Datasette: instantly create and publish an API for your SQLite databases by Simon Willison.
From the webpage:
I just shipped the first public version of datasette, a new tool for creating and publishing JSON APIs for SQLite databases.
You can try out out right now at fivethirtyeight.datasettes.com, where you can explore SQLite databases I built from Creative Commons licensed CSV files published by FiveThirtyEight. Or you can check out parlgov.datasettes.com, derived from the parlgov.org database of world political parties which illustrates some advanced features such as SQLite views.
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That sounds really great but then I read:
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Or you can try it out on your own machine. If you run OS X and use Google Chrome, try running the following:
pip3 install datasette
datasette ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/Default/HistoryThis will start a web server on http://127.0.0.1:8001/ displaying an interface that will let you browse your Chrome browser history, which is conveniently stored in a SQLite database.
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Warning – Warning:: Don’t have datasette on your laptop at a conference. Yes?
Other than the caution about your own security, this looks very cool!
Enjoy!