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Complete API documentation audit covering all backend endpoints.

Auth Endpoints:
- Fixed endpoint paths from /api/users/me/* to /api/auth/*
- Added update_email.md and update_username.md

Device Management:
- Device shelf operations (add, get, remove, clear)
- Device CRUD operations (update, delete)
- Registration management (pending, approve, reject)

Books Operations:
- Bulk delete and bulk update with normalization
- Download endpoint with format-specific headers

Conflict Resolution:
- Complete conflict management (list, get, resolve, delete)
- Bulk operations (bulk resolve, bulk dismiss, dismiss all)

Sync Protocols:
- KOReader: progress, metadata, library, bookmarks
- Kobo: markup, bookmarks, analytics, initialization, server sync

Scanner:
- Enhanced docs with manga/comic support
- Added 148-line comprehensive overview
- All formats documented (ebooks, comics, manga)

WebSocket:
- Comprehensive real-time sync API
- Messages, topics, authentication, examples

Documentation:
- Updated api-reference.md with all 122+ endpoints
- Updated index.md with new categories

Total: 36 new files, 6 modified files, 100% coverage
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Sync From Server

Push content and metadata to Kobo device.

Endpoint: POST /api/sync/kobo/sync-from-server Auth: Required (Device authentication)

Device Authentication

This endpoint requires device authentication (not user JWT). Kobo devices authenticate using their device credentials and access tokens.

Request Body

Field Type Required Description
book_ids array of string No Array of ContentIDs to sync
full_sync boolean No Whether to perform full sync (default: false)

Example Request

{
  "book_ids": [
    "content-id-1",
    "content-id-2"
  ],
  "full_sync": false
}

Response (200 OK)

{
  "books": [
    {
      "ContentID": "content-id-1",
      "Title": "Book Title",
      "Author": "Author Name",
      "ISBN": "978-0123456789",
      "PublicationDate": "2026-02-08",
      "FileSize": 1234567,
      "CoverImageId": "cover-id-1",
      "Metadata": {
        "language": "en",
        "publisher": "Publisher Name"
      }
    }
  ],
  "total": 2
}

Error Responses

Code Description
401 Device authentication failed
404 Device not found

Notes

This endpoint pushes library content from the server to the Kobo device. It's called during sync operations to update the device's library catalog.

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