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John O'Keefe 4a6fb033cb docs(media-items): Work Order 3 batch 3b — management endpoints (8)
New frontmatter'd docs:
- download (ServeFile — raw bytes, family-lens enforced; corrects the old
  download doc's claim that no download route is registered: ServeFile IS
  routed, DownloadBook is the dead code)
- set_audio_speed (speed range 0.25-4.0, NaN/Inf rejected)
- rescan (abridged example over the full 70+-column row; write-after-success
  guarantee noted)
- purge-archived (destructive, admin), unarchive (204), merge (SHA-256
  precondition, per-user collisions keep active copy)
- facets (two modes: facet+values, field autocomplete counts)
- filter_count (family lens)

Registry: RawMessage pins for map/abridged responses; Schema{} for non-JSON
body routes (download = raw bytes; unarchive = 204). Audit now:
missing docs down to ~55 (from 112), 0 orphans.
2026-10-24 15:06:23 -04:00

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method, path, auth, area
method path auth area
GET /api/media-items/:id/download jwt media-items

Download Media Item File

Serves the book file itself (epub, pdf, …) for the given media item, enforced against the requester's visible-library set (family lens). This is the registered route — distinct from the dead MediaHandler.DownloadBook code path referenced by pre-2026 docs.

Success is the raw file bytes with the file's MIME type. There is no JSON body.

Errors

Status Body When
400 {"error": "invalid library ID"} / {"error": "invalid path"} / {"error": "invalid media item ID"} malformed ids
403 {"error": "library not accessible"} library outside the visible set
404 {"error": "book not found"} / {"error": "book file not found"} / {"error": "file not found"} missing row or file on disk
500 {"error": "failed to check library access"} unexpected server error