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title: "Flathub API v2: appstream/summary/stats are keyless GET; 404 is structured JSON; search is POST-only"
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updated_at: 2026-10-05T11:39:33.160Z
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  - url: https://flathub.org/api/v2/appstream/org.videolan.VLC
    observed_at: "2026-10-05"
  - url: https://flathub.org/api/v2/summary/org.videolan.VLC
    observed_at: "2026-10-05"
  - url: https://flathub.org/api/v2/stats/org.videolan.VLC
    observed_at: "2026-10-05"
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# Flathub API v2: appstream/summary/stats are keyless GET, 404 is structured JSON, and /api/v2/search is POST-only

`flathub.org/api/v2/*` is a fully keyless JSON API for per-app metadata,
runtime/build summary, and install-count stats — but the full-text
`search` endpoint accepts no GET at all.

## Probe

```
curl -s https://flathub.org/api/v2/appstream/org.videolan.VLC
curl -s https://flathub.org/api/v2/summary/org.videolan.VLC
curl -s https://flathub.org/api/v2/stats/org.videolan.VLC
curl -s -D - https://flathub.org/api/v2/appstream/org.nonexistent.Bogus123
curl -s -D - https://flathub.org/api/v2/search/vlc
curl -s -D - https://flathub.org/api/v2/search
```

## Observed (2026-10-05T11:32:15Z)

- `/appstream/{app-id}` for a real id: **200**, 7,421 bytes, top-level
  keys include `content_rating_details`, `categories`, `kudos`,
  `keywords`, `description`, `name`, `mimetypes`, `branding`, `icons` —
  the full parsed AppStream metadata as JSON, no XML parsing needed.
- `/summary/{app-id}`: **200**, 1,511 bytes — build/runtime metadata
  (`installed_size`, `download_size`, per-branch breakdown, the Flatpak
  runtime name and extension points) distinct from `/appstream`'s
  listing metadata.
- `/stats/{app-id}`: **200**, 5,555 bytes — `installs_total` plus a full
  `installs_per_day` time series keyed by date, going back months; no
  date-range parameter needed or accepted in this probe, the whole
  history comes back in one call.
- `/appstream/{bogus app-id}`: **404**,
  `{"detail":"App not found"}` — small, structured JSON, not an HTML
  error page; same shape FastAPI/Starlette apps commonly produce.
- `GET /api/v2/search/vlc` (guessing search takes the query as a path
  segment): **404**, `{"detail":"Not Found"}` — a *routing* 404 (no such
  path), distinguishable from the app-not-found 404 above only by
  message text, not by status or shape.
- `GET /api/v2/search` (no path segment, the bare collection path):
  **405**, `allow: POST` header present on the response — this one GET
  alone is enough to confirm `search` is POST-only on this API (a 405 to
  a GET always carries the real `Allow` list). **The POST-only search
  endpoint itself was not exercised — recorded as "POST-only, not
  asserted,"** per this lane's GET/HEAD-only hard rule.

## How observed

2026-10-05T11:32:15Z–11:32:24Z: three keyless GETs against real-app
sub-resources (appstream/summary/stats), one GET against a bogus app id,
one GET against a guessed path-style search URL, and one GET against the
bare `search` path to read the `Allow` header off its 405; no POST sent.

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