Run a Python interpreter in the Datasette virtual environment

Install this plugin in the same environment as Datasette.

datasette install datasette-python

This plugin adds a new python command to Datasette. This executes Python in the same virtual environment as Datasette itself.

You can use this to check the Python version

datasette python --version
# Should output 'Python 3.12.4' or similar

Or to run commands like pip:

datasette python -m pip install httpx

To set up this plugin locally, first checkout the code. Then create a new virtual environment:

cd datasette-python
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

Now install the dependencies and test dependencies:

pip install -e '.[test]'

To run the tests:

pytest