datasette-packages/README.md
# datasette-packages
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Show a list of currently installed Python packages
## Installation
Install this plugin in the same environment as Datasette.
$ datasette install datasette-packages
## Usage
Visit `/-/packages` to see a list of installed Python packages.
Visit `/-/packages.json` to get that back as JSON.
## Demo
The output of this plugin can be seen here:
- https://latest-with-plugins.datasette.io/-/packages
- https://latest-with-plugins.datasette.io/-/packages.json
## With datasette-graphql
if you have version 2.1 or higher of the [datasette-graphql](https://datasette.io/plugins/datasette-graphql) plugin installed you can also query the list of packages using this GraphQL query:
```graphql
{
packages {
name
version
}
}
```
[Demo of this query](https://latest-with-plugins.datasette.io/graphql?query=%7B%0A%20%20packages%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20name%0A%20%20%20%20version%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D).
## Development
To set up this plugin locally, first checkout the code. Then create a new virtual environment:
cd datasette-packages
python3 -mvenv venv
source venv/bin/activate
Now install the dependencies and test dependencies:
pip install -e '.[test]'
To run the tests:
pytest