{"id": "getting_started:getting-started-your-computer", "page": "getting_started", "ref": "getting-started-your-computer", "title": "Using Datasette on your own computer", "content": "First, follow the  Installation  instructions. Now you can run Datasette against a SQLite file on your computer using the following command: \n             datasette path/to/database.db \n             This will start a web server on port 8001 - visit  http://localhost:8001/ \n                to access the web interface. \n             Add  -o  to open your browser automatically once Datasette has started: \n             datasette path/to/database.db -o \n             Use Chrome on OS X? You can run datasette against your browser history\n                like so: \n             datasette ~/Library/Application\\ Support/Google/Chrome/Default/History --nolock \n             The  --nolock  option ignores any file locks. This is safe as Datasette will open the file in read-only mode. \n             Now visiting  http://localhost:8001/History/downloads  will show you a web\n                interface to browse your downloads data: \n             \n                 \n             \n             http://localhost:8001/History/downloads.json  will return that data as\n                JSON: \n             {\n    \"database\": \"History\",\n    \"columns\": [\n        \"id\",\n        \"current_path\",\n        \"target_path\",\n        \"start_time\",\n        \"received_bytes\",\n        \"total_bytes\",\n        ...\n    ],\n    \"rows\": [\n        [\n            1,\n            \"/Users/simonw/Downloads/DropboxInstaller.dmg\",\n            \"/Users/simonw/Downloads/DropboxInstaller.dmg\",\n            13097290269022132,\n            626688,\n            0,\n            ...\n        ]\n    ]\n} \n             http://localhost:8001/History/downloads.json?_shape=objects  will return that data as\n                JSON in a more convenient format: \n             {\n    ...\n    \"rows\": [\n        {\n            \"start_time\": 13097290269022132,\n            \"interrupt_reason\": 0,\n            \"hash\": \"\",\n            \"id\": 1,\n            \"site_url\": \"\",\n            \"referrer\": \"https://www.dropbox.com/downloading?src=index\",\n            ...\n        }\n    ]\n}", "breadcrumbs": "[\"Getting started\"]", "references": "[{\"href\": \"http://localhost:8001/\", \"label\": \"http://localhost:8001/\"}, {\"href\": \"http://localhost:8001/History/downloads\", \"label\": \"http://localhost:8001/History/downloads\"}, {\"href\": \"http://localhost:8001/History/downloads.json\", \"label\": \"http://localhost:8001/History/downloads.json\"}, {\"href\": \"http://localhost:8001/History/downloads.json?_shape=objects\", \"label\": \"http://localhost:8001/History/downloads.json?_shape=objects\"}]"}