id,page,ref,title,content,breadcrumbs,references
internals:internals-datasette,internals,internals-datasette,Datasette class,"This object is an instance of the  Datasette  class, passed to many plugin hooks as an argument called  datasette . 
             You can create your own instance of this - for example to help write tests for a plugin - like so: 
             from datasette.app import Datasette

# With no arguments a single in-memory database will be attached
datasette = Datasette()

# The files= argument can load files from disk
datasette = Datasette(files=[""/path/to/my-database.db""])

# Pass metadata as a JSON dictionary like this
datasette = Datasette(
    files=[""/path/to/my-database.db""],
    metadata={
        ""databases"": {
            ""my-database"": {
                ""description"": ""This is my database""
            }
        }
    },
) 
             Constructor parameters include: 
             
                 
                     files=[...]  - a list of database files to open 
                 
                 
                     immutables=[...]  - a list of database files to open in immutable mode 
                 
                 
                     metadata={...}  - a dictionary of  Metadata 
                 
                 
                     config_dir=...  - the  configuration directory  to use, stored in  datasette.config_dir","[""Internals for plugins""]",[]