aidesk

aidesk

A simple web service with file operations, authentication and instance management.

Features

• Web service based on Python's built-in http.server
• User authentication (login/logout)
• API endpoint to generate files from text content
• API endpoint to upload files
• Instance registration and management
• CLI to start the service with custom host and port
• Web interface for API documentation and instance management

Installation

pip install aidesk

Usage

Start the web service:

Default host (localhost) and port (8000)

aidesk

Custom host and port

aidesk --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8080

Debug mode

aidesk --debug

Once the service is running, you can access the API documentation at http://localhost:8000

Default credentials:

• Username: admin
• Password: admin

API

Authentication

POST /api/login

Parameters:

• username: Your username
• password: Your password

Example: curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/login
-d "username=admin&password=admin"

POST /api/logout

Example: curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/logout
-b "session_id=your_session_id"

File Operations

POST /api/generate-file (Requires authentication)

Parameters:

• filename: Name of the file to generate
• content: Multi-line text content for the file

Example: curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/generate-file
-b "session_id=your_session_id"
-d "filename=example.txt&content=First line%0ASecond line%0AThird line"

POST /api/upload-file (Requires authentication)

Parameters:

• File data as multipart/form-data

Example: curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/upload-file
-b "session_id=your_session_id"
-F "file=@localfile.txt"

Instance Management

POST /api/instances/register (No authentication required)

Registers another aidesk instance with this server.

Parameters:

• hostname: Instance hostname
• ip: Instance IP address
• port: Instance port number
• start_time: Instance start time (ISO format)

Example: curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/instances/register
-d "hostname=worker1&ip=192.168.1.100&port=8001&start_time=$(date -Iseconds)"

POST /api/instances/ping (No authentication required)

Updates instance status (heartbeat).

Parameters:

• instance_id: ID of the instance (format: ip:port)

Example: curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/instances/ping
-d "instance_id=192.168.1.100:8001"

GET /api/instances (Requires authentication)

Gets all registered instances.

Example: curl -X GET http://localhost:8000/api/instances
-b "session_id=your_session_id"

DELETE /api/instances/{instance_id} (Requires authentication)

Removes a registered instance.

Example: curl -X DELETE http://localhost:8000/api/instances/192.168.1.100:8001
-b "session_id=your_session_id"

Web Interface

• Home/API Documentation: http://localhost:8000
• Login: http://localhost:8000/login
• Instance Management: http://localhost:8000/manage-instances

License

MIT