html_url,issue_url,id,node_id,user,created_at,updated_at,author_association,body,reactions,issue,performed_via_github_app
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/417#issuecomment-751127485,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/417,751127485,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDc1MTEyNzQ4NQ==,9599,2020-12-24T22:58:05Z,2020-12-24T22:58:05Z,OWNER,"That's a great idea. I'd ruled that out because working with the different operating system versions of those is tricky, but if `watchdog` can handle those differences for me this could be a really good option.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",421546944,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/417#issuecomment-586066798,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/417,586066798,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDU4NjA2Njc5OA==,9599,2020-02-14T02:24:54Z,2020-02-14T02:24:54Z,OWNER,I'm going to move this over to a draft pull request.,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",421546944,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/417#issuecomment-586065843,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/417,586065843,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDU4NjA2NTg0Mw==,9599,2020-02-14T02:20:53Z,2020-02-14T02:20:53Z,OWNER,"MVP for this feature: just do it once on startup, don't scan for new files every X seconds.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",421546944,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/417#issuecomment-586047525,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/417,586047525,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDU4NjA0NzUyNQ==,9599,2020-02-14T01:03:43Z,2020-02-14T01:59:02Z,OWNER,"OK, I have a plan. I'm going to try and implement this is a core Datasette feature (no plugins) with the following design:

- You can tell Datasette ""load any databases you find in this directory"" by passing the `--dir=path/to/dir` option to `datasette` that are valid SQLite files and will attach them to Datasette
- Every 10 seconds Datasette will re-scan those directories to see if any new files have been added
- That 10s will be the default for a new `--config directory_scan_s:10` config option. You can set this to `0` to disable scanning entirely, at which point Datasette will only run the scan once on startup.

To check if a file is valid SQLite, Datasette will first check if the first few bytes of the file are `b""SQLite format 3\x00""`. If they are, it will open a connection to the file and attempt to run `select * from sqlite_master` against it. If that runs without any errors it will assume the file is usable and connect it.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",421546944,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/417#issuecomment-586047995,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/417,586047995,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDU4NjA0Nzk5NQ==,9599,2020-02-14T01:05:20Z,2020-02-14T01:05:20Z,OWNER,"I'm going to add two methods to the Datasette class to help support this work (and to enable exciting new plugin opportunities in the future):

- `datasette.add_database(name, db)` - adds a new named database to the list of connected databases. `db` will be a `Database()` object, which may prove useful in the future for things like #670 and could also allow some plugins to provide in-memory SQLite databases.
- `datasette.remove_database(name)`","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",421546944,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/417#issuecomment-473312514,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/417,473312514,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDQ3MzMxMjUxNA==,9599,2019-03-15T14:42:07Z,2019-03-17T22:12:30Z,OWNER,"A neat ability of Datasette Library would be if it can work against other files that have been dropped into the folder. In particular: if a user drops a CSV file into the folder, how about automatically converting that CSV file to SQLite using [sqlite-utils](https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils)?","{""total_count"": 2, ""+1"": 2, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",421546944,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/417#issuecomment-473308631,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/417,473308631,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDQ3MzMwODYzMQ==,9599,2019-03-15T14:32:13Z,2019-03-15T14:32:13Z,OWNER,"This would allow Datasette to be easily used as a ""data library"" (like a data warehouse but less expectation of big data querying technology such as Presto).

One of the things I learned at the NICAR CAR 2019 conference in Newport Beach is that there is a very real need for some kind of easily accessible data library at most newsrooms.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",421546944,