updated backend imports for clarity, enhanced sync logic, and expanded proxy routes in frontend

backend/app/config.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import logging
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
-DB_PATH = Path(os.getenv("DB_NAME", "owlynews.sqlite3"))
+DB_PATH = Path(os.getenv("DB_NAME", os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)), "owlynews.sqlite3")))
 OLLAMA_HOST = os.getenv("OLLAMA_HOST", "http://localhost:11434")
 MIN_CRON_HOURS = float(os.getenv("MIN_CRON_HOURS", 0.5))
 DEFAULT_CRON_HOURS = float(os.getenv("CRON_HOURS", MIN_CRON_HOURS))

backend/app/main.py

@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ async def get_model_status():
 
 
 @app.post("/sync", response_model=None)
-async def manual_sync(db: sqlite3.Cursor = Depends(get_db)):
+async def manual_sync(db: sqlite3.Cursor = Depends(get_db_write)):  # Note: changed to get_db_write
     """
     Manually trigger a feed synchronization.
 
@@ -302,7 +302,14 @@ async def manual_sync(db: sqlite3.Cursor = Depends(get_db)):
     """
     db.execute("SELECT val FROM meta WHERE key='last_sync'")
     row = db.fetchone()
-    last_sync_ts = int(row["val"])
+
+    if row is None:
+        # Initialize the last_sync key if it doesn't exist
+        import time
+        last_sync_ts = int(time.time()) - (SYNC_COOLDOWN_MINUTES * 60 + 1)  # Set to a time that allows sync
+        db.execute("INSERT INTO meta (key, val) VALUES ('last_sync', ?)", (str(last_sync_ts),))
+    else:
+        last_sync_ts = int(row["val"])
 
     now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
     last_sync_time = datetime.fromtimestamp(last_sync_ts, timezone.utc)
@@ -314,13 +321,18 @@ async def manual_sync(db: sqlite3.Cursor = Depends(get_db)):
 
     try:
         task = asyncio.create_task(NewsFetcher.harvest_feeds())
+        # Update the last_sync timestamp after triggering the sync
+        current_ts = int(time.time())
+        db.execute("UPDATE meta SET val=? WHERE key='last_sync'", (str(current_ts),))
         return {"status": "triggered", "task_id": id(task)}
     except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"❌ Failed to trigger sync: {e}")
         raise HTTPException(
             500, f"Failed to trigger sync: {str(e)}"
         )
 
 
+
 @app.get("/meta/last-sync", response_model=TimestampResponse)
 async def get_last_sync(db: sqlite3.Cursor = Depends(get_db)):
     """

frontend/vite.config.ts

@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ export default defineConfig({
   server: {
     proxy: {
       '/news': 'http://localhost:8000',
-      '/meta': 'http://localhost:8000'
+      '/meta': 'http://localhost:8000',
+      '/feeds': 'http://localhost:8000',
+      '/model': 'http://localhost:8000',
+      '/sync': 'http://localhost:8000',
+      '/settings': 'http://localhost:8000'
     }
   },
 });