{"id": "changelog:new-plugin-hook-extra-template-vars", "page": "changelog", "ref": "new-plugin-hook-extra-template-vars", "title": "New plugin hook: extra_template_vars", "content": "The  extra_template_vars(template, database, table, columns, view_name, request, datasette)  plugin hook allows plugins to inject their own additional variables into the Datasette template context. This can be used in conjunction with custom templates to customize the Datasette interface.  datasette-auth-github  uses this hook to add custom HTML to the new top navigation bar (which is designed to be modified by plugins, see  #540 ).", "breadcrumbs": "[\"Changelog\", \"0.29 (2019-07-07)\"]", "references": "[{\"href\": \"https://github.com/simonw/datasette-auth-github\", \"label\": \"datasette-auth-github\"}, {\"href\": \"https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/540\", \"label\": \"#540\"}]"}
{"id": "changelog:secret-plugin-configuration-options", "page": "changelog", "ref": "secret-plugin-configuration-options", "title": "Secret plugin configuration options", "content": "Plugins like  datasette-auth-github  need a safe way to set secret configuration options. Since the default mechanism for configuring plugins exposes those settings in  /-/metadata  a new mechanism was needed.  Secret configuration values  describes how plugins can now specify that their settings should be read from a file or an environment variable: \n                 {\n    \"plugins\": {\n        \"datasette-auth-github\": {\n            \"client_secret\": {\n                \"$env\": \"GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET\"\n            }\n        }\n    }\n} \n                 These plugin secrets can be set directly using  datasette publish . See  Custom metadata and plugins  for details. ( #538  and  #543 )", "breadcrumbs": "[\"Changelog\", \"0.29 (2019-07-07)\"]", "references": "[{\"href\": \"https://github.com/simonw/datasette-auth-github\", \"label\": \"datasette-auth-github\"}, {\"href\": \"https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/538\", \"label\": \"#538\"}, {\"href\": \"https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/543\", \"label\": \"#543\"}]"}
{"id": "changelog:asgi", "page": "changelog", "ref": "asgi", "title": "ASGI", "content": "ASGI  is the Asynchronous Server Gateway Interface standard. I've been wanting to convert Datasette into an ASGI application for over a year -  Port Datasette to ASGI #272  tracks thirteen months of intermittent development - but with Datasette 0.29 the change is finally released. This also means Datasette now runs on top of  Uvicorn  and no longer depends on  Sanic . \n                 I wrote about the significance of this change in  Porting Datasette to ASGI, and Turtles all the way down . \n                 The most exciting consequence of this change is that Datasette plugins can now take advantage of the ASGI standard.", "breadcrumbs": "[\"Changelog\", \"0.29 (2019-07-07)\"]", "references": "[{\"href\": \"https://asgi.readthedocs.io/\", \"label\": \"ASGI\"}, {\"href\": \"https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/272\", \"label\": \"Port Datasette to ASGI #272\"}, {\"href\": \"https://www.uvicorn.org/\", \"label\": \"Uvicorn\"}, {\"href\": \"https://github.com/huge-success/sanic\", \"label\": \"Sanic\"}, {\"href\": \"https://simonwillison.net/2019/Jun/23/datasette-asgi/\", \"label\": \"Porting Datasette to ASGI, and Turtles all the way down\"}]"}
{"id": "changelog:v0-29-medium-changes", "page": "changelog", "ref": "v0-29-medium-changes", "title": "Easier custom templates for table rows", "content": "If you want to customize the display of individual table rows, you can do so using a  _table.html  template include that looks something like this: \n                 {% for row in display_rows %}\n    <div>\n        <h2>{{ row[\"title\"] }}</h2>\n        <p>{{ row[\"description\"] }}<lp>\n        <p>Category: {{ row.display(\"category_id\") }}</p>\n    </div>\n{% endfor %} \n                 This is a  backwards incompatible change . If you previously had a custom template called  _rows_and_columns.html  you need to rename it to  _table.html . \n                 See  Custom templates  for full details.", "breadcrumbs": "[\"Changelog\", \"0.29 (2019-07-07)\"]", "references": "[]"}