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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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502993509 | MDU6SXNzdWU1MDI5OTM1MDk= | 581 | Redesign register_output_renderer callback | 9599 | closed | 0 | 5471110 | 24 | 2019-10-05T17:43:23Z | 2020-05-28T02:24:14Z | 2020-05-28T02:21:50Z | OWNER | In building https://github.com/simonw/datasette-atom it became clear that the callback function (which currently accepts just args, data and view_name) would also benefit from access to a mechanism to render templates and a `datasette` instance so it can execute SQL. To maintain backwards compatibility with existing plugins, we can introspect the callback function to see if it wants those new arguments or not. At a minimum I want to make `datasette` and ASGI `scope` available. | 107914493 | issue | { "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/581/reactions", "total_count": 0, "+1": 0, "-1": 0, "laugh": 0, "hooray": 0, "confused": 0, "heart": 0, "rocket": 0, "eyes": 0 } |
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1427293909 | I_kwDOBm6k_c5VEsbV | 1871 | API explorer tool | 9599 | closed | 0 | 8658075 | 24 | 2022-10-28T13:49:11Z | 2022-11-15T19:59:05Z | 2022-11-14T04:59:59Z | OWNER | The API will be much easier to develop if there's a page that helps you execute JSON POSTs against it. | 107914493 | issue | { "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1871/reactions", "total_count": 0, "+1": 0, "-1": 0, "laugh": 0, "hooray": 0, "confused": 0, "heart": 0, "rocket": 0, "eyes": 0 } |
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