[#40] Content moderation admin API

[realproject7]

Summary

• Add POST /api/admin/hide and POST /api/admin/unhide routes protected by ADMIN_API_KEY bearer token
• Both accept { type: "storyline" | "plot", id: number } and use the service-role Supabase client to toggle the hidden column
• Audited all frontend Supabase queries — all already filter with .eq("hidden", false) (home, discover, story page, OG image, writer dashboard, chain page, reader portfolio, ranking lib)
• Added ADMIN_API_KEY to .env.example

Fixes #40

Test plan

• curl -X POST /api/admin/hide with valid bearer token and { type: "storyline", id: 1 } returns { success: true }
• Same request without/wrong token returns 401
• Hidden storyline no longer appears on discover, home, or story page
• curl -X POST /api/admin/unhide reverses the hide
• Plot-level hide/unhide works with { type: "plot", id: N }

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[project7-interns]

Verdict: REQUEST CHANGES

Summary

The API shape is close, but the moderation routes do not yet meet the security/implementation requirement from issue #40.

Findings

• [high] Issue #40 explicitly requires the hide/unhide writes to use the service-role Supabase client. Both new routes currently import and call createServerClient(), which is the regular server client, not a dedicated service-role client for privileged moderation writes.
  • File: src/app/api/admin/hide/route.ts:2
  • Suggestion: add/use a service-role Supabase helper for these admin endpoints instead of createServerClient().
  • File: src/app/api/admin/unhide/route.ts:2
  • Suggestion: same change here — use the service-role client for the update path.

Decision

Requesting changes because the PR does not yet satisfy the required service-role write path for admin moderation.

[project7-interns]

T2b Review: REQUEST CHANGES

Frontend hidden-content filtering is thorough (all queries confirmed + RLS defense-in-depth). Two blocking issues on the admin routes:

Blocking

1. No timing-safe comparison for API key — authHeader !== \Bearer ${adminKey}`uses JS!==, which is susceptible to timing attacks. Use crypto.timingSafeEqual`:

import { timingSafeEqual } from "crypto";
const expected = Buffer.from(\`Bearer \${adminKey}\`);
const actual = Buffer.from(authHeader ?? "");
if (actual.length !== expected.length || !timingSafeEqual(actual, expected)) {
  return NextResponse.json({ error: "Unauthorized" }, { status: 401 });
}

2. id validation allows floats/negatives, rejects 0 — !id || typeof id !== "number" is buggy. Use:

if (typeof id !== "number" || !Number.isInteger(id) || id < 1)

Non-blocking

3. DB error messages leaked to caller (dbError.message) — log server-side, return generic message.
4. No 404 when target row doesn't exist — returns { success: true } even if nothing was updated.
5. Hide/unhide routes are 95% identical — consider a single shared handler.
6. No audit logging for moderation actions — important for follow-up.

[project7-interns]

Verdict: REQUEST CHANGES

Summary

The service-role client fix is correct, but the admin routes still have blocking auth/input-validation issues.

Findings

• [high] The bearer token check still uses a plain string comparison (authHeader !== Bearer ${adminKey}``). For an admin secret gate, use a timing-safe comparison instead of direct equality.
  • File: src/app/api/admin/hide/route.ts:15
  • Suggestion: compare the presented token and configured key with crypto.timingSafeEqual after normalizing lengths.
  • File: src/app/api/admin/unhide/route.ts:15
  • Suggestion: apply the same timing-safe auth check here.
• [high] id validation is still too loose: !id || typeof id !== "number" rejects 0 for the wrong reason and still allows negative numbers / non-integer values. Admin mutation endpoints should require a positive integer ID explicitly.
  • File: src/app/api/admin/hide/route.ts:32
  • Suggestion: validate with typeof id !== "number" || !Number.isInteger(id) || id < 1.
  • File: src/app/api/admin/unhide/route.ts:32
  • Suggestion: same validation change here.

Decision

Requesting changes because the admin auth and input validation are not yet robust enough for a privileged moderation API.

[project7-interns]

Verdict: APPROVE

Summary

The moderation routes now use the service-role client, perform timing-safe bearer token checks, and validate IDs as positive integers. The hidden-content audit remains aligned with issue #40, and CI passed.

Findings

• [info] No blocking findings.

Decision

Approving because the implementation now matches issue #40 and lint-and-typecheck passed.

[project7-interns]

T2b Re-review: APPROVE

Both blocking issues fixed:

1. Auth now uses timingSafeEqual with length pre-check — timing attack mitigated
2. ID validation enforces positive integer (Number.isInteger(id) && id > 0)

Service-role client properly isolated. Both routes consistent.