html_url,issue_url,id,node_id,user,user_label,created_at,updated_at,author_association,body,reactions,issue,issue_label,performed_via_github_app
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1034#issuecomment-719094027,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1034,719094027,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcxOTA5NDAyNw==,9599,simonw,2020-10-30T00:11:17Z,2020-10-30T00:11:17Z,OWNER,"Demos:
https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures/binary_data.csv?_size=max
```csv
rowid,data
1,http://latest.datasette.io/fixtures/binary_data/1.blob?_blob_column=data
2,http://latest.datasette.io/fixtures/binary_data/2.blob?_blob_column=data
3,
```
https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures.csv?sql=select+rowid%2C+data+from+binary_data+order+by+rowid+limit+1001&_size=max
```csv
rowid,data
1,http://latest.datasette.io/fixtures.blob?sql=select+rowid%2C+data+from+binary_data+order+by+rowid+limit+1001&_size=max&_blob_column=data&_blob_hash=f3088978da8f9aea479ffc7f631370b968d2e855eeb172bea7f6c7a04262bb6d
2,http://latest.datasette.io/fixtures.blob?sql=select+rowid%2C+data+from+binary_data+order+by+rowid+limit+1001&_size=max&_blob_column=data&_blob_hash=b835b0483cedb86130b9a2c280880bf5fadc5318ddf8c18d0df5204d40df1724
3,
```","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",725184645,Better way of representing binary data in .csv output,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1034#issuecomment-719050754,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1034,719050754,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcxOTA1MDc1NA==,9599,simonw,2020-10-29T22:04:52Z,2020-10-29T22:04:52Z,OWNER,I'm going to link to. the new `.blob` representation using the new `?_blob_hash=xxx` argument to ensure that the content served is the expected binary blob.,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",725184645,Better way of representing binary data in .csv output,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1034#issuecomment-716078777,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1034,716078777,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcxNjA3ODc3Nw==,9599,simonw,2020-10-25T01:25:11Z,2020-10-25T01:25:11Z,OWNER,"SQLite actually has APIs that could help here: https://www.sqlite.org/c3ref/column_database_name.html - for any given SQL query they identify the origin/table/column that is the source of each resulting column.
Those aren't exposed in the Python `sqlite3` module though, so using them could be extremely tricky.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",725184645,Better way of representing binary data in .csv output,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1034#issuecomment-716078605,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1034,716078605,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcxNjA3ODYwNQ==,9599,simonw,2020-10-25T01:22:22Z,2020-10-25T01:22:22Z,OWNER,For arbitrary CSV the only solution I can think of is to embed the base64 value.,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",725184645,Better way of representing binary data in .csv output,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1034#issuecomment-716078512,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1034,716078512,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcxNjA3ODUxMg==,9599,simonw,2020-10-25T01:21:11Z,2020-10-25T01:21:11Z,OWNER,"What should happen for CSV export of arbitrary SQL queries, where there's no obvious BLOB to link to?","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",725184645,Better way of representing binary data in .csv output,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1034#issuecomment-716078420,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1034,716078420,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcxNjA3ODQyMA==,9599,simonw,2020-10-25T01:20:00Z,2020-10-25T01:20:00Z,OWNER,That documentation: https://docs.datasette.io/en/latest/internals.html#absolute-url-request-path,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",725184645,Better way of representing binary data in .csv output,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1034#issuecomment-716077541,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1034,716077541,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcxNjA3NzU0MQ==,9599,simonw,2020-10-25T01:09:38Z,2020-10-25T01:10:04Z,OWNER,I should turn `datasette.absolute_url(...)` into a documented internal API on https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/internals.html#datasette-class,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",725184645,Better way of representing binary data in .csv output,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1034#issuecomment-716077508,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1034,716077508,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcxNjA3NzUwOA==,9599,simonw,2020-10-25T01:09:17Z,2020-10-25T01:09:17Z,OWNER,Here's how those absolute `next_url` values are generated: https://github.com/simonw/datasette/blob/5db7ae3ce165ded57c7fb1cfbdb3258b1cf06c10/datasette/views/table.py#L774-L776,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",725184645,Better way of representing binary data in .csv output,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1034#issuecomment-716077436,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1034,716077436,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcxNjA3NzQzNg==,9599,simonw,2020-10-25T01:08:35Z,2020-10-25T01:08:42Z,OWNER,"This is actually a bit tricky to implement, for a few reasons:
- Need to generate a full URL, including the `https://host/` bit. I've done this for `next_url` in the JSON output before, thankfully.
- This only makes sense for CSV output for tables. If it's the CSV output of an arbitrary query there's no `/db/table/-/blob/pk/column.blob` page for me to link to.
- Need to generate those `/.../-/blob/...` URLs for the data that is being output as CSV.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",725184645,Better way of representing binary data in .csv output,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1034#issuecomment-713277810,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1034,713277810,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcxMzI3NzgxMA==,9599,simonw,2020-10-21T03:40:50Z,2020-10-25T01:01:23Z,OWNER,Blocked awaiting #1036 (update: now unblocked),"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",725184645,Better way of representing binary data in .csv output,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1034#issuecomment-713191819,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1034,713191819,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcxMzE5MTgxOQ==,9599,simonw,2020-10-20T23:12:58Z,2020-10-20T23:12:58Z,OWNER,"Enzo has a great solution here: https://twitter.com/enzo_mdd/status/1318685442976436226
> Or maybe an option for a url. This keeps the CSV small but allows scripts to download binary data as needed.
In #1036 I'm planning on adding a way for users to access BLOB data. I can include that URL in the CSV output.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",725184645,Better way of representing binary data in .csv output,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1034#issuecomment-713176082,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1034,713176082,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcxMzE3NjA4Mg==,9599,simonw,2020-10-20T22:27:33Z,2020-10-20T22:27:33Z,OWNER,"This feels good to me - it's consistent with how other features in Datasette work, and it means users who need the binary data in CSV (for whatever reason) can get it if they want to.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",725184645,Better way of representing binary data in .csv output,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1034#issuecomment-713175741,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1034,713175741,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcxMzE3NTc0MQ==,9599,simonw,2020-10-20T22:26:45Z,2020-10-20T22:26:45Z,OWNER,"> New idea: since binary in CSV doesn't make sense anyway, emulate Datasette's HTML UI default and output this:
>
> id,title,data
> 1,Some title,
> 2,Other title,
>
> Then allow users to add ?_base64=1 to the URL to get base64 instead
> https://twitter.com/simonw/status/1318679950635888641","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",725184645,Better way of representing binary data in .csv output,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1034#issuecomment-713174690,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1034,713174690,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcxMzE3NDY5MA==,9599,simonw,2020-10-20T22:23:50Z,2020-10-20T22:23:50Z,OWNER,Or... default to `` and support a `?_base64=1` option which outputs in base64 instead.,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",725184645,Better way of representing binary data in .csv output,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1034#issuecomment-713174341,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1034,713174341,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcxMzE3NDM0MQ==,9599,simonw,2020-10-20T22:22:53Z,2020-10-20T22:23:14Z,OWNER,"An even easier option: do what the Datasette UI does and output `` for that CSV cell, as seen on https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures/binary_data","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",725184645,Better way of representing binary data in .csv output,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1034#issuecomment-713172901,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1034,713172901,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcxMzE3MjkwMQ==,9599,simonw,2020-10-20T22:19:10Z,2020-10-20T22:20:28Z,OWNER,"I could go with the same format as `datasette-render-binary` but using `0x00` as the format for the hex bytes.
0x15 0x1C 0x02 0xC7 JFIF 0x00 0x01
Problem with this is that it's ambiguous: if the ASCII characters `0x15` occur in the text they will be indistinguishable from those hex bytes.
But since representing binary data in CSV fundamentally doesn't make sense I'm not sure if that really matters.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",725184645,Better way of representing binary data in .csv output,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1034#issuecomment-712582699,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1034,712582699,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcxMjU4MjY5OQ==,9599,simonw,2020-10-20T04:36:04Z,2020-10-20T04:36:14Z,OWNER,Asked for ideas on Twitter: https://twitter.com/simonw/status/1318409558805467136,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",725184645,Better way of representing binary data in .csv output,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1034#issuecomment-712581994,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1034,712581994,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcxMjU4MTk5NA==,9599,simonw,2020-10-20T04:33:28Z,2020-10-20T04:33:28Z,OWNER,"The [datasette-render-binary](https://github.com/simonw/datasette-render-binary) plugin does this, which I really like - but without the different coloured fonts I'm not sure how readable it would be as just plain text:
Really the goal here is to find the most human-friendly option, so that people looking at the output have a vague idea what's going on. That's why I'm not leaping at the chance to use base64.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",725184645,Better way of representing binary data in .csv output,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1034#issuecomment-712580976,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1034,712580976,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDcxMjU4MDk3Ng==,9599,simonw,2020-10-20T04:29:23Z,2020-10-20T04:29:23Z,OWNER,Most obvious option is base64. Any other potential solutions I'm missing?,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",725184645,Better way of representing binary data in .csv output,