about and about_url metadata options

datasette/app.py

@@ -267,6 +267,9 @@ class Datasette:
                 "license": metadata.get("license") or self.metadata("license"),
                 "license_url": metadata.get("license_url")
                 or self.metadata("license_url"),
+                "about": metadata.get("about") or self.metadata("about"),
+                "about_url": metadata.get("about_url")
+                or self.metadata("about_url"),
             }
         )
 

datasette/cli.py

@@ -217,6 +217,8 @@ def plugins(all, plugins_dir):
 @click.option("--license_url", help="License URL for metadata")
 @click.option("--source", help="Source label for metadata")
 @click.option("--source_url", help="Source URL for metadata")
+@click.option("--about", help="About label for metadata")
+@click.option("--about_url", help="About URL for metadata")
 def package(
     files,
     tag,

datasette/publish/common.py

@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ def add_common_publish_arguments_and_options(subcommand):
         click.option("--license_url", help="License URL for metadata"),
         click.option("--source", help="Source label for metadata"),
         click.option("--source_url", help="Source URL for metadata"),
+        click.option("--about", help="About label for metadata"),
+        click.option("--about_url", help="About URL for metadata"),
     )):
         subcommand = decorator(subcommand)
     return subcommand

datasette/publish/heroku.py

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ def publish_subcommand(publish):
         license_url,
         source,
         source_url,
+        about,
+        about_url,
         name,
     ):
         fail_if_publish_binary_not_installed(
@@ -72,6 +74,8 @@ def publish_subcommand(publish):
                 "license_url": license_url,
                 "source": source,
                 "source_url": source_url,
+                "about": about,
+                "about_url": about_url,
             },
         ):
             app_name = None

datasette/publish/now.py

@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ def publish_subcommand(publish):
         license_url,
         source,
         source_url,
+        about,
+        about_url,
         name,
         force,
         token,
@@ -70,6 +72,8 @@ def publish_subcommand(publish):
                 "license_url": license_url,
                 "source": source,
                 "source_url": source_url,
+                "about": about,
+                "about_url": about_url,
             },
         ):
             now_json = {

datasette/templates/_description_source_license.html

@@ -21,5 +21,10 @@
             <a href="{{ metadata.source_url }}">
         {% endif %}{{ metadata.source or metadata.source_url }}{% if metadata.source_url %}</a>{% endif %}
     {% endif %}
+    {% if metadata.about or metadata.about_url %}{% if metadata.license or metadata.license_url or metadata.source or metadat.source_url %}&middot;{% endif %}
+        About: {% if metadata.about_url %}
+            <a href="{{ metadata.about_url }}">
+        {% endif %}{{ metadata.about or metadata.about_url }}{% if metadata.about_url %}</a>{% endif %}
+    {% endif %}
     </p>
 {% endif %}

datasette/templates/base.html

@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@
                 <a href="{{ metadata.source_url }}">
             {% endif %}{{ metadata.source or metadata.source_url }}{% if metadata.source_url %}</a>{% endif %}
         {% endif %}
+        {% if metadata.about or metadata.about_url %}&middot;
+            About: {% if metadata.about_url %}
+                <a href="{{ metadata.about_url }}">
+            {% endif %}{{ metadata.about or metadata.about_url }}{% if metadata.about_url %}</a>{% endif %}
+        {% endif %}
     {% endif %}
 </div>
 

docs/datasette-package-help.txt

@@ -21,4 +21,6 @@ Options:
   --license_url TEXT        License URL for metadata
   --source TEXT             Source label for metadata
   --source_url TEXT         Source URL for metadata
+  --about TEXT              About label for metadata
+  --about_url TEXT          About URL for metadata
   --help                    Show this message and exit.

docs/datasette-publish-heroku-help.txt

@@ -16,5 +16,7 @@ Options:
   --license_url TEXT        License URL for metadata
   --source TEXT             Source label for metadata
   --source_url TEXT         Source URL for metadata
+  --about TEXT              About label for metadata
+  --about_url TEXT          About URL for metadata
   -n, --name TEXT           Application name to use when deploying
   --help                    Show this message and exit.

docs/datasette-publish-now-help.txt

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ Options:
   --license_url TEXT        License URL for metadata
   --source TEXT             Source label for metadata
   --source_url TEXT         Source URL for metadata
+  --about TEXT              About label for metadata
+  --about_url TEXT          About URL for metadata
   -n, --name TEXT           Application name to use when deploying
   --force                   Pass --force option to now
   --token TEXT              Auth token to use for deploy

tests/fixtures.py

@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ METADATA = {
     'license_url': 'https://github.com/simonw/datasette/blob/master/LICENSE',
     'source': 'tests/fixtures.py',
     'source_url': 'https://github.com/simonw/datasette/blob/master/tests/fixtures.py',
+    'about': 'About Datasette',
+    'about_url': 'https://github.com/simonw/datasette',
     "plugins": {
         "name-of-plugin": {
             "depth": "root"

tests/test_html.py

@@ -744,14 +744,16 @@ def assert_querystring_equal(expected, actual):
 
 def assert_footer_links(soup):
     footer_links = soup.find('div', {'class': 'ft'}).findAll('a')
-    assert 3 == len(footer_links)
+    assert 4 == len(footer_links)
-    datasette_link, license_link, source_link = footer_links
+    datasette_link, license_link, source_link, about_link = footer_links
     assert 'Datasette' == datasette_link.text.strip()
     assert 'tests/fixtures.py' == source_link.text.strip()
     assert 'Apache License 2.0' == license_link.text.strip()
+    assert 'About Datasette' == about_link.text.strip()
     assert 'https://github.com/simonw/datasette' == datasette_link['href']
     assert 'https://github.com/simonw/datasette/blob/master/tests/fixtures.py' == source_link['href']
     assert 'https://github.com/simonw/datasette/blob/master/LICENSE' == license_link['href']
+    assert 'https://github.com/simonw/datasette' == about_link['href']
 
 
 def inner_html(soup):