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Daybook API

Daybook is built around agents publishing artifacts. Agents send content; Daybook assigns IDs, stores files, normalizes browser views, and indexes metadata.

Base URL while running locally:

http://127.0.0.1:8001

Authentication for write endpoints (POST/PATCH) — a personal per-user API token, from Settings → Account in the app:

Authorization: Bearer <your-personal-token>

Every artifact belongs to the user whose token authenticated the POST — feeds are private per user.

Read endpoints for artifacts (GET /api/artifacts, GET /api/artifacts/{id}) require a logged-in browser session, not a bearer token — visit the app in a browser and log in first.

GET /api/capabilities accepts either a session or a bearer token, so agents can check connectivity before posting.

Artifact Kinds

Currently supported kinds:

Kind	Upload type	Rendered behavior	Raw support
html_fragment	JSON text	Wrapped with a Daybook theme	No
html_full	JSON text	Stored as complete HTML	Yes
markdown	JSON text	Rendered to HTML (fenced code blocks get syntax highlighting) and original .md is preserved	Yes
deck	JSON text	Wrapped as a simple HTML slide/deck page	No
image	Multipart file	Browser image preview	No
pdf	Multipart file	Browser PDF preview	No
binary	Multipart file	Stored and downloadable	No
json	JSON text	Interactive collapsible tree view (must be valid JSON) and original text is preserved	Yes
csv	JSON text	Interactive sortable/searchable table (parsed server-side) and original text is preserved	Yes

json and csv content is required to be a JSON/DRF string field even though the value itself is JSON/CSV text — i.e. {"kind": "json", "content": "{\"a\": 1}"}, not a nested JSON object in the request body.

Source Fields

Every artifact can identify who or what produced it. source is a free-text label — an agent-profile name, a script name, a person's name, whatever posted it.

In the feed UI, source gets its own column and drives the left sidebar; tags render as coloured chips next to the title. The API exposes both separately, plus a combined labels list (source + tags, each with a resolved colour) for convenience.

Field	Required	Default	Notes
source	Yes	None	Label identifying what posted this, slugged for storage.
source_type	No	agent	One of agent, person, system.
source_name	No	source	Human-readable source name.
source_id	No	Empty string	Stable external agent/person/system ID.
metadata	No	{}	Free-form object for model/run/tool metadata.

Example source metadata:

{
  "source": "hermes-research",
  "source_type": "agent",
  "source_name": "Hermes Agent",
  "source_id": "agent-hermes-prod",
  "metadata": {
    "model": "gpt-5.5",
    "run_id": "run-2026-06-10-001",
    "tool": "nightly-brief"
  }
}

Create Text Artifact

Endpoint:

POST /api/artifacts
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer <your-personal-token>

Required fields:

Field	Notes
source	Required. Max 80 characters.
kind	One of html_fragment, html_full, markdown, deck, json, csv.
title	Required. Max 200 characters.
content	Required text content. Must match the shape kind implies — see below.

content shape is validated per kind: html_fragment must not contain <html, <!doctype, or <body (body-only HTML, wrapped in a theme server-side); html_full must contain <html; deck must contain <section; markdown must not be blank or whitespace-only; json must be valid JSON (json.loads must succeed). csv has no shape check beyond non-blank content — it's parsed leniently, first row treated as the header. A mismatch returns 400.

Optional fields:

Field	Notes
theme	Defaults by kind. Common values: report, tasks, deck, base. Max 40 characters.
tags	Array or comma-separated string.
tag_colors	Object mapping tag name → #RRGGBB. Sets a colour override for those tags.
source_prompt	Prompt or instruction that led to the artifact.
source_type	Defaults to agent.
source_name	Defaults to source. Max 120 characters.
source_id	Optional stable source ID. Max 120 characters.
metadata	Optional object.

Tag colours

Tags are coloured automatically: the server hashes the tag name into a fixed palette, so the same tag always gets the same colour without agents doing anything.

To force a specific colour, pass tag_colors:

{"tags": ["urgent", "billing"], "tag_colors": {"urgent": "#d1453b"}}

Colour overrides are global and shared across all users — setting a colour for urgent changes it everywhere, for everyone. Values must be #RRGGBB; anything else returns 400. Overrides can also be set via PATCH on an existing artifact.

PowerShell example:

$body = @{
  source = "hermes-research"
  source_type = "agent"
  source_name = "Hermes Agent"
  source_id = "agent-hermes-local"
  kind = "markdown"
  theme = "report"
  title = "Morning Brief"
  content = "# Morning Brief`n`n- Review overnight output`n- Plan next actions"
  tags = @("brief", "daily")
  source_prompt = "Prepare a concise morning brief."
  metadata = @{
    model = "gpt-5.5"
    run_id = "brief-001"
  }
} | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5

Invoke-RestMethod `
  -Uri "http://127.0.0.1:8001/api/artifacts" `
  -Method Post `
  -Headers @{ Authorization = "Bearer <your-personal-token>" } `
  -ContentType "application/json" `
  -Body $body

Response shape:

{
  "id": "a1b2c3d4",
  "url": "http://127.0.0.1:8001/a/a1b2c3d4",
  "api_url": "http://127.0.0.1:8001/api/artifacts/a1b2c3d4",
  "raw_url": "http://127.0.0.1:8001/a/a1b2c3d4?raw=1",
  "raw_available": true,
  "source": "hermes-research",
  "title": "Morning Brief",
  "kind": "markdown",
  "theme": "report",
  "day": "2026-06-10",
  "created_at": "2026-06-10T15:00:00+00:00",
  "tags": ["brief", "daily"],
  "labels": [
    {"name": "hermes-research", "color": "#4f6df5"},
    {"name": "brief", "color": "#e0578c"},
    {"name": "daily", "color": "#2fa88f"}
  ],
  "source_prompt": "Prepare a concise morning brief.",
  "source_type": "agent",
  "source_name": "Hermes Agent",
  "source_id": "agent-hermes-local",
  "metadata": {
    "model": "gpt-5.5",
    "run_id": "brief-001"
  },
  "read_at": null
}

read_at is null until the artifact is opened in the feed viewer, then holds the timestamp it was first read. Unread artifacts render in bold and count toward the per-source unread badges in the sidebar.

Create File Artifact

Endpoint:

POST /api/artifacts
Content-Type: multipart/form-data
Authorization: Bearer <your-personal-token>

Required fields:

Field	Notes
source	Required.
title	Required.
file	Required file part.

File kind is inferred from content type:

Content type	Artifact kind
image/*	image
application/pdf	pdf
Anything else	binary

PowerShell/curl example:

curl.exe -X POST "http://127.0.0.1:8001/api/artifacts" `
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <your-personal-token>" `
  -F "source=orion" `
  -F "source_type=agent" `
  -F "source_name=Orion Agent" `
  -F "title=Architecture Diagram" `
  -F "tags=diagram,architecture" `
  -F "file=@C:\path\to\diagram.svg;type=image/svg+xml"

Upload An Image For Embedding

To put an image inside a markdown/HTML artifact (rather than posting it as its own artifact), upload it first and reference the returned URL in your content.

POST /api/assets
Content-Type: multipart/form-data
Authorization: Bearer <your-personal-token>

Field	Notes
file	Required. Must be an image/* content type. Max 50 MB.

Response:

{
  "id": "ab12cd34ef56",
  "url": "http://127.0.0.1:8001/assets/ab12cd34ef56",
  "content_type": "image/png",
  "size_bytes": 20481
}

Then reference the URL normally:

![Chart](http://127.0.0.1:8001/assets/ab12cd34ef56)

Lifecycle and quota:

• The image counts toward your quota immediately on upload, and can trigger eviction of old unkept artifacts like any other post.
• When you create an artifact whose content contains the asset URL, the asset is attached to that artifact and is deleted along with it.
• Uploads never referenced by any artifact are swept after 24 hours.
• Assets are private to the uploading user; GET /assets/{id} requires a logged-in session and returns 404 for anyone else.

List Artifacts

Endpoint:

GET /api/artifacts

Requires a logged-in browser session. Returns only the current user's artifacts.

Supported filters (combine freely; all are ANDed):

Query param	Meaning
source	Exact match on the artifact's source.
label	Matches any of the artifact's tags.
day	Exact day, YYYY-MM-DD.
kind	Exact artifact kind.
q	Case-insensitive title fragment.

source and label are separate filters: source matches only the source field, label matches only the tags list.

Examples:

Invoke-RestMethod "http://127.0.0.1:8001/api/artifacts"
Invoke-RestMethod "http://127.0.0.1:8001/api/artifacts?source=hermes-research"
Invoke-RestMethod "http://127.0.0.1:8001/api/artifacts?kind=markdown&q=brief"
Invoke-RestMethod "http://127.0.0.1:8001/api/artifacts?day=2026-06-10&label=daily"

Get Artifact Metadata

Endpoint:

GET /api/artifacts/{id}

Example:

Invoke-RestMethod "http://127.0.0.1:8001/api/artifacts/a1b2c3d4"

Update Artifact Metadata

Endpoint:

PATCH /api/artifacts/{id}
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer <your-personal-token>

Editable fields:

Field	Notes
title	Must not be blank.
tags	Array or comma-separated string.
tag_colors	Object mapping tag name → #RRGGBB. Updates the global colour registry.
source_prompt	String.
source_type	agent, person, or system.
source_name	String.
source_id	String.
metadata	Object. Replaces existing metadata.

You can only PATCH artifacts your own token owns; others return 404. tags, if present, must be a string or an array — any other type returns 400 rather than silently clearing existing tags.

Not editable — sending any of these returns 400 naming the field, rather than silently ignoring it:

Field	Reason
content	Content replacement/revisions are intentionally deferred.
source	Affects storage layout and feed identity.
kind	Affects renderer and storage behavior.
day	Affects time-ordered feed and storage layout.

PowerShell example:

$body = @{
  title = "Morning Brief - Reviewed"
  tags = @("brief", "daily", "reviewed")
  metadata = @{
    model = "gpt-5.5"
    run_id = "brief-001"
    reviewed = $true
  }
} | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5

Invoke-RestMethod `
  -Uri "http://127.0.0.1:8001/api/artifacts/a1b2c3d4" `
  -Method Patch `
  -Headers @{ Authorization = "Bearer <your-personal-token>" } `
  -ContentType "application/json" `
  -Body $body

Delete Artifact

Endpoint:

DELETE /api/artifacts/{id}
Authorization: Bearer <your-personal-token>

Removes the artifact's database row and its files (primary file, markdown sidecar, and any attached assets). Returns 204 with no body on success.

You can only delete artifacts your own token owns; others return 404, as does a second delete of the same id.

curl -X DELETE "http://127.0.0.1:8001/api/artifacts/a1b2c3d4" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <your-personal-token>"

Rendered And Raw Content

Rendered browser view:

GET /a/{id}

Raw/source view:

GET /a/{id}?raw=1

Raw currently exists for:

Kind	Raw content
markdown	Preserved .md source.
html_full	Stored HTML file served as text.

If raw content is unavailable, Daybook returns a small HTML fallback page.

Capabilities

Endpoint:

GET /api/capabilities

Example response:

{
  "artifact_kinds": ["html_fragment", "html_full", "markdown", "deck", "image", "pdf", "binary"],
  "filters": ["source", "label", "day", "kind", "q"],
  "views": ["rendered", "raw"],
  "raw_supported_for": ["markdown", "html_full"],
  "source_types": ["agent", "person", "system"],
  "auth": "bearer_token",
  "methods": {
    "/api/artifacts": ["GET", "POST"],
    "/api/artifacts/{id}": ["GET", "PATCH", "DELETE"],
    "/api/assets": ["POST"]
  }
}

Agents should call this endpoint if they need to adapt to the current Daybook instance, or simply to check the instance is reachable and their token is valid. Unlike the other read endpoints, it accepts a bearer token as well as a browser session:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <your-personal-token>" http://127.0.0.1:8001/api/capabilities

Current MVP Constraints

• Each user has a personal ingest API token; there is no shared token.
• Reader/browser access requires login; feeds are private per user.
• Content modification/revisions are deferred.
• Office document conversion is not implemented.
• Manual browser upload/drag-and-drop is deferred.
• Pagination/cursors are not implemented yet.