{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/987#issuecomment-752696499", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/987", "id": 752696499, "node_id": "MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDc1MjY5NjQ5OQ==", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2020-12-30T17:21:08Z", "updated_at": "2020-12-30T17:21:08Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "More generally, I need to document certain areas of the page that JavaScript plugins are invited to append their content to - such that plugin authors can use them and feel confident that future changes to the Datasette templates won't break their plugins.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 712984738, "label": "Documented HTML hooks for JavaScript plugin authors"}, "performed_via_github_app": null} {"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/987#issuecomment-752697279", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/987", "id": 752697279, "node_id": "MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDc1MjY5NzI3OQ==", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2020-12-30T17:23:27Z", "updated_at": "2020-12-30T17:23:32Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "Related problem: right now if you're writing custom template it's not at all obvious how to write them such that visualization plugins like `datasette-cluster-map` will continue to work.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 712984738, "label": "Documented HTML hooks for JavaScript plugin authors"}, "performed_via_github_app": null} {"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/983#issuecomment-752715236", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/983", "id": 752715236, "node_id": "MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDc1MjcxNTIzNg==", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2020-12-30T18:24:54Z", "updated_at": "2020-12-30T18:24:54Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "I think I'm going to try building a very lightweight clone of the core API design of Pluggy - not the advanced features, just the idea that plugins can register and a call to `plugin.nameOfHook()` will return the concatenated results of all of the registered hooks.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 712260429, "label": "JavaScript plugin hooks mechanism similar to pluggy"}, "performed_via_github_app": null} {"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/983#issuecomment-752715412", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/983", "id": 752715412, "node_id": "MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDc1MjcxNTQxMg==", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2020-12-30T18:25:31Z", "updated_at": "2020-12-30T18:25:31Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "I'm going to introduce a global `datasette` object which holds all the documented JavaScript API for plugin authors.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 712260429, "label": "JavaScript plugin hooks mechanism similar to pluggy"}, "performed_via_github_app": null} {"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/983#issuecomment-752721069", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/983", "id": 752721069, "node_id": "MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDc1MjcyMTA2OQ==", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2020-12-30T18:46:10Z", "updated_at": "2020-12-30T18:46:10Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "Pluggy does dependency injection by introspecting the named arguments to the Python function, which I really like.\r\n\r\nThat's tricker in JavaScript. It looks like the only way to introspect a function is to look at the `.toString()` representation of it and parse the `(parameter, list)` using a regular expression.\r\n\r\nEven more challenging: JavaScript developers love minifying their code, and minification can shorten the function parameter names.\r\n\r\nFrom https://code-maven.com/dependency-injection-in-angularjs it looks like Angular.js does dependency injection and solves this by letting you optionally provide a separate list of the arguments your function uses:\r\n\r\n```javascript\r\n angular.module('DemoApp', [])\r\n .controller('DemoController', ['$scope', '$log', function($scope, $log) {\r\n $scope.message = \"Hello World\";\r\n $log.debug('logging hello');\r\n }]);\r\n```\r\n\r\nI can copy that approach: I'll introspect by default, but provide a documented mechanism for explicitly listing your parameter names so that if you know your plugin code will be minified you can use that instead.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 712260429, "label": "JavaScript plugin hooks mechanism similar to pluggy"}, "performed_via_github_app": null} {"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/983#issuecomment-752721840", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/983", "id": 752721840, "node_id": "MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDc1MjcyMTg0MA==", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2020-12-30T18:48:53Z", "updated_at": "2020-12-30T18:51:51Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "Potential design:\r\n```javascript\r\ndatasette.plugins.register('column_actions', function(database, table, column, actor) {\r\n /* ... *l\r\n})\r\n```\r\nOr if you want to be explicit to survive minification:\r\n```javascript\r\ndatasette.plugins.register('column_actions', function(database, table, column, actor) {\r\n /* ... *l\r\n}, ['database', 'table', 'column', 'actor'])\r\n```\r\nI'm making that list of parameter names an optional third argument to the `register()` function. If that argument isn't passed, introspection will be used to figure out the parameter names.\r\n", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 712260429, "label": "JavaScript plugin hooks mechanism similar to pluggy"}, "performed_via_github_app": null} {"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/983#issuecomment-752722863", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/983", "id": 752722863, "node_id": "MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDc1MjcyMjg2Mw==", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2020-12-30T18:52:39Z", "updated_at": "2020-12-30T18:52:39Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "Then to call the plugins:\r\n```javascript\r\ndatasette.plugins.call('column_actions', {database: 'database', table: 'table'})\r\n```", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 712260429, "label": "JavaScript plugin hooks mechanism similar to pluggy"}, "performed_via_github_app": null} {"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/983#issuecomment-752729035", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/983", "id": 752729035, "node_id": "MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDc1MjcyOTAzNQ==", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2020-12-30T19:15:56Z", "updated_at": "2020-12-30T19:16:44Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "The `column_actions` hook is the obvious first place to try this out. What are some demo plugins I could build for it?\r\n\r\n- Word cloud for this column\r\n- Count values (essentially linking to the SQL query for that column, as an extended version of the facet counts) - would be great if this could include pagination somehow, via #856.\r\n- Extract this column into a separate table\r\n- Add an index to this column", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 712260429, "label": "JavaScript plugin hooks mechanism similar to pluggy"}, "performed_via_github_app": null} {"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/983#issuecomment-752742669", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/983", "id": 752742669, "node_id": "MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDc1Mjc0MjY2OQ==", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2020-12-30T20:07:05Z", "updated_at": "2020-12-30T20:07:18Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "Initial prototype:\r\n```javascript\r\nwindow.datasette = {};\r\nwindow.datasette.plugins = (function() {\r\n var registry = {};\r\n\r\n function extractParameters(fn) {\r\n var match = /\\((.*)\\)/.exec(fn.toString());\r\n if (match && match[1].trim()) {\r\n return match[1].split(',').map(s => s.trim());\r\n } else {\r\n return [];\r\n }\r\n }\r\n\r\n function register(hook, fn, parameters) {\r\n parameters = parameters || extractParameters(fn);\r\n if (!registry[hook]) {\r\n registry[hook] = [];\r\n }\r\n registry[hook].push([fn, parameters]);\r\n }\r\n\r\n function call(hook, args) {\r\n args = args || {};\r\n var implementations = registry[hook] || [];\r\n var results = [];\r\n implementations.forEach(([fn, parameters]) => {\r\n /* Call with the correct arguments */\r\n var callWith = parameters.map(parameter => args[parameter]);\r\n var result = fn.apply(fn, callWith);\r\n if (result) {\r\n results.push(result);\r\n }\r\n });\r\n return results;\r\n }\r\n return {\r\n register: register,\r\n _registry: registry,\r\n call: call\r\n };\r\n})();\r\n```\r\nUsage example:\r\n```javascript\r\ndatasette.plugins.register('numbers', (a, b) => a + b)\r\ndatasette.plugins.register('numbers', (a, b) => a * b)\r\ndatasette.plugins.call('numbers', {a: 4, b: 6})\r\n/* Returns [10, 24] */\r\n```", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 712260429, "label": "JavaScript plugin hooks mechanism similar to pluggy"}, "performed_via_github_app": null} {"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/983#issuecomment-752744195", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/983", "id": 752744195, "node_id": "MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDc1Mjc0NDE5NQ==", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2020-12-30T20:12:26Z", "updated_at": "2020-12-30T20:12:26Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "This implementation doesn't have an equivalent of \"hookspecs\" which can identify if a registered plugin implementation matches a known signature. I should add that, it will provide a better developer experience if someone has a typo.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 712260429, "label": "JavaScript plugin hooks mechanism similar to pluggy"}, "performed_via_github_app": null} {"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/983#issuecomment-752744311", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/983", "id": 752744311, "node_id": "MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDc1Mjc0NDMxMQ==", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2020-12-30T20:12:50Z", "updated_at": "2020-12-30T20:13:02Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "This could work to define a plugin hook:\r\n```javascript\r\ndatasette.plugins.define('numbers', ['a' ,'b'])\r\n```", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 712260429, "label": "JavaScript plugin hooks mechanism similar to pluggy"}, "performed_via_github_app": null} {"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/983#issuecomment-752747169", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/983", "id": 752747169, "node_id": "MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDc1Mjc0NzE2OQ==", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2020-12-30T20:24:07Z", "updated_at": "2020-12-30T20:24:07Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "This version adds `datasette.plugins.define()` plus extra validation of both `.register()` and `.call()`:\r\n```javascript\r\nwindow.datasette = {};\r\nwindow.datasette.plugins = (function() {\r\n var registry = {};\r\n var definitions = {};\r\n\r\n function extractParameters(fn) {\r\n var match = /\\((.*)\\)/.exec(fn.toString());\r\n if (match && match[1].trim()) {\r\n return match[1].split(',').map(s => s.trim());\r\n } else {\r\n return [];\r\n }\r\n }\r\n\r\n function define(hook, parameters) {\r\n definitions[hook] = parameters || [];\r\n }\r\n\r\n function isSubSet(a, b) {\r\n return a.every(parameter => b.includes(parameter))\r\n }\r\n\r\n function register(hook, fn, parameters) {\r\n parameters = parameters || extractParameters(fn);\r\n if (!definitions[hook]) {\r\n throw new Error('\"' + hook + '\" is not a defined plugin hook');\r\n }\r\n if (!definitions[hook]) {\r\n throw new Error('\"' + hook + '\" is not a defined plugin hook');\r\n }\r\n /* Check parameters is a subset of definitions[hook] */\r\n var validParameters = definitions[hook];\r\n if (!isSubSet(parameters, validParameters)) {\r\n throw new Error('\"' + hook + '\" valid parameters are ' + JSON.stringify(validParameters));\r\n }\r\n if (!registry[hook]) {\r\n registry[hook] = [];\r\n }\r\n registry[hook].push([fn, parameters]);\r\n }\r\n\r\n function call(hook, args) {\r\n args = args || {};\r\n if (!definitions[hook]) {\r\n throw new Error('\"' + hook + '\" hook has not been defined');\r\n }\r\n if (!isSubSet(Object.keys(args), definitions[hook])) {\r\n throw new Error('\"' + hook + '\" valid arguments are ' + JSON.stringify(definitions[hook]));\r\n }\r\n \r\n var implementations = registry[hook] || [];\r\n var results = [];\r\n implementations.forEach(([fn, parameters]) => {\r\n /* Call with the correct arguments */\r\n var callWith = parameters.map(parameter => args[parameter]);\r\n var result = fn.apply(fn, callWith);\r\n if (result) {\r\n results.push(result);\r\n }\r\n });\r\n return results;\r\n }\r\n return {\r\n define: define,\r\n register: register,\r\n _registry: registry,\r\n call: call\r\n };\r\n})();\r\n```\r\nUsage:\r\n```javascript\r\ndatasette.plugins.define('numbers', ['a', 'b'])\r\ndatasette.plugins.register('numbers', (a, b) => a + b)\r\ndatasette.plugins.register('numbers', (a, b) => a * b)\r\ndatasette.plugins.call('numbers', {a: 4, b: 6})\r\n```", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 712260429, "label": "JavaScript plugin hooks mechanism similar to pluggy"}, "performed_via_github_app": null} {"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/983#issuecomment-752747999", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/983", "id": 752747999, "node_id": "MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDc1Mjc0Nzk5OQ==", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2020-12-30T20:27:00Z", "updated_at": "2020-12-30T20:27:00Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "I need to decide how this code is going to be loaded. Putting it in a blocking `