Core Code API

Central API service providing infrastructure management, home automation, and utility endpoints for the homelab ecosystem.

Features

Infrastructure Management

• Portainer Integration: Stack and container management
• NPM Integration: Nginx Proxy Manager domain and certificate management
• Service Control: Start/stop services with container orchestration

Home Automation (Housekeeping API)

• Device Control: Turn on/off, toggle, and set brightness for smart devices
• Scene Activation: Trigger Home Assistant scenes
• Script Execution: Run Home Assistant scripts
• Automation Management: Enable/disable automations
• State History: Query device state changes over time
• Area Discovery: List rooms and areas

Utilities

• DNS Lookup: Query DNS records (A, AAAA, MX, TXT, CNAME, NS, SOA, PTR)
• Health Checks: Comprehensive service health monitoring
• AI Metrics Proxy: Forward metrics requests to Core-AI service

Architecture

src/
├── config.py                      # Global application settings
├── logging_config.py              # Logging configuration
├── base_controller.py             # Base controller pattern
├── main.py                        # FastAPI application entry point
├── auth/
│   └── oidc.py                    # OIDC authentication
├── clients/
│   ├── homeassistant_client.py    # Home Assistant REST client
│   ├── npm_client.py              # Nginx Proxy Manager client
│   ├── ollama_client.py           # Ollama LLM client
│   └── portainer_client.py        # Portainer API client
├── controllers/
│   ├── ai_controller.py           # AI metrics proxy
│   ├── health_controller.py       # Health endpoints
│   ├── housekeeping_controller.py # Home automation endpoints
│   ├── infrastructure_controller.py # Infrastructure management
│   ├── static_controller.py       # Static file serving
│   └── tools_controller.py        # DNS and utility tools
└── dns/
    ├── service.py                 # DNS lookup service
    └── exceptions.py              # DNS-specific exceptions

API Endpoints

Health

• GET / - Service info and documentation links
• GET /health - Basic health status
• GET /health/full - Detailed component health
• GET /health/diagnostics - Full diagnostic information

Infrastructure (/infrastructure)

• GET /infrastructure/health - Portainer/NPM connection status
• GET /infrastructure/services - List all services (stacks)
• GET /infrastructure/services/{name} - Get service details
• GET /infrastructure/services/{name}/status - Service status
• POST /infrastructure/services/{name}/start - Start service
• POST /infrastructure/services/{name}/stop - Stop service
• GET /infrastructure/containers - List containers
• GET /infrastructure/containers/{name} - Container details
• GET /infrastructure/containers/{name}/logs - Container logs
• GET /infrastructure/ports - List exposed ports
• GET /infrastructure/domains - List proxy domains
• GET /infrastructure/widget-data - Dashboard widget data

Housekeeping (/housekeeping)

• GET /housekeeping/health - Home Assistant connection status
• GET /housekeeping/devices - List controllable devices
• GET /housekeeping/devices/{entity_id} - Device details
• POST /housekeeping/devices/{entity_id}/control - Control device
• GET /housekeeping/scenes - List scenes
• POST /housekeeping/scenes/{scene_id}/activate - Activate scene
• GET /housekeeping/scripts - List scripts
• POST /housekeeping/scripts/{script_id}/run - Run script
• GET /housekeeping/automations - List automations
• POST /housekeeping/automations/{automation_id}/toggle - Toggle automation
• GET /housekeeping/history - State history
• GET /housekeeping/areas - List areas/rooms

Tools (/tools)

• POST /tools/dns/lookup - DNS record lookup

AI (/ai)

• GET /ai/metrics - Proxy to Core-AI metrics

Development

Requirements

• Python 3.12+
• Docker (for containerized deployment)

Local Development

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Copy credentials template
cp src/credentials.example.py src/credentials.py
# Edit src/credentials.py with your values

# Run locally
uvicorn src.main:app --reload --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8083

Running Tests

# Run all tests
pytest

# Run with coverage
pytest --cov=src --cov-report=term-missing

# Run specific test file
pytest tests/test_housekeeping.py -v

Adding New Dependencies

Dependencies use major version pinning (~=) for automatic patch updates while preventing breaking changes.

1. Add package to requirements.txt with major version constraint:

   package-name~=1.2.0  # Allows 1.2.x, blocks 1.3.0
   

2. Restart the container to install:

   docker restart core-api
   

Docker Build

# Build image
docker build -t core-code:latest .

# Run container
docker run -p 8083:8083 core-code:latest

Deployment

Portainer Stack

1. Navigate to Portainer UI
2. Go to Stacks → Add Stack
3. Name: core-code
4. Upload stacks/core-code.yml or paste contents
5. Deploy

Environment Variables

Variable	Description	Default
PORTAINER_URL	Portainer API URL	http://localhost:9000
PORTAINER_API_KEY	Portainer API key	-
NPM_URL	Nginx Proxy Manager URL	http://localhost:81
NPM_EMAIL	NPM admin email	-
NPM_PASSWORD	NPM admin password	-
HOMEASSISTANT_URL	Home Assistant URL	http://localhost:8123
HOMEASSISTANT_TOKEN	HA long-lived access token	-
OLLAMA_URL	Ollama API URL	http://localhost:11434
OIDC_ENABLED	Enable OIDC auth	false
OIDC_ISSUER	OIDC issuer URL	-
OIDC_AUDIENCE	OIDC audience	-

API Documentation

Once deployed, access documentation at:

• Swagger UI: http://localhost:8083/docs
• ReDoc: http://localhost:8083/redoc
• OpenAPI Spec: http://localhost:8083/openapi.json

Health Checks

• Basic: GET /health - Returns status and Ollama connection
• Full: GET /health/full - Returns all component statuses (503 if unhealthy)
• Diagnostics: GET /health/diagnostics - Detailed service information

Security

• Runs as non-root user (uid 1000)
• OIDC authentication support via Authentik
• CORS configured for same-network access
• Admin endpoints require authentication when OIDC enabled

License

Internal use only.