Added /-/actor.json - refs #699

Also added JSON highlighting to introspection documentation.

datasette/app.py

@@ -586,6 +586,9 @@ class Datasette:
             )
         return d
 
+    def _actor(self, request):
+        return {"actor": request.scope.get("actor", None)}
+
     def table_metadata(self, database, table):
         "Fetch table-specific metadata."
         return (
@@ -762,6 +765,10 @@ class Datasette:
             JsonDataView.as_asgi(self, "databases.json", self._connected_databases),
             r"/-/databases(?P<as_format>(\.json)?)$",
         )
+        add_route(
+            JsonDataView.as_asgi(self, "actor.json", self._actor, needs_request=True),
+            r"/-/actor(?P<as_format>(\.json)?)$",
+        )
         add_route(
             PatternPortfolioView.as_asgi(self), r"/-/patterns$",
         )

datasette/views/special.py

@@ -6,13 +6,17 @@ from .base import BaseView
 class JsonDataView(BaseView):
     name = "json_data"
 
-    def __init__(self, datasette, filename, data_callback):
+    def __init__(self, datasette, filename, data_callback, needs_request=False):
         self.ds = datasette
         self.filename = filename
         self.data_callback = data_callback
+        self.needs_request = needs_request
 
     async def get(self, request, as_format):
-        data = self.data_callback()
+        if self.needs_request:
+            data = self.data_callback(request)
+        else:
+            data = self.data_callback()
         if as_format:
             headers = {}
             if self.ds.cors: