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Datasette API

Execute SQL queries against a Datasette database and return the results as JSON

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OpenAPI Specificationv3.0
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      "url": "http://datasette.local"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://datasette.io"
    }
  ],
  "info": {
    "description": "Execute SQL queries against a Datasette database and return the results as JSON",
    "title": "Datasette API",
    "version": "v1",
    "x-apisguru-categories": [
      "developer_tools"
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  },
  "paths": {
    "/content.json": {
      "get": {
        "description": "Accepts SQLite SQL query, returns JSON. Does not allow PRAGMA statements.",
        "operationId": "query",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "description": "The SQL query to be executed",
            "in": "query",
            "name": "sql",
            "required": true,
            "schema": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          {
            "description": "The shape of the response data. Must be \"array\"",
            "in": "query",
            "name": "_shape",
            "required": true,
            "schema": {
              "enum": [
                "array"
              ],
              "type": "string"
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          }
        ],
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "items": {
                    "type": "object"
                  },
                  "type": "array"
                }
              }
            },
            "description": "Successful SQL results"
          },
          "400": {
            "description": "Bad request"
          },
          "500": {
            "description": "Internal server error"
          }
        },
        "summary": "Execute a SQLite SQL query against the content database"
      }
    }
  }
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