# 🛋️ Laterna (Server) **Laterna** is a lightweight REST API for sharing HEX color codes between 2 (or more) lamps, written in go. > [!NOTE] > This project was developed with my own use case in mind. > This is my first time building a REST API and my first time utilizing the go language. > Expect bugs and weird annoyances/limitations ## ⚙️ Setup ### 1. Clone the repository ```sh git clone https://github.com/siestaw/laterna.git cd laterna ``` ### 2. Configure the server Laterna requires a config.json file in the root directory. A [example config](https://github.com/siestaw/Laterna/blob/main/config.json.example) is provided ```sh cp config.json.example config.json ``` You can leave the json as it is or configure it to your liking, although some configuration options (e.g. `verboseLogging`) aren't fully implemented yet. ### 3. Run Make sure that go is installed (tested with Go 1.24.5 on Linux) ```sh make run ``` For advanced Makefile options: ```sh make help ``` ## 🛜 API Documentation ### 🔑 Authentication All requests require the **admin token** via the Authorization header: ``` Authorization: ``` The token is shown once on the first startup. To regenerate it, run the server with: ```sh ./laterna --resetAdminToken ``` --- ### 📦️ Endpoints #### 🎛️ Controllers | Method | Route | Description | | ------ | -------------- | ----------------------------- | | POST | `/controllers` | Create a new controller | | DELETE | `/controllers` | Delete an existing controller |
🔧 Example Payload ```jsonc // DELETE /controllers { "ID": 1 } ```
#### 🎨 Colors | Method | Route | Description | | ------ | -------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | | GET | `/colors/` | Get the current color of all available controllers | | GET | `/colors/{id}` | Get the current color of a specific controller | | PUT | `/colors/{id}` | Set the color of a controller |
🔧 Example Payload ```jsonc // PUT /colors/1 { "Color": "#5398B7" } ```
--- ### 📥️ cURL examples #### Create a new controller ```bash $ curl -X POST http://your-server.com/api/v1/controllers \ -H "Authorization: $TOKEN" ``` #### Delete a controller ```bash $ curl -X DELETE localhost:8080/api/v1/controllers \ -H "Authorization: $TOKEN" \ -d '{"ID": 1}' ``` #### Get every controllers colors ```bash $ curl -X GET localhost:8080/api/v1/colors/ \ -H "Authorization: $TOKEN" ``` #### Get a specific controllers's color ```bash $ curl -X GET localhost:8080/api/v1/colors/1 \ -H "Authorization: $TOKEN" ``` #### Set a controller's color ```bash $ curl -X PUT localhost:8080/api/v1/colors/1 \ -H "Authorization:$TOKEN" \ -d '{"Color": "#C2C342"}' ``` --- ### 📤️ Response Format All responses follow this format: ```json { "data": { "color": "#C16A31", "id": 1, "updated_at": "2025-07-28T19:47:46Z" }, "status": 200, "success": true, "timestamp": "2025-07-28T20:40:58Z" } ``` In case of an error: ```json { "error": "Invalid token", "status": 401, "success": false, "timestamp": "2025-07-28T20:41:54Z" } ```