rowid,repo,release,date,body_markdown,published_at,topics
107914493,https://github.com/simonw/datasette,https://github.com/simonw/datasette/releases/tag/0.58,2021-07-15,"- New `datasette --uds /tmp/datasette.sock` option for binding Datasette to a Unix domain socket, see [proxy documentation](https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/deploying.html#deploying-proxy). ([#1388](https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1388))
- `""searchmode"": ""raw""` table metadata option for defaulting a table to executing SQLite full-text search syntax without first escaping it, see [Advanced SQLite search queries](https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/full_text_search.html#full-text-search-advanced-queries). ([#1389](https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1389))
- New plugin hook: [get_metadata(datasette, key, database, table)](https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/plugin_hooks.html#plugin-hook-get-metadata), for returning custom metadata for an instance, database or table. Thanks, Brandon Roberts! ([#1384](https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1384))
- New plugin hook: [skip_csrf(datasette, scope)](https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/plugin_hooks.html#plugin-hook-skip-csrf), for opting out of CSRF protection based on the incoming request. ([#1377](https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1377))
- The [menu_links()](https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/plugin_hooks.html#plugin-hook-menu-links), [table_actions()](https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/plugin_hooks.html#plugin-hook-table-actions) and [database_actions()](https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/plugin_hooks.html#plugin-hook-database-actions) plugin hooks all gained a new optional `request` argument providing access to the current request. ([#1371](https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1371))
- Major performance improvement for Datasette faceting. ([#1394](https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1394))
- Improved documentation for [Running Datasette behind a proxy](https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/deploying.html#deploying-proxy) to recommend using `ProxyPreservehost On` with Apache. ([#1387](https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1387))
- `POST` requests to endpoints that do not support that HTTP verb now return a 405 error.
- `db.path` can now be provided as a `pathlib.Path` object, useful when writing unit tests for plugins. Thanks, Chris Amico. ([#1365](https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1365))",2021-07-15T00:37:57Z,"[""asgi"", ""automatic-api"", ""csv"", ""datasets"", ""datasette"", ""datasette-io"", ""docker"", ""json"", ""python"", ""sql"", ""sqlite""]"