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LEDMatrix/web_interface
68d03ea260 feat: universal element style system — resolver, schema expansion, live preview (#394)
* feat(element-style): universal per-element style resolver

One shared implementation of the three things every customizable plugin
re-invented: a font loader, the customization.layout x/y-offset reader,
and the "did the user actually override this font?" check.

The override check is the load-bearing piece: the web UI's save flow
writes full schema defaults into config.json on every save, and the
plugin manager merges defaults again before instantiation, so key
presence never means user intent. The resolver compares against the
plugin's own schema defaults (via schema_manager), degrading to
caller-supplied classic defaults when unavailable. This retires the
hand-maintained _CLASSIC_FONT_DEFAULTS dicts that shipped broken twice.

The loader is a superset of the four per-plugin variants: alias
resolution (baseball), truetype for TTF/OTF/BDF (FreeType loads BDF at
native size), .pil sidecar fallback for BDF (football), fallback font,
PIL default — never raises. Also introduces the text_color convention
([r,g,b], absent = keep the plugin's hardcoded color).

BasePlugin gains a lazy style_resolver property (invalidated on config
change) and element_style() sugar; standalone helpers receive the
resolver from their owning plugin.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FqzC1nzTWL4kaqgMaQZFam

* feat(element-style): x-style-elements schema expansion + color provenance

Plugins can now declare styleable display elements once, compactly, on
their customization schema ("x-style-elements") instead of hand-copying
the ~50-line font/font_size/text_color/offset property blocks (currently
duplicated 52x across the plugin monorepo). SchemaManager.load_schema
expands declarations before caching, so the config form, save path,
validation, and defaults generation all see the same shape; the single
expansion implementation lives in src.element_style and is also applied
by defaults_from_schema_file, keeping the web UI's view and a plugin's
raw-schema-file view of the defaults provably identical (parity test).

Generated blocks use only widgets the config form already renders
(font-selector, color-picker, number inputs) and update x-propertyOrder
when present (the template only renders listed keys). Expansion is
idempotent, never mutates its input or the cached/on-disk schema, and a
hand-written block for the same element always wins.

Color gets the same provenance rule as fonts: the web form always posts
the RGB inputs, so a saved config carries the schema-default color
whether or not the user touched it — the resolver now only honors a
color that DIFFERS from the schema default, and keeps the plugin's
classic (possibly state-dependent, e.g. gold-on-touchdown) color
otherwise.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FqzC1nzTWL4kaqgMaQZFam

* feat(web): live plugin preview on the config page

Adds POST /api/v3/plugins/preview: renders a plugin headlessly with the
CANDIDATE (unsaved) config and returns a PNG — so users can see exactly
what the panel will show before saving, at their real panel size (from
display.hardware) or a chosen test size.

Two extractions make it drift-proof rather than parallel-implemented:
- dev_server's _render_once moves to
  src/plugin_system/testing/render_service.py (pure PIL via
  VisualTestDisplayManager, install_deps=False always — safe in the web
  process, which never touches display hardware); the dev server now
  wraps it.
- save_plugin_config's ~350-line form->config conversion is extracted
  verbatim as parse_plugin_config_form and shared by the preview
  endpoint, so preview and save can never interpret the form
  differently.

update() is skipped by default (no network on the request thread);
plugins with a test/harness.json get their mock-data fixture primed
instead, and ?skip_update=0 opts into a live update. The config page
gains a Live Preview panel (HTMX hx-include of the existing form, size
selector, pixelated img fragment) — works for every plugin with zero
per-plugin code, including the x-style-elements font/size/color fields.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FqzC1nzTWL4kaqgMaQZFam

* fix(web): expand x-style-elements in the config-page form render too

pages_v3's plugin-config partial loads config_schema.json directly from
disk rather than through SchemaManager.load_schema, so declared style
elements expanded everywhere EXCEPT the form the user actually sees.
Found live on the devpi: the API served the expanded schema and the
save path validated against it, but the config page rendered no
font/color/offset fields. Apply the same (idempotent) expansion here.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FqzC1nzTWL4kaqgMaQZFam

* fix(web): preview size selector — htmx caches hx-post, use hx-vals

Found live on the devpi: selecting a preview size did nothing because
htmx snapshots the request path when it processes the button, so the
size dropdown's onchange mutation of hx-post never took effect. The size
now travels as a __preview_size=WxH form field attached via hx-vals
(evaluated at request time); the endpoint honors it (query args still
win for API callers) and strips it before form parsing so it can't leak
into the candidate config.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FqzC1nzTWL4kaqgMaQZFam

* fix(web): allowlist plugin_id in the preview endpoint's dir lookup

Same defense as the dev server's find_plugin_dir (and pages_v3's
existing pattern): plugin_id arrives in request input and is used to
build filesystem paths — reject anything outside ^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,64}$
before touching the filesystem.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FqzC1nzTWL4kaqgMaQZFam

* fix: harden preview + resolver edges found in self-review

- extract_schema_defaults now matches SchemaManager's array handling
  ([] for arrays without defaults, [item] for item-level defaults) —
  the documented parity guarantee was false for array-typed properties;
  parity test extended to cover them.
- render_plugin_once calls plugin cleanup() in a finally (image captured
  first — cleanup may clear the canvas): preview instances could leak
  sessions/threads per request in the long-running web process.
- Preview JSON path deep-merges the candidate onto the saved config,
  matching the form path — a shallow update() silently dropped saved
  sibling values in any nested section the candidate touched.
- Preview render is bounded (15s, 504 on timeout, daemonized worker):
  a hanging plugin display() no longer pins a web worker forever.
- ElementStyleResolver.is_for(config): public staleness check for
  callers that cache a resolver, instead of poking _config.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FqzC1nzTWL4kaqgMaQZFam

* fix(render-service): adopt the dev server's exception-detail policy

Port c6962701's convention into the shared render service (which
supersedes the inline _render_once it patched): full tracebacks to the
server log via exc_info, only the exception class name to the client.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FqzC1nzTWL4kaqgMaQZFam

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Co-authored-by: Chuck <chuck@example.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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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

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