Downloader text worked.

packetserver/http/routers/objects.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException, UploadFile, File, Form
-from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
+from fastapi.responses import PlainTextResponse, Response
 from typing import List, Optional
 from datetime import datetime
 from uuid import UUID
@@ -381,3 +381,45 @@ async def delete_object(
         raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail="Failed to delete object")
 
     return None
+
+@router.get("/objects/{uuid}/text", response_class=PlainTextResponse)
+async def get_object_text(
+    uuid: UUID,
+    db: DbDependency,
+    current_user: HttpUser = Depends(get_current_http_user)
+):
+    username = current_user.username
+
+    try:
+        with db.transaction() as conn:
+            root = conn.root()
+
+            obj = Object.get_object_by_uuid(uuid, root)
+            if not obj:
+                raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Object not found")
+
+            # Authorization check
+            if obj.private:
+                user = User.get_user_by_username(username, root)
+                if not user or user.uuid != obj.owner:
+                    raise HTTPException(status_code=403, detail="Not authorized to access this private object")
+
+            # Only allow text objects
+            if obj.binary:
+                raise HTTPException(
+                    status_code=400,
+                    detail="This endpoint is for text objects only. Use /download or /binary for binary content."
+                )
+
+            # Safe to return as str since binary=False guarantees valid UTF-8
+            content = obj.data  # will be str
+
+            logging.info(f"User {username} downloaded text object {uuid} ({obj.name})")
+
+    except HTTPException:
+        raise
+    except Exception as e:
+        logging.error(f"Text download failed for {username} on {uuid}: {e}\n{traceback.format_exc()}")
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail="Failed to retrieve text object")
+
+    return PlainTextResponse(content=content, media_type="text/plain; charset=utf-8")