id,page,ref,title,content,breadcrumbs,references changelog:writable-canned-queries,changelog,writable-canned-queries,Writable canned queries,"Datasette's Canned queries feature lets you define SQL queries in metadata.json which can then be executed by users visiting a specific URL. https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures/neighborhood_search for example. Canned queries were previously restricted to SELECT , but Datasette 0.44 introduces the ability for canned queries to execute INSERT or UPDATE queries as well, using the new ""write"": true property ( #800 ): { ""databases"": { ""dogs"": { ""queries"": { ""add_name"": { ""sql"": ""INSERT INTO names (name) VALUES (:name)"", ""write"": true } } } } } See Writable canned queries for more details.","[""Changelog"", ""0.44 (2020-06-11)""]","[{""href"": ""https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures/neighborhood_search"", ""label"": ""https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures/neighborhood_search""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/800"", ""label"": ""#800""}]" changelog:new-configuration-settings,changelog,new-configuration-settings,New configuration settings,"Datasette's Settings now also supports boolean settings. A number of new configuration options have been added: num_sql_threads - the number of threads used to execute SQLite queries. Defaults to 3. allow_facet - enable or disable custom Facets using the _facet= parameter. Defaults to on. suggest_facets - should Datasette suggest facets? Defaults to on. allow_download - should users be allowed to download the entire SQLite database? Defaults to on. allow_sql - should users be allowed to execute custom SQL queries? Defaults to on. default_cache_ttl - Default HTTP caching max-age header in seconds. Defaults to 365 days - caching can be disabled entirely by settings this to 0. cache_size_kb - Set the amount of memory SQLite uses for its per-connection cache , in KB. allow_csv_stream - allow users to stream entire result sets as a single CSV file. Defaults to on. max_csv_mb - maximum size of a returned CSV file in MB. Defaults to 100MB, set to 0 to disable this limit.","[""Changelog"", ""0.23 (2018-06-18)""]","[{""href"": ""https://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragma_cache_size"", ""label"": ""per-connection cache""}]" changelog:id76,changelog,id76,0.31.1 (2019-11-12),Deployments created using datasette publish now use python:3.8 base Docker image ( #629 ),"[""Changelog""]","[{""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/pull/629"", ""label"": ""#629""}]" changelog:documentation,changelog,documentation,Documentation,"Documentation describing how to write tests that use signed actor cookies using datasette.client.actor_cookie() . ( #1830 ) Documentation on how to register a plugin for the duration of a test . ( #2234 ) The configuration documentation now shows examples of both YAML and JSON for each setting.","[""Changelog"", ""1.0a8 (2024-02-07)""]","[{""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1830"", ""label"": ""#1830""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/2234"", ""label"": ""#2234""}]" changelog:id92,changelog,id92,0.25.1 (2018-11-04),"Documentation improvements plus a fix for publishing to Zeit Now. datasette publish now now uses Zeit's v1 platform, to work around the new 100MB image limit. Thanks, @slygent - closes #366 .","[""Changelog""]","[{""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/366"", ""label"": ""#366""}]" changelog:id32,changelog,id32,0.56 (2021-03-28),"Documentation improvements, bug fixes and support for SpatiaLite 5. The SQL editor can now be resized by dragging a handle. ( #1236 ) Fixed a bug with JSON faceting and the __arraycontains filter caused by tables with spaces in their names. ( #1239 ) Upgraded httpx dependency. ( #1005 ) JSON faceting is now suggested even if a column contains blank strings. ( #1246 ) New datasette.add_memory_database() method. ( #1247 ) The Response.asgi_send() method is now documented. ( #1266 ) The official Datasette Docker image now bundles SpatiaLite version 5. ( #1278 ) Fixed a no such table: pragma_database_list bug when running Datasette against SQLite versions prior to SQLite 3.16.0. ( #1276 ) HTML lists displayed in table cells are now styled correctly. Thanks, Bob Whitelock. ( #1141 , #1252 ) Configuration directory mode now correctly serves immutable databases that are listed in inspect-data.json . Thanks Campbell Allen and Frankie Robertson. ( #1031 , #1229 )","[""Changelog""]","[{""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1236"", ""label"": ""#1236""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1239"", ""label"": ""#1239""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1005"", ""label"": ""#1005""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1246"", ""label"": ""#1246""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1247"", ""label"": ""#1247""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1266"", ""label"": ""#1266""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1278"", ""label"": ""#1278""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1276"", ""label"": ""#1276""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1141"", ""label"": ""#1141""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/pull/1252"", ""label"": ""#1252""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/pull/1031"", ""label"": ""#1031""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/pull/1229"", ""label"": ""#1229""}]" changelog:id6,changelog,id6,0.64.1 (2023-01-11),"Documentation now links to a current source of information for installing Python 3. ( #1987 ) Incorrectly calling the Datasette constructor using Datasette(""path/to/data.db"") instead of Datasette([""path/to/data.db""]) now returns a useful error message. ( #1985 )","[""Changelog""]","[{""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1987"", ""label"": ""#1987""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1985"", ""label"": ""#1985""}]" changelog:id42,changelog,id42,0.52.1 (2020-11-29),"Documentation on Testing plugins now recommends using datasette.client . ( #1102 ) Fix bug where compound foreign keys produced broken links. ( #1098 ) datasette --load-module=spatialite now also checks for /usr/local/lib/mod_spatialite.so . Thanks, Dan Peterson. ( #1114 )","[""Changelog""]","[{""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1102"", ""label"": ""#1102""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1098"", ""label"": ""#1098""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1114"", ""label"": ""#1114""}]" changelog:id68,changelog,id68,0.37.1 (2020-03-02),"Don't attempt to count table rows to display on the index page for databases > 100MB. ( #688 ) Print exceptions if they occur in the write thread rather than silently swallowing them. Handle the possibility of scope[""path""] being a string rather than bytes Better documentation for the extra_template_vars(template, database, table, columns, view_name, request, datasette) plugin hook.","[""Changelog""]","[{""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/688"", ""label"": ""#688""}]" changelog:bug-fixes,changelog,bug-fixes,Bug fixes,"Don't show the facet option in the cog menu if faceting is not allowed. ( #1683 ) ?_sort and ?_sort_desc now work if the column that is being sorted has been excluded from the query using ?_col= or ?_nocol= . ( #1773 ) Fixed bug where ?_sort_desc was duplicated in the URL every time the Apply button was clicked. ( #1738 )","[""Changelog"", ""0.62 (2022-08-14)""]","[{""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1683"", ""label"": ""#1683""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1773"", ""label"": ""#1773""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1738"", ""label"": ""#1738""}]" changelog:id3,changelog,id3,0.64.5 (2023-10-08),"Dropped dependency on click-default-group-wheel , which could cause a dependency conflict. ( #2197 )","[""Changelog""]","[{""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/2197"", ""label"": ""#2197""}]" changelog:v1-0-a13,changelog,v1-0-a13,1.0a13 (2024-03-12),"Each of the key concepts in Datasette now has an actions menu , which plugins can use to add additional functionality targeting that entity. Plugin hook: view_actions() for actions that can be applied to a SQL view. ( #2297 ) Plugin hook: homepage_actions() for actions that apply to the instance homepage. ( #2298 ) Plugin hook: row_actions() for actions that apply to the row page. ( #2299 ) Action menu items for all of the *_actions() plugin hooks can now return an optional ""description"" key, which will be displayed in the menu below the action label. ( #2294 ) Plugin hooks documentation page is now organized with additional headings. ( #2300 ) Improved the display of action buttons on pages that also display metadata. ( #2286 ) The header and footer of the page now uses a subtle gradient effect, and options in the navigation menu are better visually defined. ( #2302 ) Table names that start with an underscore now default to hidden. ( #2104 ) pragma_table_list has been added to the allow-list of SQLite pragma functions supported by Datasette. select * from pragma_table_list() is no longer blocked. ( #2104 )","[""Changelog""]","[{""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/2297"", ""label"": ""#2297""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/2298"", ""label"": ""#2298""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/2299"", ""label"": ""#2299""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/2294"", ""label"": ""#2294""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/2300"", ""label"": ""#2300""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/2286"", ""label"": ""#2286""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/2302"", ""label"": ""#2302""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/2104"", ""label"": ""#2104""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/2104#issuecomment-1982352475"", ""label"": ""#2104""}]" changelog:latest-datasette-io,changelog,latest-datasette-io,latest.datasette.io,"Every commit to Datasette master is now automatically deployed by Travis CI to https://latest.datasette.io/ - ensuring there is always a live demo of the latest version of the software. The demo uses the fixtures from our unit tests, ensuring it demonstrates the same range of functionality that is covered by the tests. You can see how the deployment mechanism works in our .travis.yml file.","[""Changelog"", ""0.23 (2018-06-18)""]","[{""href"": ""https://latest.datasette.io/"", ""label"": ""https://latest.datasette.io/""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/blob/master/tests/fixtures.py"", ""label"": ""the fixtures""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/blob/master/.travis.yml"", ""label"": "".travis.yml""}]" changelog:id16,changelog,id16,Documentation,"Examples in the documentation now include a copy-to-clipboard button. ( #1748 ) Documentation now uses the Furo Sphinx theme. ( #1746 ) Code examples in the documentation are now all formatted using Black. ( #1718 ) Request.fake() method is now documented, see Request object . New documentation for plugin authors: Registering a plugin for the duration of a test . ( #903 )","[""Changelog"", ""0.62 (2022-08-14)""]","[{""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1748"", ""label"": ""#1748""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/pradyunsg/furo"", ""label"": ""Furo""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1746"", ""label"": ""#1746""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1718"", ""label"": ""#1718""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/903"", ""label"": ""#903""}]" changelog:id25,changelog,id25,0.59.1 (2021-10-24),"Fix compatibility with Python 3.10. ( #1482 ) Documentation on how to use Named parameters with integer and floating point values. ( #1496 )","[""Changelog""]","[{""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1482"", ""label"": ""#1482""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1496"", ""label"": ""#1496""}]" changelog:id4,changelog,id4,0.64.4 (2023-09-21),Fix for a crashing bug caused by viewing the table page for a named in-memory database. ( #2189 ),"[""Changelog""]","[{""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/2189"", ""label"": ""#2189""}]" changelog:v1-0-a7,changelog,v1-0-a7,1.0a7 (2023-09-21),Fix for a crashing bug caused by viewing the table page for a named in-memory database. ( #2189 ),"[""Changelog""]","[{""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/2189"", ""label"": ""#2189""}]" changelog:id27,changelog,id27,0.58.1 (2021-07-16),Fix for an intermittent race condition caused by the refresh_schemas() internal function. ( #1231 ),"[""Changelog""]","[{""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1231"", ""label"": ""#1231""}]" changelog:id38,changelog,id38,0.52.5 (2020-12-09),Fix for error caused by combining the _searchmode=raw and ?_search_COLUMN parameters. ( #1134 ),"[""Changelog""]","[{""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1134"", ""label"": ""#1134""}]" changelog:id209,changelog,id209,0.10 (2017-11-14),"Fixed #83 - 500 error on individual row pages. Stop using sqlite WITH RECURSIVE in our tests. The version of Python 3 running in Travis CI doesn't support this.","[""Changelog""]","[{""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/83"", ""label"": ""#83""}]" changelog:id9,changelog,id9,0.63.2 (2022-11-18),"Fixed a bug in datasette publish heroku where deployments failed due to an older version of Python being requested. ( #1905 ) New datasette publish heroku --generate-dir option for generating a Heroku deployment directory without deploying it.","[""Changelog""]","[{""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1905"", ""label"": ""#1905""}]" changelog:id48,changelog,id48,0.50.1 (2020-10-09),"Fixed a bug introduced in 0.50 where the export as JSON/CSV links on the table, row and query pages were broken. ( #1010 )","[""Changelog""]","[{""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1010"", ""label"": ""#1010""}]" changelog:id34,changelog,id34,0.54.1 (2021-02-02),Fixed a bug where ?_search= and ?_sort= parameters were incorrectly duplicated when the filter form on the table page was re-submitted. ( #1214 ),"[""Changelog""]","[{""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1214"", ""label"": ""#1214""}]" changelog:id8,changelog,id8,0.63.3 (2022-12-17),"Fixed a bug where datasette --root , when running in Docker, would only output the URL to sign in root when the server shut down, not when it started up. ( #1958 ) You no longer need to ensure await datasette.invoke_startup() has been called in order for Datasette to start correctly serving requests - this is now handled automatically the first time the server receives a request. This fixes a bug experienced when Datasette is served directly by an ASGI application server such as Uvicorn or Gunicorn. It also fixes a bug with the datasette-gunicorn plugin. ( #1955 )","[""Changelog""]","[{""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1958"", ""label"": ""#1958""}, {""href"": ""https://datasette.io/plugins/datasette-gunicorn"", ""label"": ""datasette-gunicorn""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1955"", ""label"": ""#1955""}]" changelog:id75,changelog,id75,0.31.2 (2019-11-13),"Fixed a bug where datasette publish heroku applications failed to start ( #633 ) Fix for datasette publish with just --source_url - thanks, Stanley Zheng ( #572 ) Deployments to Heroku now use Python 3.8.0 ( #632 )","[""Changelog""]","[{""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/633"", ""label"": ""#633""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/572"", ""label"": ""#572""}, {""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/632"", ""label"": ""#632""}]" changelog:id2,changelog,id2,0.64.6 (2023-12-22),Fixed a bug where CSV export with expanded labels could fail if a foreign key reference did not correctly resolve. ( #2214 ),"[""Changelog""]","[{""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/2214"", ""label"": ""#2214""}]" changelog:id19,changelog,id19,0.60.2 (2022-02-07),Fixed a bug where Datasette would open the same file twice with two different database names if you ran datasette file.db file.db . ( #1632 ),"[""Changelog""]","[{""href"": ""https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1632"", ""label"": ""#1632""}]" changelog:id10,changelog,id10,0.63.1 (2022-11-10),"Fixed a bug where Datasette's table filter form would not redirect correctly when run behind a proxy using the base_url setting. ( #1883 ) SQL query is now shown wrapped in a