Prototype of a whole bunch of features inspired by Datasette feature comparison#28
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Prototype of a whole bunch of features inspired by Datasette feature comparison#28
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…tures Detailed feature gap analysis and tiered implementation plan covering: - Core table browsing and schema exploration (databases, tables, schema, rows, get) - Write operations (upsert, update, delete, drop, create-table) - Output format improvements (CSV, TSV, table, NL-JSON) - Authentication UX (browser login, env vars, keyring, auth status) - Discoverability features (info, URL inference, shell completions) https://claude.ai/code/session_01DoiJf9Gbvbw2asN9yvP6dx
- Replace setup.py with pyproject.toml using uv_build backend - Add dependency-groups.dev for test dependencies - Configure flat layout with module-root = "" - Fix pre-existing test failures (updated error message, optional mock) - Add uv.lock and dist/ to .gitignore - uv run pytest (39 passed) and uv build both work https://claude.ai/code/session_01DoiJf9Gbvbw2asN9yvP6dx
Refactored shared infrastructure: - _resolve_url(), _resolve_token(), _api_get(), _api_post() helpers - Shared output formatters: JSON, CSV, TSV, NL-JSON, text table - DCLIENT_TOKEN and DCLIENT_URL environment variable support T1 - Core table browsing: - `databases` - list databases on a Datasette instance - `tables` - list tables with optional --schema flag - `schema` - show CREATE TABLE SQL for database/table - `rows` - browse rows with filtering (-w), sorting, pagination, column selection, faceting, full-text search, --limit, --all - `get` - fetch a single row by primary key T2 - Write operations: - `upsert` - insert-or-update rows from file (CSV/TSV/JSON/JSONL) - `update` - update a single row by PK with key=value pairs - `delete` - delete a row by PK (with --yes to skip confirmation) - `drop` - drop a table (shows row count, requires confirmation) - `create-table` - create empty table with --column name type --pk Output formats added to query and rows: - --csv, --tsv, --nl, --json, --table flags 23 new tests covering all commands (62 total, all passing). https://claude.ai/code/session_01DoiJf9Gbvbw2asN9yvP6dx
- Fix _api_get to follow redirects (needed for query endpoint on
newer Datasette which redirects /{db}.json?sql= to /{db}/-/query)
- Add demo.md showing all new commands against a live Datasette instance:
create-table, insert, databases, tables, schema, rows (with filtering,
sorting, column selection, CSV export), get, query, update, upsert,
delete, drop
https://claude.ai/code/session_01DoiJf9Gbvbw2asN9yvP6dx
- Update README.md with new commands summary and uv development workflow - Add docs/exploring.md covering databases, tables, schema, rows, get commands with filtering, sorting, pagination, and output format examples - Add docs/writing.md covering create-table, upsert, update, delete, drop - Update docs/queries.md with output format options (--csv, --tsv, --nl, --table) - Update docs/inserting.md with cross-references to upsert/update - Update docs/index.md toctree to include new pages - Regenerate all cog --help blocks with current command signatures https://claude.ai/code/session_01DoiJf9Gbvbw2asN9yvP6dx
Executable demo covering all new commands against a live Datasette: - create-table, insert (CSV via stdin) - databases, tables, schema (exploration) - rows with --table, -w filtering, --sort-desc, --col, --csv, --limit - get (single row by PK) - query with --table and --nl output formats - update (single row by PK with key=value pairs) - upsert (bulk insert-or-update from JSON) - delete and drop with --yes Replaces the old root-level demo.md with a proper demos/ directory. https://claude.ai/code/session_01DoiJf9Gbvbw2asN9yvP6dx
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Experimental prototype, I let Claude Code go wild against the Datasette documentation.
Detailed feature gap analysis and tiered implementation plan covering:
https://claude.ai/code/session_01DoiJf9Gbvbw2asN9yvP6dx