add-endpoint

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name: add-endpoint version: 1.2.0 created: 2026-02-04 last-evolved: 2026-02-04 evolution-count: 2 feedback-count: 0 description: Scaffold a new Express API endpoint with controller, route (OpenAPI annotations), response type, and barrel exports. argument-hint: [domain] [method] [path] [description] allowed-tools: Read, Edit, Write, Glob, Grep

Add API Endpoint

Scaffold a complete Express.js API endpoint following the project's established patterns: controller, route with @openapi annotations, response type, and barrel exports.

Arguments

• $0 - Domain/feature area (e.g., drep, overview, proposal, or a new domain like spo)
• $1 - HTTP method: get or post (default: get)
• $2 - URL path suffix (e.g., stats, :id/votes, trigger-cleanup)
• $3 - Short description of the endpoint (e.g., "Get aggregate SPO statistics")

Instructions

Step 1: Check if domain exists

Look for existing files:

src/controllers/{$0}/index.ts
src/routes/{$0}.route.ts

If the domain is new, you'll also need Steps 6 and 7. If it exists, skip those steps.

Step 2: Create the controller

Create src/controllers/{$0}/{handlerName}.ts:

import { Request, Response } from "express";
import { prisma } from "../../services";

/**
 * {$1 uppercase} /{$0}/{$2}
 * {$3}
 */
export const {handlerName} = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
  try {
    // TODO: Implement endpoint logic
    const data = {};

    res.json(data);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error("Error in {handlerName}", error);
    res.status(500).json({
      error: "Failed to {$3 lowercase}",
      message: error instanceof Error ? error.message : "Unknown error",
    });
  }
};

Handler naming conventions:

• GET endpoints: get{Resource} (e.g., getSPOStats, getDRepVotes)
• POST endpoints: post{Action} (e.g., postTriggerSync, postIngestProposal)

For paginated endpoints, add this query param parsing at the top:

const page = Math.max(1, parseInt(req.query.page as string) || 1);
const pageSize = Math.min(100, Math.max(1, parseInt(req.query.pageSize as string) || 20));
const skip = (page - 1) * pageSize;

For BigInt fields, always convert before JSON response:

// BigInt → string for serialization
const votingPowerStr = drep.votingPower.toString();

// BigInt → ADA string
function lovelaceToAda(lovelace: bigint): string {
  return (Number(lovelace) / 1_000_000).toFixed(6);
}

Step 3: Export from controller barrel

Add to src/controllers/{$0}/index.ts:

export * from "./{handlerFileName}";

Step 4: Add route with OpenAPI annotation

Add to src/routes/{$0}.route.ts:

/**
 * @openapi
 * /{$0}/{$2}:
 *   {$1}:
 *     summary: {$3}
 *     description: {Longer description}
 *     tags:
 *       - {Domain Tag}
 *     parameters:
 *       - name: paramName
 *         in: path|query
 *         required: true|false
 *         description: Parameter description
 *         schema:
 *           type: string|integer
 *     responses:
 *       200:
 *         description: Success description
 *         content:
 *           application/json:
 *             schema:
 *               $ref: '#/components/schemas/{ResponseType}'
 *       500:
 *         description: Server error
 *         content:
 *           application/json:
 *             schema:
 *               $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
 */
router.{$1}("/{$2}", {$0}Controller.{handlerName});

Step 5: Define response type

Add to src/responses/{$0}.response.ts (create if new domain):

/**
 * Response type for {$3}
 */
export interface {ResponseTypeName} {
  // Define fields here
}

Then export from src/responses/index.ts:

export * from "./{$0}.response";

Step 6: (New domain only) Create route file

Create src/routes/{$0}.route.ts:

import express from "express";
import { {$0}Controller } from "../controllers";

const router = express.Router();

// ... routes go here ...

export default router;

Step 7: (New domain only) Mount in app

Add to src/index.ts:

import {$0}Router from "./routes/{$0}.route";

// In the middleware section:
app.use("/{$0}", apiKeyAuth, {$0}Router);

And add the controller barrel export to src/controllers/index.ts:

export * as {$0}Controller from "./{$0}";

Checklist

• Controller created with try/catch error handling
• Controller exported from domain barrel (index.ts)
• Route added with @openapi JSDoc annotation
• Response type defined and exported from src/responses/
• BigInt fields serialized to strings (not raw BigInt in JSON)
• Paginated endpoints include { page, pageSize, totalItems, totalPages }
• If new domain: route file created, mounted in src/index.ts, controller barrel exported

Common Patterns

Vote/relation count aggregation

When an endpoint needs counts from a related model (e.g., vote count per DRep), Prisma doesn't support filtered _count in findMany. Use groupBy + in-memory join:

// 1. Fetch main entities
const dreps = await prisma.drep.findMany({ ... });
const drepIds = dreps.map((d) => d.drepId);

// 2. Fetch counts via groupBy
const voteCounts = await prisma.onchainVote.groupBy({
  by: ["drepId"],
  where: { drepId: { in: drepIds }, voterType: VoterType.DREP },
  _count: { id: true },
});

// 3. Join in memory
const voteCountMap = new Map<string, number>();
for (const vc of voteCounts) {
  if (vc.drepId) voteCountMap.set(vc.drepId, vc._count.id);
}

// 4. Use in response mapping
const summaries = dreps.map((d) => ({
  ...d,
  totalVotesCast: voteCountMap.get(d.drepId) || 0,
}));

doNotList filtering

DReps with doNotList: true should be excluded. Since the field is nullable, always use:

const whereClause = {
  OR: [{ doNotList: false }, { doNotList: null }],
};

In-memory sorting for computed fields

When sorting by a field not in the DB (e.g., totalVotes):

if (sortBy === "totalVotes") {
  results.sort((a, b) => {
    const diff = a.totalVotesCast - b.totalVotesCast;
    return sortOrder === "asc" ? diff : -diff;
  });
}

Note: pagination still works correctly for DB-column sorts (votingPower, name) but for computed-field sorts the page boundary may shift.

Aggregate stats with _sum

const aggregateResult = await prisma.drep.aggregate({
  where: { OR: [{ doNotList: false }, { doNotList: null }] },
  _sum: { votingPower: true, delegatorCount: true },
});
const total = aggregateResult._sum.votingPower ?? BigInt(0);

BigInt percentage calculations

When computing percentages with BigInt (e.g., vote power ratios), use scaled arithmetic to preserve precision:

// Multiply by 10000 first (for 2 decimal places), then divide
const turnoutPct = totalPower > 0n
  ? Number((activePower * 10000n) / totalPower) / 100
  : null;

Latest vote per voter (deduplication)

For voters who can change their vote (e.g., CC members), always order by timestamp and dedupe:

const votes = await prisma.onchainVote.findMany({
  where: { voterType: VoterType.CC },
  orderBy: [{ votedAt: "desc" }, { createdAt: "desc" }],
});

const seenVotes = new Set<string>();
for (const vote of votes) {
  const key = `${vote.ccId}-${vote.proposalId}`;
  if (!seenVotes.has(key)) {
    seenVotes.add(key);
    // Process this vote (it's the latest)
  }
}

Epoch time mapping

For wall-clock calculations from epoch numbers, build a lookup map:

const epochTimestamps = await prisma.epochTotals.findMany({
  where: { epoch: { in: Array.from(epochs) } },
  select: { epoch: true, startTime: true, endTime: true },
});

const epochTimeMap = new Map<number, Date>();
for (const et of epochTimestamps) {
  if (et.startTime && et.endTime) {
    const midpoint = new Date((et.startTime.getTime() + et.endTime.getTime()) / 2);
    epochTimeMap.set(et.epoch, midpoint);
  }
}

Analytics metrics

Gini coefficient for decentralization (0 = equal, 1 = concentrated):

// Sort values ascending, compute weighted sum
const sorted = [...values].sort((a, b) => a < b ? -1 : a > b ? 1 : 0);
let sum = 0n, weightedSum = 0n;
for (let i = 0; i < sorted.length; i++) {
  sum += sorted[i];
  weightedSum += BigInt(i + 1) * sorted[i];
}
const gini = Number((2n * weightedSum - BigInt(n + 1) * sum) * 10000n / (BigInt(n) * sum)) / 10000;

HHI (Herfindahl-Hirschman Index) for concentration (0-10000):

let hhi = 0;
for (const [, data] of groupPower) {
  const sharePct = Number((data.power * 10000n) / totalPower) / 100;
  hhi += sharePct * sharePct;
}

Contention score (0-100, higher = more contentious):

const diff = Math.abs(yesPct - noPct);
const contentionScore = 100 - diff; // 50/50 = 100, 100/0 = 0
const isContentious = diff < 20; // Within 40-60 range

After Creation

1. Run npm run build to verify TypeScript compiles
2. Run npm run swagger:generate to update API docs
3. Test with curl http://localhost:3000/{$0}/{$2}