# Uploaders Endpoint Plan

## Summary

Implement `POST /api/uploaders` using the Hot Tub uploader profile contract and ship it framework-first. The server will expose shared uploader request/response types, a provider hook for uploader lookup, endpoint routing in `src/api.rs`, and a first real provider implementation in `hsex`.

## Implementation

- Add dedicated uploader API types in `src/uploaders.rs`:
  - `UploadersRequest`
  - `UploaderProfile`
  - `UploaderChannelStat`
  - `UploaderVideoRef`
  - `UploaderLayoutRow`
- Keep camelCase as the canonical serialized shape.
- Accept documented decode aliases:
  - `uploader_id`
  - `uploader_name`
  - `profile_content`
  - `profile_picture_url`
  - `video_ids`
  - `horizontal_videos`
- Add `POST /api/uploaders` in `src/api.rs`.
- Validate that at least one of `uploaderId` or `uploaderName` is present.
- Return:
  - `400` for invalid request
  - `404` for no match
  - `500` for provider execution failure
- Add `Provider::get_uploader(...)` with a default `Ok(None)` implementation.
- Add a guarded uploader execution helper in `src/providers/mod.rs`.
- Use canonical uploader IDs in the format `<channel>:<provider-local-id>`.
- Implement the first provider-backed uploader profile in `src/providers/hsex.rs`.

## Hsex Strategy

- Resolve uploader lookup by canonical uploader ID or exact uploader name.
- Reuse existing uploader archive discovery and archive page fetching.
- Build uploader profile metadata from uploader archive pages.
- Populate `videos` with `UploaderVideoRef` values derived from existing `VideoItem`s.
- Always return `layout`.
- When `profileContent == true`, return:
  - `videos`
  - `tapes: []`
  - `playlists: []`
  - a `"For You"` horizontal row plus the default videos row
- When `profileContent == false`, return metadata and layout only.

## Tests

- Request alias decoding for uploader request fields.
- Response alias decoding for avatar and layout row compatibility fields.
- Endpoint helper tests for request validation and provider routing.
- Hsex uploader ID generation and uploader page parsing coverage.

## Assumptions

- The first ship focuses on the endpoint framework and one real provider implementation.
- Providers without explicit uploader support remain unsupported by `/api/uploaders`.
- Name-based resolution uses exact display-name matching.
- `videoCount` and `totalViews` are best-effort when the upstream site does not expose authoritative profile totals.