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1855885427 | I_kwDOBm6k_c5unpBz | 2143 | De-tangling Metadata before Datasette 1.0 | 15178711 | open | 0 | 24 | 2023-08-18T00:51:50Z | 2023-08-24T18:28:27Z | CONTRIBUTOR | Metadata in Datasette is a really powerful feature, but is a bit difficult to work with. It was initially a way to add "metadata" about your "data" in Datasette instances, like descriptions for databases/tables/columns, titles, source URLs, licenses, etc. But it later became the go-to spot for other Datasette features that have nothing to do with metadata, like permissions/plugins/canned queries. Specifically, I've found the following problems when working with Datasette metadata: 1. Metadata cannot be updated without re-starting the entire Datasette instance. 2. The `metadata.json`/`metadata.yaml` has become a kitchen sink of unrelated (imo) features like plugin config, authentication config, canned queries 3. The Python APIs for defining extra metadata are a bit awkward (the `datasette.metadata()` class, `get_metadata()` hook, etc.) ## Possible solutions Here's a few ideas of Datasette core changes we can make to address these problems. ### Re-vamp the Datasette Python metadata APIs The Datasette object has a single `datasette.metadata()` method that's a bit difficult to work with. There's also no Python API for inserted new metadata, so plugins have to rely on the `get_metadata()` hook. The `get_metadata()` hook can also be improved - it doesn't work with async functions yet, so you're quite limited to what you can do. (I'm a bit fuzzy on what to actually do here, but I imagine it'll be very small breaking changes to a few Python methods) ### Add an optional `datasette_metadata` table Datasette should detect and use metadata stored in a new special table called `datasette_metadata`. This would be a regular table that a user can edit on their own, and would serve as a "live updating" source of metadata, than can be changed while the Datasette instance is running. Not too sure what the schema would look like, but I'd imagine: ```sql CREATE TABLE datasette_metadata( level text, target any, key text, value any, primary key (level, target) ) ``` Every row… | 107914493 | issue | { "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/2143/reactions", "total_count": 0, "+1": 0, "-1": 0, "laugh": 0, "hooray": 0, "confused": 0, "heart": 0, "rocket": 0, "eyes": 0 } |
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1858228057 | I_kwDOBm6k_c5uwk9Z | 2147 | Plugin hook for database queries that are run | 18899 | open | 0 | 6 | 2023-08-20T18:43:50Z | 2023-08-24T03:54:35Z | NONE | I'm interested in making a plugin that saves every query that gets run to a table in the database. (I know about datasette-query-history but thought it would be good to have a server-side option.) As far as I can tell reading the docs, there isn't really a hook setup to allow this. Maybe I could hack it with some of the hooks that are passed requests, but that doesn't seem good. I'm a little surprised this isn't possible, so I thought I would open an issue and see if that's a deeply considered decision or just "haven't needed it yet." I'm potentially interested in implementing the hook if the latter. | 107914493 | issue | { "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/2147/reactions", "total_count": 0, "+1": 0, "-1": 0, "laugh": 0, "hooray": 0, "confused": 0, "heart": 0, "rocket": 0, "eyes": 0 } |
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685806511 | MDU6SXNzdWU2ODU4MDY1MTE= | 950 | Private/secret databases: database files that are only visible to plugins | 9599 | closed | 0 | 6 | 2020-08-25T20:46:17Z | 2023-08-24T22:26:09Z | 2023-08-24T22:26:08Z | OWNER | In thinking about the best way to implement https://github.com/simonw/datasette-auth-passwords/issues/6 (SQL-backed user accounts for `datasette-auth-passwords`) I realized that there are a few different use-cases where a plugin might want to store data that isn't visible to regular Datasette users: - Storing password hashes - Storing API tokens - Storing secrets that are used for data import integrations (secrets for talking to the Twitter API for example) Idea: allow one or more private database files to be attached to Datasette, something like this: datasette github.db linkedin.db -s secrets.db -m metadata.yml The `secrets.db` file would not be visible using any of the Datasette's usual interface or API routes - but plugins would be able to run queries against it. So `datasette-auth-passwords` might then be configured like this: ```yaml plugins: datasette-auth-passwords: database: secrets sql: "select password_hash from passwords where username = :username" ``` The plugin could even refuse to operate against a database that hadn't been loaded as a secret database. | 107914493 | issue | { "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/950/reactions", "total_count": 0, "+1": 0, "-1": 0, "laugh": 0, "hooray": 0, "confused": 0, "heart": 0, "rocket": 0, "eyes": 0 } |
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814595021 | MDU6SXNzdWU4MTQ1OTUwMjE= | 1241 | Share button for copying current URL | 7107523 | open | 0 | 6 | 2021-02-23T15:55:40Z | 2023-08-24T20:09:52Z | NONE | I use datasette in an `iframe` inside another HTML file that contains other ways to represent my data (mostly leaflets maps built with R on summarized data), and the datasette `iframe` is a tab in that page. This particular use prevents users to access the full URLs of their datasette views and queries, which is a shame because the way datasette handles URLs to make every view or query easy to share is awesome. I know how to get the URL from the context menu of my browser, but I don't think many visitors would do it or even notice that datasette uses permalinks for pretty much every action they do. Would it be possible to add a "Share link" button to the interface, either in datasette itself or in a plugin? | 107914493 | issue | { "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1241/reactions", "total_count": 0, "+1": 0, "-1": 0, "laugh": 0, "hooray": 0, "confused": 0, "heart": 0, "rocket": 0, "eyes": 0 } |
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1865983069 | PR_kwDOBm6k_c5YvQSi | 2158 | add brand option to metadata.json. | 52261150 | open | 0 | 0 | 2023-08-24T22:37:41Z | 2023-08-24T22:37:57Z | FIRST_TIME_CONTRIBUTOR | simonw/datasette/pulls/2158 | This adds a brand link to the top navbar if 'brand' key is populated in metadata.json. The link will be either '#' or use the contents of 'brand_url' in metadata.json for href. I was able to get this done on my own site by replacing `templates/_crumbs.html` with a custom version, but I thought it would be nice to incorporate this in the tool directly. ![image](https://github.com/simonw/datasette/assets/52261150/fdfe9bb5-fee4-466c-8074-6132071d94e6) <!-- readthedocs-preview datasette start --> ---- :books: Documentation preview :books:: https://datasette--2158.org.readthedocs.build/en/2158/ <!-- readthedocs-preview datasette end --> | 107914493 | pull | { "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/2158/reactions", "total_count": 0, "+1": 0, "-1": 0, "laugh": 0, "hooray": 0, "confused": 0, "heart": 0, "rocket": 0, "eyes": 0 } |
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