Document Datasette.metadata() method
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Description
Code is here: https://github.com/simonw/datasette/blob/main/datasette/app.py#L503
This will be the official way to access metadata from plugins.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start at datasette/app.py around line 503 and inspect the Datasette.metadata() method and its surrounding context. Add documentation describing this method as the official way for plugins to access metadata, then verify the wording matches the method's behavior and plugin use case.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100