datasette-template-request/README.md
# datasette-template-request
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Expose the Datasette request object to custom templates
## Installation
Install this plugin in the same environment as Datasette.
$ datasette install datasette-template-request
## Usage
Once this plugin is installed, Datasette [custom templates](https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/custom_templates.html) can use `{{ request }}` to access the current [request object](https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/internals.html#request-object). For example, to access `?name=Cleo` in the query string a template could use this:
Name: {{ request.args.name }}
## Development
To set up this plugin locally, first checkout the code. Then create a new virtual environment:
cd datasette-template-request
python3 -mvenv venv
source venv/bin/activate
Or if you are using `pipenv`:
pipenv shell
Now install the dependencies and test dependencies:
pip install -e '.[test]'
To run the tests:
pytest