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A client CLI utility for Datasette instances
A client CLI utility for [Datasette](https://datasette.io/) instances
## Installation
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pip install dclient
If you want to install it in the same virtual environment as Datasette (to use it as a plugin) you can instead run:
datasette install dclient
## Standalone v.s. plugin
Once installed you can use this tool like so:
dclient --help
If you also have Datasette installed in the same environment it will register itself as a command plugin.
This means you can run any of these commands using `datasette client` instead, like this:
datasette client --help
datasette client query https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures "select * from facetable limit 1"
## Running queries
You can run SQL queries against a Datasette instance like so:
You can run SQL queries against a Datasette instance like this:
```
$ dclient query https://latest.datasette.io/fixtures "select * from facetable limit 1"