id,page,ref,title,content,breadcrumbs,references
internals:internals-datasette-client,internals,internals-datasette-client,datasette.client,"Plugins can make internal simulated HTTP requests to the Datasette instance within which they are running. This ensures that all of Datasette's external JSON APIs are also available to plugins, while avoiding the overhead of making an external HTTP call to access those APIs. 
                 The  datasette.client  object is a wrapper around the  HTTPX Python library , providing an async-friendly API that is similar to the widely used  Requests library . 
                 It offers the following methods: 
                 
                     
                         await datasette.client.get(path, **kwargs)  - returns HTTPX Response 
                         
                             Execute an internal GET request against that path. 
                         
                     
                     
                         await datasette.client.post(path, **kwargs)  - returns HTTPX Response 
                         
                             Execute an internal POST request. Use  data={""name"": ""value""}  to pass form parameters. 
                         
                     
                     
                         await datasette.client.options(path, **kwargs)  - returns HTTPX Response 
                         
                             Execute an internal OPTIONS request. 
                         
                     
                     
                         await datasette.client.head(path, **kwargs)  - returns HTTPX Response 
                         
                             Execute an internal HEAD request. 
                         
                     
                     
                         await datasette.client.put(path, **kwargs)  - returns HTTPX Response 
                         
                             Execute an internal PUT request. 
                         
                     
                     
                         await datasette.client.patch(path, **kwargs)  - returns HTTPX Response 
                         
                             Execute an internal PATCH request. 
                         
                     
                     
                         await datasette.client.delete(path, **kwargs)  - returns HTTPX Response 
                         
                             Execute an internal DELETE request. 
                         
                     
                     
                         await datasette.client.request(method, path, **kwargs)  - returns HTTPX Response 
                         
                             Execute an internal request with the given HTTP method against that path. 
                         
                     
                 
                 These methods can be used with  datasette.urls  - for example: 
                 table_json = (
    await datasette.client.get(
        datasette.urls.table(
            ""fixtures"", ""facetable"", format=""json""
        )
    )
).json() 
                 datasette.client  methods automatically take the current  base_url  setting into account, whether or not you use the  datasette.urls  family of methods to construct the path. 
                 For documentation on available  **kwargs  options and the shape of the HTTPX Response object refer to the  HTTPX Async documentation .","[""Internals for plugins"", ""Datasette class""]","[{""href"": ""https://www.python-httpx.org/"", ""label"": ""HTTPX Python library""}, {""href"": ""https://requests.readthedocs.io/"", ""label"": ""Requests library""}, {""href"": ""https://www.python-httpx.org/async/"", ""label"": ""HTTPX Async documentation""}]"