From 164c89d36217e7aec781d26081311acb16c1c7fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam French <adam.a.french@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:23:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] adjust frontend for any filetype and add metadata to api
 response

---
 backend/handlers/handle_notes.go | 15 +++++++++---
 nginx/vue/src/views/Notes.vue    | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/handlers/handle_notes.go b/backend/handlers/handle_notes.go
index 17cdb7e..e80fc52 100644
--- a/backend/handlers/handle_notes.go
+++ b/backend/handlers/handle_notes.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package handlers
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
-	"path/filepath"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 )
@@ -16,7 +16,14 @@ func (store *Store) GetNoteFile(ctx *gin.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	// Get the filename from path
-	filename := filepath.Base(path)
-	ctx.FileAttachment(path, filename)
+	info, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.AbortWithError(http.StatusInternalServerError, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	ctx.Header("Last-Modified", info.ModTime().UTC().Format(http.TimeFormat))
+	ctx.Header("Access-Control-Expose-Headers", "Content-Disposition, Last-Modified")
+
+	ctx.FileAttachment(path, info.Name())
 }
diff --git a/nginx/vue/src/views/Notes.vue b/nginx/vue/src/views/Notes.vue
index 863b378..e9f804d 100644
--- a/nginx/vue/src/views/Notes.vue
+++ b/nginx/vue/src/views/Notes.vue
@@ -2,19 +2,34 @@
 import Markdown from "@/components/quick/Markdown.vue";
 import { ref, onMounted } from "vue";
 import axios from "axios";
+import { useRoute } from "vue-router";
 
-const note = ref(null);
+const file = ref(null);
+const filename = ref("");
+const last_edited = ref(null);
 
-function fixContents(contents) {
-    // Obsidian notes have links in the form [[link|name]]
-    // contents so that they are rendered correctly
-    return contents.replace(/\[\[(.*?)\|(.*)\]\]/g, '<a href="/$1">$2</a>');
+// if the address is https://www.adam-french.co.uk/notes/PATH
+// request from https://www.adam-french.co.uk/api/notes/PATH
+const route = useRoute();
+const path = route.params.path;
+const url = `/api/notes/${path}`;
+
+function getFilename(headers) {
+    const disposition = headers["content-disposition"];
+    if (!disposition) return null;
+
+    const match = disposition.match(/filename="?([^"]+)"?/);
+    return match ? match[1] : null;
 }
 
-async function fetchNote() {
-    const response = await axios.get("/api/notes/Index");
-    response.data.contents = fixContents(response.data.contents);
-    note.value = response.data;
+async function fetchFile() {
+    const response = await axios.get(url, { responseType: "blob" });
+    filename.value = getFilename(response.headers);
+
+    const lastModified = response.headers["last-modified"];
+    last_edited.value = lastModified ? new Date(lastModified) : null;
+
+    file.value = response.data;
 }
 
 onMounted(fetchNote);
@@ -23,14 +38,13 @@ onMounted(fetchNote);
 <template>
     <main class="center-content flex-col">
         <div class="background halftone" />
-
         <div
             v-if="note"
-            class="a4page-portrait bdr-1 flex-col relative scroll-y gap bg-primary"
+            class="a4page-portrait bdr-primary flex-col relative scroll-y gap bg-primary"
         >
-            <h1>{{ note.title }}</h1>
-            <small>{{ note.last_edited }}</small>
-            <Markdown class="fill wrap" :source="note.contents" />
+            <h1>{{ filename }}</h1>
+            <small>{{ last_edited }}</small>
+            <Markdown class="fill wrap" :source="file" />
         </div>
 
         <div v-else>Loading…</div>