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# REST API Reference

Base path: `/api/v1/highvolt`

All endpoints except `/auth/token` require a valid JWT in the `Authorization: Bearer <token>` header.

***

## POST /auth/token

Exchange a Personal Access Token for a short-lived JWT.

**Request body:**

```json
{ "token": "your-personal-access-token" }
```

**Success (200):**

```json
{
  "access_token": "eyJhbGci...",
  "expires_in": 3600
}
```

**Errors:** 400, 401, 500

***

## POST /submit

Submit a file for PII analysis. The request is queued and processed asynchronously.

**Required headers:**

```
Authorization: Bearer <JWT>
Content-Type: application/json
```

**Request body:**

| Field       | Type   | Required | Description                                    |
| ----------- | ------ | -------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| `mimetype`  | string | Yes      | MIME type of the file (e.g. `application/pdf`) |
| `file_data` | string | Yes      | Base64-encoded file contents                   |
| `sha256`    | string | Yes      | SHA256 hex digest of the file                  |
| `sha1`      | string | Yes      | SHA1 hex digest                                |
| `md5`       | string | Yes      | MD5 hex digest                                 |
| `filename`  | string | Yes      | Base filename (no path)                        |
| `full_path` | string | Yes      | Full path or source URI of the file            |
| `timestamp` | string | Yes      | RFC3339 timestamp of when the file was found   |
| `app`       | string | Yes      | Identifying name of the submitting client      |

Clients may include additional fields (e.g. `suricata`, `device`) which are preserved in the stored document.

**Success (200):** Body contains a status string.

**Errors:**

| HTTP Status | Meaning                                               |
| ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| 400         | Payload failed sanity check (missing required fields) |
| 401         | Invalid or expired JWT                                |
| 500         | Internal queue error                                  |
| 503         | Queue is full                                         |

***

## POST /query

Check whether a file has already been analyzed.

**Request body:**

```json
{ "sha256": "abc123..." }
```

**Responses:**

```json
{ "status": "found", "code": 200 }
```

```json
{ "status": "not found", "code": 404 }
```

**Errors:** 400 (missing sha256), 401, 500

***

## Stored document schema

After analysis, the document stored in OpenSearch contains the original submission fields (minus `file_data`) plus an `llm` field:

```json
{
  "mimetype": "application/pdf",
  "sha256": "abc123...",
  "sha1": "...",
  "md5": "...",
  "filename": "employee_records.pdf",
  "full_path": "/home/user/docs/employee_records.pdf",
  "timestamp": "2026-05-19T12:00:00Z",
  "app": "voltscan",
  "llm": {
    "has_sensitive_data": true,
    "confidence": "high",
    "reasoning": "Document contains names, SSNs, and dates of birth.",
    "description": "HR records with PII",
    "status": "success",
    "page_number": 2
  }
}
```

The `page_number` field is only present for PDFs and archives where the sensitive data was located on a specific page or within a specific nested file (`file_in_zip`).


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