It would be nice to have the ability to “export” and “import” the raw cells as a plain text blob. Why? I am working on a VS Code ObservableJS extension, which is currently working well enough that going back to the WebUI to “publish” work I have done locally is now a pain point (add cell paste, ad…

Can you use [https://api.observablehq.com/] @user/slug [.js?v=3] ?

Yes and No - that downloads the “compiled” JS, so it can be used as a “runtime” library, but I want the plain text (as the user typed it), so you can edit it in a “normal” IDE environment as a text file.

I’m not sure if any of the code still works, but it was at one point possible to use the API in an unofficial way to export the source of a notebook as a JSON file and also to create a new notebook as a JSON file. See the scripts mentioned in this forum post . You could presumably also adapt those sc…

Screenshot of runtime evaluation of values (using the blue markers as placeholders for the variables): [image]

Screenshot of rendered page: [image]

Beautiful! Your last screenshot — the left-hand pane is the editable source for the rendered right-hand pane? I’ve been noodling with a similar approach for local dev, rendering to my browser. I’d love to chat about the choices for the language on the left. Markdown, w/ Observable blocks rendere…

Yes - its a slightly different concept (and slightly older) as its a pure Markdown document with embedded “observable” JS. (You can see it in a web page here: https://raw.githack.com/hpcc-systems/Visualization/master/demos/storyboard/index.html ) For the VS Code extension I am going back to a pure…

[image] GordonSmith: Yes and No - that downloads the “compiled” JS, so it can be used as a “runtime” library, but I want the plain text (as the user typed it), so you can edit it in a “normal” IDE environment as a text file. You can fetch the raw contents via api.observablehq.com : [image] Y…

That looks like the same format as v1 of the API and doesn’t need a proxy? I am not sure it would be worth vesting time on an API which may go away, especially if this is not a direction that Mike and co. want to go?

[image] GordonSmith: That looks like the same format as v1 of the API and doesn’t need a proxy? You’re absolutely right, I had a brainfart there. I’ve replaced the screenshot to show the correct request. The rest still applies as mentioned.

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GordonSmith April 18, 2020, 4:09pm 6

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