MEGAINFRA-WEBAPP/docs/api-reference.md

API reference

Every route under src/app/api/, with method, path, auth requirements, request shape, response shape, and known error cases. Routes the user never sees (the chat tool layer, the MCP server) are deliberately excluded — those are documented in modules.md.

Conventions:

• All routes return JSON unless explicitly noted.
• ? marks optional fields; the routes treat them as nullable.
• HTTP status codes are first-class — they tell the caller whether a failure is retryable.
• The runtime = "nodejs" annotation matters for upload routes — Next.js edge runtime has a hard body-size cap that would reject large files.

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1. Health

GET /api/health

File: src/app/api/health/route.ts Auth: none Caching: dynamic = "force-dynamic" (no caching) Use: Docker healthcheck in Dockerfile:86-87 and docker-compose.yml:18-22

Response 200:

{ "status": "ok", "uptime": 1234, "timestamp": "2026-09-06T10:00:00.000Z" }

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2. Sites

POST /api/sites

File: src/app/api/sites/route.ts Auth: server-only (PocketBase superuser) Caching: none (no dynamic annotation but no caching either)

Creates a new site. project_code is required, unique, and 1-64 chars.

Request body:

{
  project_code: string,   // required, unique
  name?: string,
  duration?: string,      // e.g. "8 months"
  contract_value?: number,
  work_hours?: number,
  hours_per_week?: number,
  wages_hours_per_day?: number,
  job_start_date?: string // YYYY-MM-DD
}

Responses:

• 201 { site: SiteRecord }
• 400 { error: "project_code is required" } / "Body must be JSON" / "project_code must be 64 characters or fewer"
• 409 { error: "project_code \"X\" is already in use" } (matched via idx_sites_project_code)
• 500 { error: <PB error> }

PATCH /api/sites/[id]

File: src/app/api/sites/[id]/route.ts

Partial update. project_code is locked after creation. Numeric fields are coerced via Number(). job_start_date: null clears the date explicitly.

Request body: same shape as POST minus project_code (rejected with 400).

Responses:

• 200 { site: SiteRecord }
• 400 { error: "project_code cannot be changed once a site exists" }
• 500 { error: <PB error> }

POST /api/sites/[id]/fixed-costs

File: src/app/api/sites/[id]/fixed-costs/route.ts

Adds a fixed cost for one site. Required: description, cost > 0, date_logged as YYYY-MM-DD, is_recurring as boolean. notes capped at 500 chars.

Request body:

{
  description: string,   // required, ≤ 200 chars
  cost: number,          // required, > 0
  date_logged: string,   // required, YYYY-MM-DD
  is_recurring: boolean, // required
  notes?: string         // ≤ 500 chars
}

Responses:

• 201 { fixed_cost: FixedCostRecord }
• 400 { error: "validation", field, message } (any validation failure)
• 404 { error: "site_not_found" }
• 500 { error: "write_failed" }

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3. Vehicles

POST /api/vehicles

File: src/app/api/vehicles/route.ts

Creates a vehicle. Required: project_code (≤ 64), description, site (relation id). Optional: qr_code_id, fuel_limits, unit_type (fuel | plant), standard_work_hours, cost_per_hour.

Responses:

• 201 { vehicle: VehicleRecord }
• 400 (missing field) / 409 (unique-constraint violation) / 500

PATCH /api/vehicles/[id]

File: src/app/api/vehicles/[id]/route.ts

Updates description, project_code, unit_type. Empty payload → 400.

Responses: 200 { vehicle } / 400 / 500

DELETE /api/vehicles/[id]

Hard-deletes a vehicle. plant_hours_log.vehicle has cascadeDelete=False (scripts/pb-bootstrap-schema.py:234), so a vehicle with logs cannot be deleted — the route surfaces that as a 409 with a friendly message.

Responses:

• 200 { ok: true }
• 409 { error: "Cannot delete this plant — it has plant hours logged against it. Clear or reassign those logs first." }
• 500

PATCH /api/vehicles/[id]/attention-dismiss

File: src/app/api/vehicles/[id]/attention-dismiss/route.ts

Stamps attention_dismissed_at to "now" so the dismissed vehicle disappears from the Overview's "Attention required" rail. Re-acknowledging is allowed (overwrites with a new timestamp).

Responses: 200 { ok, attention_dismissed_at } / 500

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4. Plant hours

POST /api/plant-hours/import

File: src/app/api/plant-hours/import/route.ts Runtime: nodejs Max file size: 10 MB

Accepts xlsx or csv via multipart/form-data with one file field. See data-flows.md §3 for the full pipeline.

Response 200:

{
  batchId: string,
  totalRows: number,
  imported: number,
  skipped: number,
  mismatched: number,
  warnings: Array<{ row: number; reason: string }>,
  errors:   Array<{ row: number; reason: string }>,
}

errors[].reason includes "duplicate: vehicle_qr=X start_date=Y" for the (vehicle_qr, start_date) unique-index rejections.

Errors:

• 400 { error: "No file provided" } / "Empty file" / "File too large" / "multipart/form-data required" / "File could not be parsed as Excel or CSV" / "Workbook has no sheets" / "File contains no data rows"
• 400 { error: "Failed to create import batch", details: <PB field error> }

GET /api/plant-hours/exception-report/[batchId]

File: src/app/api/plant-hours/exception-report/[batchId]/route.ts Auth: server-only

Reconstructs the per-row exception CSV for one batch by re-parsing the batch's original_file and matching against the imported rows.

Response: text/csv (Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="<batchId>_plant_hours_exceptions.csv")

Errors: 400 { error: "invalid_batch_id" } / "no_sheet" / 500 { error: "source_file_unavailable" }

GET /api/plant-hours/template

File: src/app/api/plant-hours/template/route.ts Auth: server-only

Returns the canonical Plant_Hours_Template_2.xlsx workbook, with the sample row's QR / description / cost-per-hour pulled from the first vehicle in PocketBase (so the template matches a real asset).

Response: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet (attachment, Cache-Control: no-store)

DELETE /api/plant-hours/[id]

File: src/app/api/plant-hours/[id]/route.ts

Removes one plant_hours_log row. Used by the "Delete row" actions on the Attention panel and the per-vehicle log table.

Responses: 200 { ok: true } / 500 { error: <PB error> }

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5. Timesheets

POST /api/timesheets/import

File: src/app/api/timesheets/import/route.ts Runtime: nodejs (multipart)

Accepts xlsx/xls/csv via multipart/form-data with optional form fields siteId and createMissingEmployees ("true" to auto-create missing casual employees tied to siteId).

See data-flows.md §1 for the format auto-detection.

Response 200:

{
  batchId: string,
  totalRows: number,
  imported: number,
  skipped: number,
  errors: Array<{ row: number; reason: string }>,
  detectedFormat: "casual-matrix" | "permanent-wide" | "long-format-csv" | "long-format-xlsx",
  createdEmployees: Array<{ employeeNo: string; name: string }>,
}

Errors: 400 for missing file, parse failure, or zero rows extracted.

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6. Fuel logs

POST /api/fuel-logs/import

File: src/app/api/fuel-logs/import/route.ts Runtime: nodejs (multipart)

Accepts xlsx or csv via multipart/form-data with one file field. See data-flows.md §2 for the column allowlist and site-resolution strategy.

Response 200:

{
  batchId: string,
  totalRows: number,
  imported: number,
  skipped: number,
  errors: Array<{ row: number; reason: string }>,
}

errors[].reason includes PB field-level errors (flattened via formatPbError) so the operator can see which field rejected the row.

Errors: 400 for missing file, parse failure, missing required columns, or zero rows.

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7. Purchase orders

POST /api/purchase-orders/upload

File: src/app/api/purchase-orders/upload/route.ts Runtime: nodejs Auth: server-only

Accepts a PDF or image via multipart/form-data with one file field. SHA-256 hashes the bytes; if a data_import_batches row with the same hash and status=processed exists within the last 30 days, returns 200 { duplicate: true, existing_batch_id, existing_po_id } and creates nothing.

Mime allowlist (ALLOWED_MIME in src/lib/purchase-order-schema.ts): PDF + JPEG/PNG/WebP.

Response 200: { duplicate: true, existing_batch_id, existing_po_id, filename, status: "duplicate" } Response 202: { batch_id, status: "queued", filename }

Errors: 400 for invalid form, missing file, empty file, too-large file, unsupported mime. 500 for hash or batch-create failure.

POST /api/purchase-orders/process-batch

File: src/app/api/purchase-orders/process-batch/route.ts Runtime: nodejs Auth: x-ingest-secret: ${N8N_INGEST_SECRET} (shared secret with n8n) Body: { batch_id: string (15-char PB id), extracted: PurchaseOrderIngestPayload } Side effects: creates the PO row, all PO items, moves the file from the batch to the PO, finalises the batch (status=processed).

See data-flows.md §4 for the full pipeline and three dedup layers.

Response 200:

{
  ok: true,
  id: string,                // PO id
  po_number: string,         // normalised (uppercase, "PO" prefix stripped)
  po_number_extracted: string, // what the AI actually read
  duplicate?: true,          // present only on the dedup branch
  warnings?: string[],       // e.g. "fuzzy match: ..." when matchSite fell back
}

Errors: All error responses include retryable: true (5xx-class) or retryable: false (4xx-class) so n8n can decide. The cases:

• 400 unauthorized / invalid_json / bad_batch_id / missing_extracted / validation_failed
• 404 batch_not_found
• 409 batch_not_processing (race / duplicate callback)
• 500 with step for lookup_duplicate / match_site / create_po / create_items / file_move (502) / batch_finalize

GET /api/purchase-orders/by-number/[poNumber]/items

File: src/app/api/purchase-orders/by-number/[poNumber]/items/route.ts Auth: server-only

Used by the purchasing detail page when the user is looking up items by PO number. Returns the PO + items.

Response 200: { po, items } (PO record + line items array, or null if no match)

PATCH /api/purchase-orders/[id]/supplier

File: src/app/api/purchase-orders/[id]/supplier/route.ts Auth: server-only Body: { supplier: string }

Responses: 200 { purchase_order } / 400 / 404 / 500

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8. Delivery notes

POST /api/delivery-notes/upload

File: src/app/api/delivery-notes/upload/route.ts Runtime: nodejs Auth: server-only

Manual upload of a delivery note. Required form fields: file (image or PDF), site (site id). Optional: delivery_note_number. The OCR pipeline picks the upload up via processing_status="pending".

Also creates a data_import_batches row (batch_type=delivery_notes) with processed_record_id=<dn.id> so the OCR callback can find it without a relation field on delivery_notes. A failure to create the batch row is logged but does not fail the upload (the DN is already persisted and the OCR pipeline can still pick it up).

Response 201:

{
  id: string,
  deliveryNoteNumber: string,
  siteId: string,
  projectCode: string,
  processingStatus: "pending",
  created: string,
}

Errors: 400 { error: "No file provided" } / "Missing site" / "Site not found" / 500

GET /api/delivery-notes/[id]/slip

File: src/app/api/delivery-notes/[id]/slip/route.ts Runtime: nodejs Auth: x-ingest-secret: ${N8N_INGEST_SECRET}

Proxies the slip file for n8n. Resolves dn.slip_image and streams the bytes from PocketBase back to the caller, with Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="<slip>" so the workflow's binary metadata carries a sensible name.

Responses:

• 200 with application/octet-stream (or the original mime) body
• 400 { error: "invalid_dn_id" }
• 401 { error: "unauthorized" }
• 404 { error: "dn_not_found" } / "no_slip_image"
• 500 { error: "pb_url_not_configured" } / 502 { error: "slip_fetch_failed" }

POST /api/delivery-notes/[id]/ocr-result

File: src/app/api/delivery-notes/[id]/ocr-result/route.ts Runtime: nodejs Auth: x-ingest-secret: ${N8N_INGEST_SECRET} Body: see header doc in the file — po_number, delivery_note_number, date_received, received_by_name, confidence (0..1), items[], raw_ocr

The three-tier decision (auto / needs-review / manual) is the load-bearing business logic. See data-flows.md §5 and src/lib/ocr-result-tier.ts.

Response 200:

{
  ok: true,
  tier: "auto" | "needs-review" | "manual",
  receivedItemsCreated: number,
  receivedItems: Array<{ id: string; po_item_id: string; qty: number }>,
  durationMs: number,
}

Errors: 400 invalid_dn_id / invalid_json / 401 unauthorized / 404 dn_not_found / 500

POST /api/delivery-notes/[id]/assign-po

File: src/app/api/delivery-notes/[id]/assign-po/route.ts Auth: server-only Body: { po: string } (PO id)

Manual fallback for OCR failures. Sets processing_status="manual-verified", is_verified=true, links the PO, and stamps ocr_completed_at.

Responses: 200 { deliveryNote } / 400 / 404 / 500

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9. Data import batches

GET /api/data-import-batches/[id]/status

File: src/app/api/data-import-batches/[id]/status/route.ts Runtime: nodejs Auth: server-only

Polled by the browser after a PO upload. For processed PO batches, also resolves processed_record_id to the purchase_order_number so the UI can show "MEGCPO1234" instead of a raw id.

Response 200:

{
  id: string,
  status: "pending" | "processing" | "processed" | "failed" | "dead",
  attempts: number,
  last_error: string | null,
  processed_record_id: string | null,
  processed_record_label: string | null, // PO number when batch_type=purchase_orders
  processed_at: string | null,
}

Errors: 400 { error: "bad_id" } / 404 { error: "not_found" } / 500 { error: "lookup_failed" }

POST /api/data-import-batches/[id]/retry

File: src/app/api/data-import-batches/[id]/retry/route.ts Runtime: nodejs Auth: server-only

Resets a failed or dead batch back to pending with attempts=0. Already-pending batches return 409.

Responses:

• 200 { id, status: "pending" }
• 400 { error: "bad_id" }
• 404 { error: "not_found" }
• 409 { error: "not_retryable", current_status }
• 500

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10. Records

POST /api/records/[collection]/[id]/verify

File: src/app/api/records/[collection]/[id]/verify/route.ts Auth: server-only Body: { verified?: boolean } (default true) Allowed collections: purchase_orders, delivery_notes

Generic verify toggle. The collection allowlist is hardcoded — everything else returns 400.

Responses: 200 { id, is_verified } / 400 { error: "Collection \"X\" is not verifiable" } / 500

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11. MEGA Clock

The standalone QR timekeeping PWA at /clock. The PIN gate handles auth — these routes trust the caller the same way every other clock/PWA flow does.

POST /api/clock/scan

File: src/app/api/clock/scan/route.ts Auth: server-only

Clock a worker in or out by scanning their employee_no badge. The direction is implied by the worker's most recent clock_events row: no row or out → in, in → out (which also writes/updates a timesheet_entries row).

Body:

{ employee_no: string }

Responses:

• 200 { direction: "in", employeeName, at }
• 200 { direction: "out", employeeName, sessionHours, dailyTotalHours }
• 400 { error: "Body must be JSON" } / "employee_no is required"
• 404 { error: "Unknown badge" }

POST /api/clock/vehicle-lookup

File: src/app/api/clock/vehicle-lookup/route.ts Auth: server-only

Called by the Fleet tab the instant a vehicle QR is decoded. Looks up the vehicle and the most-recently-inserted odo_reading for it (the "previous reading" the popup shows).

Body:

{ qr_code_id: string }

Responses:

• 200 { vehicle: { id, description, qrCodeId, siteId, unitType, fuelLimits, costPerHour }, hasPrevious: boolean, previousReading: number | null }
• 400 { error: "Body must be JSON" } / "qr_code_id is required"
• 404 { error: "Unknown vehicle QR" }

POST /api/clock/vehicle-scan

File: src/app/api/clock/vehicle-scan/route.ts Auth: server-only

Writes one fuel_logs row capturing the current odometer/hour-meter reading for a vehicle whose QR was just scanned. Pairs with /api/clock/vehicle-lookup, which the UI calls first to resolve the QR and surface the previous reading.

The scan endpoint deliberately captures one number per scan (the dash reading) and stamps a zero-litre row. Capturing fuel alongside is left to the spreadsheet import — the Fleet tab is for the end-of-shift reading, not for the pump sheet.

Body:

{ qr_code_id: string, odo_reading: number }

Responses:

• 200 { vehicleId, odoReading, dateLogged, logId }
• 400 { error: "Body must be JSON" } / "qr_code_id is required" / "odo_reading is required" / "odo_reading must be greater than zero" / { error: "<pocketBase field-level error>" }
• 404 { error: "Unknown vehicle QR" }

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12. Chat (gated)

POST /api/chat

File: src/app/api/chat/route.ts Caching: dynamic = "force-dynamic" Auth: none — gated by ENABLE_CHAT=true. No user authentication. Protocol: Server-Sent Events

Content-Type: text/event-stream; charset=utf-8. Events emitted:

• meta — { provider, model } (first)
• delta — { text } (repeated, as the model streams)
• tool — { name } (when a tool is called)
• done — { text, iterations, stoppedOnLimit } (final)
• error — { message } (on failure)

The chat MUST stay disabled in production until real authentication exists — see the .env.local.example warning and multi-site-assessment §7.

Other chat routes (also gated): /dashboard/chat page. The chat consumes no other server route; every figure comes through the agent tool layer (src/lib/agent/).

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13. What is not under /api/

For completeness — these are out of scope for this reference but may be searched for:

• The MCP server (src/mcp/server.ts) is npm run mcp, stdio-only, never a route. Exposes the same tools array the chat uses.
• The chat tool layer (src/lib/agent/) is server-internal; the chat route calls it via in-process imports, not over HTTP.
• The Pure metrics helpers (src/lib/metrics/) are server-internal functions, not routes.

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14. Auth matrix

Route	Auth	Notes
GET /api/health	none	Liveness
POST /api/sites	server-only	Superuser via pbAdmin()
PATCH /api/sites/[id]	server-only
POST /api/sites/[id]/fixed-costs	server-only
POST /api/vehicles	server-only
PATCH /api/vehicles/[id]	server-only
DELETE /api/vehicles/[id]	server-only
PATCH /api/vehicles/[id]/attention-dismiss	server-only
POST /api/plant-hours/import	server-only	Multipart, nodejs
GET /api/plant-hours/exception-report/[batchId]	server-only
GET /api/plant-hours/template	server-only
DELETE /api/plant-hours/[id]	server-only
POST /api/timesheets/import	server-only	Multipart, nodejs
POST /api/fuel-logs/import	server-only	Multipart, nodejs
POST /api/purchase-orders/upload	server-only	Multipart, nodejs
POST /api/purchase-orders/process-batch	x-ingest-secret	n8n callback
GET /api/purchase-orders/by-number/[poNumber]/items	server-only
PATCH /api/purchase-orders/[id]/supplier	server-only
POST /api/delivery-notes/upload	server-only	Multipart
GET /api/delivery-notes/[id]/slip	x-ingest-secret	n8n file proxy
POST /api/delivery-notes/[id]/ocr-result	x-ingest-secret	n8n callback
POST /api/delivery-notes/[id]/assign-po	server-only	Manual fallback
GET /api/data-import-batches/[id]/status	server-only	UI poll
POST /api/data-import-batches/[id]/retry	server-only
POST /api/records/[collection]/[id]/verify	server-only	Allowlist: POs + DNs
POST /api/chat	gated by ENABLE_CHAT=true	No user auth — the gate is the env flag, not identity
POST /api/clock/scan	server-only	Behind the /clock PIN gate
POST /api/clock/vehicle-lookup	server-only	Behind the /clock PIN gate
POST /api/clock/vehicle-scan	server-only	Behind the /clock PIN gate

Routes with no protection at all: the chat route (when enabled) and any route that runs purely server-side. The browser-facing routes delegate their auth to the PIN gate, not to the route — see architecture.md §4.