Modules

The Officially supported BoxLang modules

Core Modules

Here is the collection of modules built and supported by the BoxLang team. We show you the way to install them using CommandBox via install {module_name} . However, if you are using the operating system installer shipped with BoxLang: install-bx-module. Then use that instead:

// CommandBox
install {module_name}

// BoxLang OS Binary
install-bx-module {module_name}

// Install Multiple modules
install-bx-modules module1 module2 moduley

bx-compat-cfml

Category: cfml

This module allows your BoxLang engine to run as an Adobe CFML engine or a Lucee CFML engine. Please note that we will not offer every single feature of the Adobe engines in this single module. It can be spread out through a collection of modules.

install bx-compat-cfml

• Download: https://forgebox.io/view/bx-compat-cfml

• Instructions: https://github.com/ortus-boxlang/bx-compat-cfml

bx-password-encrypt

Category: security

This module provides password encryption and hashing functionality to Boxlang.

• ArgonHash: Returns a secure input hash of the given string using the Argon2 hashing algorithm. ( Alias: GenerateArgon2Hash )

• ArgonVerify: Performs a Argon2 verification on the given string against the hashed value. ( Alias: Argon2CheckHash )

• BCryptHash: Returns a secure input hash of the given string using the BCrypt hashing algorithm.( Alias: GenerateBCryptHash )

• BCryptVerify: Performs a BCrypt verification on the given string against the hashed value. ( Alias: BCryptCheckHash )

• SCryptHash: Returns a secure input hash of the given string using the SCrypt hashing algorithm.( Alias: GenerateSCryptHash )

• SCryptVerify: Performs a SCrypt verification on the given string against the hashed value. ( Alias: SCryptCheckHash )

• GeneratePBKDFKey: Generates a PDFK key from the given password and salt.

install bx-password-encrypt

• Download: https://forgebox.io/view/bx-password-encrypt

• Instructions: https://github.com/ortus-boxlang/bx-password-encrypt

bx-esapi

Category: security

Leverages ESAPI and AntiSamy to provide your BoxLang applications with security and cleaning concerns.

install bx-esapi

• Download: https://forgebox.io/view/bx-esapi

• Instructions: https://github.com/ortus-boxlang/bx-esapi

bx-ftp

Category: Communication

The FTP module allows you to perform various operations against an FTP or SFTP servers.

install bx-ftp

• Download: https://forgebox.io/view/bx-ftp

• Instructions: https://github.com/ortus-boxlang/bx-ftp

bx-image

Category: Image Processing

The image module gives you tons of components and BIFs that will provide you with a robust and extensive image manipulation library.

install bx-image

• Download: https://forgebox.io/view/bx-image

• Instructions: https://github.com/ortus-boxlang/bx-image

bx-jython

Category: Scripting

This module allows you to script in Python within BoxLang. It can also execute python scripts and modules.

install bx-jython

• Download: https://forgebox.io/view/bx-jython

• Instructions: https://github.com/ortus-boxlang/bx-jython

bx-ini

Category: Operating System

This module allows you to interact with ini files.

install bx-ini

• Download: https://forgebox.io/view/bx-ini

• Instructions: https://github.com/ortus-boxlang/bx-ini

bx-mail

Category: Communication

The mail module for BoxLang gives you a robust component and a collection of bifs that you can use to send mail and interact with mail services.

install bx-mail

• Download: https://forgebox.io/view/bx-mail

• Instructions: https://github.com/ortus-boxlang/bx-mail

bx-oshi

Category: Hardware

You can use this module to get information about the operating system and hardware of your machine. This is a great way to get sensor or embedded system information like batteries, Raspberry Pi, etc.

install bx-oshi

• Download: https://forgebox.io/view/bx-oshi

• Instructions: https://github.com/ortus-boxlang/bx-oshi

bx-pdf

Category: Document Services

The pdf module will give you the capabilities to create and stream PDF documents from your BoxLang server code. We also offer the enhanced version in our BoxLang +,++ subscriptions.

install bx-pdf

• Download: https://forgebox.io/view/bx-pdf

• Instructions: https://github.com/ortus-boxlang/bx-pdf

bx-ui-forms

Category: UI

This module contributes several semantic UI components using the BoxLang templating language.

install bx-ui-forms

• Download: https://forgebox.io/view/bx-ui-forms

• Instructions: https://github.com/ortus-boxlang/bx-ui-forms

bx-unsafe-evaluate

Category: Compiler

This module will allow you to install an evaluate() function that can execute BoxLang and CFML expressions. Please note that this approach to coding is discouraged and unsafe.

install bx-unsafe-evaluate

• Download: https://forgebox.io/view/bx-unsafe-evaluate

• Instructions: https://github.com/ortus-boxlang/bx-unsafe-evaluate

bx-wddx

Category: Conversion

The WDDX module provides the bridge between the WDDX exchange format and BoxLang. It involves reading and parsing XML, converting data types, handling errors, and ensuring performance and compatibility. The module enables the integration of legacy systems with new applications.

install bx-wddx

• Download: https://forgebox.io/view/bx-wddx

• Instructions: https://github.com/ortus-boxlang/bx-wddx

bx-web-support

Category: Testing

This module provides the CLI runtime with all the web server BIFS, components and utilities need for mocking, testing and feature auditing. It also provides with testing facilities to mock a web server and interact with it. This is great for doing CLI based testing on a web application or running the feature audit commands.

THIS MODULE IS NOT NEEDED FOR COMMANDBOX OR THE MINISERVER. IT'S PURELY FOR TESTING, MOCKING AND AUDITING.

install bx-web-support

• Download: https://forgebox.io/view/bx-web-support

• Instructions: https://github.com/ortus-boxlang/bx-web-support

bx-yaml

Category: Conversion

This module will serialize BoxLang native types to YAML and YAML to BoxLang Types.

install bx-yaml

• Download: https://forgebox.io/view/bx-yaml

• Instructions: https://github.com/ortus-boxlang/bx-yaml

JDBC Modules

In addition, we offer a number of JDBC modules which package the appropriate JDBC driver for your database vendor of choice. You can find all of the modules in FORGEBOX as well as our GitHub organization: https://github.com/ortus-boxlang/bx-{modulename}

Apache Derby

install bx-derby

HyperSQL

install bx-hypersql

MySQL

install bx-mysql

MariaDB

install bx-mariadb

Microsoft SQL Server

install bx-mssql

Oracle

install bx-oracle

PostgreSQL

install bx-postgresql

Module Installation

The fastest way to install modules is with CommandBox for web runtimes and the install-bx-module(s) command for OS runtimes.

Operating System

# Install os-wide modules
install-bx-module bx-compat-cfml

# Install os-wide modules
install-bx-module bx-compat-cfml 1.0.0

You can also visit FORGEBOX and download the binaries manually, but that's so 90's. Below, you can see us installing modules using the same module name but using CommandBox for installation. CommandBox is used to install modules into web runtimes, not the operating system home.

CommandBox

box install bx-compat-cfml bx-esapi

Operating System Home

Unzip the module .zip file into the location .boxlang/modules/ located inside your user home directory (by default):

.boxlang/modules/bx-derby/ModuleConfig.bx ...

You can customize the boxlang module directory by changing the runtime.modulesDirectory setting in your config/boxlang.json file:

boxlang.json

{
  "runtime" : {


    // A collection of BoxLang module directories, they must be absolute paths
    "modulesDirectory": [
      "${boxlang-home}/modules"
    ],


  }
}

See Runtime Configuration for more info on using the boxlang.json configuration file.