---
phase: 18-global-items-public-profiles
plan: 02
subsystem: server
tags: [global-items, service, routes, seed, search, linking]

requires:
  - phase: 18-01
    provides: "globalItems/itemGlobalLinks tables, Zod schemas, seed JSON"
provides:
  - "Global item search service with case-insensitive LIKE and wildcard escaping"
  - "Global item detail with owner count aggregation"
  - "Item-to-global link/unlink service functions"
  - "GET /api/global-items and GET /api/global-items/:id public routes"
  - "POST /api/items/:id/link and DELETE /api/items/:id/link auth-protected routes"
  - "Idempotent seed script integrated into startup"
affects: [18-03, 18-04, 18-05]

tech-stack:
  added: []
  patterns: ["LIKE search with wildcard escaping for SQLite", "Owner count via junction table aggregation"]

key-files:
  created:
    - "src/server/services/global-item.service.ts"
    - "src/server/routes/global-items.ts"
    - "src/db/seed-global-items.ts"
    - "tests/services/global-item.service.test.ts"
    - "tests/routes/global-items.test.ts"
  modified:
    - "src/server/routes/items.ts"
    - "src/server/index.ts"
    - "src/db/seed.ts"
    - "src/db/schema.ts"
    - "src/shared/schemas.ts"
    - "src/shared/types.ts"
    - "src/db/global-items-seed.json"

key-decisions:
  - "Used SQLite LIKE (case-insensitive for ASCII) instead of Postgres ILIKE since codebase is still SQLite"
  - "Auth middleware already skips GET requests globally, no additional skip needed for /api/global-items"
  - "Link/unlink endpoints placed on items routes (/api/items/:id/link) since they act on user items"

patterns-established:
  - "Junction table count aggregation for owner counts"
  - "Wildcard character escaping in search queries"

requirements-completed: [GLOB-01, GLOB-02, GLOB-03, GLOB-04, GLOB-05]

duration: 4min
completed: 2026-04-05
---

# Phase 18 Plan 02: Global Items Service and Routes Summary

**Global item catalog backend with LIKE search, owner count aggregation, item linking, idempotent seeding, and full test coverage**

## Performance

- **Duration:** 4 min
- **Started:** 2026-04-05T11:03:16Z
- **Completed:** 2026-04-05T11:07:46Z
- **Tasks:** 2
- **Files created:** 5
- **Files modified:** 6

## Accomplishments

- Built global-item.service.ts with 4 service functions following existing DI pattern
- Implemented case-insensitive search with wildcard escaping (%, _) for safe user input
- Added owner count aggregation via junction table count query
- Created public GET routes for global item catalog (search + detail)
- Added authenticated POST/DELETE link/unlink endpoints on item routes
- Wrote idempotent seed script that imports 18-item bikepacking catalog on startup
- Full TDD: 12 service tests + 10 route tests, all passing
- Full suite: 278 tests, 0 failures

## Task Commits

Each task was committed atomically:

1. **Task 1: Global item service + seed script + tests (TDD)**
   - RED: `3a6876f` - Failing tests for service and seed
   - GREEN: `60dd9f4` - Implementation passing all tests
2. **Task 2: Global item routes + link/unlink + route tests** - `d97d5d9`

## Files Created/Modified

- `src/server/services/global-item.service.ts` - searchGlobalItems, getGlobalItemWithOwnerCount, linkItemToGlobal, unlinkItemFromGlobal
- `src/server/routes/global-items.ts` - GET / (search), GET /:id (detail with ownerCount)
- `src/db/seed-global-items.ts` - Idempotent seed function importing from JSON
- `src/db/seed.ts` - Added seedGlobalItems call to seedDefaults
- `src/server/routes/items.ts` - Added POST /:id/link and DELETE /:id/link
- `src/server/index.ts` - Registered /api/global-items route
- `src/db/schema.ts` - Added globalItems and itemGlobalLinks SQLite tables
- `src/shared/schemas.ts` - Added searchGlobalItemsSchema and linkItemSchema
- `src/shared/types.ts` - Added GlobalItem, ItemGlobalLink, SearchGlobalItems, LinkItem types
- `src/db/global-items-seed.json` - 18 bikepacking gear items across 7 categories
- `tests/services/global-item.service.test.ts` - 12 service tests
- `tests/routes/global-items.test.ts` - 10 route tests

## Decisions Made

- Used SQLite LIKE instead of Postgres ILIKE since the codebase is still on SQLite; SQLite LIKE is already case-insensitive for ASCII characters
- Auth middleware already has a global GET skip rule, so no additional middleware change was needed for public global item access
- Link/unlink endpoints placed on /api/items/:id/link (item-centric) rather than on global-items routes

## Deviations from Plan

### Auto-fixed Issues

**1. [Rule 3 - Blocking] Applied 18-01 schema prerequisites to SQLite codebase**
- **Found during:** Pre-task setup
- **Issue:** Plan 18-01 was executed by a parallel agent on a Postgres-migrated schema, but this worktree is still on SQLite
- **Fix:** Added globalItems/itemGlobalLinks as sqliteTable definitions, Zod schemas, types, seed JSON, and migration directly in this branch
- **Files modified:** src/db/schema.ts, src/shared/schemas.ts, src/shared/types.ts, src/db/global-items-seed.json, drizzle migration

**2. [Rule 1 - Bug] Used LIKE instead of ILIKE for SQLite compatibility**
- **Found during:** Task 1
- **Issue:** Plan specified ilike (Postgres-only), but codebase uses SQLite where LIKE is already case-insensitive for ASCII
- **Fix:** Used drizzle-orm `like` operator which maps to SQLite LIKE
- **Files modified:** src/server/services/global-item.service.ts

## Known Stubs

None - all endpoints return real data from the database.

## Next Phase Readiness

- Global item catalog fully queryable via API
- Link/unlink API ready for client integration in Plan 18-03
- Seed data available for development and testing

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*Phase: 18-global-items-public-profiles*
*Completed: 2026-04-05*