ok: true in /db.json for consistency

datasette/views/database.py

@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ class DatabaseView(View):
             actor=request.actor,
         )
         json_data = {
+            "ok": True,
             "database": database,
             "private": private,
             "path": datasette.urls.database(database),

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 =========
 Changelog
 =========
+.. dev:
+
+dev
+---
+
+- The ``/<database>.json`` endpoint now includes an ``"ok": true`` key, for consistency with other JSON API responses.
 
 .. _v1_0_a26:
 

docs/pages.rst

@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ The JSON version of this page provides programmatic access to the underlying dat
 * `fivethirtyeight.datasettes.com/fivethirtyeight.json <https://fivethirtyeight.datasettes.com/fivethirtyeight.json>`_
 * `datasette.io/global-power-plants.json <https://datasette.io/global-power-plants.json>`_
 
+The returned object includes an ``"ok": true`` key alongside keys such as ``"database"``, ``"tables"``, ``"views"``, ``"queries"`` and ``"metadata"``.
+
 .. _DatabaseView_hidden:
 
 Hidden tables

tests/test_api.py

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ async def test_database_page(ds_client):
     response = await ds_client.get("/fixtures.json")
     assert response.status_code == 200
     data = response.json()
+    assert data["ok"] is True
     assert data["database"] == "fixtures"
 
     # Build lookup for easier assertions