- Columns can now have associated metadata descriptions in
metadata.json, see Column descriptions. (#942) - New register_commands() plugin hook allows plugins to register additional Datasette CLI commands, e.g.
datasette mycommand file.db. (#1449) - Adding
?_facet_size=maxto a table page now shows the number of unique values in each facet. (#1423) - Upgraded dependency httpx 0.20 - the undocumented
allow_redirects=parameter to datasette.client is nowfollow_redirects=, and defaults toFalsewhere it previously defaulted toTrue. (#1488) - The
--corsoption now causes Datasette to return theAccess-Control-Allow-Headers: Authorizationheader, in addition toAccess-Control-Allow-Origin: *. (#1467) - Code that figures out which named parameters a SQL query takes in order to display form fields for them is no longer confused by strings that contain colon characters. (#1421)
- Renamed
--help-configoption to--help-settings. (#1431) datasette.databasesproperty is now a documented API. (#1443)- The
base.htmltemplate now wraps everything other than the<footer>in a<div class="not-footer">element, to help with advanced CSS customization. (#1446) - The render_cell() plugin hook can now return an awaitable function. This means the hook can execute SQL queries. (#1425)
- register_routes(datasette) plugin hook now accepts an optional
datasetteargument. (#1404) - New
hide_sqlcanned query option for defaulting to hiding the SQL quey used by a canned query, see Additional canned query options. (#1422) - New
--cpuoption for datasette publish cloudrun. (#1420) - If Rich is installed in the same virtual environment as Datasette, it will be used to provide enhanced display of error tracebacks on the console. (#1416)
datasette.utilsparse_metadata(content) function, used by the new datasette-remote-metadata plugin, is now a documented API. (#1405)- Fixed bug where
?_next=x&_sort=rowidcould throw an error. (#1470) - Column cog menu no longer shows the option to facet by a column that is already selected by the default facets in metadata. (#1469)