insertr/README.md

# Insertr

> **The Tailwind of CMS** - Zero-configuration content editing for any static site

Insertr adds editing capabilities to any HTML website by simply adding `class="insertr"` to elements. No complex setup, no architectural changes, no framework dependencies. Just mark what should be editable and get a production-ready CMS.

## ✨ Zero Configuration Philosophy

### **Just Add a Class**
```html
<!-- Individual elements -->
<h1 class="insertr">Main Title</h1>
<p class="insertr">Description text</p>  
<a href="/contact" class="insertr">Contact Us</a>

<!-- Container expansion -->
<section class="insertr">
  <h1>Hero Title</h1>
  <p>Hero description</p>
  <button>Call to Action</button>
</section>
```

**That's it!** No manual IDs, no configuration files, no schema definitions.

### **Container Expansion**
Containers with `class="insertr"` automatically make their viable children editable:
- **Viable children**: Elements containing only text (h1-h6, p, span, a, button)
- **Automatic detection**: Skip complex nested elements
- **Semantic convenience**: One class enables section-wide editing

## 🎯 Three User Experiences

### 1. **Regular Visitors** (99% of traffic)
- Pure static HTML performance
- Zero editor assets loaded
- No runtime overhead

### 2. **Content Editors** (Authenticated users)
- Rich editing interface loads on demand
- Click-to-edit any marked element
- Smart input types: text, textarea, link editor, markdown
- Changes saved to database

### 3. **Developers** (You)
- Add `class="insertr"` to any element
- Use HTML `id` attributes for complex cases
- Never see or manage generated content IDs
- Works with any static site generator

## 🚀 Current Status

**✅ Complete Full-Stack CMS**
- **Professional Editor**: Modal forms, markdown support, authentication system
- **Content Persistence**: SQLite database with REST API, version control
- **Version History**: Complete edit history with user attribution and one-click rollback
- **Build Enhancement**: Parse HTML, inject database content, build-time optimization
- **Smart Detection**: Auto-detects content types (text/markdown/link)
- **Deterministic IDs**: Content-based ID generation for consistent developer experience
- **Full Integration**: Seamless development workflow with hot reload

**🔄 Ready for Production**
- Add authentication (JWT/OAuth)
- Deploy to cloud infrastructure
- Configure CDN for library assets

## 🛠️ Quick Start

### **Quick Start (Recommended)**
```bash
# Clone and setup
git clone <repository-url>
cd insertr

# Install dependencies and build everything
just install build

# Start full-stack development
just dev
```

This starts:
- **Demo site**: http://localhost:3000 (with live reload)
- **API server**: http://localhost:8080 (with content persistence)

### **Using NPM**
```bash
# Alternative using npm
npm run install:all
npm run build
npm run dev
```

### **Available Commands**
```bash
just --list        # Show all available commands

# Development (Full-Stack by Default)
just dev           # Start full-stack development (recommended)
just demo [site]   # Start specific demo site (default, dan-eden)
just list-demos    # Show all available demo sites
just demo-only     # Demo site only (no content persistence)
just serve         # API server only (localhost:8080)

# Building  
just build         # Build library + unified binary (complete stack)
just build-lib     # Build JavaScript library only

# Utilities
just check         # Validate project setup
just status        # Show project status
just clean         # Clean build artifacts
```

## 🎯 **Complete Development Experience**

Running `just dev` gives you the **complete Insertr CMS**:

- ✅ **Professional Editor** - Modal forms, markdown support, authentication
- ✅ **Real-Time Persistence** - SQLite database with REST API
- ✅ **Version Control** - Complete edit history with user attribution and rollback
- ✅ **Content Management** - Create, read, update content via browser
- ✅ **Build Integration** - Binary enhances HTML with database content
- ✅ **Hot Reload** - Changes reflected immediately

## 📚 **Version Control Features**

### **Complete Edit History**
Every content change is automatically tracked with:
- **User Attribution** - Who made each change
- **Timestamps** - When changes were made
- **Content Snapshots** - Full content preserved for each version

### **Easy Rollback**
- **View History** button in any content editor
- **One-Click Restore** to any previous version
- **Version Comparison** - See what changed between versions
- **Safe Rollback** - Current content is preserved before restoration

### **Example Workflow**
```
1. Editor clicks on any element with class="insertr"
2. Professional editing modal opens
3. Click "View History" to see all previous versions
4. Each version shows: timestamp, author, content preview
5. Click "Restore" on any version to rollback instantly
6. All changes are tracked automatically
```



## 📊 Parser Output Example

```bash
🔍 Parsing HTML files in: ../demo-site/

📊 Parse Results:
   Files processed: 2
   Elements found: 40
   Container expansions: 3
   Generated IDs: 34

📝 Content Types:
   text: 19      # Headlines, short content
   markdown: 19  # Rich content, paragraphs  
   link: 2       # Buttons, navigation

🎯 Container Expansions:
   hero-section → 3 children (h1, p, button)
   services-grid → 6 children (3×h3, 3×p)
```

## 🏗️ Architecture: Unified Binary

### **Enhancement Pipeline**
```
Static Site Build → insertr enhance → Enhanced Deployment
     ↓                       ↓                 ↓
  Pure HTML            Parse + Inject        Smart Loading
                       Database Content      (Auth-dependent)
                              ↓
Runtime Content API ← insertr serve ← Database (SQLite/PostgreSQL)
```

**Unified Commands:**
- `insertr enhance` - Build-time content injection
- `insertr serve` - Runtime API server  
- Single binary handles both development and production workflows

### **Smart Loading Strategy**
```html
<!-- Regular visitors: zero overhead -->
<h1 class="insertr">Welcome to Our Site</h1>

<!-- Authenticated editors: rich editing -->
<h1 class="insertr" data-content-id="hero-title-abc123" 
    data-editor-loaded="true">Latest Content From Database</h1>
```

**Benefits:**
- **Performance**: Zero runtime cost for regular visitors
- **Framework agnostic**: Works with Hugo, Next.js, Jekyll, etc.
- **Zero configuration**: No schema files or content mappings
- **Developer friendly**: Stay in HTML markup, no context switching

## 🔧 Unified Binary Commands

### **Build-Time Enhancement**
```bash
# Production build with remote API
./insertr enhance src/ --output ./dist --api https://cms.example.com --api-key xyz

# Development build with local database
./insertr enhance demo-site/ --output ./dist --db ./content.db

# Development build with mock data
./insertr enhance demo-site/ --output ./dist --mock

# Use justfile shortcuts
just enhance                     # Default: demo-site/ → dist/ with mock data
just enhance input="src" output="public"  # Custom paths
```

### **Runtime API Server**
```bash
# Production server with PostgreSQL
./insertr serve --db "postgresql://user:pass@host:5432/dbname"

# Development server with SQLite
./insertr serve --dev-mode --port 8080 --db ./dev.db

# Production server with custom config
./insertr --config ./production.yaml serve

# Use justfile shortcuts
just serve                       # Development server on :8080
just serve-prod port="443"       # Production server
```

### **Configuration Options**
```bash
# YAML configuration file
./insertr --config ./custom.yaml [command]

# Environment variables
export INSERTR_DB_PATH="./content.db"
export INSERTR_API_URL="https://api.example.com"
export INSERTR_API_KEY="your-api-key"
export INSERTR_SITE_ID="production"

# Command-line flags (highest priority)
./insertr --db ./custom.db --site-id staging serve --port 3000

# Show all options
./insertr --help
./insertr enhance --help
./insertr serve --help
```

## 📚 Integration Examples

### **GitHub Actions Workflow**
```yaml
# .github/workflows/deploy.yml
- name: Build static site
  run: hugo --minify

- name: Enhance with Insertr
  run: insertr enhance ./public --output ./dist

- name: Deploy enhanced site
  uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v3
  with:
    publish_dir: ./dist
```

### **Container vs Individual Elements**
```html
<!-- Semantic convenience: entire section editable -->
<section id="hero" class="insertr">
  <h1>Dynamic Title</h1>           <!-- → text input -->
  <p>Dynamic description</p>       <!-- → textarea -->  
  <button>Dynamic CTA</button>     <!-- → link editor -->
</section>

<!-- Granular control: specific elements -->
<nav>
  <h1 class="insertr">Site Name</h1>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="/" class="insertr">Home</a></li>
    <li><a href="/about" class="insertr">About</a></li>
  </ul>
</nav>
```

### **Content Type Detection**
- **Headlines** (`h1-h6`) → Text input with character limits
- **Paragraphs** (`p`) → Markdown textarea for rich content  
- **Links/Buttons** (`a`, `button`) → Text + URL fields
- **Containers** (`div`, `section`) → Expand to viable children

## 🔌 API Reference

### **Simple Content Management**
```bash
# Create or update content (single endpoint for both)
curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/content?site_id=demo \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"value": "New content", "type": "text"}'

# Get all content for a site
curl http://localhost:8080/api/content?site_id=demo

# Get specific content by ID
curl http://localhost:8080/api/content/content-id?site_id=demo

# View edit history
curl http://localhost:8080/api/content/content-id/versions?site_id=demo

# Rollback to previous version
curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/content/content-id/rollback \
  -d '{"version_id": 123}'
```

**Key Features:**
- **Single POST endpoint** handles both create and update (upsert)
- **Automatic ID generation** from element context if no ID provided
- **Version control** preserves all changes with user attribution
- **Auto-enhancement** updates static files when content changes

## 🔧 Development Workflow

### **Live Development with Hot Reload**
```bash
# 🔥 Hot Reload: watches BOTH library AND unified binary
just air

# Alternative: Watch library only
just watch
# or: cd lib && npm run dev

# Library changes: lib/src/**/*.js → Auto rebuild library + binary
# Binary changes: cmd/**/*.go, internal/**/*.go → Auto rebuild binary
# Both trigger server restart with latest embedded assets
# Visit localhost:3000 → Refresh to see changes
```

**What Gets Hot Reloaded:**
- JavaScript library changes (`lib/src/`)
- Go unified binary changes (`cmd/`, `internal/`)
- Enhanced HTML output (real-time content injection)

### **Content ID Management**
**Development Phase:**
- Generated IDs are disposable and change freely
- Focus on markup, ignore content persistence
- Use HTML `id` attributes for complex cases

**Production Phase:**
- Preserve existing content mappings for stability  
- Binary warns about orphaned content
- Simple migration tools for structural changes

## ⚙️ Configuration

### **YAML Configuration (insertr.yaml)**
```yaml
# Database configuration
database:
  path: "./insertr.db"        # SQLite file or PostgreSQL connection string

# API configuration (for remote content API)
api:
  url: ""                     # Content API URL (leave empty to use local database)
  key: ""                     # API authentication key

# Server configuration  
server:
  port: 8080                  # HTTP server port
  dev_mode: false             # Enable development mode features

# Build configuration
build:
  input: "./src"              # Default input directory
  output: "./dist"            # Default output directory

# Global settings
site_id: "demo"              # Site ID for content lookup
mock_content: false          # Use mock content instead of real data
```

### **Configuration Precedence**
1. **CLI flags** (highest priority) - `./insertr --db ./custom.db serve`
2. **Environment variables** - `INSERTR_DB_PATH=./custom.db`
3. **YAML config file** - `insertr.yaml` or `--config custom.yaml`
4. **Smart defaults** (lowest priority)

### **Environment Variables**
- `INSERTR_DB_PATH` - Database path
- `INSERTR_API_URL` - Remote API URL  
- `INSERTR_API_KEY` - API authentication key
- `INSERTR_SITE_ID` - Site identifier

## 📖 Documentation

- **[Command Reference](COMMANDS.md)** - Complete command and configuration guide
- **[Development Guide](DEVELOPMENT.md)** - Setup and contribution workflow
- **[Research Document](RESEARCH.md)** - Strategic analysis and market positioning
- **[Integration Summary](INTEGRATION-SUMMARY.md)** - Complete architecture overview

## 🎯 Market Position: "The Tailwind of CMS"

**Tailwind CSS Approach:**
- Utility-first classes: `class="text-lg font-bold"`
- Zero configuration, build-time optimization
- Framework agnostic, developer workflow integration

**Insertr CMS Approach:**
- Content-first classes: `class="insertr"`  
- Zero configuration, build-time enhancement
- Framework agnostic, developer workflow integration

**Shared Principles:**
- Stay in markup, don't context switch
- Build-time optimization, zero runtime overhead
- Works with any framework or generator
- Developer experience focused

## 🏗️ **Server-Hosted Static Sites** (NEW)

**Real-time content updates for server-hosted static sites with immediate deployment.**

### **Overview**
Insertr now supports hosting and enhancing static sites directly on the server. When content changes through the editor, static files are automatically updated in-place without requiring rebuilds or redeployment.

### **Key Benefits**
- ✅ **Immediate Updates**: Content changes are live instantly
- ✅ **Database Source of Truth**: Content stored in database, not files
- ✅ **No Rebuilds Required**: Only content updates, templates stay the same
- ✅ **Multi-Site Support**: Host multiple enhanced sites on one server
- ✅ **Automatic Backups**: Original files backed up before enhancement

### **Workflow**
```
1. Developer deploys static site → Server directory (e.g., /var/www/mysite)
2. Insertr enhances files → Adds editing capabilities + injects content
3. Editor makes changes → API updates database + triggers file enhancement
4. Changes immediately live → Visitors see updated content instantly
```

### **Configuration Example**
```yaml
# insertr.yaml
server:
  port: 8080
  sites:
    - site_id: "mysite"
      path: "/var/www/mysite"
      domain: "mysite.example.com"
      auto_enhance: true
      backup_originals: true
    
    - site_id: "blog"
      path: "/var/www/blog"
      domain: "blog.example.com"
      auto_enhance: true
      backup_originals: true
```

### **Quick Start**
```bash
# 1. Configure sites in insertr.yaml
# 2. Start the server
./insertr serve --dev-mode

# 3. Your sites are automatically registered and enhanced
# 4. Content changes via editor immediately update static files
```

## ⚙️ Configuration

### **YAML Configuration (insertr.yaml)**
```yaml
# Database configuration
database:
  path: "./insertr.db"  # SQLite file path or PostgreSQL connection string

# Server configuration (with site hosting)
server:
  port: 8080            # HTTP server port
  sites:                # Server-hosted static sites
    - site_id: "demo"
      path: "./demo-site"
      domain: "localhost:3000"
      auto_enhance: true
      backup_originals: true

# API configuration (for remote content API)
api:
  url: ""               # Content API URL (leave empty to use local database)
  key: ""               # API authentication key

# Build configuration (for CLI enhancement)
build:
  input: "./src"        # Default input directory for enhancement
  output: "./dist"      # Default output directory for enhanced files

# Authentication configuration
auth:
  provider: "mock"      # "mock", "jwt", "authentik"
  jwt_secret: ""        # JWT signing secret
  oidc:
    endpoint: ""        # https://auth.example.com/application/o/insertr/
    client_id: ""       # OAuth2 client ID

# Global settings
site_id: "demo"         # Default site ID for content lookup
mock_content: false     # Use mock content instead of real data
```

### **Environment Variables**
- `INSERTR_DB_PATH` - Database path override
- `INSERTR_API_URL` - Remote API URL override  
- `INSERTR_API_KEY` - API authentication key
- `INSERTR_SITE_ID` - Site identifier override

### **Configuration Precedence**
1. **CLI flags** (highest priority)
2. **Environment variables**
3. **YAML config file**
4. **Smart defaults** (lowest priority)

### **Database Options**
```bash
# SQLite (development)
./insertr serve --db "./content.db"

# PostgreSQL (production)
./insertr serve --db "postgresql://user:pass@host:5432/insertr"

# Environment-based
export INSERTR_DB_PATH="postgresql://prod-host/insertr"
./insertr serve
```

## 🤝 Contributing

This project follows the "Tailwind philosophy" of developer-first design:

1. **Zero configuration** - Markup-driven approach
2. **Build-time optimization** - No runtime performance cost
3. **Framework agnostic** - Works with any tech stack  
4. **Developer friendly** - Minimal cognitive overhead

See [DEVELOPMENT.md](DEVELOPMENT.md) for technical setup and contribution guidelines.

## 📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

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