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John O'Keefe 0f1d0abbb0 feat(libraries): scope a library scan to one registered folder
POST /api/libraries/:id/scan accepts an optional {"folder_path": "..."}:
the scan then covers exactly that one registered folder's subtree instead
of the whole library. The path is validated against the library's
registered folders — anything else is a 400, never trusted. An omitted
body keeps today's full-library behavior, and coalescing (409 with the
active job) is unchanged.

The LibraryPanel folder rows get a per-folder Scan button: pure htmx
attributes posting to the same scan endpoint, with hxValsFolderScan
emitting plain eval-free JSON for hx-vals alongside the existing
hxValsFolderDelete precedent. Progress surfaces through the existing
active-scan polling; no new client code.

Safety: the scanner's archive-reconciliation guard (previous commit)
skips partially-covered libraries, so a one-folder scan cannot mark the
library's other folders' items missing.
2026-10-27 13:22:41 -04:00

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---
method: POST
path: /api/libraries/:id/scan
auth: jwt+admin
area: libraries
---
<!-- source: internal/router/library.go:43 (wraps handlers/scanner.go:34 Handler.ScanLibrary) -->
# Scan Library
Enqueues a scan of one library's configured folders. The library id comes
from the path — no request body is needed (the generic `POST /api/scanner/scan`
variant is the one that takes `folder_paths`).
**Per-folder scope**: an optional body of `{"folder_path": "…"}` restricts the
scan to ONE of the library's registered folders (the per-folder Scan buttons
in the library panel). The path must be a registered folder — anything else is
a **400**. A scoped scan never runs archive reconciliation for the library's
other folders, so items outside the scanned folder cannot be marked missing
by it.
Scans are **coalesced**: if a scan for this library is already pending or
running you get **409** with the active job id instead of a second scan.
## Example response (202 Accepted)
```json example-response
{
"message": "scan job enqueued",
"job_id": "dd0e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
"status": "pending"
}
```
## Errors
| Status | Body | When |
| ------ | ---- | ---- |
| 400 | `{"error": "invalid library id"}` / `{"error": "library has no folders configured"}` / `{"error": "folder_path is not one of this library's registered folders"}` | malformed id / empty library / unregistered folder scope |
| 404 | `{"error": "library not found or has no folders"}` | unknown library |
| 409 | `{"error": "a scan for this library is already pending or running", "active_job_id": "..."}` | scan coalescing |
| 500 | `{"error": "failed to enqueue scan job: ..."}` | queue failure |