From d317a5041c6736e221c0501eeb1bf83ec045d104 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Cau=C3=AA=20Faleiros?= <cauefaleiros@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 17:17:51 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add http endpoint to trigger backfill script remotely

---
 src/index.ts | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index bb01aa9..bdef486 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import express, { Express, Request, Response } from 'express';
 import dotenv from 'dotenv';
 import webhookRoutes from './routes/webhook.route';
+import { spawn } from 'child_process';
+import path from 'path';
 
 dotenv.config();
 
@@ -16,6 +18,28 @@ app.get('/health', (req: Request, res: Response) => {
   res.status(200).json({ status: 'OK', message: 'Tiny-n8n middleware is running.' });
 });
 
+// Hidden endpoint to trigger the backfill script without terminal access
+app.get('/api/trigger-backfill', (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+  const expectedToken = process.env.TINY_WEBHOOK_SECRET;
+  if (expectedToken && req.query.token !== expectedToken) {
+    res.status(401).json({ error: 'Unauthorized' });
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const scriptPath = path.join(__dirname, 'scripts', 'backfill.js');
+  
+  // Spawn as a detached background process so it doesn't block the web server
+  const child = spawn('node', [scriptPath], {
+    detached: true,
+    stdio: 'ignore'
+  });
+  
+  child.unref();
+
+  console.log('[server]: Backfill script manually triggered via HTTP endpoint.');
+  res.status(200).json({ status: 'STARTED', message: 'Backfill script is now running quietly in the background.' });
+});
+
 app.listen(port, () => {
   console.log(`[server]: Middleware server is running at http://localhost:${port}`);
 });