Add getViews<plugin>() method for then XML API, first step for the issue977

glances/plugins/glances_plugin.py

@@ -457,6 +457,10 @@ class GlancesPlugin(object):
                 else:
                     return 'DEFAULT'
 
+    def get_json_views(self, item=None, key=None, option=None):
+        """Return views in JSON"""
+        return self._json_dumps(self.get_views(item, key, option))
+
     def load_limits(self, config):
         """Load limits from the configuration file, if it exists."""
 

glances/stats.py

@@ -54,9 +54,21 @@ class GlancesStats(object):
 
         The goal is to dynamically generate the following methods:
         - getPlugname(): return Plugname stat in JSON format
+        - getViewsPlugname(): return views of the Plugname stat in JSON format
         """
         # Check if the attribute starts with 'get'
-        if item.startswith('get'):
+        if item.startswith('getViews'):
+            # Get the plugin name
+            plugname = item[len('getViews'):].lower()
+            # Get the plugin instance
+            plugin = self._plugins[plugname]
+            if hasattr(plugin, 'get_json_views'):
+                # The method get_views exist, return it
+                return getattr(plugin, 'get_json_views')
+            else:
+                # The method get_views is not found for the plugin
+                raise AttributeError(item)
+        elif item.startswith('get'):
             # Get the plugin name
             plugname = item[len('get'):].lower()
             # Get the plugin instance