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194 lines
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date-created: 2026-08-31 21:32
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# Falinks Public Surfaces
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The project has two components:
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- `Falinks`: the library to resolve short links to fully qualified domain names.
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- `falinks` cli:
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- Non-interactive (use for one off requests or by agents)
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- Interactive mode (REPL-style)
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- Daemon: running in the background, can be used through unix domain sockets (or another inter-process communication)
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- Web server: serves browser requests, including the special `/` management page and 404 page.
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The `falinks` CLI should have very light logic (if any) related to short links.
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It should be focused on being the front end(s) that uses the library.
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`falinks` will use [[machoke]] for the storage layer.
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## Design
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### `Falinks` public interface
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| Method | Parameters | Returns | Description |
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| --------------- | --------------------------------- | ----------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
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| `<constructor>` | `falinks::Options` | `Falinks` | Creates the stateful object. See [[falinks public surfaces#falinks::Options]] |
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| `get` | `short_link: String` | `Result<String>` | Returns the `url` stored for `short_link` if it exists. |
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| `set` | `short_link: String, url: String` | `Result<()>` | Stores `url` with `short_link` key. |
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| `delete` | `short_link: String` | `Result<bool>` | Deletes the entry for `<short_link>`. |
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| `list` | | `Result<Vec<falinks::Entry>>` | Retrieves all stored, raw values. |
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#### falinks::Options
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| Key | Type | Default | Description |
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| ------------- | ---------------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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| `socket_path` | `std::path::PathBuf` | | The path for the Unix Domain Socket. Implicitly starts the daemon. |
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| `listen_addr` | `std::net::SocketAddr` | | The address for the web server to listen on. Implicitly starts the web server. |
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| `store` | `std::path::PathBuf` | tbd | The path to read/write the store. Passed to [[machoke]]. |
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#### falinks::Error
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- `NotFound`: no entry exists for the provided `<prefix>/<short_link>`.
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- `InvalidShortLink`: the provided short link could not be resolved.
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- `InvalidUrl`: the target URL is not valid.
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- `Store`: [[machoke]] failed while reading or writing the store. Maybe treat this as an "external" error?
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#### falinks::Entry
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| Field | Type | Description |
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| -------------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| `prefix` | `String` | The namespace for the short link. |
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| `short_link` | `String` | The short link key. It can contain `/`. |
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| `url` | `String` | The target URL. |
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| `visit_count` | `u64` | Successful `get` operations increment `visit_count`. |
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| `last_used` | `u64` | Unix timestamp in seconds. Successful `get` operations update `last_used`. |
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| `last_updated` | `u64` | Unix timestamp in seconds of when the entry was last updated. Metadata updates do not count. |
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### `falinks` CLI
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| Command | Description |
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| -------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| `falinks` | Launches `falinks` interactive mode. |
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| `falinks list` | Will return all stored URLs and keys, along with metadata like visit count. |
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| `falinks get <short_link>` | Resolve the short link into a URL. See [[falinks public surfaces#Resolving short links]]. |
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| `falinks set <short_link> <url>` | Store the `<url>` with `<short_link>` key. `<short_link>` still needs to be resolved. |
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| `falinks delete <short_link>` | Delete the entry that matches `<short_link>`. |
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| `falinks start [--config-path <path>]` | Starts the daemon, web server or both as configured. See [[falinks public surfaces#falinks::Options]]. |
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| `falinks stop` | Stops the running daemon. |
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#### Global Flags
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| Flag | Description |
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| ----------- | --------------------------------------------- |
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| `--help` | Prints the help text. |
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| `--version` | Prints version information. |
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| `--json` | Turns all output and errors machine-readable. |
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#### JSON payloads
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All JSON command responses must include `ok`.
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`--json` does not affect `--help` or `--version`.
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> [!info] Successful List
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> ```json
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> {
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> "ok": true,
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> "entries": [
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> {
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> "prefix": "fa",
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> "short_link": "home/plex",
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> "url": "https://plex.example.com",
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> "visit_count": 12,
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> "last_used": 1788210000,
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> "last_updated": 1788200000
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> }
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> ]
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> }
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> ```
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> [!info] Successful `get`
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> ```json
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> {
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> "ok": true,
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> "url": "https://example.com"
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> }
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> ```
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> [!info] Successful `set`
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> ```json
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> {
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> "ok": true
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> }
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> ```
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> [!info] Successful `delete`
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> ```json
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> {
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> "ok": true,
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> "deleted": true
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> }
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> ```
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> [!info] Successful `start`
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> ```json
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> {
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> "ok": true,
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> "pid": 1234
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> }
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> ```
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> [!info] Successful `stop`
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> ```json
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> {
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> "ok": true
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> }
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> ```
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> [!info] Error response
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> ```json
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> {
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> "ok": false,
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> "error": {
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> "code": "not_found",
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> "message": "no entry exists for fa/home/plex"
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> }
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> }
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> ```
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See [[falinks public surfaces#falinks::Error]] for more details on the variants.
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### `falinks` daemon IPC
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Daemon IPC uses newline-delimited JSON over the Unix Domain Socket.
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Each request and response is one JSON object followed by a newline.
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Requests mirror the CLI commands:
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```json
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{"command":"get","short_link":"fa/home/plex"}
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{"command":"set","short_link":"fa/home/plex","url":"https://plex.example.com"}
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{"command":"delete","short_link":"fa/home/plex"}
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{"command":"list"}
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{"command":"stop"}
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```
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Responses use the same payload shapes as `falinks --json`.
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See [[falinks public surfaces#JSON payloads]].
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### `falinks` web server
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| Request | Return Code | | Description |
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| `GET <prefix>/` | `200` | Falinks Dashboard | The web dashboard to manage `falinks`. All prefixes return the same dashboard. |
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| `GET <prefix>/<short_link>` | `307` | `<url>` | Returns a temporary redirect to the stored `<url>` |
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| | `404` | 404 Page | If the `<prefix>/<short_link>` entry was not found. |
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| `POST <prefix>/<short_link> body: {"url": "<url>"}` | `201` | | Creates the `<prefix>/<short_link>` entry for `<url>` |
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| `DELETE <prefix>/<short_link>` | `200` | | Deletes the `<prefix>/<short_link>` entry. |
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| | `204` | | No entry found for `<prefix>/<short_link>` |
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### Resolving short links
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`[{http | https}://]<prefix>/<short_link>`
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- The presence of either `http://` or `https://` indicates this short link should be resolved through the machine's DNS. Otherwise, it will be resolved through the daemon on the machine.
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- `<prefix>` can technically be anything, the library will support that. But I will only use `go` or `fa` (to be decided). Prefixes do not share keys.
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- `<short_link>` can be nested (`home/plex`), although it has no semantic meaning.
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