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BTAA Geospatial API Documentation

This directory is the internal handbook for the BTAA Geospatial API platform. The public API and linked-data site lives in mkdocs/; this docs/ tree is for developers, operators, maintainers, and project collaborators.

Read this handbook as a sequence when onboarding:

  1. Start with this page for the project map and system model.
  2. Use development.md to run the local stack.
  3. Use backend/codebase_overview.md for the backend architecture and service boundaries.
  4. Use make_tasks.md for daily commands.
  5. Use backend/testing.md and frontend/testing.md before changing behavior.
  6. Use backend/kamal_deployment.md before touching hosted environments.
  7. Use the runbooks in docs/backend/ for domain-specific operations.

Project Folders

Path Purpose
backend/ FastAPI app, API routers, service layer, SQLAlchemy table metadata, database migrations, Celery tasks, ingest/index scripts, backend tests, templates, and static API docs assets.
frontend/ React 19 / React Router 7 / TypeScript public discovery interface, Vite tooling, component tests, accessibility checks, Tailwind/MUI styling, and browser assets.
cli/ Python command-line client for searching, reading schemas/facets, fetching resources, validating Aardvark, and using OGC routes.
qgis-plugin/ QGIS desktop plugin for catalog search and map-loading workflows.
mcp/ Model Context Protocol stdio, HTTP, and WebSocket bridge helpers and client configuration templates.
mkdocs/ Public MkDocs Material site for external API specification, linked data, and tutorials.
docs/ Internal development, architecture, deployment, operations, and maintenance documentation.
config/ Kamal deploy configuration, destination overrides, cron file, init SQL, and single-host Nginx reference config.
.kamal/ Kamal hooks and local secret files. Secret files are gitignored operational inputs, not public docs.
performance/ k6 smoke, stress, and endpoint capacity test assets.
data/, logs/, tmp/ Local runtime volumes and generated artifacts. Treat these as environment state.

Technology Architecture

The application is a monorepo with a browser app, public API, background workers, search index, relational store, cache, and auxiliary client tooling.

flowchart LR
    user["Browser / API client / CLI / QGIS / MCP client"] --> edge["Kamal proxy or local Docker port"]
    edge --> web["web container: React Router SSR + FastAPI pools"]
    web --> api["FastAPI /api/v1 and /api/v1/ogc"]
    api --> pg["ParadeDB/PostgreSQL"]
    api --> es["Elasticsearch 9"]
    api --> redis["Redis cache and rate-limit store"]
    api --> cache["Durable generated_* cache tables"]
    worker["Celery worker"] --> pg
    worker --> es
    worker --> redis
    cron["Cron container"] --> api
    cron --> worker
    upstream["OGM repos / GBL Admin / Kithe bridge / GIN blog"] --> worker
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Core runtime technologies:

Layer Current implementation
API FastAPI 0.7.0 app mounted at /api/v1, with custom Swagger at /api/docs and OpenAPI JSON at /api/openapi.json.
Public web app React 19, React Router 7, TypeScript, Vite 7, MUI 7, Leaflet, GeoBlacklight frontend components, H3 map visualization.
Search Elasticsearch 9.0.0, versioned index build plus alias swap through scripts/reindex_atomic.py.
Database ParadeDB/PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy table metadata in backend/db/models.py, script-based migrations in backend/db/migrations/.
Cache Redis for hot endpoint/cache coordination plus durable database caches in generated_api_responses, generated_resource_representations, and generated visual asset tables.
Jobs Celery worker with Redis broker/result backend; Flower for local monitoring.
Deployment Kamal with web, worker, cron, and flower roles plus Elasticsearch, ParadeDB, and Redis accessories.
Public docs MkDocs Material under mkdocs/, served locally with make docs-serve and built with make docs-build.
Performance tests Dockerized Grafana k6 scripts under performance/k6.

Local Docker Stack

The local stack is defined in docker-compose.yml.

Service Container Port Role
api btaa-geospatial-api-app 127.0.0.1:8000 FastAPI app, API docs, sitemap/robots, static docs assets.
frontend btaa-geospatial-api-frontend 3000 React Router dev server with mounted source files.
elasticsearch btaa-geospatial-api-elasticsearch 127.0.0.1:9200 Single-node Elasticsearch 9 index.
paradedb btaa-geospatial-api-paradedb 127.0.0.1:2345 -> 5432 PostgreSQL/ParadeDB database.
redis btaa-geospatial-api-redis internal Cache, locks, Celery broker, rate-limit support.
celery_worker btaa-geospatial-api-celery internal Background ingest, indexing, bridge, thumbnail, static-map, and cache tasks.
flower btaa-geospatial-api-flower 127.0.0.1:5555 Celery monitoring UI.

Start and stop:

cp .env.example .env
docker compose up -d
docker compose down

Local URLs:

  • Frontend: http://localhost:3000
  • API docs: http://localhost:8000/api/docs
  • OpenAPI JSON: http://localhost:8000/api/openapi.json
  • Flower: http://localhost:5555

Database Schema Map

The current SQLAlchemy metadata source of truth is backend/db/models.py. Migration scripts are in backend/db/migrations/ and are run by project scripts/Make targets rather than Alembic.

Primary table families:

Family Tables
Resource records resources plus BTAA/Aardvark compatibility columns.
Relationships resource_relationships.
Gazetteers gazetteer_geonames, gazetteer_wof_spr, gazetteer_wof_ancestors, gazetteer_wof_concordances, gazetteer_wof_geojson, gazetteer_wof_names, gazetteer_btaa, gazetteer_fast, gazetteer_fast_embeddings.
Enrichment and visualization resource_ai_enrichments, resource_allmaps, resource_thumbnail_state, generated_visual_assets, generated_visual_asset_links, generated_resource_representations.
Durable API cache generated_api_responses, generated_api_response_tags.
Resource auxiliary data distribution_types, resource_distributions, resource_downloads, resource_licensed_accesses, resource_assets, resource_data_dictionaries, resource_data_dictionary_entries.
API keys and rate limiting api_service_tiers, api_keys.
Analytics raw events analytics_api_usage_logs, analytics_searches, analytics_search_impressions, analytics_events.
Analytics rollups/state analytics_daily_api_usage_metrics, analytics_daily_search_metrics, analytics_daily_resource_metrics, analytics_maintenance_state.
OGM harvesting ogm_repos, ogm_harvest_runs, ogm_resource_state.
Kithe bridge sync bridge_sync_runs, bridge_resource_state.
Homepage content gin_blog_posts.

When adding or changing a table, update the relevant migration script, tests, and the domain runbook. If the change introduces a Make target or operator workflow, update make_tasks.md in the same change.

API Surface

Canonical API prefixes:

  • Public JSON:API-style routes: /api/v1
  • OGC API - Records compatibility facade: /api/v1/ogc
  • Swagger UI: /api/docs
  • OpenAPI document: /api/openapi.json
  • Sitemaps and robots: /sitemap.xml, /sitemaps/{filename}.xml, /robots.txt

Current public and operational route families:

Family Routes
Root GET /api/v1/
Search GET /api/v1/search, POST /api/v1/search, GET /api/v1/search/facets/{facet_name}, GET /api/v1/suggest
Resources GET /api/v1/resources/, GET /api/v1/resources/{id}, plus resource subroutes for citation, metadata, downloads, distributions, data dictionaries, links, viewer payloads, OGM viewer, relationships, similar items, spatial facets, static maps, and thumbnails.
Map and visual assets GET /api/v1/map/h3, GET /api/v1/static-maps/..., GET /api/v1/static-map-assets/{map_hash}, GET /api/v1/thumbnails/....
Gazetteers Hidden-from-Swagger gazetteer routes under /api/v1/gazetteers, including Nominatim, BTAA, GeoNames, and Who's On First search.
OGM status Public GET /api/v1/ogm/repos and GET /api/v1/ogm/harvest/failures; admin harvest controls under /api/v1/admin/ogm/....
Admin Hidden-from-Swagger Basic Auth routes under /api/v1/admin for cache purge, reindexing, API keys, tiers, OGM harvest, bridge sync, blog sync, status, and dump downloads.
MCP GET /api/v1/mcp and POST /api/v1/mcp.
Slack Hidden GET /api/v1/slack and POST /api/v1/slack/commands.
Turnstile Hidden status and verification routes under /api/v1/turnstile.
OGC GET /api/v1/ogc/, /conformance, /collections, /collections/btaa-records, /queryables, /sortables, /items, and /items/{recordId}.

Common parameters:

Area Parameters
Search q, page, per_page, sort, search_field, fields, facets, meta, format, callback, adv_q, include_filters, exclude_filters, fq.
Facets facet_name, q, page, per_page, sort, q_facet, adv_q, include/exclude filter params.
Resources id, fields, format, callback, ui_profile, variant, debug, embed.
Map/H3 q, adv_q, bbox, resolution, include/exclude filters.
OGC q, bbox, datetime, limit, page, sortby.
Admin status status, limit, offset, runs_limit, include_celery, format, repo_name.

Public-facing endpoint and parameter details should be kept in mkdocs/docs/specification/endpoints.md and mkdocs/docs/specification/parameters.md.

Makefile Command Families

Run Makefile targets from the repository root.

Family Targets
Lint/format/test make lint, make format, make lint-check, make test, make test-no-coverage, make test-fast, make test-fresh-db, make lint-test, make test-pmtiles-network.
Frontend make frontend-reset; direct npm commands run from frontend/.
CLI make cli-test, make cli-lint, make cli-format, make cli-build, make cli-man.
Docs make docs-serve, make docs-build.
Index/search make reindex, make reindex-benchmark, make verify-h3-index, make es-unblock, make local-clear-search-cache.
Cache and visual assets make clear_cache, make clear-thumbnail-cache, make prime-thumbnail-cache, make prime-static-map-cache, make prime-resource-cache, make prime-visual-caches, make refresh-resource-caches, make visual-assets-export, make visual-assets-import, make visual-assets-stream-import, make visual-assets-sync-all.
Data import make ingest, make ingest-featured, make populate-distributions, make populate-data-dictionaries, make backfill-distributions, make populate-relationships, make resource-aux-init.
OGM make ogm-refresh-all, make ogm-refresh-repo OGM_REPO_NAME=..., make ogm-status, make ogm-status-watch, make ogm-failures.
Kithe bridge make bridge-init, make bridge-sync, make bridge-cancel, make bridge-status, make bridge-status-watch, make bridge-failures.
Blog/sitemap make blog-sync, make sitemap-generate.
Analytics make analytics-maintenance, make analytics-size-report.
Database sync make db-export, make db-import, make db-sync, make gbl-admin-db-*.
Kamal remote ops make kamal-reindex, make kamal-clear-cache, make kamal-verify-h3-index, make kamal-blog-sync, make kamal-purge-home-blog-cache, make kamal-bridge-status, make kamal-cron-debug, make kamal-worker-logs, make kamal-network-sanity, plus Kamal cache priming targets.
Performance make k6-smoke, make k6-stress, make k6-endpoint-capacity.

Kamal Deployment Model

Kamal configuration lives in config/deploy.yml with destination overlays in config/deploy.dev1.yml, config/deploy.dev2.yml, and config/deploy.prd.yml. Destination secrets are loaded from .kamal/secrets-common and .kamal/secrets.<dest> when running Make/Kamal tasks.

Kamal roles:

Role Purpose
web Single-host runtime that starts FastAPI public/internal pools and React Router SSR through scripts/start_web_singlehost.sh.
worker Celery worker for ingest, cache, bridge, OGM, thumbnail, static-map, and indexing jobs.
cron Root cron container that loads config/crontab and env values rendered by scripts/render_cron_env.py.
flower Flower task monitor.

Accessories:

Accessory Image Storage
elasticsearch docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:9.0.0 /var/lib/btaa-geospatial-api/elasticsearch
paradedb paradedb/paradedb:0.18.11 /var/lib/btaa-geospatial-api/postgres
redis redis:7.4.6-alpine /var/lib/btaa-geospatial-api/redis

Always specify a destination for Kamal commands:

kamal deploy -d dev1
kamal deploy -d dev2
kamal deploy -d prd

Use backend/kamal_deployment.md for host inventory, bootstrap, deploy, cache, cron, bridge, and storage procedures.

Current Maintenance Workflows

Daily or per-change:

  • Run targeted tests for touched code.
  • Run backend make lint-check before backend commits.
  • Run frontend npm run lint, npm run format:check, and npm test from frontend/ before frontend commits.
  • For search/index mapping changes, run make reindex and make verify-h3-index.
  • For frontend dependency or Vite config changes, run make frontend-reset after restarting the Docker frontend.
  • For developer-facing workflow changes, update this handbook and make_tasks.md.

Weekly operational checks:

  • Check OGM status with make ogm-status or remote equivalent.
  • Check bridge status with make bridge-status or make kamal-bridge-status.
  • Review failed bridge/OGM runs and rerun as needed.
  • Run make analytics-maintenance where scheduled maintenance is not already covering the environment.
  • Confirm /api/docs, /api/v1/search?q=minnesota, /sitemap.xml, and the frontend search UI respond on active environments.

Quarterly documentation and maintenance checklist:

  • Regenerate or review the route inventory from backend/app/api/** and update mkdocs/docs/specification/endpoints.md.
  • Review search, resource, OGC, admin, and operational parameters against route function signatures and update mkdocs/docs/specification/parameters.md.
  • Review backend/db/models.py and migration scripts for new/removed tables; update the schema map here and domain docs.
  • Run rg -n "^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+:.*##" Makefile and compare with make_tasks.md.
  • Run docker compose config and compare service names, ports, env vars, and volumes with development.md.
  • Review config/deploy.yml, destination overlays, config/crontab, and Kamal hooks; update backend/kamal_deployment.md.
  • Build public docs with make docs-build.
  • Check frontend package scripts and update docs/frontend/* if commands or test tooling changed.
  • Check CLI and QGIS docs after client-facing API changes.
  • Review dependency versions and note planned upgrades for Python, Node, React Router, Elasticsearch, ParadeDB, Redis, Docker, and Kamal.
  • Validate that runbooks still contain concrete verification and rollback steps.

Future upgrade watchlist:

  • Keep Elasticsearch 9 mapping/settings runbooks aligned with index migrations and versioned alias cutovers.
  • Continue hardening durable cache pruning, visual asset sync, and cache warming as response volume grows.
  • Revisit rate limiting and API key tiers before wider external launch.
  • Expand OGC API conformance only as implementation support exists in code.
  • Track React Router, Vite, and MUI major/minor upgrades alongside SSR deploy behavior.
  • Consider moving script-based migrations to a formal migration framework only if operational complexity begins to justify the change.
  • Reassess production topology if traffic requires separate API, SSR, worker, database, Redis, or Elasticsearch hosts.

Documentation Catalog

Chapter 1, orientation:

Chapter 2, backend architecture and data:

Chapter 3, APIs and integrations:

Chapter 4, ingest, migration, and operations:

Chapter 5, deployment and recovery:

Chapter 6, frontend:

Chapter 7, testing:

Chapter 8, public docs:

  • mkdocs/docs/index.md
  • mkdocs/docs/specification/*.md
  • mkdocs/docs/linked-data/*.md
  • mkdocs/docs/specification/tutorial/*.md
  • mkdocs/docs/includes/requests/*.md