POST to a write canned query previously returned HTTP 200 with
{"ok": false, "message": ...} when the SQL failed to execute, so JSON
clients (and anything that trusts HTTP status) recorded success for
failed writes. SQL failures now return 400 with the canonical error
shape plus the "redirect" context key from on_error_redirect; the
QueryWriteRejected 403 branch uses the canonical shape too. Successful
executions and the HTML flash-message flow are unchanged.
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The default forbidden() hook previously rendered an HTML error page even
for .json requests. It now returns the canonical JSON error shape with
status 403 when the request path ends in .json or the request sends an
Accept: application/json or Content-Type: application/json header. HTML
requests still get the error page.
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/-/databases previously listed every attached database (including
filesystem paths and sizes) to any actor with view-instance, while the
homepage and every other endpoint filtered by view-database. The
endpoint now only lists databases the current actor is allowed to view.
JsonDataView data callbacks may now be async.
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/-/actions.json now returns {"ok": true, "actions": [...]} instead of a
bare JSON array, so the response can grow additional keys without a
breaking change. The debug_actions.html template reads data.actions,
and the endpoint is now documented in docs/introspection.rst.
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/-/databases.json now returns {"ok": true, "databases": [...]} instead
of a bare JSON array, so the response can grow additional keys without
a breaking change.
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/-/plugins.json now returns {"ok": true, "plugins": [...]} instead of a
bare JSON array, so the response can grow additional keys without a
breaking change. The `datasette plugins` CLI command still outputs a
plain array.
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JsonDataView now injects "ok": true into dict responses, covering
/-/versions, /-/settings, /-/config, /-/threads and /-/actor. The
homepage JSON, /-/jump, the three /-/schema endpoints, /-/allowed,
/-/rules, /-/check, POST /-/permissions and the table /-/autocomplete
endpoint set it explicitly.
The remaining top-level array endpoints (/-/plugins, /-/databases,
/-/actions) will be converted to objects in separate commits.
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The homepage routes now only accept .json, and the row view no longer
redirects .jsono to .json?_shape=objects. The .jsono extension was
superseded by ?_shape= and returned output identical to .json.
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All JSON error responses now use a single format built by the new
datasette.utils.error_body() helper:
{"ok": false, "error": "...", "errors": ["..."], "status": 400}
- error is all messages joined with '; ', errors is the full list,
status always matches the HTTP status code
- The exception handler no longer emits the legacy title key in JSON
(it is still available to the HTML error template)
- The permission debug endpoints (/-/allowed, /-/rules, /-/check,
POST /-/permissions) no longer return bare {"error": ...} objects
- JSON renderer SQL errors keep their rows/truncated context keys but
now include the canonical keys as well
- _shape=object misuse (queries or tables without primary keys) now
returns HTTP 400 instead of 200 with an error body
- Method-not-allowed 405 responses use the canonical shape
Adds tests/test_error_shape.py covering all four previous shape
producers, updates affected tests, and documents the format in a new
'Error responses' section of docs/json_api.rst.
Implements section 1 of stable-api-recommendations.md.
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- existing-api.md: complete reference for the JSON API as implemented,
derived from source code (routes, views, renderer, permissions)
- stable-api-recommendations.md: consistency and completeness review
with prioritized recommendations for the 1.0 stable release
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