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Reading anything needs a permission
A sweep of the URL map found 165 GET routes that answered anybody, with no
token at all: the whole asset inventory, every machine, PC, printer and network
device, the USB checkout history and who is holding which drive, the staff
directory with its photographs, every core report. Guest access had been argued
about one feature-flag at a time while the front door stood open.

Each of those now carries the read permission it belongs to. That also makes
the guest role mean something: a site can open exactly the reads it chooses,
and nothing follows by accident.

Thirty-three endpoints stay public, and each is named with its reason rather
than left to be inferred: the app shell and its bootstrap, the settings
allowlist (the handler already filters an anonymous caller down to branding and
a few keys), images fetched by <img src> which carries no Authorization header,
what a display kiosk renders before anybody signs in, the parts and USB kiosks,
the client scripts that run as SYSTEM before a user session exists, and a
secure-send link whose unguessable token IS the authorisation.

tests/test_core/test_public_read_surface.py is the standing gate, the companion
to the mutating-route sweep that has guarded writes for months. A new public
read fails CI until somebody adds it to that list in front of a reviewer. Four
further reads need a login but no permission, because the handler decides from
who you are - your own user record, your own API tokens, the role catalogue the
grid renders - and the same test proves each still refuses an anonymous caller.
Verified not vacuous by ungating one route and watching the sweep name it.

The employees plugin gained employees.view; the directory is names, SSOs,
photographs and reporting lines, and it had no permission of any kind.

Around ninety tests asserted payload shapes against endpoints that answered
anybody. They are about what the answer says, not about who may ask, so they
are signed in now rather than the gate being loosened. The ones that assert an
anonymous caller is refused were left exactly as they were.
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"""Knowledge Base API endpoints."""
from flask import Blueprint, request
from flask_jwt_extended import jwt_required
from shopdb.api import (
db,
Application,
success_response,
error_response,
paginated_response,
ErrorCodes,
get_pagination_params,
paginate_query,
)
from ..models import KnowledgeBase
from shopdb.api import require_permission, apply_import_timestamps
knowledgebase_bp = Blueprint('knowledgebase', __name__)
def _visible_articles():
"""Active articles whose topic is not a retired application.
An article about a decommissioned application is not something anyone should
find by browsing or searching: it describes a thing that is no longer in
service, and presenting it alongside live documentation reads as though it
were current.
An article with NO topic still shows. Not every article is about an
application, and a null topic is not a retired one.
Expressed as a subquery rather than a join because the topic sort below joins
Application itself, and two joins onto the same table in one query collide.
"""
retired = db.session.query(Application.appid).filter(
Application.isactive.is_(False))
return KnowledgeBase.query.filter(
KnowledgeBase.isactive.is_(True),
db.or_(KnowledgeBase.appid.is_(None),
KnowledgeBase.appid.notin_(retired)))
def _search_clause(search):
"""Articles containing EVERY word of the search, each word in the title, the
keywords, or the topic's name, in any order.
A single `ilike('%CMM Community%')` needs the whole phrase contiguous in ONE
field. An article tagged 'community' under the CMM topic has 'CMM' only in
its topic's name and 'Community' only in its keywords, so it matched nothing
and the search came back empty. Splitting the query and requiring each word
somewhere is what people mean when they type two words.
Kept in step with `_word_match` in shopdb/core/api/search.py, which does the
same job for global search. Two copies because the core helper is internal
and not on the plugin contract surface (ADR-001).
Active applications only for the topic. A retired application is not a topic
anyone should be offered: matching its name surfaced its articles and printed
the retired app as their subject, which reads as though it were still in
service.
"""
words = [w for w in search.split() if w] or ['']
return db.and_(*[
db.or_(
KnowledgeBase.shortdescription.ilike(f'%{w}%'),
KnowledgeBase.keywords.ilike(f'%{w}%'),
KnowledgeBase.appid.in_(
db.session.query(Application.appid).filter(
Application.appname.ilike(f'%{w}%'),
Application.isactive.is_(True))),
)
for w in words
])
@knowledgebase_bp.route('', methods=['GET'])
@require_permission('kb.view')
def list_articles():
"""List all knowledge base articles."""
page, per_page = get_pagination_params(request)
query = _visible_articles()
# The topic is matched via an appid subquery instead of a join so it does not
# collide with the sort=='topic' join below; articles with no app just miss
# that clause and still match on title/keywords.
if search := request.args.get('search'):
query = query.filter(_search_clause(search))
# Filter by topic/application
if appid := request.args.get('appid'):
query = query.filter(KnowledgeBase.appid == int(appid))
# Exact-match natural-key lookups for idempotent import. linkurl is the
# stable natural key; shortdescription (the title) is offered as a fallback.
if exactlinkurl := request.args.get('linkurl'):
query = query.filter(KnowledgeBase.linkurl == exactlinkurl)
if exacttitle := request.args.get('shortdescription'):
query = query.filter(KnowledgeBase.shortdescription == exacttitle)
# Sort options
sort = request.args.get('sort', 'clicks')
order = request.args.get('order', 'desc')
if sort == 'clicks':
query = query.order_by(
KnowledgeBase.clicks.desc() if order == 'desc' else KnowledgeBase.clicks.asc(),
KnowledgeBase.lastupdated.desc()
)
elif sort == 'topic':
query = query.join(Application).order_by(
Application.appname.desc() if order == 'desc' else Application.appname.asc()
)
elif sort == 'description':
query = query.order_by(
KnowledgeBase.shortdescription.desc() if order == 'desc' else KnowledgeBase.shortdescription.asc()
)
elif sort == 'lastupdated':
query = query.order_by(
KnowledgeBase.lastupdated.desc() if order == 'desc' else KnowledgeBase.lastupdated.asc()
)
else:
query = query.order_by(KnowledgeBase.clicks.desc())
items, total = paginate_query(query, page, per_page)
data = []
for article in items:
article_dict = article.to_dict()
if article.application:
article_dict['application'] = {
'appid': article.application.appid,
'appname': article.application.appname
}
else:
article_dict['application'] = None
data.append(article_dict)
return paginated_response(data, page, per_page, total)
@knowledgebase_bp.route('/stats', methods=['GET'])
@require_permission('kb.view')
def get_stats():
"""Get knowledge base statistics."""
# Counted over the same set the list shows. A total that includes articles
# nobody can see is a total nobody can reconcile.
visible = _visible_articles()
total_clicks = sum(article.clicks or 0 for article in visible)
total_articles = visible.count()
return success_response({
'totalclicks': int(total_clicks),
'totalarticles': total_articles
})
@knowledgebase_bp.route('/<int:link_id>', methods=['GET'])
@require_permission('kb.view')
def get_article(link_id: int):
"""Get a single knowledge base article."""
article = db.session.get(KnowledgeBase, link_id)
if not article or not article.isactive:
return error_response(ErrorCodes.NOT_FOUND, 'Article not found', http_code=404)
data = article.to_dict()
if article.application:
data['application'] = {
'appid': article.application.appid,
'appname': article.application.appname
}
else:
data['application'] = None
return success_response(data)
@knowledgebase_bp.route('/<int:link_id>/click', methods=['POST'])
@jwt_required(optional=True)
def track_click(link_id: int):
"""Increment click counter and return the URL to redirect to."""
article = db.session.get(KnowledgeBase, link_id)
if not article or not article.isactive:
return error_response(ErrorCodes.NOT_FOUND, 'Article not found', http_code=404)
article.increment_clicks()
db.session.commit()
return success_response({
'linkurl': article.linkurl,
'clicks': article.clicks
})
@knowledgebase_bp.route('', methods=['POST'])
@require_permission('kb.create')
def create_article():
"""Create a new knowledge base article."""
data = request.get_json()
if not data or not data.get('shortdescription'):
return error_response(ErrorCodes.VALIDATION_ERROR, 'shortdescription is required')
if not data.get('linkurl'):
return error_response(ErrorCodes.VALIDATION_ERROR, 'linkurl is required')
# Validate application if provided
if data.get('appid'):
app = db.session.get(Application, data['appid'])
if not app:
return error_response(ErrorCodes.NOT_FOUND, 'Application not found', http_code=404)
article = KnowledgeBase(
shortdescription=data['shortdescription'],
linkurl=data['linkurl'],
appid=data.get('appid'),
keywords=data.get('keywords'),
clicks=0
)
db.session.add(article)
apply_import_timestamps(article, data)
db.session.commit()
return success_response(article.to_dict(), message='Article created', http_code=201)
@knowledgebase_bp.route('/<int:link_id>', methods=['PUT'])
@require_permission('kb.edit')
def update_article(link_id: int):
"""Update a knowledge base article."""
article = db.session.get(KnowledgeBase, link_id)
if not article:
return error_response(ErrorCodes.NOT_FOUND, 'Article not found', http_code=404)
data = request.get_json()
if not data:
return error_response(ErrorCodes.VALIDATION_ERROR, 'No data provided')
# Validate application if being changed
if 'appid' in data and data['appid']:
app = db.session.get(Application, data['appid'])
if not app:
return error_response(ErrorCodes.NOT_FOUND, 'Application not found', http_code=404)
fields = ['shortdescription', 'linkurl', 'appid', 'keywords', 'isactive']
for key in fields:
if key in data:
setattr(article, key, data[key])
apply_import_timestamps(article, data)
db.session.commit()
return success_response(article.to_dict(), message='Article updated')
@knowledgebase_bp.route('/<int:link_id>', methods=['DELETE'])
@require_permission('kb.delete')
def delete_article(link_id: int):
"""Delete (deactivate) a knowledge base article."""
article = db.session.get(KnowledgeBase, link_id)
if not article:
return error_response(ErrorCodes.NOT_FOUND, 'Article not found', http_code=404)
article.isactive = False
db.session.commit()
return success_response(message='Article deleted')