betty.ancestry.place_type import PlaceType
from betty.machine_name import MachineName

class MyPlaceType(PlaceType):
  @override
  @classmethod
  def plugin_id(cls) -> MachineName:
      return "my-module-my-place-type"

  # Implement remaining abstract methods...
  ...

Tell Betty about your place type by registering it as an entry point. Given the place type above in a module my_package.my_module, add the following to your Python package:
```
[project.entry-points.'betty.place_type']
'my-module-my-place-type' = 'my_package.my_module.MyPlaceType'
```

See also¶

Read more about how to use place types and Betty’s built-in place types at Place Type.