Backend: GET /api/random/ (aliases /random and /random/) returns a random library image with: - rating=s,q,e filtering (comma separated, default any); - fastfetch mode (?fastfetch=1 or any User-Agent containing "fastfetch") that only considers png/jpg/gif - what terminal viewers can show; - JSON with j_id, filename, extension, rating, size, e621 id plus absolute url/download_url/thumbnail_url. Authenticated callers get signed URLs so fastfetch and image viewers can load them without headers; guests get unsigned URLs and never receive hidden_from_guests items. Tests: apps/library/tests/test_random.py (8 tests) covering the response contract, guest signatures, image-only default, the fastfetch format restriction (flag and User-Agent), rating filters, guest visibility and the short alias. Frontend: /random page with rating pills, R to roll, Open/Download and a library link, plus navigation and command palette entries; needs a backend, hidden in local mode. nginx: /random negotiates on Accept so browsers keep getting the SPA while scripts get the JSON (verified with the proxy and frontend containers). Also fixes a regression from the SSRF change: the guest download proxy still referenced the removed 'parsed' variable on its success path, so every proxied download would have 500'd. Redirect hops are now covered by tests with a mocked requests.get.
J621
Self-hosted media library and e621 archive manager, rebuilt as a React SPA + Django REST API.
Structure
backend/ Django 6 + DRF API (MariaDB + Redis via docker compose)
frontend/ Vite + React + TypeScript SPA
Development
Backend
cd backend
source venv/bin/activate
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py scan_files # index the watched folder
python manage.py runserver
Copy .env.example to .env and set WATCHED_FOLDER before scanning.
Frontend
cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev # http://localhost:5173, proxies /api to :8000
Production
Docker: see deploy/ for the two images (SPA on static
nginx, API on gunicorn), the three compose variants (both / frontend-only /
backend-only) behind a shared nginx service and a Tailscale sidecar, and the
public-funnel or tailnet-only serve configs. deploy/push_*.sh builds and
pushes the multi-arch images to the Gitea registry.
Random image endpoint
Used by the SPA's Random page and by shell greetings (fish_greeting + fastfetch):
curl -H "Authorization: Token <token>" \
"https://j621.example.ts.net/api/random/?rating=s,q&fastfetch=1"
{
"j_id": "J-59",
"filename": "J-59.jpg",
"extension": "jpg",
"rating": "e",
"url": "https://j621.example.ts.net/api/files/J-59/raw/?sig=…",
"download_url": "https://j621.example.ts.net/api/files/J-59/raw/?sig=…&download=1",
"thumbnail_url": "https://j621.example.ts.net/api/files/J-59/thumbnail/?sig=…",
"fastfetch": true
}
rating— comma separated subset ofs,q,e(default: any).fastfetch=1, or any request whose User-Agent containsfastfetch, limits the roll topng/jpg/gifso terminals can display it. Images are the only candidates in both modes.urlis absolute, and signed for authenticated callers, so fastfetch can load it without headers. Guests get an unsigned URL and only see guest-visible items./randomand/random/are aliases of/api/random/for scripts; 404 when nothing matches the filters.
Licence
Source-available, non-commercial: personal and other non-commercial use is welcome under the Jake Labs Non-Commercial Software Licence, which requires attribution and keeps derivative works under the same licence. Commercial use is not permitted. Third-party dependencies keep their own licences (all permissive: MIT, BSD, Apache-2.0, ISC).