Phase 1 (foundation): 'audiobooks' library type seeded (schema + DB);
audio_metadata JSONB on media_items (the kobo_metadata precedent —
only audio paths read it); reading_progress.audio_offset_seconds for
the honest {chapter, offset} locator; extensions/mimes registered for
ALL breadth formats (m4b/m4a/mp3/flac — deliberate per the DOC/LIT
doctrine, m4b scans richly first); classifyFormatGroup 'audiobook'
case (gotcha 39 recomputes on rescan); Go mime table extended at boot
so media elements accept the streams; ffmpeg/ffprobe in the image
(8.1.2 — also the xHE-AAC identification tripwire).
Phase 2 (ingest): sidecar-first (Libation/ABS metadata.json —
narrators/ASIN/curated chapters), ffprobe fallback/filler (duration,
bitrate, codec/profile, embedded chapters). Fixed three real
parser brittlenesses the Libation sidecar exposed: series accepts
string OR array-of-objects, publishedYear accepts number OR string,
ffprobe chapter timings accept number OR string (flexFloat). Folder-
structure fallback now runs on the UPDATE path too (rescans were
clearing sidecar-absent series/author); audio facts re-derive on
every rescan (gotcha 39).
Phase 3 (playback + sync): GET /api/media-items/:id/chapters (the
format-abstraction list); streaming rides the existing cookie-authed
Range /uploads path; PUT progress carries audio_offset_seconds +
elapsed_seconds (honest wall-clock playing time) — the reading-
history capture prefers player-reported elapsed over the inter-push
delta, same 2h ceiling; reading_mode='audio' marks the row.
Phase 4 (web player): dedicated audio reader page (foliate not
involved) — cover, chapter title, whole-book scrubber, skip ± (chips
1/5/10/15/30s, default 10s), speed (0.75×–2×), chapter list with
jump-to, Media Session lockscreen/notification transport, periodic
playing-only progress pushes, position restore on open.
Verified live: ingest of the Libation sample (Gardens of the Moon —
title/author/series/cover/date from sidecar+folders, 34 chapters,
26h duration, aac/LC); chapters endpoint; the reader route serving
the player; playback with position restore (0:57 round-trip);
progress rows in audio mode; wall-clock session rows in
reading_history.
TestProgressWeb_KoboIntegration 500s'd on every markup with a
last-read-place bookmark: the panic-recovered stack was a nil pointer
dereference in LibraryService.ResolveMediaPath (s.db deref), reached
from KoboHandler.convertKoboCFIToStandard during kepub CFI conversion.
Two-layer bug:
1. Test harness (root cause): the router.Config built in
test_helpers_test.go omitted LibraryService, so router/sync.go's
SetLibraryService(cfg.LibraryService) stored a nil
*services.LibraryService in the interface field. Production wiring
(main.go:246) was always correct.
2. Latent trap (hardening): `h.libraryService != nil` at the
convertKoboCFIToStandard call site can never catch a typed nil —
an interface holding a nil *LibraryService is non-nil. ResolveMediaPath
now degrades with a "library service not configured" error instead
of panicking on a nil receiver; callers already handle the error
by skipping CFI conversion.
Harness-only fix, zero production behavior change: the endpoint now
returns a clean 200 with the position saved wherever kepub conversion
is unavailable instead of a panic-recovered 500.
Verified: TestProgressWeb_KoboIntegration passes all three subtests
(401 unauthenticated, ReadingSync→last-read-place percentage
preservation, last-read-place without prior ReadingSync) and on
immediate rerun — previously it failed every run.
.IMAGE — extensions removed from AllowedExtensions (scan gate),
bookExtensions, MimeTypes and sync/format.go maps: .doc/.lit files
are no longer scanned or indexed. classifyFormatGroup gains the
RTF and PDB reflowable arms that were missing when those rungs
shipped (rows only reclassify on creation). Scanner docs updated.
DOC + LIT have no credible JS tooling (mammoth is docx-only; LIT
needs LZX and its DRM variants are dead) and text-extraction-only
support would misrepresent what the reader can do. Verified: probe
.doc/.lit files watched but never scanned; probe .txt control
scanned; TestClassifyFormatGroup extended and passing.
Docs change granted in-session by the user (extensions + format
docs).
AllowedExtensions in Go was the intended single source of truth for library
type file extensions, but it was never synced to the database. This caused
missing extensions like .pdf for manga to be absent from library_types.
- Add SyncAllowedExtensions() to sync Go AllowedExtensions map to DB
- Call SyncAllowedExtensions() from cmd/server/main.go on startup
- Ensure .pdf is included in manga extensions
Add .epub and .pdf to comics type, add .pdf to manga type, and ensure
avif/tiff/tif extensions are consistently included in manga across all
layers. Update test fixtures to match the canonical extension lists.
- Add libraryService dependency to CollectionHandler and OPDSHandler for centralized path resolution
- Create internal/utils/mediaurl.go with ResolveMediaURL() function as single source of truth
- Update GetMediaItem and ListMediaItems handlers to return resolved URLs in API responses
- Update collection handlers (GetCollection, TestRules, PreviewCollection) to use resolved cover URLs
- Update progress handler (GetAllProgress) to use resolved cover URLs
- Add library_id to GetCollectionItems SQL query to enable URL resolution
- Refactor media scanner to store relative paths instead of absolute filesystem paths
- Add ResolveMediaPath() to LibraryService for resolving relative paths to absolute paths
- Add ServeFile endpoint at /uploads/library-:id/* for authenticated file serving
- Add MimeTypes map to library_service.go for consistent MIME type handling
- Update DownloadBook handler to use resolved filesystem paths
- Add getRelativePath() helper to MediaScanner for converting absolute to relative paths
- Use strings.EqualFold for case-insensitive path comparisons in zip extraction
This change enables the application to work with relative paths stored in the
database, making it portable across different server environments while
maintaining backward compatibility with existing absolute paths.
- Add BrowseDirectories() to library service with path traversal protection
- Add BrowseDirectories handler with proper error handling
- Register GET /api/libraries/browse endpoint (admin-only)
- Returns current path, parent path, and list of subdirectories
- Security: blocks "..", validates path exists, checks is directory
Fixes: Issue 2 (backend)
- Add HasFolders() method to LibraryService
- Validates library has at least one folder before operations
- Returns clear boolean result
- Follows service layer architecture pattern
Related: TestCollectionsBulkOperations fix
- Add library_types table with ebooks, comics, manga types
- Add libraries table for multiple library support
- Add library_folders table for multi-folder libraries
- Add library_visibility table for user access control
- Add media_items table replacing ebooks for broader media support
- Create backward compatibility views for existing API
- Implement library service with type validation and file extension handling
- Support modular extension for future media types
Manga type includes cbz/cbr archives as requested
John O'Keefe
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