Let it work with output from another tool

[rossjones]

It would be useful if it was possible to use this tool to write code that interacts with the output from another tool.

Currently within a dataset, if I use say, the twitter tool, it is not possible for me to use the editor to write code to interact with the database that that twitter tool created. I can ssh onto the box and so all that work there, and setup my cron job etc, but I'd rather not context switch from one thing to another unnecessarily.

[frabcus]

You can, if you can get hold of the URL!, call the API of any box...

Is it that:
a) you want it to appear as a View in the user interface
b) you didn't know the publish token / URL of the data you're reading
c) you'd like language bindings (e.g. Python) to make getting that data easier

[rossjones]

I want it to appear as a tool option in the user interface no matter how the dataset was created.

Ideally I'd like it in the same sandbox so I can just use dumptruck directly ;)

[frabcus]

There's some code marked like this which prototypes filling in the code to query the database:

        // If we've been added as a view - XXX experimental, to try code in
        // browser for writing code that generates static views

Re-evaluate this bug after the UX change so there aren't views any more.

[frabcus]

This ticket will be fixed by platform changes. Tools are now neutral - the dataset making tool is not so special in the new user interface coming out next week. At some point other tools will be able to write to the database too...