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# datasette-import

**[Simon Willison](https://daily.dev/sources/simonwillison)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A new plugin called datasette-import has been introduced as a replacement for datasette-paste. It extends the functionality of datasette-paste to handle file uploads in addition to pasted CSV/TSV/JSON data.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://simonwillison.net/2024/Apr/6/datasette-import/>

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