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ChuckandClaude Opus 5 26769ee37f fix(starlark): the store authenticated with a key nothing writes (#541)
#535 restored the thirteen routes, so the store stopped answering 404 --
and still would not load. Confirmed against a running device before
anything was changed: /repository/browse answers 200 with 1000 apps in
27s, so the routes are fine. Two things underneath them are not.

**The store never used the token the user configured.** The three
repository routes read `github_token` off config.json. Nothing writes
that key -- it is not in config.template.json, no setting offers it, and
it appears nowhere else in the codebase. The configured token goes to
config_secrets.json as `github.api_token`, which PluginStoreManager
loads and every other GitHub caller uses. So the store could never be
authenticated: 60 requests/hour, on the same per-IP budget 48 installed
plugins spend on update checks, while the 5000 the user had already
configured sat unused. On the device, /plugins/store/github-status
reported authenticated with a limit of 5000 at the same moment
/starlark/repository/browse reported 60, with 18 left. The store going
blank was that 60 running out.

**Every failure looked identical.** list_all_apps_cached turned any
listing failure -- rate limit, DNS, timeout, non-200 -- into an empty
app list, and the route sent that out as `status: success`, so a rate
limit and an empty repository drew the same blank grid with no error
anywhere. It now returns the reason, the route answers 502 with it, and
a failure is no longer cached as an empty repository for two hours.

The guard for a bad response was itself a crash: _make_request catches
`(json.JSONDecodeError, ValueError)` but `json` was never imported, so
evaluating the tuple raises NameError and the guard written for exactly
this case never ran. Reachable whenever something on the path answers
with HTML -- a captive portal, a proxy page, a DNS-hijacking router.

Seventeen handlers answered 5xx with no detail at all.
test_no_api_v3_handler_discards_its_exception is meant to prevent that
across api_v3, but it matched one exact message string, and all thirteen
Starlark routes wrote their own wording. The guard now keys on the shape
that matters: if it returns 5xx, it says why. The 15 pre-existing
non-Starlark functions are listed as a set that may shrink, never grow.

**The listing was capped at 1000 and did not say so.** The contents API
truncates a directory silently; tronbyt/apps has 1075 app directories,
so the store showed a truncated repository and looked complete doing it.
Now listed via the git trees API, which reports `truncated`, with the
contents API kept as a fallback.

Not addressed: the 27-second cold load -- 1075 manifests fetched five at
a time behind skeleton placeholders -- which is probably the largest part
of what "does not load" feels like, and wants its own change.

25 new tests.

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-09-08 20:04:27 -04:00
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2025-12-27 14:15:49 -05:00

LED Matrix Web Interface V3

Modern, production web interface for controlling the LED Matrix display.

Overview

This directory contains the active V3 web interface with the following features:

  • Real-time display preview via Server-Sent Events (SSE)
  • Plugin management and configuration
  • System monitoring and logs
  • Modern, responsive UI
  • RESTful API

Directory Structure

web_interface/
├── app.py                    # Main Flask application
├── start.py                  # Startup script
├── run.sh                    # Shell runner script
├── requirements.txt          # Python dependencies
├── blueprints/               # Flask blueprints
│   ├── api_v3.py            # API endpoints
│   └── pages_v3.py          # Page routes
├── templates/                # HTML templates
│   └── v3/
│       ├── base.html
│       ├── index.html
│       └── partials/
└── static/                   # CSS/JS assets
    └── v3/
        ├── app.css
        ├── app.js
        ├── manifest.json     # PWA manifest
        ├── plugins_manager.js
        ├── icons/            # PWA / touch icons
        ├── js/               # Alpine, htmx, app shell, widgets, utils
        └── vendor/           # codemirror, fontawesome

Running the Web Interface

Standalone (Development)

From the project root:

python3 web_interface/start.py

Or using the shell script:

./web_interface/run.sh

As a Service (Production)

The web interface can run as a systemd service that starts automatically based on the web_display_autostart configuration setting:

sudo systemctl start ledmatrix-web
sudo systemctl enable ledmatrix-web  # Start on boot

Accessing the Interface

Once running, access the web interface at:

Configuration

The web interface reads configuration from:

  • config/config.json - Main configuration
  • config/config_secrets.json - API keys and secrets

API Documentation

The V3 API is mounted at /api/v3/ (app.py:144). For the complete list and request/response formats, see docs/REST_API_REFERENCE.md. Quick reference for the most common endpoints:

Configuration

  • GET /api/v3/config/main - Get main configuration
  • POST /api/v3/config/main - Save main configuration
  • GET /api/v3/config/secrets - Get secrets configuration
  • POST /api/v3/config/raw/main - Save raw main config (Config Editor)
  • POST /api/v3/config/raw/secrets - Save raw secrets

Display & System Control

  • GET /api/v3/system/status - System status
  • POST /api/v3/system/action - Control display (action body: start_display, stop_display, restart_display_service, restart_web_service, git_pull, reboot_system, shutdown_system, enable_autostart, disable_autostart)
  • GET /api/v3/display/current - Current display frame
  • GET /api/v3/display/on-demand/status - On-demand status
  • POST /api/v3/display/on-demand/start - Trigger on-demand display
  • POST /api/v3/display/on-demand/stop - Clear on-demand

Plugins

  • GET /api/v3/plugins/installed - List installed plugins
  • GET /api/v3/plugins/config?plugin_id=<id> - Get plugin config
  • POST /api/v3/plugins/config - Update plugin configuration
  • GET /api/v3/plugins/schema?plugin_id=<id> - Get plugin schema
  • POST /api/v3/plugins/toggle - Enable/disable plugin
  • POST /api/v3/plugins/install - Install from registry
  • POST /api/v3/plugins/install-from-url - Install from GitHub URL
  • POST /api/v3/plugins/uninstall - Uninstall plugin
  • POST /api/v3/plugins/update - Update plugin

Plugin Store

  • GET /api/v3/plugins/store/list - List available registry plugins
  • GET /api/v3/plugins/store/github-status - GitHub authentication status
  • POST /api/v3/plugins/store/refresh - Refresh registry from GitHub

Real-time Streams (SSE)

SSE stream endpoints are defined directly on the Flask app (app.py:607-619 — includes the CSRF exemption and rate-limit hookup alongside the three route definitions), not on the api_v3 blueprint:

  • GET /api/v3/stream/stats - System statistics stream
  • GET /api/v3/stream/display - Display preview stream
  • GET /api/v3/stream/logs - Service logs stream

Development

When making changes to the web interface:

  1. Edit files in this directory
  2. Test changes by running python3 web_interface/start.py
  3. Restart the service if running: sudo systemctl restart ledmatrix-web

Notes

  • Templates and static files use the v3/ prefix to allow for future versions
  • The interface uses Flask blueprints for modular organization
  • SSE streams provide real-time updates without polling