* Split default_permissions.py into a package, refs #2602
* Remove unused is_resource_allowed() method, improve test coverage
- Remove dead code: is_resource_allowed() method was never called
- Change isinstance check to assertion with error message
- Add test cases for table-level restrictions in restrictions_allow_action()
- Coverage for restrictions.py improved from 79% to 99%
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* Additional permission test for gap spotted by coverage
* Issue 2429 indicates the possiblity of an open redirect
The 404 processing ends up redirecting a request with multiple path
slashes to that site, i.e.
https://my-site//shedcode.co.uk will redirect to https://shedcode.co.uk
This commit uses a regular expression to remove the multiple leading
slashes before redirecting.
Implement INTERSECT-based actor restrictions to prevent permission bypass
Actor restrictions are now implemented as SQL filters using INTERSECT rather
than as deny/allow permission rules. This ensures restrictions act as hard
limits that cannot be overridden by other permission plugins or config blocks.
Previously, actor restrictions (_r in actor dict) were implemented by
generating permission rules with deny/allow logic. This approach had a
critical flaw: database-level config allow blocks could bypass table-level
restrictions, granting access to tables not in the actor's allowlist.
The new approach separates concerns:
- Permission rules determine what's allowed based on config and plugins
- Restriction filters limit the result set to only allowlisted resources
- Restrictions use INTERSECT to ensure all restriction criteria are met
- Database-level restrictions (parent, NULL) properly match all child tables
Implementation details:
- Added restriction_sql field to PermissionSQL dataclass
- Made PermissionSQL.sql optional to support restriction-only plugins
- Updated actor_restrictions_sql() to return restriction filters instead of rules
- Modified SQL builders to apply restrictions via INTERSECT and EXISTS clauses
Closes#2572
Simplified Action by moving takes_child/takes_parent logic to Resource
- Removed InstanceResource - global actions are now simply those with resource_class=None
- Resource.parent_class - Replaced parent_name: str with parent_class: type[Resource] | None for direct class references
- Simplified Action dataclass - No more redundant fields, everything is derived from the Resource class structure
- Validation - The __init_subclass__ method now checks parent_class.parent_class to enforce the 2-level hierarchy
Closes#2563
* Add keyset pagination to allowed_resources()
This replaces the unbounded list return with PaginatedResources,
which supports efficient keyset pagination for handling thousands
of resources.
Closes#2560
Changes:
- allowed_resources() now returns PaginatedResources instead of list
- Added limit (1-1000, default 100) and next (keyset token) parameters
- Added include_reasons parameter (replaces allowed_resources_with_reasons)
- Removed allowed_resources_with_reasons() method entirely
- PaginatedResources.all() async generator for automatic pagination
- Uses tilde-encoding for tokens (matching table pagination)
- Updated all callers to use .resources accessor
- Updated documentation with new API and examples
The PaginatedResources object has:
- resources: List of Resource objects for current page
- next: Token for next page (None if no more results)
- all(): Async generator that yields all resources across pages
Example usage:
page = await ds.allowed_resources("view-table", actor, limit=100)
for table in page.resources:
print(table.child)
# Iterate all pages automatically
async for table in page.all():
print(table.child)
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* Neater design for PermissionSQL class, refs #2556
- source is now automatically set to the source plugin
- params is optional
* PermissionSQL.allow() and PermissionSQL.deny() shortcuts
Closes#2556
* Filter out temp database from attached_databases()
Refs https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/2557#issuecomment-3470510837
* Ported setup.py to pyproject.toml, refs #2553
* Make fixtures tests less flaky
The in-memory fixtures table was being shared between different
instances of the test client, leading to occasional errors when
running the full test suite.
The execute_write_script() method was causing SQLite database locking
errors when multiple executescript() calls ran in quick succession.
Root cause: SQLite's executescript() method has special behavior - it
implicitly commits any pending transaction and operates in autocommit
mode. However, execute_write_script() was passing these calls through
execute_write_fn() with the default transaction=True, which wrapped
the executescript() call in a transaction context (with conn:).
This created a conflict where sequential executescript() calls would
cause the second call to fail with "OperationalError: database table
is locked: sqlite_master" because the sqlite_master table was still
locked from the first operation's implicit commit.
Fix: Pass transaction=False to execute_write_fn() since executescript()
manages its own transactions and should not be wrapped in an additional
transaction context.
This was causing test_hook_extra_body_script to fail because the
internal database initialization (which calls executescript twice in
succession) would fail, preventing the application from rendering
pages correctly.
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This adds a new endpoint at /-/actions that lists all registered actions
in the permission system. The endpoint supports both JSON and HTML output.
Changes:
- Added _actions() method to Datasette class to return action list
- Added route for /-/actions with JsonDataView
- Created actions.html template for nice HTML display
- Added template parameter to JsonDataView for custom templates
- Moved respond_json_or_html from BaseView to JsonDataView
- Added test for the new endpoint
The endpoint requires view-instance permission and provides details about
each action including name, abbreviation, description, resource class,
and parent/child requirements.
Closes#2547
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This fixes issues introduced by the ruff commit e57f391a which converted
Optional[x] to x | None:
- Fixed datasette/app.py line 1024: Dict[id | str, Dict] -> Dict[int | str, Dict]
(was using id built-in function instead of int type)
- Fixed datasette/app.py line 1074: Optional["Resource"] -> "Resource" | None
- Added 'from __future__ import annotations' for Python 3.10 compatibility
- Added TYPE_CHECKING blocks to avoid circular imports
- Removed dead code (unused variable assignments) from cli.py and views
- Removed unused imports flagged by ruff across multiple files
- Fixed test fixtures: moved app_client fixture imports to conftest.py
(fixed 71 test errors caused by fixtures not being registered)
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The /-/check endpoint now requires the permissions-debug permission
to access. This prevents unauthorized users from probing the permission
system. Administrators can grant this permission to specific users or
anonymous users if they want to allow open access.
Added test to verify anonymous and regular users are denied access,
while root user (who has all permissions) can access the endpoint.
Closes#2546
Added test_rst_heading_underlines_match_title_length() to verify that RST
heading underlines match their title lengths. The test properly handles:
- Overline+underline style headings (skips validation for those)
- Empty lines before underlines (ignores them)
- Minimum 5-character underline length (avoids false positives)
Running this test identified 14 heading underline mismatches which have
been fixed across 5 documentation files:
- docs/authentication.rst (3 headings)
- docs/plugin_hooks.rst (4 headings)
- docs/internals.rst (5 headings)
- docs/deploying.rst (1 heading)
- docs/changelog.rst (1 heading)
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Updated check_visibility() method signature to accept Resource objects
(DatabaseResource, TableResource, QueryResource) instead of plain strings
and tuples.
Changes:
- Updated check_visibility() signature to only accept Resource objects
- Added validation with helpful error message for incorrect types
- Updated all check_visibility() calls throughout the codebase:
- datasette/views/database.py: Use DatabaseResource and QueryResource
- datasette/views/special.py: Use DatabaseResource and TableResource
- datasette/views/row.py: Use TableResource
- datasette/views/table.py: Use TableResource
- datasette/app.py: Use TableResource in expand_foreign_keys
- Updated tests to use Resource objects
- Updated documentation in docs/internals.rst:
- Removed outdated permissions parameter
- Updated examples to use Resource objects
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The JavaScript was still referencing the old field names takes_database
and takes_resource instead of the new takes_parent and takes_child. This
caused the resource input fields to not show/hide properly when selecting
different permission actions.
- Modified /-/allowed to show all reasons that grant access to a resource
- Changed from MAX(reason) to json_group_array() in SQL to collect all reasons
- Reasons now displayed as JSON arrays in both HTML and JSON responses
- Only show Reason column to users with permissions-debug permission
- Removed obsolete "Source Plugin" column from /-/rules interface
- Updated allowed_resources_with_reasons() to parse and return reason lists
- Fixed alert() on /-/allowed by replacing with disabled input state
- Renamed test_tables_endpoint.py to test_allowed_resources.py to better
reflect that it tests the allowed_resources() API, not the HTTP endpoint
- Removed three outdated tests from test_search_tables.py that expected
the old behavior where /-/tables.json with no query returned empty results
- The new behavior (from commit bda69ff1) returns all tables with pagination
when no query is provided
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Actor restrictions (_r) now integrate with the SQL permission layer via
the permission_resources_sql() hook instead of acting as a post-filter.
This fixes the issue where allowed_resources() didn't respect restrictions,
causing incorrect database/table listings at /.json and /database.json
endpoints for restricted actors.
Key changes:
- Add _restriction_permission_rules() function to generate SQL rules from _r
- Restrictions create global DENY + specific ALLOW rules using allowlist
- Restrictions act as gating filter BEFORE config/root/default permissions
- Remove post-filter check from allowed() method (now redundant)
- Skip default allow rules when actor has restrictions
- Add comprehensive tests for restriction filtering behavior
The cascading permission logic (child → parent → global) ensures that
allowlisted resources override the global deny, while non-allowlisted
resources are blocked.
Closes#2534
The self.permissions dictionary was declared in __init__ but never
populated - only self.actions gets populated during startup.
The get_permission() method was unused legacy code that tried to look
up permissions from the empty self.permissions dictionary.
Changes:
- Removed self.permissions = {} from Datasette.__init__
- Removed get_permission() method (unused)
- Renamed test_get_permission → test_get_action to match actual method being tested
All tests pass, confirming these were unused artifacts.
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The create-token CLI command was checking ds.permissions.get(action)
instead of ds.actions.get(action) when validating action names. This
caused false "Unknown permission" warnings for valid actions like
"debug-menu".
This is the same bug we fixed in app.py:685. The Action objects are
stored in ds.actions, not ds.permissions.
The warnings were being printed to stderr (correctly) but CliRunner
mixes stderr and stdout, so the warnings contaminated the token output,
causing token authentication to fail in tests.
Fixes all 6 test_cli_create_token tests.
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Updated test expectations to match the actual /-/permissions POST endpoint:
1. **Resource format**: Changed from empty list `[]` to `None` when no resources,
and from tuple `(a, b)` to list `[a, b]` for two resources (JSON serialization)
2. **Result values**: Changed from sentinel "USE_DEFAULT" to actual boolean True/False
3. **also_requires dependencies**: Fixed tests for actions with dependencies:
- view-database-download now requires both "vdd" and "vd" in restrictions
- execute-sql now requires both "es" and "vd" in restrictions
4. **No upward cascading**: view-database does NOT grant view-instance
(changed expected result from True to False)
All 20 test_actor_restricted_permissions test cases now pass.
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These tests were expecting an old API behavior from the /-/permissions debug endpoint
that no longer exists. The tests expect:
- A "default" field in the response (removed when migrating to new permission system)
- "USE_DEFAULT" sentinel values instead of actual True/False results
- Empty list `[]` for no resource instead of `None`
The /-/permissions POST endpoint was updated (views/special.py:151-185) to return
simpler responses without the "default" field, but these tests weren't updated to match.
These tests need to be rewritten to test the new permission system correctly.
Refs #2534
Fixed two bugs preventing the create token UI and tests from working:
1. **Template variable mismatch**: create_token.html was using undefined variables
- Changed `all_permissions` → `all_actions`
- Changed `database_permissions` → `database_actions`
- Changed `resource_permissions` → `child_actions`
These match what CreateTokenView.shared() actually provides to the template.
2. **Action abbreviation bug**: app.py:685 was checking the wrong dictionary
- Changed `self.permissions.get(action)` → `self.actions.get(action)`
The abbreviate_action() function needs to look up Action objects (which have
the `abbr` attribute), not Permission objects. This bug prevented action names
like "view-instance" from being abbreviated to "vi" in token restrictions.
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The test was expecting upward permission cascading (e.g., view-table permission
granting view-database access), but the actual implementation in
restrictions_allow_action() uses exact-match, non-cascading checks.
Updated 5 test cases to expect 403 (Forbidden) instead of 200 when:
- Actor has view-database permission but accesses instance page
- Actor has database-level view-table permission but accesses instance/database pages
- Actor has table-level view-table permission but accesses instance/database pages
This matches the documented behavior: "Restrictions work on an exact-match basis:
if an actor has view-table permission, they can view tables, but NOT automatically
view-instance or view-database."
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When a database has an "allow" block in the configuration, it should
apply to all queries in that database, not just tables and the database
itself. This fix ensures that queries respect database-level access
controls.
This fixes the test_padlocks_on_database_page test which expects
plugin-defined queries (from_async_hook, from_hook) to show padlock
indicators when the database has restricted access.
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Added a new helper method resource_for_action() that creates Resource
instances for a given action by looking up the action's resource_class.
This eliminates the ugly object.__new__() pattern throughout the codebase.
Refactored all places that were using object.__new__() to create Resource
instances:
- check_visibility()
- allowed_resources()
- allowed_resources_with_reasons()
Also refactored database view to use allowed_resources() with
include_is_private=True to get canned queries, rather than manually
checking each one.
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Updated check_visibility() to use the action's resource_class to determine
the correct Resource type to instantiate, rather than hardcoding based on
the action name. This follows the pattern used elsewhere in the codebase
and properly supports QueryResource for view-query actions.
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This change integrates canned queries with Datasette's new SQL-based
permissions system by making the following changes:
1. **Default canned_queries plugin hook**: Added a new hookimpl in
default_permissions.py that returns canned queries from datasette
configuration. This extracts config-reading logic into a plugin hook,
allowing QueryResource to discover all queries.
2. **Async resources_sql()**: Converted Resource.resources_sql() from a
synchronous class method returning a string to an async method that
receives the datasette instance. This allows QueryResource to call
plugin hooks and query the database.
3. **QueryResource implementation**: Implemented QueryResource.resources_sql()
to gather all canned queries by:
- Querying catalog_databases for all databases
- Calling canned_queries hooks for each database with actor=None
- Building a UNION ALL SQL query of all (database, query_name) pairs
- Properly escaping single quotes in resource names
4. **Simplified get_canned_queries()**: Removed config-reading logic since
it's now handled by the default plugin hook.
5. **Added view-query to default allow**: Added "view-query" to the
default_allow_actions set so canned queries are accessible by default.
6. **Removed xfail markers**: Removed test xfail markers from:
- tests/test_canned_queries.py (entire module)
- tests/test_html.py (2 tests)
- tests/test_permissions.py (1 test)
- tests/test_plugins.py (1 test)
All canned query tests now pass with the new permission system.
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Updated the assert_permissions_checked() helper function to work with the
new PermissionCheck dataclass instead of dictionaries. The function now:
- Uses dataclass attributes (pc.action) instead of dict subscripting
- Converts parent/child to old resource format for comparison
- Updates error message formatting to show dataclass fields
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Instead of logging permission checks as dicts with a 'resource' key,
use a typed dataclass with separate parent and child fields.
Changes:
- Created PermissionCheck dataclass in app.py
- Updated permission check logging to use dataclass
- Updated PermissionsDebugView to use dataclass attributes
- Updated PermissionCheckView to check parent/child instead of resource
- Updated permissions_debug.html template to display parent/child
- Updated test expectations to use dataclass attributes
This provides better type safety and cleaner separation between
parent and child resource identifiers.
Changes:
- Use allowed_resources() instead of manual iteration with allowed() checks
- Rename all_permissions → all_actions
- Rename database_permissions → database_actions
- Rename resource_permissions → child_actions
- Update to use takes_parent/takes_child instead of takes_database/takes_resource
This makes the code more efficient (bulk permission checking) and uses
consistent naming throughout.
Instead of manually checking resource_class types, use the action's
takes_parent and takes_child properties to determine how to instantiate
the resource object. This is more maintainable and works with any
resource class that follows the pattern.
Updated in:
- PermissionsDebugView.post()
- PermissionCheckView.get()
- Rename permission_name to action_name in debug templates for consistency
- Remove confusing WHERE 0 check from check_permission_for_resource()
- Rename tests/test_special.py to tests/test_search_tables.py
- Remove tests/vec.db that shouldn't have been committed
Implements a new ensure_permission() method that is a convenience wrapper
around allowed() that raises Forbidden instead of returning False.
Changes:
- Added ensure_permission() method to datasette/app.py
- Updated all views to use ensure_permission() instead of the pattern:
if not await self.ds.allowed(...): raise Forbidden(...)
- Updated docs/internals.rst to document the new method
- Removed old ensure_permissions() documentation (that method was already removed)
The new method simplifies permission enforcement in views and makes the
code more concise and consistent.
Canned queries are not accessible because view-query permission
has not yet been migrated to the SQL-based permission system.
Marks the following tests with xfail:
- test_config_cache_size (test_api.py)
- test_edit_sql_link_not_shown_if_user_lacks_permission (test_html.py)
- test_database_color - removes canned query path (test_html.py)
- test_hook_register_output_renderer_* (test_plugins.py - 3 tests)
- test_hook_query_actions canned query parameter (test_plugins.py)
- test_custom_query_with_unicode_characters (test_table_api.py)
- test_permissions_checked neighborhood_search (test_permissions.py)
- test_padlocks_on_database_page (test_permissions.py)
All reference issue #2510 for tracking view-query migration.
The new SQL-based permission system always resolves to True or False,
so the concept of "used default" (tracking when no hook had an opinion)
is no longer relevant. Removes:
- used_default from permission check logging in app.py
- used_default from permission debug responses in special.py
- used_default display from permissions_debug.html template
- used_default from test expectations in test_permissions.py
This simplifies the permission system by eliminating the "no opinion" state.
Updates all permission debugging views to use the new ds.actions dict
instead of the old ds.permissions dict. Changes include:
- Replace all ds.permissions references with ds.actions
- Update field references: takes_database/takes_resource → takes_parent/takes_child
- Remove default field from permission display
- Rename sorted_permissions to sorted_actions in templates
- Remove source_plugin from SQL queries and responses
- Update test expectations to not check for source_plugin field
This aligns the views with the new Action dataclass structure.
The permission_allowed hook has been fully replaced by permission_resources_sql.
This commit removes:
- hookspec definition from hookspecs.py
- 4 implementations from default_permissions.py
- implementations from test plugins (my_plugin.py, my_plugin_2.py)
- hook monitoring infrastructure from conftest.py
- references from fixtures.py
- Also fixes test_get_permission to use ds.get_action() instead of ds.get_permission()
- Removes 5th column (source_plugin) from PermissionSQL queries
This completes the migration to the SQL-based permission system.
Two fixes for database download permissions:
1. Added also_requires="view-database" to view-database-download action
- You should only be able to download a database if you can view it
2. Added view-database-download to default_allow_actions list
- This action should be allowed by default, like view-database
3. Implemented also_requires checking in allowed() method
- The allowed() method now checks action.also_requires before
checking the action itself
- This ensures execute-sql requires view-database, etc.
Fixes test_database_download_for_immutable and
test_database_download_disallowed_for_memory.
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This test creates tokens with actor restrictions (_r) for various
permissions. The create-token UI needs work to properly integrate
with the new permission system.
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Marked specific parameter combinations that test canned queries:
- test_css_classes_on_body with /fixtures/neighborhood_search
- test_alternate_url_json with /fixtures/neighborhood_search
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Updated all test_config_permission_rules.py tests to use the new allowed()
method with Resource objects instead of the old permission_allowed_2()
method.
Also marked test_database_page in test_html.py as xfail since it expects
to see canned queries (view-query permission not yet migrated).
All 7 config_permission_rules tests now pass.
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These tests involve canned queries which use the view-query permission
that has not yet been migrated to the new SQL-based permission system.
Tests marked:
- test_hook_canned_queries (4 tests in test_plugins.py)
- test_hook_register_magic_parameters (test_plugins.py)
- test_hook_top_canned_query (test_plugins.py)
- test_canned_query_* (4 tests in test_html.py)
- test_edit_sql_link_on_canned_queries (test_html.py)
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This test creates tokens with actor restrictions (_r) which need
additional work to properly integrate with the new permission system.
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Canned queries use view-query permission which has not yet been migrated
to the new SQL-based permission system.
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Actor restrictions (_r in actor dict) need additional work to properly
integrate with the new SQL-based permission system. Marking these tests
as expected to fail until that work is completed.
Tests marked as xfail:
- test_actor_restricted_permissions (20 test cases)
- test_actor_restrictions (5 specific parameter combinations)
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Changes:
- Fixed expand_foreign_keys() to use new check_visibility() signature
without the 'permissions' keyword argument
- Removed 'default' parameter from allowed() call in filters.py
- Marked view-query tests as xfail since view-query permission is not yet
migrated to the new SQL-based permission system
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This commit removes the ensure_permissions() method entirely and updates
all code to use direct allowed() checks instead.
Key changes:
- Removed ensure_permissions() method from datasette/app.py
- Simplified check_visibility() to check single permissions directly
- Replaced all ensure_permissions() calls with direct allowed() checks
- Updated all check_visibility() calls to use only primary permission
- Added Forbidden import to index.py
Why this change:
- ensure_permissions() used OR logic (any permission passes) which
conflicted with explicit denies in the config
- For example, check_visibility() called ensure_permissions() with
["view-database", "view-instance"] and if view-instance passed,
it would show pages even with explicit database deny
- The new approach checks only the specific permission needed for
each resource, respecting explicit denies
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Simplified restrictions_allow_action() to work on exact-match basis only.
Actor restrictions no longer use permission implication logic - if an actor
has view-table permission, they can view tables but NOT automatically
view-instance or view-database.
Updated test_restrictions_allow_action test cases to reflect new behavior:
- Removed test cases expecting view-table to imply view-instance
- Removed test cases expecting view-database to imply view-instance
- Removed test cases expecting execute-sql to imply view-instance/view-database
- Added test cases verifying exact matches work correctly
- Added test case verifying abbreviations work (es -> execute-sql)
This aligns actor restrictions with the new permission model where each
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- Updated restrictions_allow_action() to use datasette.actions instead of datasette.permissions
- Changed references from Permission to Action objects
- Updated takes_database checks to takes_parent
- Added get_action() method to Datasette class for looking up actions by name or abbreviation
- Integrated actor restriction checking into allowed() method
- Actor restrictions (_r in actor dict) are now properly enforced after SQL permission checks
This fixes tests in test_api_write.py where actors with restricted permissions
were incorrectly being granted access to actions outside their restrictions.
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- Removed register_permissions hook definition from hookspecs.py
- Removed register_permissions implementation from default_permissions.py
- Removed pm.hook.register_permissions() call from app.py invoke_startup()
- The register_actions hook now serves as the sole mechanism for registering actions
- Removed Permission import from default_permissions.py as it's no longer needed
This completes the migration from the old register_permissions hook to the new
register_actions hook. All permission definitions should now use Action objects
via register_actions, and permission checking should use permission_resources_sql
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- Consolidated register_permissions and register_actions hooks in my_plugin.py
- Added permission_resources_sql hook to provide SQL-based permission rules
- Updated conftest.py to reference datasette.actions instead of datasette.permissions
- Updated fixtures.py to include permission_resources_sql hook and remove register_permissions
- Added backwards compatibility support for old datasette-register-permissions config
- Converted test actions (this_is_allowed, this_is_denied, etc.) to use permission_resources_sql
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- Renamed test_hook_register_permissions to test_hook_register_actions
- Renamed test_hook_register_permissions_no_duplicates to test_hook_register_actions_no_duplicates
- Renamed test_hook_register_permissions_allows_identical_duplicates to test_hook_register_actions_allows_identical_duplicates
- Updated all tests to use Action objects instead of Permission objects
- Updated config structures from datasette-register-permissions to datasette-register-actions
- Changed assertions from ds.permissions to ds.actions
- Updated test_hook_permission_allowed to register custom actions
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- Added source_plugin column to all permission SQL queries (required by new system)
- Removed unused InstanceResource import from default_menu_links.py
- Fixed SQL format to match (parent, child, allow, reason, source_plugin) schema
- Converted all permission_allowed() calls to allowed()
- Use proper Resource objects (InstanceResource, DatabaseResource, TableResource)
- Removed explicit InstanceResource() parameters where default applies
- Updated PermissionRulesView to use build_permission_rules_sql() helper
- Made allowed() accept resource=None with InstanceResource() as default
- Made both functions keyword-argument only
- Added logging to _permission_checks for debug endpoints
- Fixed check_permission_for_resource to handle empty params correctly
- Created build_permission_rules_sql() helper function for debug views
Adds Action.also_requires field to specify dependencies between permissions.
When an action has also_requires set, users must have permission for BOTH
the main action AND the required action on a resource.
Applies this to execute-sql, which now requires view-database permission.
This prevents the illogical scenario where users can execute SQL on a
database they cannot view.
Changes:
- Add also_requires field to Action dataclass in datasette/permissions.py
- Update execute-sql action with also_requires="view-database"
- Implement also_requires handling in build_allowed_resources_sql()
- Implement also_requires handling in AllowedResourcesView endpoint
- Add test verifying execute-sql requires view-database permission
Fixes#2527
Simplifies the permission system by removing automatic parameter namespacing.
Plugins are now responsible for using unique parameter names. The recommended
convention is to prefix parameters with the plugin source name (e.g.,
:myplugin_user_id). System reserves :actor, :actor_id, :action, :filter_parent.
- Remove _namespace_params() function from datasette/utils/permissions.py
- Update build_rules_union() to use plugin params directly
- Document parameter naming convention in plugin_hooks.rst
- Update example plugins to use prefixed parameters
- Add test_multiple_plugins_with_own_parameters() to verify convention works
The root user's permission_resources_sql hook was returning early with a
blanket "allow all" rule, preventing settings-based deny rules from being
considered. This caused /-/allowed and /-/rules endpoints to incorrectly
show resources that were denied via settings.
Changed permission_resources_sql to append root permissions to the rules
list instead of returning early, allowing config-based deny rules to be
evaluated. The SQL cascading logic correctly applies: deny rules at the
same depth beat allow rules, so database-level denies override root's
global-level allow.
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- Updated IndexView in datasette/views/index.py to fetch all allowed databases and tables
in bulk upfront using allowed_resources() instead of calling check_visibility() for each
database, table, and view individually
- Fixed SQL bug in build_allowed_resources_sql() where USING (parent, child) clauses failed
for database resources because NULL = NULL evaluates to NULL in SQL, not TRUE
- Changed all INNER JOINs to use explicit ON conditions with NULL-safe comparisons:
ON b.parent = x.parent AND (b.child = x.child OR (b.child IS NULL AND x.child IS NULL))
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Major improvements to the allowed_resources() API:
1. **parent filter**: Filter results to specific database in SQL, not Python
- Avoids loading thousands of tables into Python memory
- Filtering happens efficiently in SQLite
2. **include_is_private flag**: Detect private resources in single SQL query
- Compares actor permissions vs anonymous permissions in SQL
- LEFT JOIN between actor_allowed and anon_allowed CTEs
- Returns is_private column: 1 if anonymous blocked, 0 otherwise
- No individual check_visibility() calls needed
3. **Resource.private property**: Safe access with clear error messages
- Raises AttributeError if accessed without include_is_private=True
- Prevents accidental misuse of the property
4. **Database view optimization**: Use new API to eliminate redundant checks
- Single bulk query replaces N individual permission checks
- Private flag computed in SQL, not via check_visibility() calls
- Views filtered from allowed_dict instead of checking db.view_names()
All permission filtering now happens in SQLite where it belongs, with
minimal data transferred to Python.
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Replace one-by-one permission checks with bulk allowed_resources() call:
- DatabaseView and QueryView now fetch all allowed tables once
- Filter views and tables using pre-fetched allowed_table_set
- Update TableResource.resources_sql() to include views from catalog_views
This improves performance by reducing permission checks from O(n) to O(1) per
table/view, where n is the number of tables in the database.
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When no permission rules exist, the query was returning 2 columns (parent, child)
but the function contract specifies 3 columns (parent, child, reason). This could
cause schema mismatches in consuming code.
Added 'NULL AS reason' to match the documented 3-column schema.
Added regression test that verifies the schema has 3 columns even when no
permission rules are returned. The test fails without the fix (showing only
2 columns) and passes with it.
Thanks to @asg017 for catching this
- Add URL to sqlite-permissions-poc in module docstring
- Replace Optional with | None for modern Python syntax
- Add Datasette type annotations
- Add SQL comment explaining cascading permission logic
- Refactor duplicated plugin result processing into helper function
- Renamed internal allowed_resources_sql() to _build_permission_rules_sql()
to avoid conflict with public method
- Made public allowed_resources_sql() keyword-only to prevent argument order bugs
- Fixed PermissionRulesView to use _build_permission_rules_sql() which returns
full permission rules (with allow/deny) instead of filtered resources
- Fixed _build_permission_rules_sql() to pass actor dict to build_rules_union()
- Added actor_id extraction in AllowedResourcesView
- Added root_enabled=True to test fixture to grant permissions-debug to root user
All 51 tests in test_permission_endpoints.py now pass.
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The bridge was incorrectly using the new allowed() method which applies
default allow rules. This caused actors without restrictions to get True
instead of USE_DEFAULT, breaking backward compatibility.
Fixed by:
- Removing the code that converted to resource objects and called allowed()
- Bridge now ONLY checks config-based rules via _config_permission_rules()
- Returns None when no config rules exist, allowing Permission.default to apply
- This maintains backward compatibility with the permission_allowed() API
All 177 permission tests now pass, including test_actor_restricted_permissions
and test_permissions_checked which were previously failing.
The test expects ensure_permissions() to check all three permissions
(view-database-download, view-database, view-instance) but the current
implementation short-circuits after the first successful check.
Created issue #2526 to track the investigation of the expected behavior.
- Removed permission_allowed_default() hook (checked config twice)
- Removed _resolve_config_view_permissions() and _resolve_config_permissions_blocks() helpers
- Added permission_allowed_sql_bridge() to bridge old permission_allowed() API to new SQL system
- Moved default_allow_sql setting check into permission_resources_sql()
- Made root-level allow blocks apply to all view-* actions (view-database, view-table, view-query)
- Added add_row_allow_block() helper for allow blocks that should deny when no match
This resolves the duplicate checking issue where config blocks were evaluated twice:
once in permission_allowed hooks and once in permission_resources_sql hooks.
Note: One test still failing (test_permissions_checked for database download) - needs investigation
- Added documentation for datasette.allowed() method with keyword-only arguments
- Added comprehensive PermissionSQL class documentation with examples
- Documented the three SQL parameters available: :actor, :actor_id, :action
- Included examples of using json_extract() to access actor fields
- Explained permission resolution rules (specificity, deny over allow, implicit deny)
- Fixed RST formatting warnings (escaped asterisk, fixed underline length)
- Updated build_rules_union() to accept actor as dict and provide :actor (JSON) and :actor_id
- Updated resolve_permissions_from_catalog() and resolve_permissions_with_candidates() to accept actor dict
- :actor is now the full actor dict as JSON (use json_extract() to access fields)
- :actor_id is the actor's id field for simple comparisons
- :action continues to be available as before
- Updated all call sites and tests to use new parameter format
- Added test demonstrating all three parameters working together
This introduces a new hierarchical permission system that uses SQL queries
for efficient permission checking across resources. The system replaces the
older permission_allowed() pattern with a more flexible resource-based
approach.
Core changes:
- New Resource ABC and Action dataclass in datasette/permissions.py
* Resources represent hierarchical entities (instance, database, table)
* Each resource type implements resources_sql() to list all instances
* Actions define operations on resources with cascading rules
- New plugin hook: register_actions(datasette)
* Plugins register actions with their associated resource types
* Replaces register_permissions() and register_resource_types()
* See docs/plugin_hooks.rst for full documentation
- Three new Datasette methods for permission checks:
* allowed_resources(action, actor) - returns list[Resource]
* allowed_resources_with_reasons(action, actor) - for debugging
* allowed(action, resource, actor) - checks single resource
* All use SQL for filtering, never Python iteration
- New /-/tables endpoint (TablesView)
* Returns JSON list of tables user can view
* Supports ?q= parameter for regex filtering
* Format: {"matches": [{"name": "db/table", "url": "/db/table"}]}
* Respects all permission rules from configuration and plugins
- SQL-based permission evaluation (datasette/utils/actions_sql.py)
* Cascading rules: child-level → parent-level → global-level
* DENY beats ALLOW at same specificity
* Uses CTEs for efficient SQL-only filtering
* Combines permission_resources_sql() hook results
- Default actions in datasette/default_actions.py
* InstanceResource, DatabaseResource, TableResource, QueryResource
* Core actions: view-instance, view-database, view-table, etc.
- Fixed default_permissions.py to handle database-level allow blocks
* Now creates parent-level rules for view-table action
* Fixes: datasette ... -s databases.fixtures.allow.id root
Documentation:
- Comprehensive register_actions() hook documentation
- Detailed resources_sql() method explanation
- /-/tables endpoint documentation in docs/introspection.rst
- Deprecated register_permissions() with migration guide
Tests:
- tests/test_actions_sql.py: 7 tests for core permission API
- tests/test_tables_endpoint.py: 13 tests for /-/tables endpoint
- All 118 documentation tests pass
- Tests verify SQL does filtering (not Python)
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* Reformat JavaScript files with Prettier
Ran `npm run fix` to apply consistent code formatting across JavaScript
files using the project's Prettier configuration (2 spaces, no tabs).
Files reformatted:
- datasette/static/datasette-manager.js
- datasette/static/json-format-highlight-1.0.1.js
- datasette/static/table.js
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* Upgrade Prettier from 2.2.1 to 3.6.2
Updated package.json and package-lock.json to use Prettier 3.6.2,
ensuring consistent formatting between local development and CI.
The existing JavaScript files are already formatted with Prettier 3.x
style from the previous commit.
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Refs:
- #1510
- #2333
Claude Code:
Created DatabaseContext as a documented dataclass following the same pattern
as the existing QueryContext. This change replaces the inline dictionary
context creation with an explicit dataclass that:
- Documents all 21 template context variables with help metadata
- Inherits from the Context base class for identification
- Provides better IDE support and type safety
- Makes template variables discoverable without reading code
Also updated QueryContext to inherit from Context for consistency.
Extracted common JavaScript utilities from debug_allowed.html, debug_check.html, and debug_rules.html into a new _debug_common_functions.html include template. This eliminates code duplication and improves maintainability.
The shared functions include:
- populateFormFromURL(): Populates form fields from URL query parameters
- updateURL(formId, page): Updates browser URL with form values
- escapeHtml(text): HTML escaping utility
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* allowed_resources_sql plugin hook and infrastructure
* New methods for checking permissions with the new system
* New /-/allowed and /-/check and /-/rules special endpoints
Still needs to be integrated more deeply into Datasette, especially for listing visible tables.
Refs: #2502
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* Tilde encode database for expanded foreign key links
* Test for foreign key fix in #2476
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* `asyncio_default_fixture_loop_scope = function`
* Fix a bunch of BeautifulSoup deprecation warnings
* Fix for PytestUnraisableExceptionWarning: Exception ignored in: <_io.FileIO [closed]>
* xfail for sql_time_limit tests (these can be flaky in CI)
Refs #2461
* debugger: load 'ipdb' if present
Transparently chooses between the IPython-enhanced 'ipdb' or the
standard 'pdb'.
* datasette install ipdb
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* Introduce new default /$DB/-/query endpoint
* Fix a lot of tests
* Update pyodide test to use query endpoint
* Link to /fixtures/-/query in a few places
* Documentation for QueryView
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Closes#2243
* Changelog for jinja2_environment_from_request and plugin_hook_slots
* track_event() in changelog
* Remove Using YAML for metadata section - no longer necessary now we show YAML and JSON examples everywhere.
* Configuration via the command-line section - #2252
* JavaScript plugins in release notes, refs #2052
* /-/config in changelog, refs #2254
Refs #2052, #2156, #2243, #2247, #2249, #2252, #2254
Table configuration that was incorrectly placed in metadata is now treated as if it was in config.
New await datasette.table_config() method.
Closes#2247
* Checkpoint, moving top-level plugin config to datasette.json
* Support database-level and table-level plugin configuration in datasette.yaml
Refs #2093
Closes#2164
* Load only specified plugins for DATASETTE_LOAD_PLUGINS=datasette-one,datasette-two
* Load no plugins if DATASETTE_LOAD_PLUGINS=''
* Automated tests in a Bash script for DATASETTE_LOAD_PLUGINS
This change updates the `-s/--setting` option to `datasette serve` to allow it to be used to set arbitrarily complex nested settings in a way that is compatible with the new `-c datasette.yml` work happening in:
- #2143
It will enable things like this:
```
datasette data.db --setting plugins.datasette-ripgrep.path "/home/simon/code"
```
For the moment though it just affects [settings](https://docs.datasette.io/en/1.0a4/settings.html) - so you can do this:
```
datasette data.db --setting settings.sql_time_limit_ms 3500
```
I've also implemented a backwards compatibility mechanism, so if you use it this way (the old way):
```
datasette data.db --setting sql_time_limit_ms 3500
```
It will notice that the setting you passed is one of Datasette's core settings, and will treat that as if you said `settings.sql_time_limit_ms` instead.
* Refs #2111, closes#2110
* New Context dataclass/subclass mechanism, refs #2127
* Define QueryContext and extract get_tables() method, refs #2127
* Fix OPTIONS bug by porting DaatbaseView to be a View subclass
* Expose async_view_for_class.view_class for test_routes test
* Error/truncated aruments for renderers, closes#2130
This is useful, especially in testing, since your test
hosts might not reliabliy start the server within two
seconds, so we do a definite check before progressing.
By the same token, after `kill $server_pid` wait for
the pid to be gone from the process list.
Since now the script can end prematurely, I also added
a cleanup function to make sure the temporary certs are
removed in any case.
n.b. this could also be done with the use of `trap 'fn'
ERR` but that felt like a bit too much magic for this
short a script.
* Docs for permissions: in metadata, refs #1636
* Refactor default_permissions.py to help with implementation of #1636
* register_permissions() plugin hook, closes#1939 - also refs #1938
* Tests for register_permissions() hook, refs #1939
* Documentation for datasette.permissions, refs #1939
* permission_allowed() falls back on Permission.default, refs #1939
* Raise StartupError on duplicate permissions
* Allow dupe permisisons if exact matches
New mechanism for restricting permissions further for a given actor.
This still needs documentation. It will eventually be used by the mechanism to issue
signed API tokens that are only able to perform a subset of actions.
This also adds tests that exercise the POST /-/permissions tool, refs #1881
Also removed the rule that you cannot include primary keys in the rows you insert.
And added validation that catches invalid parameters in the incoming JSON.
And renamed "inserted" to "rows" in the returned JSON for return_rows: true
Read the Docs repository was renamed from `readthedocs/readthedocs-preview` to `readthedocs/actions/`. Now, the `preview` action is under `readthedocs/actions/preview` and is tagged as `v1`
As suggested here: https://sive.rs/1s
Markdown and reStructuredText will display this as if it is a single paragraph, even though the sentences themselves are separated by newlines.
This could result in more useful diffs. Trying it out on this page first.
* Dash encoding functions, tests and docs, refs #1439
* dash encoding is now like percent encoding but with dashes
* Use dash-encoding for row PKs and ?_next=, refs #1439
* Use dash encoding for table names, refs #1439
* Use dash encoding for database names, too, refs #1439
See also https://simonwillison.net/2022/Mar/5/dash-encoding/
New mechanism for marking datasette.utils functions that should be covered by the
documentation, then testing that they have indeed been documented.
Also enabled sphinx.ext.autodoc which can now be used to embed the documented
versions of those functions.
Refs #1176
Rework the `--static` documentation to better differentiate between the filesystem and serving locations. Closes#1457
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The following hook is added:
get_metadata(
datasette=self, key=key, database=database, table=table,
fallback=fallback
)
This gets called when we're building our metdata for the rest
of the system to use. We merge whatever the plugins return
with any local metadata (from metadata.yml/yaml/json) allowing
for a live-editable dynamic Datasette.
As a security precation, local meta is *not* overwritable by
plugin hooks. The workflow for transitioning to live-meta would
be to load the plugin with the full metadata.yaml and save.
Then remove the parts of the metadata that you want to be able
to change from the file.
* Avoid race condition: don't mutate databases list
This avoids the nasty "RuntimeError: OrderedDict mutated during
iteration" error that randomly happens when a plugin adds a
new database to Datasette, using `add_database`. This change
makes the add and remove database functions more expensive, but
it prevents the random explosion race conditions that make for
confusing user experience when importing live databases.
Thanks, @brandonrobertz
* Update docs: explain allow_download setting
This fixes one possible source of confusion seen in #502 and clarifies
when database downloads will be shown and allowed.
Closes#1238
- base_url no longer causes custom page routing to fail
- new route_path key in request.scope storing the path that was used for routing with the base_url prefix stripped
- TestClient used by tests now avoids accidentally double processing of the base_url prefix
Closes#615
* Cog icon for hiding columns
* Show all columns cog menu item
* Do not allow hide column on primary keys
* Allow both ?_col= and ?_nocol=
* De-duplicate if ?_col= passed multiple times
* 400 error if user tries to ?_nocol= a primary key
* Documentation for ?_col= and ?_nocol=
Context manager with open closes the files after usage.
When the object is already a pathlib.Path i used read_text
write_text functions
In some cases pathlib.Path.open were used in context manager,
it is basically the same as builtin open.
Thanks, Konstantin Baikov!
This test was failing when run inside the Docker container:
`test_searchable[/fixtures/searchable.json?_search=te*+AND+do*&_searchmode=raw-expected_rows3]`,
with this error:
```
def test_searchable(app_client, path, expected_rows):
response = app_client.get(path)
> assert expected_rows == response.json["rows"]
E AssertionError: assert [[1, 'barry c...sel', 'puma']] == []
E Left contains 2 more items, first extra item: [1, 'barry cat', 'terry dog', 'panther']
E Full diff:
E + []
E - [[1, 'barry cat', 'terry dog', 'panther'],
E - [2, 'terry dog', 'sara weasel', 'puma']]
```
The issue was that the version of sqlite3 built inside the Docker
container was built with FTS3 and FTS4 enabled, but without the
`SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3_PARENTHESIS` compile option passed, which adds
support for using `AND` and `NOT` within `match` expressions (see
https://sqlite.org/fts3.html#compiling_and_enabling_fts3_and_fts4 and
https://www.sqlite.org/compile.html).
Without this, the `AND` used in the search in this test was being
interpreted as a literal string, and so no matches were found. Adding
this compile option fixes this.
Thanks, @bobwhitelock
* Test for cross-database join, refs #283
* Warn if --crossdb used with more than 10 DBs, refs #283
* latest.datasette.io demo of --crossdb joins, refs #283
* Show attached databases on /_memory page, refs #283
* Documentation for cross-database queries, refs #283
* Error if Prettier isn't already installed
* Temporarily run Prettier check on every commit
* Install and run Prettier via package.json
* Trigger another prettier check on CI
* Compact dict and set building
* Remove redundant parentheses
* Simplify chained conditions
* Change method name to lowercase
* Use triple double quotes for docstrings
Thanks, @eumiro!
* Support for generated columns, closes#1116
* Show SQLite version in pytest report header
* Use table_info() if SQLite < 3.26.0
* Cache sqlite_version() rather than re-calculate every time
* Adjust test_database_page for SQLite 3.26.0 or higher
* _blob_hash= checking plus refactored to use new BadRequest class, refs #1050
* Replace BlobView with new .blob renderer, closes#1050
* .blob downloads on arbitrary queries, closes#1051
It worked fine without configuration, and my attempt to build the xml version failed with an error message:
Problem in your project's configuration. Invalid "formats": expected one of (htmlzip, pdf, epub), got xml
The example query for creating a new point geometry seems to be using a table called 'museums' but at one point it instead uses 'events'. I *believe* it is intended to be museums.
Closes#943
* Datasette now requires httpx>=0.15
* Support OPTIONS without 500, closes#1001
* Added internals tests for datasette.client methods
* Datasette's own test mechanism now uses httpx to simulate requests
* Tests simulate HTTP 1.1 now
* Added base_url in a bunch more places
* Mark some tests as xfail - will remove that when new httpx release ships: #1005
Document setting Google Cloud SDK properties to avoid having to respond to interactive prompts when running `datasette publish cloudrun`.
Thanks, @ghing!
* Menu links now take into account existing querystring
* No longer shows facet option for primary key columns
* Conditionally displays sort/sort-desc if already sorted
* Does not show facet option if already faceted by this
* Run CI on GitHub Actions, not Travis - refs #940
* Update documentation refs to Travis
* Release action now runs parallel tests, then pushes to PyPI, then Docker Hub
Default permission policy was returning True by default for permission
checks - which means that if allow was not defined for a level it would
be treated as a passing check.
This is better: we now return None of the allow block is not defined,
which means 'I have no opinion on this' and allows other code to make
its own decisions.
Added while working on #832
RUN wget "https://www.gaia-gis.it/gaia-sins/freexl-1.0.5.tar.gz" && tar zxf freexl-1.0.5.tar.gz \
&& cd freexl-1.0.5 && ./configure && make && make install
RUN wget "https://www.gaia-gis.it/gaia-sins/libspatialite-4.4.0-RC0.tar.gz" && tar zxf libspatialite-4.4.0-RC0.tar.gz \
&& cd libspatialite-4.4.0-RC0 && ./configure && make && make install
RUN wget "https://www.gaia-gis.it/gaia-sins/readosm-1.1.0.tar.gz" && tar zxf readosm-1.1.0.tar.gz && cd readosm-1.1.0 && ./configure && make && make install
RUN wget "https://www.gaia-gis.it/gaia-sins/spatialite-tools-4.4.0-RC0.tar.gz" && tar zxf spatialite-tools-4.4.0-RC0.tar.gz \
&& cd spatialite-tools-4.4.0-RC0 && ./configure && make && make install
# Add local code to the image instead of fetching from pypi.
COPY . /datasette
RUN pip install /datasette
FROM python:3.7.2-slim-stretch
# Copy python dependencies and spatialite libraries
*An open source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data*
Datasette is a tool for exploring and publishing data. It helps people take data of any shape or size and publish that as an interactive, explorable website and accompanying API.
Datasette is aimed at data journalists, museum curators, archivists, local governments and anyone else who has data that they wish to share with the world.
Datasette is aimed at data journalists, museum curators, archivists, local governments, scientists, researchers and anyone else who has data that they wish to share with the world.
[Explore a demo](https://fivethirtyeight.datasettes.com/fivethirtyeight), watch [a video about the project](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTr1uLQTJNE) or try it out by [uploading and publishing your own CSV data](https://simonwillison.net/2019/Apr/23/datasette-glitch/).
[Explore a demo](https://datasette.io/global-power-plants/global-power-plants), watch [a video about the project](https://simonwillison.net/2021/Feb/7/video/) or try it out [on GitHub Codespaces](https://github.com/datasette/datasette-studio).
* Live demo of current `main` branch: https://latest.datasette.io/
* Questions, feedback or want to talk about the project? Join our [Discord](https://datasette.io/discord)
## News
* 28th May 2020: [Datasette 0.43](http://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html#v0-43) - Redesigned [register_output_renderer](https://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/latest/plugins.html#plugin-register-output-renderer) plugin hook and various small improvements and fixes.
* 8th May 2020: [Datasette 0.42](http://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html#v0-42) - Documented internal methods for plugins to execute read queries against a database.
* 6th May 2020: [Datasette 0.41](http://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html#v0-41) - New mechanism for [creating custom pages](https://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/0.41/custom_templates.html#custom-pages), new [configuration directory mode](https://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/0.41/config.html#configuration-directory-mode), new `?column__notlike=` table filter and various other smaller improvements.
* 21st April 2020: [Datasette 0.40](http://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html#v0-40) - Metadata can now be provided as YAML instead of JSON. Publishing to Zeit Now v1 is no longer supported, but Now v2 support is provided by the new [datasette-publish-now](https://github.com/simonw/datasette-publish-now) plugin. Various bug fixes.
* 24th March 2020: [Datasette 0.39](http://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html#v0-39) - New `base_url` configuration option for running Datasette under a different URL prefix, `"sort"` and `"sort_desc"` metadata options for setting a default sort order for a table.
* 8th March 2020: [Datasette 0.38](http://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html#v0-38) - New `--memory` option for `datasete publish cloudrun`, [Docker image](https://hub.docker.com/r/datasetteproject/datasette) upgraded to SQLite 3.31.1.
* 25th February 2020: [Datasette 0.37](http://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html#v0-37) - new internal APIs enabling plugins to safely write to databases. Read more here: [Datasette Writes](https://simonwillison.net/2020/Feb/26/weeknotes-datasette-writes/).
* 21st February 2020: [Datasette 0.36](http://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html#v0-36) - new internals documentation for plugins, `prepare_connection()` now accepts optional `database` and `datasette` arguments.
* 4th February 2020: [Datasette 0.35](http://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html#v0-35) - new `.render_template()` method for plugins.
* 29th January 2020: [Datasette 0.34](http://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html#v0-34) - improvements to search, `datasette publish cloudrun` and `datasette package`.
* 21st January 2020: [Deploying a data API using GitHub Actions and Cloud Run](https://simonwillison.net/2020/Jan/21/github-actions-cloud-run/) - how to use GitHub Actions and Google Cloud Run to automatically scrape data and deploy the result as an API with Datasette.
* 22nd December 2019: [Datasette 0.33](http://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html#v0-33) - various small improvements.
* 19th December 2019: [Building tools to bring data-driven reporting to more newsrooms](https://medium.com/jsk-class-of-2020/building-tools-to-bring-data-driven-reporting-to-more-newsrooms-4520a0c9b3f2) - some notes on my JSK fellowship so far.
* 2nd December 2019: [Niche Museums](https://www.niche-museums.com/) is a new site entirely powered by Datasette, using custom templates and plugins. [niche-museums.com, powered by Datasette](https://simonwillison.net/2019/Nov/25/niche-museums/) describes how the site works, and [datasette-atom: Define an Atom feed using a custom SQL query](https://simonwillison.net/2019/Dec/3/datasette-atom/) describes how the new [datasette-atom plugin](https://github.com/simonw/datasette-atom) was used to add an Atom syndication feed to the site.
* 14th November 2019: [Datasette 0.32](https://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/stable/changelog.html#v0-32) now uses asynchronous rendering in Jinja templates, which means template functions can perform asynchronous operations such as executing SQL queries. [datasette-template-sql](https://github.com/simonw/datasette-template-sql) is a new plugin uses this capability to add a new custom `sql(sql_query)` template function.
* 11th November 2019: [Datasette 0.31](https://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/stable/changelog.html#v0-31) - the first version of Datasette to support Python 3.8, which means dropping support for Python 3.5.
* 18th October 2019: [Datasette 0.30](https://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/stable/changelog.html#v0-30)
* 13th July 2019: [Single sign-on against GitHub using ASGI middleware](https://simonwillison.net/2019/Jul/14/sso-asgi/) talks about the implementation of [datasette-auth-github](https://github.com/simonw/datasette-auth-github) in more detail.
* 7th July 2019: [Datasette 0.29](https://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/stable/changelog.html#v0-29) - ASGI, new plugin hooks, facet by date and much, much more...
* [datasette-auth-github](https://github.com/simonw/datasette-auth-github) - a new plugin for Datasette 0.29 that lets you require users to authenticate against GitHub before accessing your Datasette instance. You can whitelist specific users, or you can restrict access to members of specific GitHub organizations or teams.
* [datasette-cors](https://github.com/simonw/datasette-cors) - a plugin that lets you configure CORS access from a list of domains (or a set of domain wildcards) so you can make JavaScript calls to a Datasette instance from a specific set of other hosts.
* 23rd June 2019: [Porting Datasette to ASGI, and Turtles all the way down](https://simonwillison.net/2019/Jun/23/datasette-asgi/)
* 21st May 2019: The anonymized raw data from [the Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2019](https://stackoverflow.blog/2019/05/21/public-data-release-of-stack-overflows-2019-developer-survey/) has been [published in partnership with Glitch](https://glitch.com/culture/discover-insights-explore-developer-survey-results-2019/), powered by Datasette.
* 19th May 2019: [Datasette 0.28](https://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/stable/changelog.html#v0-28) - a salmagundi of new features!
* No longer immutable! Datasette now supports [databases that change](https://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/stable/changelog.html#supporting-databases-that-change).
* [Faceting improvements](https://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/stable/changelog.html#faceting-improvements-and-faceting-plugins) including facet-by-JSON-array and the ability to define custom faceting using plugins.
* [datasette publish cloudrun](https://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/stable/changelog.html#datasette-publish-cloudrun) lets you publish databases to Google's new Cloud Run hosting service.
* New [register_output_renderer](https://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/stable/changelog.html#register-output-renderer-plugins) plugin hook for adding custom output extensions to Datasette in addition to the default `.json` and `.csv`.
* Dozens of other smaller features and tweaks - see [the release notes](https://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/stable/changelog.html#v0-28) for full details.
* Read more about this release here: [Datasette 0.28—and why master should always be releasable](https://simonwillison.net/2019/May/19/datasette-0-28/)
* 24th February 2019: [
sqlite-utils: a Python library and CLI tool for building SQLite databases](https://simonwillison.net/2019/Feb/25/sqlite-utils/) - a partner tool for easily creating SQLite databases for use with Datasette.
* 31st Janary 2019: [Datasette 0.27](https://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html#v0-27) - `datasette plugins` command, newline-delimited JSON export option, new documentation on [The Datasette Ecosystem](https://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ecosystem.html).
* 10th January 2019: [Datasette 0.26.1](http://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html#v0-26-1) - SQLite upgrade in Docker image, `/-/versions` now shows SQLite compile options.
* 2nd January 2019: [Datasette 0.26](http://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html#v0-26) - minor bug fixes, `datasette publish now --alias` argument.
* 18th December 2018: [Fast Autocomplete Search for Your Website](https://24ways.org/2018/fast-autocomplete-search-for-your-website/) - a new tutorial on using Datasette to build a JavaScript autocomplete search engine.
* 3rd October 2018: [The interesting ideas in Datasette](https://simonwillison.net/2018/Oct/4/datasette-ideas/) - a write-up of some of the less obvious interesting ideas embedded in the Datasette project.
* 19th September 2018: [Datasette 0.25](http://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html#v0-25) - New plugin hooks, improved database view support and an easier way to use more recent versions of SQLite.
* 23rd July 2018: [Datasette 0.24](http://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html#v0-24) - a number of small new features
* 29th June 2018: [datasette-vega](https://github.com/simonw/datasette-vega), a new plugin for visualizing data as bar, line or scatter charts
* 21st June 2018: [Datasette 0.23.1](http://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html#v0-23-1) - minor bug fixes
* 18th June 2018: [Datasette 0.23: CSV, SpatiaLite and more](http://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html#v0-23) - CSV export, foreign key expansion in JSON and CSV, new config options, improved support for SpatiaLite and a bunch of other improvements
* 23rd May 2018: [Datasette 0.22.1 bugfix](https://github.com/simonw/datasette/releases/tag/0.22.1) plus we now use [versioneer](https://github.com/warner/python-versioneer)
* 20th May 2018: [Datasette 0.22: Datasette Facets](https://simonwillison.net/2018/May/20/datasette-facets)
* 5th May 2018: [Datasette 0.21: New _shape=, new _size=, search within columns](https://github.com/simonw/datasette/releases/tag/0.21)
* 25th April 2018: [Exploring the UK Register of Members Interests with SQL and Datasette](https://simonwillison.net/2018/Apr/25/register-members-interests/) - a tutorial describing how [register-of-members-interests.datasettes.com](https://register-of-members-interests.datasettes.com/) was built ([source code here](https://github.com/simonw/register-of-members-interests))
* 20th April 2018: [Datasette plugins, and building a clustered map visualization](https://simonwillison.net/2018/Apr/20/datasette-plugins/) - introducing Datasette's new plugin system and [datasette-cluster-map](https://pypi.org/project/datasette-cluster-map/), a plugin for visualizing data on a map
* 20th April 2018: [Datasette 0.20: static assets and templates for plugins](https://github.com/simonw/datasette/releases/tag/0.20)
* 16th April 2018: [Datasette 0.19: plugins preview](https://github.com/simonw/datasette/releases/tag/0.19)
* 14th April 2018: [Datasette 0.18: units](https://github.com/simonw/datasette/releases/tag/0.18)
* 9th April 2018: [Datasette 0.15: sort by column](https://github.com/simonw/datasette/releases/tag/0.15)
* 28th March 2018: [Baltimore Sun Public Salary Records](https://simonwillison.net/2018/Mar/28/datasette-in-the-wild/) - a data journalism project from the Baltimore Sun powered by Datasette - source code [is available here](https://github.com/baltimore-sun-data/salaries-datasette)
* 27th March 2018: [Cloud-first: Rapid webapp deployment using containers](https://wwwf.imperial.ac.uk/blog/research-software-engineering/2018/03/27/cloud-first-rapid-webapp-deployment-using-containers/) - a tutorial covering deploying Datasette using Microsoft Azure by the Research Software Engineering team at Imperial College London
* 28th January 2018: [Analyzing my Twitter followers with Datasette](https://simonwillison.net/2018/Jan/28/analyzing-my-twitter-followers/) - a tutorial on using Datasette to analyze follower data pulled from the Twitter API
* 17th January 2018: [Datasette Publish: a web app for publishing CSV files as an online database](https://simonwillison.net/2018/Jan/17/datasette-publish/)
* 12th December 2017: [Building a location to time zone API with SpatiaLite, OpenStreetMap and Datasette](https://simonwillison.net/2017/Dec/12/building-a-location-time-zone-api/)
* 9th December 2017: [Datasette 0.14: customization edition](https://github.com/simonw/datasette/releases/tag/0.14)
* 25th November 2017: [New in Datasette: filters, foreign keys and search](https://simonwillison.net/2017/Nov/25/new-in-datasette/)
* 13th November 2017: [Datasette: instantly create and publish an API for your SQLite databases](https://simonwillison.net/2017/Nov/13/datasette/)
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## Installation
pip3 install datasette
If you are on a Mac, [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) is the easiest way to install Datasette:
Datasette requires Python 3.6 or higher. We also have [detailed installation instructions](https://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation.html) covering other options such as Docker.
brew install datasette
You can also install it using `pip` or `pipx`:
pip install datasette
Datasette requires Python 3.8 or higher. We also have [detailed installation instructions](https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/installation.html) covering other options such as Docker.
## Basic usage
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Use Chrome on OS X? You can run datasette against your browser history like so:
Now visiting http://localhost:8001/History/downloads will show you a web interface to browse your downloads data:

## datasette serve options
Usage: datasette serve [OPTIONS] [FILES]...
Serve up specified SQLite database files with a web UI
Options:
-i, --immutable PATH Database files to open in immutable mode
-h, --host TEXT Host for server. Defaults to 127.0.0.1 which means
only connections from the local machine will be
allowed. Use 0.0.0.0 to listen to all IPs and
allow access from other machines.
-p, --port INTEGER Port for server, defaults to 8001
--debug Enable debug mode - useful for development
--reload Automatically reload if database or code change
detected - useful for development
--cors Enable CORS by serving Access-Control-Allow-
Origin: *
--load-extension PATH Path to a SQLite extension to load
--inspect-file TEXT Path to JSON file created using "datasette
inspect"
-m, --metadata FILENAME Path to JSON file containing license/source
metadata
--template-dir DIRECTORY Path to directory containing custom templates
--plugins-dir DIRECTORY Path to directory containing custom plugins
--static STATIC MOUNT mountpoint:path-to-directory for serving static
files
--memory Make :memory: database available
--config CONFIG Set config option using configname:value
datasette.readthedocs.io/en/latest/config.html
--version-note TEXT Additional note to show on /-/versions
--help-config Show available config options
--help Show this message and exit.
## metadata.json
If you want to include licensing and source information in the generated datasette website you can do so using a JSON file that looks something like this:
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This will create a docker image containing both the datasette application and the specified SQLite database files. It will then deploy that image to Heroku or Cloud Run and give you a URL to access the resulting website and API.
See [Publishing data](https://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/stable/publish.html) in the documentation for more details.
See [Publishing data](https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/publish.html) in the documentation for more details.
## Datasette Lite
[Datasette Lite](https://lite.datasette.io/) is Datasette packaged using WebAssembly so that it runs entirely in your browser, no Python web application server required. Read more about that in the [Datasette Lite documentation](https://github.com/simonw/datasette-lite/blob/main/README.md).
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// https://www.sqlite.org/datatype3.html
types:"null integer real text blob",
builtin:"",
operatorChars:"*+-%<>!=&|/~",
identifierQuotes:'`"',
specialVar:"@:?$",
});
// Utility function from https://codemirror.net/docs/migration/
<p>Use this tool to try out different actor and allow combinations. See <ahref="https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/authentication.html#defining-permissions-with-allow-blocks">Defining permissions with "allow" blocks</a> for documentation.</p>
<p><em>{% for column in table.columns[:9] %}{{ column }}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}{% if table.columns|length > 9 %}...{% endif %}</em></p>
<p>{% if table.count is none %}Many rows{% else %}{{ "{:,}".format(table.count) }} row{% if table.count == 1 %}{% else %}s{% endif %}{% endif %}</p>
<h3><ahref="{{ urls.table(database, table.name) }}">{{ table.name }}</a>{% if table.private %} 🔒{% endif %}{% if table.hidden %}<em> (hidden)</em>{% endif %}</h3>
<p><em>{% for column in table.columns %}{{ column }}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}</em></p>
<p>Use this tool to check which resources the current actor is allowed to access for a given permission action. It queries the <code>/-/allowed.json</code> API endpoint.</p>
<p>Use this tool to view the permission rules that allow the current actor to access resources for a given permission action. It queries the <code>/-/rules.json</code> API endpoint.</p>
{% block title %}{{ metadata.title or "Datasette" }}: {% for database in databases %}{{ database.name }}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}{% endfor %}{% endblock %}
{% block extra_head %}
{% if noindex %}<metaname="robots"content="noindex">{% endif %}
{% endblock %}
{% block body_class %}index{% endblock %}
{% block content %}
<h1>{{ metadata.title or "Datasette" }}</h1>
<h1>{{ metadata.title or "Datasette" }}{% if private %} 🔒{% endif %}</h1>
{% set action_links, action_title = homepage_actions, "Homepage actions" %}
{% include "_action_menu.html" %}
{{ top_homepage() }}
{% block description_source_license %}{% include "_description_source_license.html" %}{% endblock %}