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John O'Keefe 6f13dc2b63 docs(media-items core): Beam WO5 batch 4 — 12 endpoints backfilled, registry pinned
Beam backfilled list/get/create/update/delete media-item, search, ratings
CRUD, progress GET/PUT. Beam correctly identified create/update/delete as
jwt+admin (admin group in the router — verified).

Claude registry: 12 entries. Notable pins:
- get_media_item: hand-built ~44-key map pinned verbatim from the handler
- create/update return the full database.MediaItems row (74 columns) —
  examples merged up to the real shape via gate-driven merge script
- search returns []SearchMediaItemsRow (sqlc row — Real type pinned)
- rating scale is 1-10 int (odd = half-star); GET returns {rating: null} when
  absent; update reuses the create handler (201)
- progress GET: 25 base keys + 4 CONDITIONAL position-authority keys
  (css_selector/anchor_href/char_offset/context_text — added by the handler
  for convertible formats with a valid CFI); PUT progress binds
  sync.SaveProgressRequest and returns database.ReadingProgress
- Beam's examples were missing entirely on 4 files (list/search/progress
  GET/PUT) — relabeled existing fences or inserted contract-shaped blocks

Gate-driven merge scripts (object + array variants) brought all examples to
the exact handler key sets. make test 9/9.
2026-10-24 16:09:38 -04:00

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method, path, auth, area
method path auth area
PUT /api/media-items/:id/progress jwt media-items

Update Media Item Progress

Submit reading progress for a media item. This is the position-authority ingest point: the server independently verifies the submission against the book and heals it when the client's projection is wrong.

Endpoint: PUT /api/media-items/:id/progress Auth: Required (Bearer token) Content-Type: application/json

See the Position Contract for the three-tier submission model, the verification/healing semantics, and the offset currencies.

Path Parameters

Parameter Type Required Description
id string (UUID) Yes Media item UUID

Request Body

All fields are optional; submit what your renderer can observe.

Field Type Description
percentage float Position as a fraction of the whole book (0..1). Tier 1 — the universal field.
context_text string Up to 100 whitespace-normalized chars starting at the anchor. Tier 2 — enables verification and healing.
epubcfi string Standard wrapped CFI (UTF-16 terminals). Tier 3 — the structural anchor. Note: the server re-derives the stored canonical CFI; a client's own spine numbering is healed if it disagrees with the OPF spine.
character_offset int Book-wide rune offset. Accepted but recomputed server-side from the verified anchor on every verified save.
current_page, total_pages int Fixed-layout position. For fixed-layout formats the page index is the canonical locator.
chapter, chapter_progress int, float Chapter index and within-chapter fraction.
reading_mode string paged or scrolled (fixed-layout reader state).
zoom_level, scroll_position_x, scroll_position_y float Fixed-layout viewport state.

Example Request (reflowable, all three tiers)

PUT /api/media-items/774641f9-317b-4087-8e04-53bb4392ae56/progress
Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIs...
Content-Type: application/json
{
  "percentage": 0.0415,
  "context_text": "was at war with one of these Powers it was generally at peace with the other. But what was strange w",
  "epubcfi": "epubcfi(/6/4!/4/8[_idContainer003]/62/1:456)"
}

Example Request (fixed-layout)

{
  "percentage": 0.15,
  "current_page": 30,
  "total_pages": 194,
  "reading_mode": "paged"
}

Behavior

  • The submission is verified against the book's XHTML when context_text is present and the book is convertible reflowable: the CFI is resolved, the text at the anchor is compared with context_text, and mismatches heal by text search (percentage disambiguates repeats). See Position Contract.
  • Anti-clobber guard: a submission with percentage < 0.005 is ignored with {"status": "ignored"} when the stored row already holds a percentage above 0.01 — re-opening a book at its first page does not wipe real progress.
  • The response is the stored row after verification, including the healed epubcfi and the refreshed character_offset when verification ran.

Response (200 OK)

{
  "id": "e8239659-0ed6-42ae-a946-8440d7655b42",
  "media_item_id": "774641f9-317b-4087-8e04-53bb4392ae56",
  "user_id": "1b64992e-3408-4d84-9e03-e2dc4950e1dd",
  "current_page": null,
  "total_pages": null,
  "last_read_at": "2026-09-26T14:52:34.806446Z",
  "percentage": 0.045,
  "character_offset": 16375,
  "epubcfi": "epubcfi(/6/4!/4/8[_idContainer003]/58/1:598)",
  "context_text": null,
  "chapter": null,
  "chapter_progress": null,
  "audio_offset_seconds": null,
  "viewport_x": null,
  "viewport_y": null,
  "zoom_level": null,
  "scroll_position_x": null,
  "scroll_position_y": null,
  "panel_number": null,
  "reading_mode": "reflowable",
  "last_sync_device": "web",
  "last_sync_source": "koreader",
  "last_sync_timestamp": "2026-09-26T14:52:34.806446Z",
  "conflict_detected": false,
  "conflict_resolved": false
}

The saved progress row (same shape as GET, minus the GET-time handles). The epubcfi and percentage in the response are the server-verified values, which may differ from the submitted ones when healing occurred.

Error Responses

Code Description
400 Invalid request data
401 Invalid or expired token
500 Database error