Template slot family of plugin hooks - top_homepage() and others

datasette/hookspecs.py

@@ -158,3 +158,33 @@ def skip_csrf(datasette, scope):
 @hookspec
 def handle_exception(datasette, request, exception):
     """Handle an uncaught exception. Can return a Response or None."""
+
+
+@hookspec
+def top_homepage(datasette, request):
+    """HTML to include at the top of the homepage"""
+
+
+@hookspec
+def top_database(datasette, request, database):
+    """HTML to include at the top of the database page"""
+
+
+@hookspec
+def top_table(datasette, request, database, table):
+    """HTML to include at the top of the table page"""
+
+
+@hookspec
+def top_row(datasette, request, database, table, row):
+    """HTML to include at the top of the row page"""
+
+
+@hookspec
+def top_query(datasette, request, database, sql):
+    """HTML to include at the top of the query results page"""
+
+
+@hookspec
+def top_canned_query(datasette, request, database, query_name):
+    """HTML to include at the top of the canned query page"""

datasette/templates/database.html

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ <h1>{{ metadata.title or database }}{% if private %} 🔒{% endif %}</h1>
     </details>{% endif %}
 </div> 
 
+{{ top_database() }}
+
 {% block description_source_license %}{% include "_description_source_license.html" %}{% endblock %}
 
 {% if allow_execute_sql %}

datasette/templates/index.html

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 {% block content %}
 <h1>{{ metadata.title or "Datasette" }}{% if private %} 🔒{% endif %}</h1>
 
+{{ top_homepage() }}
+
 {% block description_source_license %}{% include "_description_source_license.html" %}{% endblock %}
 
 {% for database in databases %}

datasette/templates/query.html

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 
 <h1 style="padding-left: 10px; border-left: 10px solid #{{ database_color }}">{{ metadata.title or database }}{% if canned_query and not metadata.title %}: {{ canned_query }}{% endif %}{% if private %} 🔒{% endif %}</h1>
 
+{% if canned_query %}{{ top_canned_query() }}{% else %}{{ top_query() }}{% endif %}
+
 {% block description_source_license %}{% include "_description_source_license.html" %}{% endblock %}
 
 <form class="sql" action="{{ urls.database(database) }}{% if canned_query %}/{{ canned_query }}{% endif %}" method="{% if canned_query_write %}post{% else %}get{% endif %}">

datasette/templates/row.html

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 {% block content %}
 <h1 style="padding-left: 10px; border-left: 10px solid #{{ database_color }}">{{ table }}: {{ ', '.join(primary_key_values) }}{% if private %} 🔒{% endif %}</h1>
 
+{{ top_row() }}
+
 {% block description_source_license %}{% include "_description_source_license.html" %}{% endblock %}
 
 <p>This data as {% for name, url in renderers.items() %}<a href="{{ url }}">{{ name }}</a>{{ ", " if not loop.last }}{% endfor %}</p>

datasette/templates/table.html

@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ <h1>{{ metadata.get("title") or table }}{% if is_view %} (view){% endif %}{% if
     </details>{% endif %}
 </div>
 
+{{ top_table() }}
+
 {% block description_source_license %}{% include "_description_source_license.html" %}{% endblock %}
 
 {% if metadata.get("columns") %}

datasette/utils/__init__.py

@@ -1283,3 +1283,20 @@ def fail_if_plugins_in_metadata(metadata: dict, filename=None):
             f'Datasette no longer accepts plugin configuration in --metadata. Move your "plugins" configuration blocks to a separate file - we suggest calling that datasette.{suggested_extension} - and start Datasette with datasette -c datasette.{suggested_extension}. See https://docs.datasette.io/en/latest/configuration.html for more details.'
         )
     return metadata
+
+
+def make_slot_function(name, datasette, request, **kwargs):
+    from datasette.plugins import pm
+
+    method = getattr(pm.hook, name, None)
+    assert method is not None, "No hook found for {}".format(name)
+
+    async def inner():
+        html_bits = []
+        for hook in method(datasette=datasette, request=request, **kwargs):
+            html = await await_me_maybe(hook)
+            if html is not None:
+                html_bits.append(html)
+        return markupsafe.Markup("".join(html_bits))
+
+    return inner

datasette/views/database.py

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from typing import Callable
 from urllib.parse import parse_qsl, urlencode
 import asyncio
 import hashlib
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@
     call_with_supported_arguments,
     derive_named_parameters,
     format_bytes,
+    make_slot_function,
     tilde_decode,
     to_css_class,
     validate_sql_select,
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ async def database_actions():
                 f"{'*' if template_name == template.name else ''}{template_name}"
                 for template_name in templates
             ],
+            "top_database": make_slot_function(
+                "top_database", datasette, request, database=database
+            ),
         }
         return Response.html(
             await datasette.render_template(
@@ -246,6 +249,12 @@ class QueryContext:
             "help": "List of templates that were considered for rendering this page"
         }
     )
+    top_query: callable = field(
+        metadata={"help": "Callable to render the top_query slot"}
+    )
+    top_canned_query: callable = field(
+        metadata={"help": "Callable to render the top_canned_query slot"}
+    )
 
 
 async def get_tables(datasette, request, db):
@@ -727,6 +736,16 @@ async def fetch_data_for_csv(request, _next=None):
                             f"{'*' if template_name == template.name else ''}{template_name}"
                             for template_name in templates
                         ],
+                        top_query=make_slot_function(
+                            "top_query", datasette, request, database=database, sql=sql
+                        ),
+                        top_canned_query=make_slot_function(
+                            "top_canned_query",
+                            datasette,
+                            request,
+                            database=database,
+                            query_name=canned_query["name"] if canned_query else None,
+                        ),
                     ),
                     request=request,
                     view_name="database",

datasette/views/index.py

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-import hashlib
 import json
 
-from datasette.utils import add_cors_headers, CustomJSONEncoder
+from datasette.plugins import pm
+from datasette.utils import add_cors_headers, make_slot_function, CustomJSONEncoder
 from datasette.utils.asgi import Response
 from datasette.version import __version__
 
+from markupsafe import Markup
+
 from .base import BaseView
 
 
@@ -142,5 +144,8 @@ async def get(self, request):
                     "private": not await self.ds.permission_allowed(
                         None, "view-instance"
                     ),
+                    "top_homepage": make_slot_function(
+                        "top_homepage", self.ds, request
+                    ),
                 },
             )

datasette/views/row.py

@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@
 from datasette.database import QueryInterrupted
 from .base import DataView, BaseView, _error
 from datasette.utils import (
-    tilde_decode,
-    urlsafe_components,
+    make_slot_function,
     to_css_class,
     escape_sqlite,
-    row_sql_params_pks,
 )
 import json
 import sqlite_utils
@@ -73,6 +71,14 @@ async def template_data():
                 .get(database, {})
                 .get("tables", {})
                 .get(table, {}),
+                "top_row": make_slot_function(
+                    "top_row",
+                    self.ds,
+                    request,
+                    database=resolved.db.name,
+                    table=resolved.table,
+                    row=rows[0],
+                ),
             }
 
         data = {

datasette/views/table.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     append_querystring,
     compound_keys_after_sql,
     format_bytes,
+    make_slot_function,
     tilde_encode,
     escape_sqlite,
     filters_should_redirect,
@@ -842,6 +843,13 @@ async def fetch_data(request, _next=None):
                         f"{'*' if template_name == template.name else ''}{template_name}"
                         for template_name in templates
                     ],
+                    top_table=make_slot_function(
+                        "top_table",
+                        datasette,
+                        request,
+                        database=resolved.db.name,
+                        table=resolved.table,
+                    ),
                 ),
                 request=request,
                 view_name="table",

docs/plugin_hooks.rst

@@ -1641,3 +1641,122 @@ This hook is responsible for returning a dictionary corresponding to Datasette :
         return metadata
 
 Example: `datasette-remote-metadata plugin <https://datasette.io/plugins/datasette-remote-metadata>`__
+
+.. _plugin_hook_slots:
+
+Template slots
+--------------
+
+The following set of plugin hooks can be used to return extra HTML content that will be inserted into the corresponding page, directly below the ``<h1>`` heading.
+
+Multiple plugins can contribute content here. The order in which it is displayed can be controlled using Pluggy's `call time order options <https://pluggy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/#call-time-order>`__.
+
+Each of these plugin hooks can return either a string or an awaitable function that returns a string.
+
+.. _plugin_hook_top_homepage:
+
+top_homepage(datasette, request)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+``datasette`` - :ref:`internals_datasette`
+    You can use this to access plugin configuration options via ``datasette.plugin_config(your_plugin_name)``.
+
+``request`` - :ref:`internals_request`
+    The current HTTP request.
+
+Returns HTML to be displayed at the top of the Datasette homepage.
+
+.. _plugin_hook_top_database:
+
+top_database(datasette, request, database)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+``datasette`` - :ref:`internals_datasette`
+    You can use this to access plugin configuration options via ``datasette.plugin_config(your_plugin_name)``.
+
+``request`` - :ref:`internals_request`
+    The current HTTP request.
+
+``database`` - string
+    The name of the database.
+
+Returns HTML to be displayed at the top of the database page.
+
+.. _plugin_hook_top_table:
+
+top_table(datasette, request, database, table)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+``datasette`` - :ref:`internals_datasette`
+    You can use this to access plugin configuration options via ``datasette.plugin_config(your_plugin_name)``.
+
+``request`` - :ref:`internals_request`
+    The current HTTP request.
+
+``database`` - string
+    The name of the database.
+
+``table`` - string
+    The name of the table.
+
+Returns HTML to be displayed at the top of the table page.
+
+.. _plugin_hook_top_row:
+
+top_row(datasette, request, database, table, row)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+``datasette`` - :ref:`internals_datasette`
+    You can use this to access plugin configuration options via ``datasette.plugin_config(your_plugin_name)``.
+
+``request`` - :ref:`internals_request`
+    The current HTTP request.
+
+``database`` - string
+    The name of the database.
+
+``table`` - string
+    The name of the table.
+
+``row`` - ``sqlite.Row``
+    The SQLite row object being displayed.
+
+Returns HTML to be displayed at the top of the row page.
+
+.. _plugin_hook_top_query:
+
+top_query(datasette, request, database, sql)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+``datasette`` - :ref:`internals_datasette`
+    You can use this to access plugin configuration options via ``datasette.plugin_config(your_plugin_name)``.
+
+``request`` - :ref:`internals_request`
+    The current HTTP request.
+
+``database`` - string
+    The name of the database.
+
+``sql`` - string
+    The SQL query.
+
+Returns HTML to be displayed at the top of the query results page.
+
+.. _plugin_hook_top_canned_query:
+
+top_canned_query(datasette, request, database, query_name)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+``datasette`` - :ref:`internals_datasette`
+    You can use this to access plugin configuration options via ``datasette.plugin_config(your_plugin_name)``.
+
+``request`` - :ref:`internals_request`
+    The current HTTP request.
+
+``database`` - string
+    The name of the database.
+
+``query_name`` - string
+    The name of the canned query.
+
+Returns HTML to be displayed at the top of the canned query page.

tests/test_docs.py

@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ def plugin_hooks_content():
     "plugin", [name for name in dir(app.pm.hook) if not name.startswith("_")]
 )
 def test_plugin_hooks_are_documented(plugin, plugin_hooks_content):
-    headings = get_headings(plugin_hooks_content, "-")
+    headings = set()
+    headings.update(get_headings(plugin_hooks_content, "-"))
+    headings.update(get_headings(plugin_hooks_content, "~"))
     assert plugin in headings
     hook_caller = getattr(app.pm.hook, plugin)
     arg_names = [a for a in hook_caller.spec.argnames if a != "__multicall__"]