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+# API method changes — 2026-08-06
+
+**For the mobile team.** Five endpoints changed from `POST` to `GET`. **One of them affects the mobile
+app**; the other four have no mobile caller. This is a breaking change with no compatibility shim — see
+*What breaks and when* below.
+
+---
+
+## Why
+
+Officer is growing a permission model. Members will get access to specific apps, and within an app the
+default is **read everything, write only your own data**. The rule that separates those two is the HTTP
+method: safe methods (`GET`, `HEAD`) are reads, everything else is a write.
+
+That only works if the method tells the truth. These five endpoints read something and returned it,
+while announcing themselves as writes — so under the new model a member would be denied a read they are
+entitled to, for no reason other than a habit in how the route was declared.
+
+Nothing else about them changed: same path, same response shape, same auth.
+
+---
+
+## The changes
+
+| # | Endpoint | Was | Now | Mobile affected |
+|---|----------|-----|-----|-----------------|
+| 1 | `/api/file-browser/video-info` | `POST` body `{url}` | `GET ?url=` | no |
+| 2 | `/api/file-browser/video-playlist` | `POST` body `{url}` | `GET ?url=` | no |
+| 3 | `/api/server-settings/ocr/models` | `POST` body `{url}` | `GET ?url=` | no |
+| 4 | `/api/transmission/_officer/port-test` | `POST` no body | `GET` | **YES** |
+| 5 | `/api/jellyfin/_config/:id/test` | `POST` body `{}` | `GET` | no |
+
+Note on #5: it already accepted `GET` as well as `POST`. It is now `GET` only, so that the method is a
+reliable signal rather than "whichever the caller felt like".
+
+---
+
+## What the mobile app has to change
+
+**One line.** `packages/core/src/services/transmission.ts:126`
+
+```ts
+// before
+export const transmissionPortTest = () =>
+ request<{ open: boolean }>(`${T}/port-test`, { method: 'POST' });
+
+// after
+export const transmissionPortTest = () =>
+ request<{ open: boolean }>(`${T}/port-test`);
+```
+
+The response is unchanged: `{ open: boolean }`.
+
+I searched `monorepo-mobile/packages` and `monorepo-mobile/apps` for callers of the other four and
+found none. If you know of one outside those trees, it needs the same treatment — path and response are
+identical, only the method and the location of `url` move.
+
+For the three that take a `url`, it moves from the JSON body to a query parameter and **must be
+percent-encoded**:
+
+```ts
+`${base}/file-browser/video-info?url=${encodeURIComponent(url)}`
+```
+
+---
+
+## What breaks and when
+
+`port-test` returns **405** to a `POST` from the moment the platform is deployed. There is deliberately
+no transitional shim accepting both — the whole point of the change is that the method means something,
+and an endpoint answering to both methods means nothing.
+
+The blast radius is one button in the Transmission screen ("test peer port"). It does not affect
+torrents, downloads, or anything else in that app. If that is still unacceptable timing, a shim is a
+two-line change on the platform side — ask and it can go in, with a date for removal.
+
+---
+
+## What did NOT change, and will not
+
+Several endpoints look like the ones above but are staying `POST` **on purpose**. If you are tempted to
+"fix" them for consistency, please don't — both reasons below are deliberate.
+
+**They need a request body that `GET` cannot carry:**
+
+- `POST /api/chat/stt` — multipart audio upload
+- `POST /api/file-browser/tts`, `/tts-text`, `/ocr`, `/transcribe` — payloads to transform
+
+**They carry a credential, and a query string is the wrong place for one.** Query strings are written to
+access logs, shell history, proxy logs and `Referer` headers; request bodies are not:
+
+- `POST /api/server-settings/tts/voices` — takes an `apiKey`
+- `POST /api/server-settings/{smtp,tts,stt,ocr}/test` — take connection secrets
+- `POST /api/server-settings/local-providers/probe` — takes `{url, auth}`
+
+These are reads that must remain `POST`. The permission model handles them with an explicit annotation
+rather than by inferring from the method, which is why the method change stops at five endpoints instead
+of sweeping the whole API.
+
+Everything else that is `POST`/`PUT`/`PATCH`/`DELETE` genuinely mutates something and is unaffected.
+
+---
+
+## Verifying
+
+Against a running platform, with a valid token:
+
+```bash
+# should be 200
+curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
+ "$BASE/api/transmission/_officer/port-test"
+
+# should be 405
+curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
+ "$BASE/api/transmission/_officer/port-test"
+```
+
+---
+
+## Platform-side changes, for reference
+
+Backend:
+- `src/servers/api/file-browser/router.ts` — `/video-info`, `/video-playlist`
+- `src/servers/api/server-settings/ocr.ts` — `/models`
+- `src/servers/sidecar/transmission/routes.ts` — `handlePortTest`
+- `src/servers/sidecar/jellyfin/config.ts` — the `test` action
+
+Web callers, already updated:
+- `src/workspaces/officerdev/src/hooks/useFilesAPI.ts`
+- `src/apps/officer-web/Screens/Dashboard/Settings/ServerSettings/OCRSection.tsx`
+- `src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/Transmission/useTransmissionData.ts`
+- `src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/Jellyfin/useJellyfinData.ts`
+
+The sidecar contract comments at the top of `transmission/index.ts` and `jellyfin/index.ts` were updated
+to match.
diff --git a/src/apps/officer-web/Screens/Dashboard/Settings/ServerSettings/OCRSection.tsx b/src/apps/officer-web/Screens/Dashboard/Settings/ServerSettings/OCRSection.tsx
index 277a2721..aa0360ed 100644
--- a/src/apps/officer-web/Screens/Dashboard/Settings/ServerSettings/OCRSection.tsx
+++ b/src/apps/officer-web/Screens/Dashboard/Settings/ServerSettings/OCRSection.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ export const OCRSection = () => {
const fetchModels = async (u: string) => {
setModelsLoading(true);
try {
- const res = await client.post<{ models?: string[]; error?: string }>('/server-settings/ocr/models', { url: u });
+ const res = await client.get<{ models?: string[]; error?: string }>(
+ `/server-settings/ocr/models?url=${encodeURIComponent(u)}`,
+ );
if (res.models) setModels(res.models);
else setModels([]);
} catch {
@@ -111,7 +113,9 @@ export const OCRSection = () => {
className="p-0.5 rounded hover:bg-duck-dark/10 dark:hover:bg-foreground/10 cursor-pointer transition-colors disabled:opacity-40"
title="Refresh models"
>
-
+
{models.length > 0 ? (
@@ -121,7 +125,9 @@ export const OCRSection = () => {
{models.map((m) => (
- {m}
+
+ {m}
+
))}
diff --git a/src/servers/api/file-browser/router.ts b/src/servers/api/file-browser/router.ts
index c54b4778..b8dcfaaf 100644
--- a/src/servers/api/file-browser/router.ts
+++ b/src/servers/api/file-browser/router.ts
@@ -1331,8 +1331,10 @@ router.get('/download-video/:jobId', (ctx) => {
// Prefetch a single video's metadata (title / thumbnail / duration / uploader) — proxied straight to
// ReClip's /api/info so the download dialog can show a preview card before committing. Errors (private
// video, timeout, …) come back as { error } with a 200 so the client can render them inline.
-router.post('/video-info', async (ctx) => {
- const { url } = ctx.get('body') as { url?: string };
+// GET, not POST: it reads and writes nothing. The method is not cosmetic — the permission model reads
+// it to decide whether a non-owner may call this, and a read filed as a write is a read they lose.
+router.get('/video-info', async (ctx) => {
+ const url = ctx.req.query('url');
if (!url) throw errors.BAD_REQUEST('url is required');
const res = await fetch(`${RECLIP_BASE}/api/info`, {
method: 'POST',
@@ -1347,8 +1349,9 @@ router.post('/video-info', async (ctx) => {
// Expand a playlist URL into its individual video URLs (ReClip's /api/playlist → { urls }). The client
// then prefetches /video-info per url to build the per-entry cards.
-router.post('/video-playlist', async (ctx) => {
- const { url } = ctx.get('body') as { url?: string };
+// GET for the same reason as /video-info above.
+router.get('/video-playlist', async (ctx) => {
+ const url = ctx.req.query('url');
if (!url) throw errors.BAD_REQUEST('url is required');
const res = await fetch(`${RECLIP_BASE}/api/playlist`, {
method: 'POST',
diff --git a/src/servers/api/server-settings/ocr.ts b/src/servers/api/server-settings/ocr.ts
index 671d5148..6608b44b 100644
--- a/src/servers/api/server-settings/ocr.ts
+++ b/src/servers/api/server-settings/ocr.ts
@@ -27,8 +27,11 @@ ocrRouter.put('/', async (ctx) => {
return ctx.json({ success: true });
});
-ocrRouter.post('/models', async (ctx) => {
- const body = await ctx.req.json<{ url: string }>();
+// GET: it asks a provider what models it has and returns the answer. Nothing is written, and the only
+// input is a URL — no credential, so a query string is the right place for it. Kept POST until
+// 2026-08-06 purely by habit, and the permission model reads the method.
+ocrRouter.get('/models', async (ctx) => {
+ const body = { url: ctx.req.query('url') ?? '' };
if (!body.url) return ctx.json({ error: 'URL required' }, 400);
try {
diff --git a/src/servers/sidecar/jellyfin/config.ts b/src/servers/sidecar/jellyfin/config.ts
index fe292cb6..f5902b1c 100644
--- a/src/servers/sidecar/jellyfin/config.ts
+++ b/src/servers/sidecar/jellyfin/config.ts
@@ -226,8 +226,11 @@ export async function handleConfigRoute(req: Request, userId: number, subpath: s
return serverList(userId);
}
+ // GET only. It probes one server and reports whether it answered — nothing is written, and nothing is
+ // switched (that is `activate`, below). It accepted POST as well until 2026-08-06, which made the
+ // method meaningless for deciding whether this is a read; the permission model needs that answer.
if (action === 'test') {
- if (req.method !== 'POST' && req.method !== 'GET') return bad('method not allowed', 405);
+ if (req.method !== 'GET') return bad('method not allowed', 405);
return testServer(userId, id);
}
diff --git a/src/servers/sidecar/jellyfin/index.ts b/src/servers/sidecar/jellyfin/index.ts
index 86b4323b..3d28c22b 100644
--- a/src/servers/sidecar/jellyfin/index.ts
+++ b/src/servers/sidecar/jellyfin/index.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { getConfig, probe } from './upstream';
// for an access token and never stored
// PATCH /_config/:id same fields, all optional; no password keeps the stored token
// POST /_config/:id/activate switch to that server
-// POST /_config/:id/test probe one server without switching to it
+// GET /_config/:id/test probe one server without switching to it
// DEL /_config/:id remove it; the newest survivor is promoted if it was active
//
// GET /_officer/home views + resume + next-up + latest-per-view, one round trip
diff --git a/src/servers/sidecar/transmission/index.ts b/src/servers/sidecar/transmission/index.ts
index b3097521..96b36948 100644
--- a/src/servers/sidecar/transmission/index.ts
+++ b/src/servers/sidecar/transmission/index.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import { getTransmissionConfig } from './upstream';
// POST /_officer/torrents/rename {id, path, name}
// POST /_officer/torrents/remove {ids, deleteLocalData}
// GET /_officer/free-space?path= free space at a path
-// POST /_officer/port-test is the peer port reachable from outside
+// GET /_officer/port-test is the peer port reachable from outside
// POST /_officer/blocklist-update refresh the blocklist, returns the new size
// anything else 404
//
diff --git a/src/servers/sidecar/transmission/routes.ts b/src/servers/sidecar/transmission/routes.ts
index 461d3b4a..f4ceb0bc 100644
--- a/src/servers/sidecar/transmission/routes.ts
+++ b/src/servers/sidecar/transmission/routes.ts
@@ -198,8 +198,11 @@ async function handleFreeSpace(ctx: OfficerContext): Promise {
return Response.json({ path: result.path, bytes: result['size-bytes'] });
}
+// GET: it asks the daemon whether the peer port is reachable and returns the answer. Nothing changes,
+// on this side or Transmission's. Blocklist-update below stays POST because it genuinely refetches and
+// replaces the list — the two look alike and are not.
async function handlePortTest(ctx: OfficerContext): Promise {
- if (ctx.req.method !== 'POST') return methodNotAllowed();
+ if (ctx.req.method !== 'GET') return methodNotAllowed();
const result = await rpc<{ 'port-is-open': boolean }>(ctx.userId, 'port-test');
return Response.json({ open: result['port-is-open'] });
}
diff --git a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/Jellyfin/useJellyfinData.ts b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/Jellyfin/useJellyfinData.ts
index ba04a2ec..1211cbea 100644
--- a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/Jellyfin/useJellyfinData.ts
+++ b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/Jellyfin/useJellyfinData.ts
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ export type AddServerInput = { label: string; url: string; username: string; pas
export type EditServerInput = { id: number; label?: string; url?: string; username?: string; password?: string };
export function useJellyfinServerActions() {
- const { post, patch, delete: del } = useClient();
+ const { get, post, patch, delete: del } = useClient();
const qc = useQueryClient();
// Adding, editing, switching and removing all change what every other query here can even answer — a switch
// in particular changes the answer to all of them without changing any of their inputs.
@@ -309,11 +309,12 @@ export function useJellyfinServerActions() {
onSuccess: invalidate,
});
+ // GET — probes one server and reports whether it answered. It does not switch to it (that is
+ // `activate`) and writes nothing. useMutation is still right: it is fired by a button, not rendered.
const test = useMutation({
mutationFn: (id: number) =>
- post<{ ok: boolean; version?: string | null; serverName?: string | null; ms: number }>(
+ get<{ ok: boolean; version?: string | null; serverName?: string | null; ms: number }>(
`/jellyfin/_config/${id}/test`,
- {},
),
onSuccess: invalidate,
});
diff --git a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/Transmission/useTransmissionData.ts b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/Transmission/useTransmissionData.ts
index 95775ab3..709db813 100644
--- a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/Transmission/useTransmissionData.ts
+++ b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/Transmission/useTransmissionData.ts
@@ -197,11 +197,14 @@ export function useTorrentMutations() {
}
export function useMaintenance() {
- const { post } = useClient();
+ const { get, post } = useClient();
const qc = useQueryClient();
const portTest = useMutation({
- mutationFn: () => post<{ open: boolean }>('/transmission/_officer/port-test'),
+ // GET — it asks the daemon a question and changes nothing on either side. Still a useMutation
+ // because it is fired by a button rather than rendered from cache: that is a UI concern, not an
+ // HTTP one. blocklistUpdate below stays POST, because it really does refetch and replace the list.
+ mutationFn: () => get<{ open: boolean }>('/transmission/_officer/port-test'),
onSuccess: (data) => (data.open ? toast.success('Peer port is open') : toast.error('Peer port is closed')),
onError: (err) => toast.error(errorMessage(err, 'Port test failed')),
});
diff --git a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/hooks/useFilesAPI.ts b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/hooks/useFilesAPI.ts
index 915d0dcc..a5f9ea03 100644
--- a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/hooks/useFilesAPI.ts
+++ b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/hooks/useFilesAPI.ts
@@ -55,11 +55,14 @@ export const useFilesAPI = (root: string = 'home') => {
client.get(withRoot(`/file-browser/download-video/${jobId}`)),
// Prefetch one video's metadata (ReClip /api/info via the platform proxy). Returns { error } inline.
- videoInfo: (url: string) => client.post(withRoot('/file-browser/video-info'), { url }),
+ videoInfo: (url: string) =>
+ client.get(withRoot(`/file-browser/video-info?url=${encodeURIComponent(url)}`)),
// Expand a playlist URL into its individual video URLs (ReClip /api/playlist).
videoPlaylist: (url: string) =>
- client.post<{ urls?: string[]; error?: string }>(withRoot('/file-browser/video-playlist'), { url }),
+ client.get<{ urls?: string[]; error?: string }>(
+ withRoot(`/file-browser/video-playlist?url=${encodeURIComponent(url)}`),
+ ),
tts: (path: string, opts?: { saveNextTo?: boolean }) =>
client.post<{ audioPath: string; audioRoot: string }>('/file-browser/tts', { path, root, ...opts }),