Panel help view fixes

pkg/api/plugins.go

@@ -164,6 +164,14 @@ func GetPluginMarkdown(c *m.ReqContext) Response {
 		return Error(500, "Could not get markdown file", err)
 	}
 
+	// fallback try readme
+	if len(content) == 0 {
+		content, err = plugins.GetPluginMarkdown(pluginID, "readme")
+		if err != nil {
+			return Error(501, "Could not get markdown file", err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	resp := Respond(200, content)
 	resp.Header("Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=utf-8")
 	return resp

pkg/plugins/datasource_plugin.go

@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@ package plugins
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-model/go/datasource"
@@ -29,7 +27,6 @@ type DataSourcePlugin struct {
 	QueryOptions map[string]bool   `json:"queryOptions,omitempty"`
 	BuiltIn      bool              `json:"builtIn,omitempty"`
 	Mixed        bool              `json:"mixed,omitempty"`
-	HasQueryHelp bool              `json:"hasQueryHelp,omitempty"`
 	Routes       []*AppPluginRoute `json:"routes"`
 
 	Backend    bool   `json:"backend,omitempty"`
@@ -48,15 +45,6 @@ func (p *DataSourcePlugin) Load(decoder *json.Decoder, pluginDir string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// look for help markdown
-	helpPath := filepath.Join(p.PluginDir, "QUERY_HELP.md")
-	if _, err := os.Stat(helpPath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		helpPath = filepath.Join(p.PluginDir, "query_help.md")
-	}
-	if _, err := os.Stat(helpPath); err == nil {
-		p.HasQueryHelp = true
-	}
-
 	DataSources[p.Id] = p
 	return nil
 }