Adding changes to messages. Preparing to do a dashboard.

packetserver/http/routers/messages.py

@@ -4,12 +4,24 @@ from typing import Optional
 from datetime import datetime
 from persistent.mapping import PersistentMapping
 import persistent.list
+import transaction
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, validator
 
 from packetserver.http.dependencies import get_current_http_user
 from packetserver.http.auth import HttpUser
 
 router = APIRouter(prefix="/api/v1", tags=["messages"])
 
+# Simple request model (only allow setting to true)
+class MarkRetrievedRequest(BaseModel):
+    retrieved: bool = Field(..., description="Set to true to mark as retrieved")
+
+    @validator("retrieved")
+    def must_be_true(cls, v):
+        if not v:
+            raise ValueError("retrieved must be true")
+        return v
+
 
 @router.get("/messages")
 async def get_messages(
@@ -96,7 +108,8 @@ async def get_message(
         target_msg.retrieved = True
         target_msg._p_changed = True
         mailbox._p_changed = True
-        transaction.commit()
+        # Explicit transaction for the write
+        transaction.get().commit()
 
     return {
         "id": str(target_msg.msg_id),
@@ -108,3 +121,39 @@ async def get_message(
         "has_attachments": len(target_msg.attachments) > 0,
         # Future: "attachments": [...] metadata
     }
+
+@router.patch("/messages/{msg_id}")
+async def mark_message_retrieved(
+    msg_id: str = Path(..., description="Message UUID as string"),
+    payload: MarkRetrievedRequest = None,
+    current_user: HttpUser = Depends(get_current_http_user)
+):
+    from packetserver.runners.http_server import get_db_connection
+    conn = get_db_connection()
+    root = conn.root()
+
+    username = current_user.username
+    mailbox = root.get('messages', {}).get(username)
+
+    if not mailbox:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Mailbox not found")
+
+    target_msg = None
+    for msg in mailbox:
+        if str(msg.msg_id) == msg_id:
+            target_msg = msg
+            break
+
+    if not target_msg:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Message not found")
+
+    if target_msg.retrieved:
+        # Already marked – idempotent success
+        return {"status": "already_retrieved", "id": msg_id}
+
+    target_msg.retrieved = True
+    target_msg._p_changed = True
+    mailbox._p_changed = True
+    transaction.get().commit()
+
+    return {"status": "marked_retrieved", "id": msg_id}