Prettier formatting for ?_trace=1 traces

Install this plugin in the same environment as Datasette.

$ datasette install datasette-pretty-traces

Once installed, run Datasette using --setting trace_debug 1:

datasette fixtures.db --setting trace_debug 1

Then navigate to any page and add ?_trace= to the URL:

https://localhost:8001/?_trace=1

The plugin will scroll you down the page to the visualized trace information.

You can try out the demo here:

• /?_trace=1 tracing the homepage
• /github/commits?_trace=1 tracing a table page

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

cd datasette-pretty-traces
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