datasette-app-support 0.2

Part of https://github.com/simonw/datasette-app

datasette-app-support

Part of https://github.com/simonw/datasette-app

Installation

Install this plugin in the same environment as Datasette.

$ datasette install datasette-app-support

API endpoints

This plugin exposes APIs that are called by the Electron wrapper.

/-/open-database-file

POST /-/open-database-file
{"path": "/path/to/file.db"}

Attaches a new database file to the running Datasette instance - used by the "Open Database..." menu option.

Returns HTTP 200 if it works, 400 with an "error" JSON string message if it fails.

/-/open-csv-file

POST /-/open-csv-file
{"path": "/path/to/file.csv"}

Impors a CSV or TSV file into the default /temporary in-memory database. Used by the "Open CSV/TSV..." menu option.

Returns HTTP 200 if it works, 400 with an "error" JSON string message if it fails.

Development

To set up this plugin locally, first checkout the code. Then create a new virtual environment:

cd datasette-app-support
python3 -mvenv venv
source venv/bin/activate

Or if you are using pipenv:

pipenv shell

Now install the dependencies and test dependencies:

pip install -e '.[test]'

To run the tests:

pytest