Open Text Summaries API

Sitemap

• Endpoint: GET /sitemap.xml
• Description: Returns an XML sitemap including homepage, static pages (/about, /privacy, /terms, /contact), index pages (/books, /categories), and all book detail pages.
• How to submit to Google: In Google Search Console, add your property (domain) and submit the sitemap URL, e.g., https://your-domain.com/sitemap.xml

This API lets you ingest Books (with optional Category and Summary) in a create-or-update (upsert) fashion. It is designed so your client can safely resend the same data without creating duplicates.

• Method and route: POST /api/ingest/books
• Content-Type: application/json
• Authentication: none (development default). If you expose this API publicly, add auth/rate limit yourself.
• Base URL (local):
  • php artisan serve → http://127.0.0.1:8000
  • Laravel Sail/Docker → depends on your setup (often http://localhost)

What the endpoint does

• Finds or creates Category by slug or name; updates name/description if provided.
• Finds or creates Book by slug (preferred) or by the (title + author) pair; updates fields if provided.
• Finds or creates Summary by book_id; updates fields if provided.
• Processes one or many items in a single request.

Accepted request shapes

1. Single object (a single book): { "title": "Clean Code", "author": "Robert C. Martin", "description": "A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship", "publication_date": "2008-08-11", "cover_image": "https://example.com/cleancode.jpg", "slug": "clean-code", // optional; auto-slugified from title if missing "category": { // optional "name": "Software Engineering", "slug": "software-engineering", // optional; auto from name if missing "description": "SE books" }, "summary": { // optional "content": "Clean Code explains principles and best practices for writing maintainable code...", "key_insights": "SOLID; meaningful names; small functions" } }

2. Batch object with books array: { "books": [ { "title": "Clean Code", "author": "Robert C. Martin", "category": {"name": "Software Engineering"} }, { "title": "The Pragmatic Programmer", "author": "Andrew Hunt", "summary": {"content": "..."} } ] }

3. Raw JSON array (also accepted): [ { "title": "Clean Code", "author": "Robert C. Martin" }, { "title": "Refactoring", "author": "Martin Fowler" } ]

Field reference

• Book
  • title (string, required)
  • author (string, required if authors not provided)
  • authors (array, optional; preferred. If provided, author may be omitted. The first name is also stored in the legacy author field for backward compatibility.)
  • slug (string, optional; defaults to slugified title)
  • description (string, optional)
  • publication_date (YYYY-MM-DD string, optional)
  • cover_image (string URL, optional)
  • category_id (integer, optional; used if you already know an existing category ID)
  • category (object, optional; see below). If both category and category_id are provided, category takes precedence.
• Category
  • name (string, recommended if creating)
  • slug (string, optional; defaults to slugified name)
  • description (string, optional)
• Summary
  • content (string, recommended if creating a summary)
  • key_insights (string, optional)

Upsert rules (idempotency)

• Category: matched by slug if present; else by name. If found, it is updated with any provided fields. If not found, it is created.
• Book: matched by slug if present; else by composite (title + author). If found, it is updated with provided fields. If not found, it is created. If category is provided, the book's category_id is set/updated.
• Summary: matched by book_id (exactly one per book). If found, it is updated; else created.

HTTP status codes

• 200 OK: Request processed; see per-item statuses in results.
• 422 Unprocessable Entity: No valid books provided (e.g., empty payload); message explains the reason.

Example cURL (single) curl -X POST "http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/ingest/books"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '{ "title": "Clean Code", "author": "Robert C. Martin", "description": "A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship", "publication_date": "2008-08-11", "cover_image": "https://example.com/cleancode.jpg", "category": {"name": "Software Engineering", "description": "SE books"}, "summary": {"content": "...", "key_insights": "..."} }'

Example success response (single) { "results": [ { "book": {"status": "created", "id": 12, "slug": "clean-code"}, "category": {"status": "created", "id": 4, "slug": "software-engineering"}, "summary": {"status": "created", "id": 9} } ] }

Example cURL (batch) curl -X POST "http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/ingest/books"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '{ "books": [ {"title": "Clean Code", "author": "Robert C. Martin", "category": {"name": "Software Engineering"}}, {"title": "The Pragmatic Programmer", "author": "Andrew Hunt", "summary": {"content": "..."}}, {"author": "Missing Title"} ] }'

Example mixed response (batch with one error) { "results": [ { "book": {"status": "updated", "id": 12, "slug": "clean-code"}, "category": {"status": "updated", "id": 4, "slug": "software-engineering"}, "summary": null }, { "book": {"status": "created", "id": 13, "slug": "the-pragmatic-programmer"}, "category": null, "summary": {"status": "created", "id": 10} }, { "index": 2, "status": "error", "message": "title and author are required." } ] }

Example error (empty payload) Status: 422 { "message": "No books provided." }

Notes

• Authors are normalized to a separate authors table and linked via a pivot. You may send author (string) or authors (array). If authors is provided, the first name is also saved to the legacy author column on books for compatibility.
• This endpoint performs minimal validation: each item must have title and author/authors. Other fields are optional.
• Slugs are derived from names/titles if not provided, using Laravel's Str::slug.
• There is no pagination or retrieval endpoint here; this endpoint is for ingestion only.
• No authentication/rate limiting is configured by default; add it before exposing this API to untrusted clients.

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