amber-backend/README.md

# amber-backend

**PocketBase** backend for Amber: auth, database, realtime, file storage and admin
UI in a single Go binary. This is the foundation the account features build on:
cloud sync, codeless device sign-in, profiles, child profiles, recommendations,
and gated auto-update (epic
[#6](https://projects.petruzalekr.cz/richiexec/myanime-app/issues/6)).

The repo used to be called **myanime-backend**. On Forgejo it is now
`richiexec/amber-backend`; the old name still redirects to it, and Coolify's git
source still uses the old URL.

- **No E2E.** TLS in transit + at-rest on disk. The server is deliberately
  readable so recommendations and painless password reset work.
- **Schema as code.** The collections live in [`pb_migrations/`](pb_migrations/)
  and auto-apply on boot — never hand-click the schema in the admin UI, or the
  next deploy will drift.
- **Version-pinned.** The [`Dockerfile`](Dockerfile) downloads the official
  PocketBase **v0.39.6** static binary from GitHub releases (no third-party
  image). Bump `PB_VERSION` there and in `docker-compose.yml` to upgrade.

## Data model

```
users ─┬─* profiles ─┬─* watch_state   (resume points; 1 row per profile+item)
 (auth)│             ├─* watchlist      (1 row per profile+item)
       │             ├─1 prefs          (playback/audio/subtitle blob)
       │             └─1 addon_config   (client-encrypted addon blob; ciphertext only)
       ├─* device_auth (codeless sign-in requests / approved devices, issue #12)
       └ nsfwEnabled (admin-only bool, legacy: see below)
```

| Collection     | Type | Key fields |
|----------------|------|------------|
| `users`        | auth | `username` (unique when set), `email`, `password`, **`nsfwEnabled`** (admin-only, legacy) |
| `profiles`     | base | `user`→users, `name`, `avatar` (file), `isChild`, `pinHash` (hidden) |
| `watch_state`  | base | `profile`→profiles, `itemId`, `itemType`, `position`, `duration`, `meta` (json), `updatedAt` (client), `updated` (server) |
| `watchlist`    | base | `profile`→profiles, `itemId`, `itemType`, `meta` (json), `addedAt` (client), `updated` (server), `deletedAt` (tombstone) |
| `prefs`        | base | `profile`→profiles, `data` (json), `updatedAt` (client), `updated` (server) |
| `addon_config` | base | `profile`→profiles, `blob` (**ciphertext**), `salt`, `kdf`, `updatedAt` (client), `updated` (server) |
| `device_auth`  | base | `code` (unique), `deviceName`, `status`, `user`→users, `expiresAt`, + hidden `authToken`/`keyCiphertext`/`pollSecret`/`devicePubKey` — codeless device sign-in (#12) |

**Access rules.** A user only ever reads/writes their own `users` row, their own
`profiles`, and rows whose `profile.user` is them. `nsfwEnabled` is never
accepted from a client (`@request.body.nsfwEnabled:isset = false` on create and
update) — only a **superuser** sets it, from the admin UI. Relations
`cascadeDelete`, so deleting a user removes their profiles and all child rows.
Unique indexes keep one resume/watchlist row per `(profile, itemId)` and one
`prefs`/`addon_config` row per profile.

### `nsfwEnabled` is legacy

There is **one Amber build**. The flag used to choose between an 18+ build and the
clean one; the 18+ section left Amber to become a separate app, and none of that
gating is left in this repo:

- `GET /api/update/manifest` (`pb_hooks/update.pb.js`) always serves variant
  `clean`, whatever the flag says. The `variant` field stays in the response
  because every installed Amber silently refuses a mismatch.
- The `releases` read rules no longer mention it
  (`pb_migrations/1793000000_releases_drop_adult_rule.js`): any signed-in account
  reads releases.
- `/api/amber/whoami` no longer returns it, and the status dashboard is gated on
  superuser credentials, never on this flag.
- The Amber app neither reads nor sends it.

What remains: the field is still on `users`, still admin-only by rule, and has
exactly one reader, the family web page (`pb_public/index.html`). For an account
with the flag set, that page shows an adult addon URL field on the sources tab
(saved inside the encrypted addon config) and mentions 18+ in the child-profile
label. Nothing else reads it.

### Encrypted addon config (issue #20)

The `addon_config` blob is the one piece of account data that is **not** readable
by the server. The addon "tokens" are base64'd *plaintext credentials* (prehraj.to
login, TorBox API key) plus the TMDB key, so — unlike watch history — they are
encrypted **client-side** before upload. The server stores only:

- `blob` — AES-GCM ciphertext (nonce ‖ ciphertext ‖ tag), base64; opaque here.
- `salt` — the per-account KDF salt (base64). Not secret; a salt never is. It
  lives server-side so a second device can derive the **same** key from the
  user's password. The key itself is never sent and never leaves the device.
- `kdf` — the key-derivation descriptor (e.g. `pbkdf2-sha256-210000`).

Because the key is derived from the password, a **password reset** (done on
PocketBase's hosted page, off-device) leaves the blob undecryptable — expected and
acceptable for re-enterable addon config, and the client detects it, clears it, and
prompts a re-entry. A normal in-app *change password* re-encrypts the blob, so only
reset loses it. This does **not** change the no-E2E stance for the rest of the data.

### Codeless device sign-in (issue #12)

A new device (a TV) signs into an account with **no password typing and no code
transcription**: it shows a QR + short code, and an already-logged-in phone/PC
approves it from `GET /device`. On approval the TV gets a minted session token and
— **end-to-end, the server never sees it** — the addon-config vault key, so it can
decrypt the `addon_config` blob it then pulls. This lives in the `device_auth`
collection (`pb_migrations/1786000000_device_auth.js`) plus two JS hooks
(`pb_hooks/device_auth.pb.js` routes + cron, `pb_hooks/device_page.pb.js` approve
page). All create/poll/approve logic is in the hooks (the TV is unauthenticated
when it requests and polls); the collection exposes only the owner-scoped device
**list + revoke**. **JWT revocation caveat:** deleting a device row removes it from
the list but can't invalidate a token already minted (stateless JWTs) — a
documented v1 limitation.

**Full contract** (endpoints, record shape, the exact crypto — PBKDF2 params +
the X25519/HKDF/AES-GCM key transfer): [`docs/device-auth-contract.md`](docs/device-auth-contract.md).

### The two clocks (issue #11)

Sync rows carry **two** timestamps, and they are not interchangeable:

- **`updatedAt` / `addedAt` — set by the client.** When the user actually acted.
  This is what resolves conflicts (last-write-wins). It has to be the client's,
  because a device that edits offline on Monday and pushes on Friday must not
  beat a device that edited on Tuesday and synced immediately.
- **`updated` — a server autodate.** When we heard about it. This is the **pull
  cursor** (`filter=updated > {lastCursor}`). It has to be the server's: a device
  with a skewed clock would otherwise stamp rows *behind* another device's cursor
  and stay invisible to it forever.

`itemId` encodes the client's local key — `anime:<anilistId>:<episode>`,
`movie:<tmdbId>:0`, `tv:<tmdbId>:<seasonEpisodeKey>` — so the unique
`(profile, itemId)` index is what makes a push idempotent. `meta` is an opaque
JSON blob of the client's display fields (title, cover art, episode, flags); the
server never reads into it.

**Deletes are soft.** A watchlist removal sets `deletedAt` rather than deleting
the row, because an absence is not something another device can pull — it would
just re-push the title and resurrect it. Re-adding clears `deletedAt` on the same
row, so a delete/re-add round-trip can never leave a duplicate.

## Local run / verify

```bash
docker compose up --build            # http://localhost:8090
# create the first superuser (one-time):
docker compose exec pocketbase pocketbase superuser upsert you@example.com 'a-strong-pass' --dir=/pb_data
# admin UI: http://localhost:8090/_/
```

The end-to-end access-rule check (two users can't see each other's data; a user
can't set their own `nsfwEnabled`; a superuser can) lives in
[`scripts/verify.py`](scripts/verify.py):

```bash
python scripts/verify.py            # expects the server on :8090 + the superuser above
```

The `client_logs` retention check starts its own throwaway PocketBase (the
binary pinned in the Dockerfile), seeds rows past the 14-day cutoff, fires the
nightly `trimClientLogs` cron through the superuser API and asserts none is left:

```bash
PB_BIN=/path/to/pocketbase python scripts/test_client_logs_trim.py
```

## Deploy

Production is a Coolify "Dockerfile application" on `https://coolify.petruzalekr.cz`:
app `amber-backend`, uuid `eu3wk4j0zf0uczhbew0m5c9p`, serving
`pb.petruzalekr.cz` and `amber.petruzalekr.cz` on port 8090, with a persistent
volume at `/pb_data`.

**A push to `main` deploys it to production within seconds.** Coolify's git source
is `https://projects.petruzalekr.cz/richiexec/myanime-backend.git` (the old name,
redirected to this repo), branch `main`.
- Its deployment records say `is_api` rather than webhook, but every one since
  2026-09-13 started 2 to 4 seconds after its commit.
- If no deployment follows a push, deploy by hand: the app's **Deploy** button in
  Coolify, or `GET /api/v1/deploy?uuid=eu3wk4j0zf0uczhbew0m5c9p` with the Coolify
  API token.

Migrations and hooks are baked into the image and apply when the new container
boots, so a schema or hook change reaches production only with a deploy.

A deploy is done when live requests show it, not when Coolify says `finished`:

```bash
curl -s https://pb.petruzalekr.cz/api/health                                   # 200: the binary is up
curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}\n' https://amber.petruzalekr.cz/status    # 302: the hooks loaded
```

and then a request that shows the change itself. There is no commit endpoint, so
compare the commit on Coolify's deployment record with `origin/main`. How to wait
for a deploy, recover a wedged deployment queue and verify every service:
[`docs/runbooks/deploy.md` in amber-app](https://projects.petruzalekr.cz/richiexec/amber-app/src/branch/main/docs/runbooks/deploy.md).

### Setting it up from scratch

Only needed to rebuild the Coolify app. Secrets never live in this repo.

1. **Git source:** Coolify's "GitHub App" source cannot talk to Forgejo (it forces
   `api.github.com`), so add the repo as a plain git source: its public HTTPS URL,
   or SSH on Forgejo's port 22222.
2. **New Resource → Dockerfile application**, point it at this repo. It listens
   on `8090`.
3. **Persistent storage:** add a volume mounted at **`/pb_data`** (DB + uploaded
   files). Without this you lose data on redeploy.
4. **Domain + TLS:** set the domains to `pb.petruzalekr.cz` and
   `amber.petruzalekr.cz`; Coolify/Traefik provisions the Let's Encrypt cert and
   terminates TLS in front of the plain `:8090`. Force-HTTPS on.
5. **Bootstrap the superuser** once, from the container terminal:
   `pocketbase superuser upsert you@example.com 'a-strong-pass' --dir=/pb_data`
   (or open the printed `/_/#/pbinstall/...` link on first boot). **Lock down**
   the admin UI — strong password; the `_superusers` collection is the only way
   in.
6. **SMTP** (admin UI → *Settings → Mail settings*): point at your SMTP host so
   verification / password-reset emails send. Send the test email to confirm.
7. **Automated backups** (admin UI → *Settings → Backups*): enable the schedule
   and, ideally, S3 off-site upload. Coolify volume backups are a second layer.
8. **App wiring:** the Amber app's PocketBase base URL defaults to
   `https://pb.petruzalekr.cz` (`lib/core/config.dart` in amber-app).

#### Verify a fresh setup

- Admin UI reachable over **HTTPS** only; HTTP redirects up.
- Create a test user + profile + a couple of rows via admin or REST; confirm a
  second user can't read them (run `scripts/verify.py` against the live URL by
  editing `BASE`).
- Trigger a password-reset email and confirm delivery.
- Confirm a backup ran and can be downloaded/restored.

## Security

Account/session tokens and the addon plaintext-credential "tokens" are **never
logged or echoed** (see the app's `CLAUDE.md`). `pinHash` is a hidden field and
never leaves the API. `nsfwEnabled` is admin-only by rule, not just by UI.

## Upgrading PocketBase

Bump `PB_VERSION` in the `Dockerfile` (and the compose arg), then deploy
explicitly as described above (a push alone does not). Check the PocketBase
release notes for migration-API or schema changes first, and test locally with
`docker compose up --build` before deploying.