html_url,issue_url,id,node_id,user,created_at,updated_at,author_association,body,reactions,issue,performed_via_github_app
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/2188#issuecomment-1722848454,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/2188,1722848454,IC_kwDOBm6k_c5msJTG,15178711,2023-09-18T06:58:53Z,2023-09-18T06:58:53Z,CONTRIBUTOR,"Thinking about this more, here a list of things I imagine a ""compile-to-sql"" plugin would want to do:

1. Attach itself to the SQL code editor (switch from SQL -> PRQL/Logica, additional syntax highlighting)
2. Add ""Query using PRQL"" buttons in various parts of Datasette's UI, like `/dbname` page
3. Use `$LANGUAGE=` instead of `sql=` in the JSON API and the SQL results pages
4. Have their own dedicated code editor page


1) and 2) would be difficult to do with current plugin hooks, unless we add the concept of ""slots"" and get the JS plugin support in. 3) could maybe be done with the [`asgi_wrapper(datasette)`](https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/plugin_hooks.html#asgi-wrapper-datasette) hook? And 4) ca n be done easily with the `register_routes()` hooks. 

So it really only sounds like extending the SQL editor will be the hard part. In #2094 I want to add JavaScript plugin hooks for extending the SQL editor, which may work here. 

If I get the time/motivation, I might try out a `datasette-prql` extension, just because I like playing with it. It'd be really cool if I can get the `asgi_wrapper()` hook to work right there...","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",1900026059,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/2188#issuecomment-1722662413,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/2188,1722662413,IC_kwDOBm6k_c5mrb4N,9599,2023-09-18T02:01:34Z,2023-09-18T02:01:34Z,OWNER,"I'm not interested in these in Datasette core itself, but I think they have a ton of potential for plugins.

I wonder what the best way to handle that would be?

Right now it's possible to write a plugin that [adds extra routes](https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/plugin_hooks.html#register-routes-datasette), so someone could build a `/dbname/-/prql?query=xxx` endpoint.

If this could return JSON, they could add JavaScript to the `/dbname` page that provided a UI for kicking off one of those queries.

Something that could make that more ergonomic might be the plugin hook that allows plugins to add extra HTML to different core database pages - e.g. adding a ""Query this database using PRQL"" button or link or even a full form at the top of that database page. That's this issue here:

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