{"id": "pages:databaseview", "page": "pages", "ref": "databaseview", "title": "Database", "content": "Each database has a page listing the tables, views and canned queries available for that database. If the  execute-sql  permission is enabled (it's on by default) there will also be an interface for executing arbitrary SQL select queries against the data. \n             Examples: \n             \n                 \n                     fivethirtyeight.datasettes.com/fivethirtyeight \n                 \n                 \n                     global-power-plants.datasettes.com/global-power-plants \n                 \n             \n             The JSON version of this page provides programmatic access to the underlying data: \n             \n                 \n                     fivethirtyeight.datasettes.com/fivethirtyeight.json \n                 \n                 \n                     global-power-plants.datasettes.com/global-power-plants.json", "breadcrumbs": "[\"Pages and API endpoints\"]", "references": "[{\"href\": \"https://fivethirtyeight.datasettes.com/fivethirtyeight\", \"label\": \"fivethirtyeight.datasettes.com/fivethirtyeight\"}, {\"href\": \"https://global-power-plants.datasettes.com/global-power-plants\", \"label\": \"global-power-plants.datasettes.com/global-power-plants\"}, {\"href\": \"https://fivethirtyeight.datasettes.com/fivethirtyeight.json\", \"label\": \"fivethirtyeight.datasettes.com/fivethirtyeight.json\"}, {\"href\": \"https://global-power-plants.datasettes.com/global-power-plants.json\", \"label\": \"global-power-plants.datasettes.com/global-power-plants.json\"}]"}
{"id": "pages:databaseview-hidden", "page": "pages", "ref": "databaseview-hidden", "title": "Hidden tables", "content": "Some tables listed on the database page are treated as hidden. Hidden tables are not completely invisible - they can be accessed through the \"hidden tables\" link at the bottom of the page. They are hidden because they represent low-level implementation details which are generally not useful to end-users of Datasette. \n                 The following tables are hidden by default: \n                 \n                     \n                         Any table with a name that starts with an underscore - this is a Datasette convention to help plugins easily hide their own internal tables. \n                     \n                     \n                         Tables that have been configured as  \"hidden\": true  using  Hiding tables . \n                     \n                     \n                         *_fts  tables that implement SQLite full-text search indexes. \n                     \n                     \n                         Tables relating to the inner workings of the SpatiaLite SQLite extension. \n                     \n                     \n                         sqlite_stat  tables used to store statistics used by the query optimizer.", "breadcrumbs": "[\"Pages and API endpoints\", \"Database\"]", "references": "[]"}
{"id": "pages:indexview", "page": "pages", "ref": "indexview", "title": "Top-level index", "content": "The root page of any Datasette installation is an index page that lists all of the currently attached databases. Some examples: \n             \n                 \n                     fivethirtyeight.datasettes.com \n                 \n                 \n                     global-power-plants.datasettes.com \n                 \n                 \n                     register-of-members-interests.datasettes.com \n                 \n             \n             Add  /.json  to the end of the URL for the JSON version of the underlying data: \n             \n                 \n                     fivethirtyeight.datasettes.com/.json \n                 \n                 \n                     global-power-plants.datasettes.com/.json \n                 \n                 \n                     register-of-members-interests.datasettes.com/.json", "breadcrumbs": "[\"Pages and API endpoints\"]", "references": "[{\"href\": \"https://fivethirtyeight.datasettes.com/\", \"label\": \"fivethirtyeight.datasettes.com\"}, {\"href\": \"https://global-power-plants.datasettes.com/\", \"label\": \"global-power-plants.datasettes.com\"}, {\"href\": \"https://register-of-members-interests.datasettes.com/\", \"label\": \"register-of-members-interests.datasettes.com\"}, {\"href\": \"https://fivethirtyeight.datasettes.com/.json\", \"label\": \"fivethirtyeight.datasettes.com/.json\"}, {\"href\": \"https://global-power-plants.datasettes.com/.json\", \"label\": \"global-power-plants.datasettes.com/.json\"}, {\"href\": \"https://register-of-members-interests.datasettes.com/.json\", \"label\": \"register-of-members-interests.datasettes.com/.json\"}]"}
{"id": "pages:pages", "page": "pages", "ref": "pages", "title": "Pages and API endpoints", "content": "The Datasette web application offers a number of different pages that can be accessed to explore the data in question, each of which is accompanied by an equivalent JSON API.", "breadcrumbs": "[]", "references": "[]"}
{"id": "pages:rowview", "page": "pages", "ref": "rowview", "title": "Row", "content": "Every row in every Datasette table has its own URL. This means individual records can be linked to directly. \n             Table cells with extremely long text contents are truncated on the table view according to the  truncate_cells_html  setting. If a cell has been truncated the full length version of that cell will be available on the row page. \n             Rows which are the targets of foreign key references from other tables will show a link to a filtered search for all records that reference that row. Here's an example from the Registers of Members Interests database: \n             ../people/uk~2Eorg~2Epublicwhip~2Fperson~2F10001 \n             Note that this URL includes the encoded primary key of the record. \n             Here's that same page as JSON: \n             ../people/uk~2Eorg~2Epublicwhip~2Fperson~2F10001.json", "breadcrumbs": "[\"Pages and API endpoints\"]", "references": "[{\"href\": \"https://register-of-members-interests.datasettes.com/regmem/people/uk~2Eorg~2Epublicwhip~2Fperson~2F10001\", \"label\": \"../people/uk~2Eorg~2Epublicwhip~2Fperson~2F10001\"}, {\"href\": \"https://register-of-members-interests.datasettes.com/regmem/people/uk~2Eorg~2Epublicwhip~2Fperson~2F10001.json\", \"label\": \"../people/uk~2Eorg~2Epublicwhip~2Fperson~2F10001.json\"}]"}
{"id": "pages:tableview", "page": "pages", "ref": "tableview", "title": "Table", "content": "The table page is the heart of Datasette: it allows users to interactively explore the contents of a database table, including sorting, filtering,  Full-text search  and applying  Facets . \n             The HTML interface is worth spending some time exploring. As with other pages, you can return the JSON data by appending  .json  to the URL path, before any  ?  query string arguments. \n             The query string arguments are described in more detail here:  Table arguments \n             You can also use the table page to interactively construct a SQL query - by applying different filters and a sort order for example - and then click the \"View and edit SQL\" link to see the SQL query that was used for the page and edit and re-submit it. \n             Some examples: \n             \n                 \n                     ../items  lists all of the line-items registered by UK MPs as potential conflicts of interest. It demonstrates Datasette's support for  Full-text search . \n                 \n                 \n                     ../antiquities-act%2Factions_under_antiquities_act  is an interface for exploring the \"actions under the antiquities act\" data table published by FiveThirtyEight. \n                 \n                 \n                     ../global-power-plants?country_long=United+Kingdom&primary_fuel=Gas  is a filtered table page showing every Gas power plant in the United Kingdom. It includes some default facets (configured using  its metadata.json ) and uses the  datasette-cluster-map  plugin to show a map of the results.", "breadcrumbs": "[\"Pages and API endpoints\"]", "references": "[{\"href\": \"https://register-of-members-interests.datasettes.com/regmem/items\", \"label\": \"../items\"}, {\"href\": \"https://fivethirtyeight.datasettes.com/fivethirtyeight/antiquities-act%2Factions_under_antiquities_act\", \"label\": \"../antiquities-act%2Factions_under_antiquities_act\"}, {\"href\": \"https://global-power-plants.datasettes.com/global-power-plants/global-power-plants?_facet=primary_fuel&_facet=owner&_facet=country_long&country_long__exact=United+Kingdom&primary_fuel=Gas\", \"label\": \"../global-power-plants?country_long=United+Kingdom&primary_fuel=Gas\"}, {\"href\": \"https://global-power-plants.datasettes.com/-/metadata\", \"label\": \"its metadata.json\"}, {\"href\": \"https://github.com/simonw/datasette-cluster-map\", \"label\": \"datasette-cluster-map\"}]"}