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BREAKING CHANGE: Documentation URLs have changed

New structure:
- user/ - End-user documentation (device setup, sync guides, frontend)
- developer/ - Developer documentation (API reference, protocols, specs)
- operations/ - Operations documentation (deployment, troubleshooting)
- contributing/ - Contribution guides

Changes:
- Created portal INDEX.md files for each audience section
- Moved device guides to user/devices/ (kobo-setup.md, koreader-setup.md)
- Moved API docs to developer/ (api-reference.md, collections-api.md)
- Moved sync guide to user/sync-guide.md
- Moved troubleshooting to operations/troubleshooting.md
- Moved all split API docs to developer/api/
- Renamed protocol files (kobo-protocol.md, koreader-protocol.md)
- Added placeholder user guides (frontend, user-areas, settings, admin)
- Updated all internal links to new paths
- Updated Go code (http_handler.go, navigation.go) for new paths
- Updated main INDEX.md for audience-based navigation

Benefits:
- Clear separation of user and developer documentation
- Scalable structure for future user guide expansion
- Better organization and discoverability
- Audience-specific landing pages

Related to DOCS_IMPLEMENTATION_PLAN.md Phase 2 completion
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Kobo Sync Protocol

Kobo uses a proprietary sync protocol with JSON payloads.

Kobo Markup Sync

Endpoint: POST /api/sync/kobo/markup Auth: Device token required Content-Type: application/json

Request Headers

Header Type Required Description
Authorization string Yes Bearer device token
x-kobo-device string Yes JSON device info
Content-Type string Yes application/json

Request Body

Field Type Required Description
ReadingSync array No Array of reading progress data
ReadingSync[].ContentId string Yes Book UUID
ReadingSync[].PercentRead float Yes Progress percentage (0-100)
ReadingSync[].EntitlementId string Yes Kobo entitlement ID
ReadingSync[].RemainingTimeMinutes integer No Estimated remaining time
ReadingSync[].LastModified string Yes ISO 8601 timestamp
BookmarkSync array No Array of bookmarks/highlights

Example Request

POST /api/sync/kobo/markup
Authorization: Bearer device-token
x-kobo-device: {"DeviceId":"device-id","Model":"Kobo Clara"}
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "ReadingSync": [
    {
      "ContentId": "book-uuid",
      "PercentRead": 45.6,
      "EntitlementId": "entitlement-id",
      "RemainingTimeMinutes": 120,
      "LastModified": "2026-01-30T20:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "BookmarkSync": [
    {
      "ContentId": "book-uuid",
      "BookmarkText": "highlighted text",
      "BookmarkType": "annotation",
      "BookmarkTitle": "Chapter 3"
    }
  ]
}

Response (200 OK)

{
  "Status": "Success",
  "MarkupsSynced": 5,
  "BookmarksSynced": 3
}

Kobo Library Fetch

Endpoint: GET /api/sync/kobo/library Auth: Device token required

Example Request

GET /api/sync/kobo/library
Authorization: Bearer device-token

Response (200 OK)

{
  "library_sync": [
    {
      "ContentId": "book-uuid",
      "ContentType": "6",
      "Title": "Book Title",
      "Author": "Author Name",
      "PercentRead": 42.3,
      "PagesRemaining": 115,
      "BookmarkCount": 3,
      "LastModified": "2026-01-30T20:00:00Z"
    }
  ]
}

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