Creating views programmatically in Drupal 7

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// 1. Create your view the regular way.
 
// 2. Define your views api version and path for files that include views hooks. This goes to .module file.
/**
* Implements hook_views_api().
*/
function HOOK_views_api() {
  return array(
    'api' => 3.0,
    'path' => drupal_get_path('module', 'HOOK') . '/views',
  );
}
 
// 3. Views export creates code that you have to paste in this function. This goes to MODULENAME.views_default.inc and it will be auto-loaded.
/**
 * Implements hook_views_default_views().
 */
function HOOK_views_default_views() {
 
  // Paste code form views export.
 
  $views[$view->name] = $view;
  return $views;
}
 
// 4. Delete your view and clear all caches, view from your code should appear. When you change the view don't forget to add the changes to code.
Programming Language: PHP