datasette-edit-templates 0.2

Plugin allowing Datasette templates to be edited within Datasette

datasette-edit-templates

Plugin allowing Datasette templates to be edited within Datasette.

Installation

Install this plugin in the same environment as Datasette.

$ datasette install datasette-edit-templates

Usage

On startup. a _templates_ table will be created in the database you are running Datasette against.

Use the app menu to navigate to the /-/edit-templates page, and edit templates there.

Changes should become visible instantly, and will be persisted to your database.

The interface is only available to users with the edit-templates permission.

The root user is granted this permission by default. You can sign in as the root user using datasette mydb.db --root.

Development

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

cd datasette-edit-templates
python3 -mvenv venv
source venv/bin/activate

Or if you are using pipenv:

pipenv shell

Now install the dependencies and tests:

pip install -e '.[test]'

To run the tests:

pytest