mobile view

Reviewed-on: #2
Co-authored-by: Vishesh 'ironeagle' Bangotra <aetoskia@gmail.com>
Co-committed-by: Vishesh 'ironeagle' Bangotra <aetoskia@gmail.com>

.drone.yml

@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ steps:
     environment:
       API_BASE_URL:
         from_secret: API_BASE_URL
+      AUTH_BASE_URL:
+        from_secret: AUTH_BASE_URL
     volumes:
       - name: dockersock
         path: /var/run/docker.sock
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ steps:
       - |
         docker build --network=host \
         --build-arg VITE_API_BASE_URL="$API_BASE_URL" \
+        --build-arg VITE_AUTH_BASE_URL="$AUTH_BASE_URL" \
         -t apps/blog:$IMAGE_TAG \
         -t apps/blog:latest \
         /drone/src

Dockerfile

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ COPY . .
 
 # Build the app
 ARG VITE_API_BASE_URL
-RUN VITE_API_BASE_URL=$VITE_API_BASE_URL npm run build
+ARG VITE_AUTH_BASE_URL
+RUN VITE_API_BASE_URL=$VITE_API_BASE_URL VITE_AUTH_BASE_URL=$VITE_AUTH_BASE_URL npm run build
 
 # Stage 2: Static file server (BusyBox)
 FROM busybox:latest

auth/package.json

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "name": "@local/auth",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "main": "dist/index.js",
+  "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "react": "^18",
+    "react-dom": "^18"
+  }
+}

auth/src/AuthPage.tsx

@@ -1,27 +1,49 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Box, TextField, Button, Typography, IconButton, CircularProgress, Link } from '@mui/material';
 import ArrowBackRoundedIcon from '@mui/icons-material/ArrowBackRounded';
-import { useAuth } from '../providers/Author';
 
-interface LoginProps {
+export type AuthMode = "login" | "register";
-  onBack: () => void;
+
-  onRegister: () => void;
+export interface AuthPageProps {
+  mode: AuthMode;
+  onBack(): void;
+  onSwitchMode(): void;
+  login(username: string, password: string): Promise<void>;
+  register(username: string, password: string): Promise<void>;
+  loading: boolean;
+  error: string | null;
+  currentUser: any;
 }
 
-export default function Login({ onBack, onRegister }: LoginProps) {
+export function AuthPage({
-  const { login, loading, error, currentUser } = useAuth();
+  mode,
+  onBack,
+  onSwitchMode,
+  login,
+  register,
+  loading,
+  error,
+  currentUser,
+}: AuthPageProps) {
+
   const [username, setUsername] = React.useState('');
   const [password, setPassword] = React.useState('');
 
+  const isLogin = mode === "login";
+
   const handleSubmit = async (e: React.FormEvent) => {
     e.preventDefault();
+    if (isLogin) {
       await login(username, password);
+    } else {
+      await register(username, password);
+    }
   };
 
   // ✅ Auto-return if already logged in
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (currentUser) onBack();
-  }, [currentUser]);
+  }, [currentUser, onBack]);
 
   return (
     <Box
@@ -40,11 +62,13 @@ export default function Login({ onBack, onRegister }: LoginProps) {
       </IconButton>
 
       <Typography variant="h4" fontWeight="bold" gutterBottom>
-        Sign In
+        {isLogin ? "Sign In" : "Create Account"}
       </Typography>
 
       <Typography variant="body2" color="text.secondary" gutterBottom>
-        Please log in to continue
+        {isLogin
+          ? "Please log in to continue"
+          : "Create an account to get started"}
       </Typography>
 
       <form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
@@ -56,6 +80,7 @@ export default function Login({ onBack, onRegister }: LoginProps) {
           value={username}
           onChange={(e) => setUsername(e.target.value)}
           required
+          autoFocus
         />
         <TextField
           fullWidth
@@ -81,7 +106,13 @@ export default function Login({ onBack, onRegister }: LoginProps) {
           sx={{ mt: 3 }}
           disabled={loading}
         >
-          {loading ? <CircularProgress size={24} color="inherit" /> : 'Login'}
+          {loading ? (
+            <CircularProgress size={24} color="inherit" />
+          ) : isLogin ? (
+            "Login"
+          ) : (
+            "Register"
+          )}
         </Button>
       </form>
 
@@ -91,15 +122,15 @@ export default function Login({ onBack, onRegister }: LoginProps) {
         align="center"
         sx={{ mt: 3 }}
       >
-        Don’t have an account?{' '}
+        {isLogin ? "Don’t have an account?" : "Already have an account?"}{' '}
         <Link
           component="button"
           underline="hover"
           color="primary"
-          onClick={onRegister}
+          onClick={onSwitchMode}
           sx={{ fontWeight: 500 }}
         >
-          Register
+          {isLogin ? "Register" : "Login"}
         </Link>
       </Typography>
     </Box>

auth/src/authClient.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { createApiClient } from "./axios";
+import { tokenStore } from "./token";
+
+// @ts-ignore
+const authApi = createApiClient(import.meta.env.VITE_AUTH_BASE_URL);
+
+export const authClient = {
+  async login(username: string, password: string) {
+    const res = await authApi.post("/login", { username, password });
+    const { access_token } = res.data;
+
+    if (!access_token) {
+      throw new Error("No access token returned");
+    }
+
+    tokenStore.set(access_token);
+    return this.getIdentity();
+  },
+
+  logout() {
+    tokenStore.clear();
+  },
+
+  async getIdentity() {
+    const res = await authApi.get("/me");
+    return res.data;
+  },
+
+  isAuthenticated() {
+    return !!tokenStore.get();
+  },
+};

auth/src/axios.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import axios, { AxiosInstance } from "axios";
+import { tokenStore } from "./token";
+
+export function attachAuthInterceptors(client: AxiosInstance) {
+  client.interceptors.request.use((config) => {
+    const token = tokenStore.get();
+    if (token) {
+      if (!config.headers) {
+          (config as any).headers = {};
+      }
+      config.headers.Authorization = `Bearer ${token}`;
+    }
+    return config;
+  });
+
+  client.interceptors.response.use(
+    (res) => res,
+    (error) => {
+      if (error.response?.status === 401) {
+        tokenStore.clear();
+      }
+      return Promise.reject(error);
+    }
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Factory for app APIs that need auth
+ */
+export function createApiClient(baseURL: string): AxiosInstance {
+  const client = axios.create({
+    baseURL,
+    headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+  });
+
+  attachAuthInterceptors(client);
+  return client;
+}

auth/src/contexts.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+import React, { createContext, useContext, useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { tokenStore } from "./token";
+import { createApiClient } from "./axios";
+import { AuthUser } from "./models";
+
+interface AuthContextModel {
+  currentUser: AuthUser | null;
+  token: string | null;
+  loading: boolean;
+  error: string | null;
+  login(username: string, password: string): Promise<void>;
+  register(username: string, password: string): Promise<void>;
+  logout(): void;
+}
+
+const AuthContext = createContext<AuthContextModel | undefined>(undefined);
+
+export function AuthProvider({
+  children,
+  authBaseUrl,
+}: {
+  children: React.ReactNode;
+  authBaseUrl: string;
+}) {
+  const [currentUser, setCurrentUser] = useState<AuthUser | null>(null);
+  const [token, setToken] = useState<string | null>(tokenStore.get());
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+
+  const auth = createApiClient(authBaseUrl);
+
+  const login = async (username: string, password: string) => {
+    try {
+      setLoading(true);
+      setError(null);
+
+      const res = await auth.post("/login", { username, password });
+      const { access_token, user } = res.data;
+
+      tokenStore.set(access_token);
+      setToken(access_token);
+      setCurrentUser(user);
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      setError(e.response?.data?.detail ?? "Login failed");
+    } finally {
+      setLoading(false);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const register = async (username: string, password: string) => {
+    try {
+      setLoading(true);
+      setError(null);
+
+      await auth.post("/register", { username, password });
+      await login(username, password);
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      setError(e.response?.data?.detail ?? "Registration failed");
+    } finally {
+      setLoading(false);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const logout = () => {
+    tokenStore.clear();
+    setToken(null);
+    setCurrentUser(null);
+  };
+
+  const fetchCurrentUser = async () => {
+    if (!token) return;
+    try {
+      const me = await auth.get("/me");
+      setCurrentUser({ ...me.data });
+    } catch {
+      logout();
+    }
+  };
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    fetchCurrentUser();
+  }, [token]);
+
+  return (
+    <AuthContext.Provider
+      value={{ currentUser, token, loading, error, login, logout, register }}
+    >
+      {children}
+    </AuthContext.Provider>
+  );
+}
+
+export function useAuth(): AuthContextModel {
+  const ctx = useContext(AuthContext);
+  if (!ctx) throw new Error("useAuth must be used inside AuthProvider");
+  return ctx;
+}

auth/src/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+export { AuthProvider, useAuth } from "./contexts";
+export { createApiClient } from "./axios";
+export { AuthPage } from "./AuthPage";
+export type { AuthUser } from "./models";
+export type { AuthMode } from "./AuthPage";
+export { tokenStore } from "./token"

auth/src/models.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+export interface AuthUser {
+  // meta fields
+  _id?: string | null;
+  created_at: string;
+  updated_at: string;
+
+  // model fields
+  username: string;
+  email: string;
+  is_active: boolean;
+}

auth/src/token.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+const TOKEN_KEY = "token";
+
+export const tokenStore = {
+  get(): string | null {
+    return localStorage.getItem(TOKEN_KEY);
+  },
+
+  set(token: string) {
+    localStorage.setItem(TOKEN_KEY, token);
+  },
+
+  clear() {
+    localStorage.removeItem(TOKEN_KEY);
+  },
+};

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "aetoskia-blog-app",
-  "version": "0.2.1",
+  "version": "0.3.2",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
@@ -10,13 +10,16 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@emotion/react": "latest",
     "@emotion/styled": "latest",
-    "@mui/material": "latest",
     "@mui/icons-material": "latest",
-    "react": "latest",
+    "@mui/material": "latest",
-    "react-dom": "latest",
+    "@tanstack/react-query": "^5.96.1",
+    "axios": "latest",
     "markdown-to-jsx": "latest",
     "marked": "latest",
-    "axios": "latest"
+    "react": "latest",
+    "react-dom": "latest",
+    "react-markdown": "latest",
+    "remark-gfm": "latest"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@vitejs/plugin-react": "latest",

src/blog/Blog.tsx

@@ -1,128 +1,193 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
+import { useEffect } from 'react';
 import CssBaseline from '@mui/material/CssBaseline';
 import Container from '@mui/material/Container';
 import Box from '@mui/material/Box';
 import Button from '@mui/material/Button';
 import AppTheme from '../shared-theme/AppTheme';
 import MainContent from './components/MainContent';
-import Article from './components/Article';
+import ArticleView from './components/Article/ArticleView';
+import ArticleEditor from './components/Article/ArticleEditor';
 import Latest from './components/Latest';
 import Footer from './components/Footer';
-import Login from './components/Login';
-import Register from './components/Register';
 import Profile from './components/Profile';
 import { useArticles } from './providers/Article';
-import { useAuth } from './providers/Author';
+import { useAuth as useAuthor } from './providers/Author';
+import { View, useViewRouter } from "./types/views";
+import { ArticleModel, ArticlesModel } from "./types/models";
+import { ArticleViewProps, ArticleEditorProps } from "./types/props";
 
-type View = 'home' | 'login' | 'register' | 'article' | 'profile';
+import { useAuth, AuthPage, AuthMode } from '../../auth/src';
 
-export default function Blog(props: { disableCustomTheme?: boolean }) {
+function HomeView({
-  const { articles, loading, error } = useArticles();
+  currentUser,
-  const { currentUser } = useAuth();
+  open_auth,
-
+  open_profile,
-  const [selectedArticle, setSelectedArticle] = React.useState<number | null>(null);
+  open_create,
-  const [showLogin, setShowLogin] = React.useState(false);
+  articles,
-  const [showRegister, setShowRegister] = React.useState(false);
+  openArticle,
-  const [showProfile, setShowProfile] = React.useState(false);
+}: any) {
-
-  const handleSelectArticle = (index: number) => {
-    setSelectedArticle(index);
-    window.scrollTo({ top: 0, behavior: 'smooth' });
-  };
-
-  const handleBack = () => setSelectedArticle(null);
-
-  const handleShowLogin = () => {
-    setShowLogin(true);
-    setShowRegister(false);
-    window.scrollTo({ top: 0, behavior: 'smooth' });
-  };
-  const handleShowRegister = () => {
-    setShowRegister(true);
-    setShowLogin(false);
-    window.scrollTo({ top: 0, behavior: 'smooth' });
-  };
-  const handleHideAuth = () => {
-    setShowLogin(false);
-    setShowRegister(false);
-  };
-  const handleShowProfile = () => {
-    setShowProfile(true);
-    window.scrollTo({ top: 0, behavior: 'smooth' });
-  };
-  const handleHideProfile = () => {
-    setShowProfile(false);
-  };
-
-  // derive a single source of truth for view
-  const view: View = React.useMemo(() => {
-    if (selectedArticle !== null) return 'article';
-    if (showRegister) return 'register';
-    if (showLogin) return 'login';
-    if (showProfile) return 'profile';
-    return 'home';
-  }, [selectedArticle, showLogin, showRegister, showProfile]);
-
-  // render function keeps JSX tidy
-  const renderView = () => {
-    switch (view) {
-      case 'register':
-        return <Register onBack={handleHideAuth} />;
-      case 'login':
-        return (
-          <Login
-            onBack={handleHideAuth}
-            onRegister={() => {
-              handleShowRegister();
-            }}
-          />
-        );
-      case 'profile':
-        return (
-          <Profile
-            onBack={handleHideProfile}
-          />
-        );
-      case 'article':
-        if (selectedArticle == null || !articles[selectedArticle]) return null;
-        return <Article article={articles[selectedArticle]} onBack={handleBack} />;
-      case 'home':
-      default:
   return (
     <>
       <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'flex-end', mb: 2, gap: 1 }}>
         {!currentUser ? (
-                <>
+          <Button variant='outlined' onClick={() => open_auth('login')}>
-                  <Button
-                    variant="outlined"
-                    color="primary"
-                    onClick={handleShowLogin}
-                  >
             Login
           </Button>
-                </>
         ) : (
           <>
-                  <Button
+            <Button variant='outlined' onClick={open_profile}>
-                    variant="outlined"
-                    color="primary"
-                    onClick={() => setShowProfile(true)}
-                  >
               {currentUser.username}
             </Button>
+            <Button variant='contained' onClick={open_create}>
+              New Article
+            </Button>
           </>
         )}
       </Box>
 
-            <MainContent articles={articles} onSelectArticle={handleSelectArticle} />
+      <MainContent articles={articles} onSelectArticle={openArticle} />
-            <Latest
+      <Latest articles={articles} onSelectArticle={openArticle} />
-              articles={articles}
-              onSelectArticle={handleSelectArticle}
-              onLoadMore={async () => {}}
-            />
     </>
   );
 }
+
+export default function Blog(props: { disableCustomTheme?: boolean }) {
+  const { articles, loading, error } = useArticles();
+  const auth = useAuth();
+  const { currentUser } = useAuthor();
+
+  const [ui, setUI] = React.useState({
+    selectedArticle: null as ArticleModel | null,
+    view: 'home' as View,
+    authMode: 'login' as AuthMode,
+  });
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (loading) return;
+
+    const path = window.location.pathname;
+    const parts = path.split('/').filter(Boolean);
+
+    if (parts[0] === 'articles' && parts[1]) {
+      const id = parts[1];
+      const article = articles.readById(id);
+
+      if (article) {
+        setUI({
+          selectedArticle: article,
+          view: 'article',
+          authMode: 'login'
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  }, [loading]);
+
+  const {
+    goBack,
+    navigateToChildren,
+    openArticle,
+  } = useViewRouter(setUI);
+
+  type RouterContext = {
+    ui: typeof ui;
+    articles: ArticlesModel;
+    currentUser: any;
+    openArticle: (article: ArticleModel) => void;
+  };
+
+  type ViewComponentEntry<P> = {
+    component: React.ComponentType<P>;
+    extraProps?: (ctx: RouterContext) => Partial<P>;
+    navigationMap?: Record<string, string>;
+  };
+
+  // @ts-ignore
+  const VIEW_COMPONENTS: Record<View, ViewComponentEntry<any>> = {
+    home: {
+      component: HomeView,
+    },
+
+    auth: {
+      component: AuthPage,
+      extraProps: ({ ui }) => ({
+        mode: ui.authMode,
+        onSwitchMode: () =>
+          setUI((prev) => ({
+            ...prev,
+            authMode: prev.authMode === 'login' ? 'register' : 'login',
+          })),
+        login: auth.login,
+        register: auth.register,
+        loading: auth.loading,
+        error: auth.error,
+        currentUser: currentUser,
+      }),
+    },
+
+    profile: {
+      component: Profile,
+    },
+
+    article: {
+      component: ArticleView,
+      navigationMap: {
+        open_editor: 'onEdit',
+      },
+      extraProps: ({ ui, articles }) => ({
+        // @ts-ignore
+        article: articles.readById(ui.selectedArticle._id),
+      }) satisfies Partial<ArticleViewProps>,
+    },
+
+    editor: {
+      component: ArticleEditor,
+      extraProps: ({ ui, articles }) => ({
+        article: ui.selectedArticle !== null ? articles.readById(ui.selectedArticle._id as string) : null,
+      }) satisfies Partial<ArticleEditorProps>,
+    },
+
+    create: {
+      component: ArticleEditor,
+      extraProps: () => ({
+        article: null,
+      }) satisfies Partial<ArticleEditorProps>,
+    },
+  };
+
+  const renderView = () => {
+    const entry = VIEW_COMPONENTS[ui.view];
+    const navigationMap= entry['navigationMap'] || {}
+    const ViewComponent = entry.component;
+
+    const childNav = {
+      ...navigateToChildren(ui.view, navigationMap),
+      open_auth: (mode: AuthMode = 'login') =>
+        setUI((prev) => ({
+          ...prev,
+          view: 'auth',
+          authMode: mode,
+        })),
+    };
+
+    const ctx: RouterContext = {
+      ui,
+      articles,
+      currentUser,
+
+      openArticle,
+    };
+
+    const extraProps = entry.extraProps ? entry.extraProps(ctx) : {};
+
+    return (
+      <ViewComponent
+        {...ctx}
+        {...childNav}
+        onBack={() => goBack(ui.view)}
+        {...extraProps}
+      />
+    );
   };
 
   if (loading) {
@@ -179,15 +244,15 @@ export default function Blog(props: { disableCustomTheme?: boolean }) {
             flexDirection: 'column',
             my: 4,
             gap: 4,
-            pb: view === 'home' ? 24 : 0,
+            pb: ui.view === 'home' ? 24 : 0,
           }}
         >
           {renderView()}
         </Container>
 
-        {view === 'home' && (
+        {ui.view === 'home' && (
           <Box
-            component="footer"
+            component='footer'
             sx={{
               position: 'fixed',
               bottom: 0,

src/blog/components/Article/ArticleEditor.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+import { Box, Typography, Divider, IconButton, TextField, Button } from '@mui/material';
+import { styled } from '@mui/material/styles';
+import ArrowBackRoundedIcon from '@mui/icons-material/ArrowBackRounded';
+import { ArticleEditorProps } from '../../types/props';
+import { ArticleModel } from "../../types/models";
+import { useUpload } from "../../providers/Upload";
+import { useArticles } from "../../providers/Article";
+import ReactMarkdown from 'react-markdown';
+import remarkGfm from 'remark-gfm';
+import ImageUploadField from "../ImageUploadField";
+
+const ArticleContainer = styled(Box)(({ theme }) => ({
+  maxWidth: '800px',
+  margin: '0 auto',
+  padding: theme.spacing(4),
+  [theme.breakpoints.down('sm')]: {
+    padding: theme.spacing(2),
+  },
+}));
+
+const CoverImage = styled('img')({
+  width: '100%',
+  height: 'auto',
+  borderRadius: '12px',
+  marginTop: '16px',
+  marginBottom: '24px',
+});
+
+export default function ArticleView({
+  article,
+  onBack,
+}: ArticleEditorProps) {
+
+  const { uploadFile } = useUpload();
+  const { updateArticle, createArticle } = useArticles();
+
+  const [title, setTitle] = React.useState(article?.title ?? "");
+  const [description, setDescription] = React.useState(article?.description ?? "");
+  const [tag, setTag] = React.useState(article?.tag ?? "");
+  const [img, setImg] = React.useState(article?.img ?? "");
+  const [uploadingCoverImage, setUploadingCoverImage] = React.useState(false);
+  const [content, setContent] = React.useState(article?.content ?? "");
+
+  const handleCoverImageUpload = async (file: File) => {
+    setUploadingCoverImage(true);
+
+    try {
+      const img = await uploadFile(file);
+      if (img) {
+        setImg(img);
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error("Avatar upload failed:", err);
+    } finally {
+      setUploadingCoverImage(false);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const handleSaveArticle = async (articleData: Partial<ArticleModel>) => {
+    // If _id exists → UPDATE
+    if (articleData._id) {
+      console.log("Updating article with ID:", articleData._id);
+      return await updateArticle(articleData as ArticleModel);
+    }
+
+    // No _id → CREATE
+    console.log("Creating new article:", articleData);
+    return await createArticle(articleData as ArticleModel);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <ArticleContainer>
+      {/* BACK BUTTON */}
+      <IconButton onClick={onBack} sx={{ mb: 2 }}>
+        <ArrowBackRoundedIcon />
+      </IconButton>
+
+      {/* TAG */}
+      <TextField
+        label="Tag"
+        fullWidth
+        value={tag}
+        onChange={(e) => setTag(e.target.value)}
+        sx={{ mb: 2 }}
+      />
+
+      {/* TITLE */}
+      <TextField
+        label="Title"
+        fullWidth
+        value={title}
+        onChange={(e) => setTitle(e.target.value)}
+        sx={{ mb: 3 }}
+      />
+
+      {/* DESCRIPTION */}
+      <TextField
+        label="Description"
+        fullWidth
+        value={description}
+        onChange={(e) => setDescription(e.target.value)}
+        sx={{ mb: 3 }}
+      />
+
+      <Divider sx={{ mb: 3 }} />
+
+      <ImageUploadField
+        label="Cover Image"
+        value={img}
+        uploading={uploadingCoverImage}
+        onUpload={handleCoverImageUpload}
+        size={128}
+      />
+
+      <Divider sx={{ mb: 3 }} />
+
+      {/* MARKDOWN EDITOR */}
+      <Box sx={{
+        display: 'flex',
+        flexDirection: 'column',
+        gap: 2,
+        alignItems: 'stretch'
+      }}>
+        <Typography variant="h6">Content</Typography>
+
+        <Box
+          component="textarea"
+          value={content}
+          onChange={(e) => setContent(e.target.value)}
+          style={{
+            width: '100%',
+            minHeight: '300px',
+            padding: '16px',
+            borderRadius: '8px',
+            border: '1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.2)',
+            background: 'transparent',
+            color: 'inherit',
+            fontFamily: 'monospace',
+            fontSize: '16px',
+            lineHeight: 1.6,
+            resize: 'vertical',
+            boxSizing: 'border-box',
+          }}
+        />
+
+        {/* LIVE PREVIEW */}
+        <Typography variant="h6" sx={{ mt: 4 }}>
+          Preview
+        </Typography>
+
+        <Box
+          sx={{
+            p: 2,
+            border: '1px solid',
+            borderColor: 'divider',
+            borderRadius: 2,
+            '& h3': { fontWeight: 600, mt: 4 },
+            '& p': { color: 'text.primary', lineHeight: 1.8, mt: 2 },
+            '& em': { fontStyle: 'italic' },
+            '& ul': { pl: 3 },
+          }}
+        >
+          <ReactMarkdown remarkPlugins={[remarkGfm]}>{content}</ReactMarkdown>
+        </Box>
+      </Box>
+
+      {/* ACTIONS */}
+      <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'flex-end', gap: 2, mt: 4 }}>
+        <Button variant="outlined" color="secondary" onClick={onBack}>
+          Cancel
+        </Button>
+        <Button
+          variant="contained"
+          color="primary"
+          onClick={() =>
+            handleSaveArticle({
+              ...article,
+              title,
+              tag,
+              img,
+              description,
+              content,
+            })
+          }
+        >
+          Save Changes
+        </Button>
+      </Box>
+    </ArticleContainer>
+  );
+}

src/blog/components/Article/ArticleView.tsx

@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ import { marked } from 'marked';
 import { Box, Typography, Divider, IconButton, Chip } from '@mui/material';
 import { styled } from '@mui/material/styles';
 import ArrowBackRoundedIcon from '@mui/icons-material/ArrowBackRounded';
-import { ArticleMeta } from "./ArticleMeta";
+import EditRoundedIcon from '@mui/icons-material/EditRounded';
-import { ArticleProps } from '../types/props';
+import { ArticleMeta } from "../ArticleMeta";
+import { ArticleViewProps } from '../../types/props';
+import {useAuth} from "../../providers/Author";
 
 const ArticleContainer = styled(Box)(({ theme }) => ({
   maxWidth: '800px',
@@ -23,23 +25,33 @@ const CoverImage = styled('img')({
   marginBottom: '24px',
 });
 
-export default function Article({
+export default function ArticleView({
   article,
-  onBack
+  onBack,
-}: ArticleProps) {
+  onEdit,
+}: ArticleViewProps) {
+
+  const { currentUser } = useAuth();
 
   return (
     <ArticleContainer>
-      <IconButton onClick={onBack} sx={{ mb: 2 }}>
+    <Box
+      sx={{
+        display: "flex",
+        justifyContent: "space-between",
+        mb: 2,
+      }}
+    >
+      <IconButton onClick={onBack}>
         <ArrowBackRoundedIcon />
       </IconButton>
 
-      <Chip
+      {currentUser && (
-        label={article.tag}
+        <IconButton onClick={onEdit}>
-        variant="outlined"
+          <EditRoundedIcon />
-        color="primary"
+        </IconButton>
-        sx={{ mb: 2, textTransform: 'uppercase', fontWeight: 500 }}
+      )}
-      />
+    </Box>
 
       <Typography variant="h3" component="h1" gutterBottom fontWeight="bold">
         {article.title}
@@ -49,7 +61,21 @@ export default function Article({
 
       <Divider sx={{ my: 3 }} />
 
-      <CoverImage src={article.img} alt={article.title} />
+      <Chip
+        label={article.tag}
+        variant="outlined"
+        color="primary"
+        sx={{ mb: 2, textTransform: 'uppercase', fontWeight: 500 }}
+      />
+
+      <CoverImage
+        src={(
+          import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE_URL.replace(/\/+$/, "") +
+          "/" +
+          (article.img?.replace(/^\/+/, "") || "")
+        )}
+        alt={article.title}
+      />
 
       <Box
         sx={{

src/blog/components/ArticleCards/ArticleCardSize12.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { CardMedia, Typography } from '@mui/material';
+import { ArticleMeta } from "../ArticleMeta";
+import { ArticleCardProps } from "../../types/props";
+import { StyledCard, StyledCardContent, StyledTypography } from "../../types/styles";
+
+
+export default function ArticleCardSize12({
+  article,
+  index,
+  focusedCardIndex,
+  onSelectArticle,
+  onFocus,
+  onBlur,
+}: ArticleCardProps) {
+  return (
+    <StyledCard
+      variant="outlined"
+      onClick={() => onSelectArticle(article)}
+      onFocus={() => onFocus(index)}
+      onBlur={onBlur}
+      tabIndex={0}
+      className={focusedCardIndex === index ? 'Mui-focused' : ''}
+    >
+      <CardMedia
+        component="img"
+        alt={article.title}
+        image={(
+          import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE_URL.replace(/\/+$/, "") +
+          "/" +
+          (article.img?.replace(/^\/+/, "") || "")
+        )}
+        sx={{
+          aspectRatio: '16 / 9',
+        }}
+      />
+      <StyledCardContent>
+        <Typography gutterBottom variant="caption" component="div">
+          {article.tag}
+        </Typography>
+        <Typography gutterBottom variant="h6" component="div">
+          {article.title}
+        </Typography>
+        <StyledTypography variant="body2" color="text.secondary" gutterBottom>
+          {article.description}
+        </StyledTypography>
+      </StyledCardContent>
+      <ArticleMeta article={article} />
+    </StyledCard>
+  );
+};

src/blog/components/ArticleCards/ArticleCardSize2.tsx

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export default function ArticleCardSize2({
   return (
     <StyledCard
       variant="outlined"
-      onClick={() => onSelectArticle(index)}
+      onClick={() => onSelectArticle(article)}
       onFocus={() => onFocus(index)}
       onBlur={onBlur}
       tabIndex={0}

src/blog/components/ArticleCards/ArticleCardSize4.tsx

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export default function ArticleCardSize4({
   return (
     <StyledCard
       variant="outlined"
-      onClick={() => onSelectArticle(index)}
+      onClick={() => onSelectArticle(article)}
       onFocus={() => onFocus(index)}
       onBlur={onBlur}
       tabIndex={0}
@@ -24,8 +24,12 @@ export default function ArticleCardSize4({
     >
       <CardMedia
         component="img"
-        alt="green iguana"
+        alt={article.title}
-        image={article.img}
+        image={(
+          import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE_URL.replace(/\/+$/, "") +
+          "/" +
+          (article.img?.replace(/^\/+/, "") || "")
+        )}
         sx={{
           height: { sm: 'auto', md: '50%' },
           aspectRatio: { sm: '16 / 9', md: '' },

src/blog/components/ArticleCards/ArticleCardSize6.tsx

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export default function ArticleCardSize6({
   return (
     <StyledCard
       variant="outlined"
-      onClick={() => onSelectArticle(index)}
+      onClick={() => onSelectArticle(article)}
       onFocus={() => onFocus(index)}
       onBlur={onBlur}
       tabIndex={0}
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ export default function ArticleCardSize6({
       <CardMedia
         component="img"
         alt={article.title}
-        image={article.img}
+        image={(
+          import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE_URL.replace(/\/+$/, "") +
+          "/" +
+          (article.img?.replace(/^\/+/, "") || "")
+        )}
         sx={{
           aspectRatio: '16 / 9',
           borderBottom: '1px solid',

src/blog/components/ArticleCards/ArticleCardsGrid.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { Grid, Box } from '@mui/material';
+import ArticleCardSize12 from './ArticleCardSize12';
 import ArticleCardSize6 from './ArticleCardSize6';
 import ArticleCardSize4 from './ArticleCardSize4';
 import ArticleCardSize2 from './ArticleCardSize2';
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ export default function ArticleCardsGrid({
   articles,
   onSelectArticle,
   xs = 12,
+  md12 = 12,
   md6 = 6,
   md4 = 4,
   nested = 2,
@@ -30,8 +32,9 @@ export default function ArticleCardsGrid({
     setFocusedCardIndex(null);
   };
 
-  const renderCard = (article: ArticleModel, index: number, type: '6' | '4' | '2' = '6') => {
+  const renderCard = (article: ArticleModel, index: number, type: '12' | '6' | '4' | '2' = '12') => {
     const CardComponent =
+      type === '12' ? ArticleCardSize12 :
       type === '6' ? ArticleCardSize6 :
       type === '4' ? ArticleCardSize4 :
       ArticleCardSize2;
@@ -51,6 +54,17 @@ export default function ArticleCardsGrid({
 
   return (
     <Grid container spacing={2} columns={12}>
+      {/* ---- 1 article: 12 ---- */}
+      {count === 1 && (
+        <>
+          {visibleArticles.map((a, i) => (
+            <Grid key={i} size={{ xs, md: md12 }}>
+              {renderCard(a, i, '12')}
+            </Grid>
+          ))}
+        </>
+      )}
+
       {/* ---- 2 articles: 6 | 6 ---- */}
       {count === 2 && (
         <>

src/blog/components/ArticleMeta.tsx

@@ -30,12 +30,11 @@ export function ArticleMeta({
             <Avatar
               key={index}
               alt={author.name}
-              src={
+              src={(
-                (import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE_URL.replace(/\/+$/, "") +
+                import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE_URL.replace(/\/+$/, "") +
                 "/" +
                 (author.avatar?.replace(/^\/+/, "") || "")
-                )
+              )}
-              }
               sx={{ width: 24, height: 24 }}
             />
           ))}

src/blog/components/ImageUploadField.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import * as React from "react";
+import { Box, Button, Avatar, CircularProgress } from "@mui/material";
+import { ImageUploadFieldProps } from "../types/props";
+
+export default function ImageUploadField({
+  label = "Upload Image",
+  value,
+  uploading = false,
+  onUpload,
+  size = 64,
+}: ImageUploadFieldProps) {
+
+  const imgSrc = value
+    ? import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE_URL.replace(/\/+$/, "") +
+      "/" +
+      value.replace(/^\/+/, "")
+    : "";
+
+  return (
+    <Box sx={{ display: "flex", alignItems: "center", gap: 2, mb: 3 }}>
+      <Avatar
+        src={imgSrc}
+        sx={{ width: size, height: size, borderRadius: 2 }}
+      />
+
+      <Button
+        variant="outlined"
+        component="label"
+        disabled={uploading}
+        startIcon={uploading && <CircularProgress size={16} />}
+      >
+        {uploading ? "Uploading..." : label}
+        <input
+          type="file"
+          accept="image/*"
+          hidden
+          onChange={(e) => {
+            const file = e.target.files?.[0];
+            if (file) onUpload(file);
+          }}
+        />
+      </Button>
+    </Box>
+  );
+}

src/blog/components/Latest.tsx

@@ -1,95 +1,19 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
-import Avatar from '@mui/material/Avatar';
-import AvatarGroup from '@mui/material/AvatarGroup';
 import Box from '@mui/material/Box';
 import Grid from '@mui/material/Grid';
 import Typography from '@mui/material/Typography';
-import { styled } from '@mui/material/styles';
 import NavigateNextRoundedIcon from '@mui/icons-material/NavigateNextRounded';
 import CircularProgress from '@mui/material/CircularProgress';
 import { LatestProps } from "../types/props";
+import { StyledTypography, TitleTypography } from "../types/styles";
+import { ArticleMeta } from "./ArticleMeta";
 import Fade from '@mui/material/Fade';
 
-
+export default function Latest({
-const StyledTypography = styled(Typography)({
+  articles,
-  display: '-webkit-box',
+  onSelectArticle,
-  WebkitBoxOrient: 'vertical',
+  onLoadMore
-  WebkitLineClamp: 2,
+}: LatestProps) {
-  overflow: 'hidden',
-  textOverflow: 'ellipsis',
-});
-
-const TitleTypography = styled(Typography)(({ theme }) => ({
-  position: 'relative',
-  textDecoration: 'none',
-  '&:hover': { cursor: 'pointer' },
-  '& .arrow': {
-    visibility: 'hidden',
-    position: 'absolute',
-    right: 0,
-    top: '50%',
-    transform: 'translateY(-50%)',
-  },
-  '&:hover .arrow': {
-    visibility: 'visible',
-    opacity: 0.7,
-  },
-  '&:focus-visible': {
-    outline: '3px solid',
-    outlineColor: 'hsla(210, 98%, 48%, 0.5)',
-    outlineOffset: '3px',
-    borderRadius: '8px',
-  },
-  '&::before': {
-    content: '""',
-    position: 'absolute',
-    width: 0,
-    height: '1px',
-    bottom: 0,
-    left: 0,
-    backgroundColor: (theme.vars || theme).palette.text.primary,
-    opacity: 0.3,
-    transition: 'width 0.3s ease, opacity 0.3s ease',
-  },
-  '&:hover::before': {
-    width: '100%',
-  },
-}));
-
-function Author({ authors }: { authors: { name: string; avatar: string }[] }) {
-  return (
-    <Box
-      sx={{
-        display: 'flex',
-        flexDirection: 'row',
-        gap: 2,
-        alignItems: 'center',
-        justifyContent: 'space-between',
-      }}
-    >
-      <Box
-        sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'row', gap: 1, alignItems: 'center' }}
-      >
-        <AvatarGroup max={3}>
-          {authors.map((author, index) => (
-            <Avatar
-              key={index}
-              alt={author.name}
-              src={author.avatar}
-              sx={{ width: 24, height: 24 }}
-            />
-          ))}
-        </AvatarGroup>
-        <Typography variant="caption">
-          {authors.map((a) => a.name).join(', ')}
-        </Typography>
-      </Box>
-      <Typography variant="caption">Recently Updated</Typography>
-    </Box>
-  );
-}
-
-export default function Latest({ articles, onSelectArticle, onLoadMore }: LatestProps) {
   const [visibleCount, setVisibleCount] = React.useState(2);
   const [loadingMore, setLoadingMore] = React.useState(false);
   const [animating, setAnimating] = React.useState(false);
@@ -178,7 +102,7 @@ export default function Latest({ articles, onSelectArticle, onLoadMore }: Latest
                   {article.description}
                 </StyledTypography>
 
-                <Author authors={article.authors} />
+                <ArticleMeta article={article} />
               </Box>
             </Fade>
           </Grid>

src/blog/components/MainContent.tsx

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import OutlinedInput from '@mui/material/OutlinedInput';
 import SearchRoundedIcon from '@mui/icons-material/SearchRounded';
 import RssFeedRoundedIcon from '@mui/icons-material/RssFeedRounded';
 
-import { ArticleModel } from "../types/models";
+import {ArticlesModel, createArticlesModelObject} from "../types/models";
+import { MainContentProps } from "../types/props";
 import ArticleCardsGrid from "./ArticleCards/ArticleCardsGrid";
 
 export function Search() {
@@ -36,12 +37,9 @@ export function Search() {
 export default function MainContent({
   articles,
   onSelectArticle,
-}: {
+}: MainContentProps) {
-  articles: ArticleModel[];
-  onSelectArticle: (index: number) => void;
-}) {
 
-  const [visibleArticles, setVisibleArticles] = React.useState<ArticleModel[]>(articles);
+  const [visibleArticles, setVisibleArticles] = React.useState<ArticlesModel>(articles);
   const [activeTag, setActiveTag] = React.useState<string>('all');
 
   const filterArticlesByTag = (tag: string) => {
@@ -60,11 +58,11 @@ export default function MainContent({
     }
 
     // 🔵 Filter by selected tag
-    const filtered = articles.filter((article) => article.tag === tag);
+    const filtered = articles.articlesList.filter((article) => article.tag === tag);
     console.log('👀 All Articles:', articles);
     console.log(`👀 Filtered (${tag}):`, filtered);
 
-    setVisibleArticles(filtered);
+    setVisibleArticles(createArticlesModelObject(filtered));
     setActiveTag(tag);
   };
 

src/blog/components/Profile.tsx

@@ -6,18 +6,22 @@ import {
   Typography,
   IconButton,
   CircularProgress,
-  Avatar,
   Alert,
 } from '@mui/material';
 import ArrowBackRoundedIcon from '@mui/icons-material/ArrowBackRounded';
-import { useAuth } from '../providers/Author';
+import { useAuth as useAuthor } from '../providers/Author';
+import { useAuth } from '../../../auth/src';
+import { useUpload } from "../providers/Upload";
+import ImageUploadField from './ImageUploadField';
+import { ProfileProps } from '../types/props';
 
-interface ProfileProps {
+export default function Profile({
-  onBack: () => void;
+  onBack
-}
+}: ProfileProps) {
+  const { logout } = useAuth();
+  const { currentUser, updateProfile, loading, error } = useAuthor();
 
-export default function Profile({ onBack }: ProfileProps) {
+  const { uploadFile } = useUpload();
-  const { currentUser, loading, error, logout, updateProfile, updateAvatar } = useAuth();
   const [formData, setFormData] = React.useState({
     username: currentUser?.username || '',
     name: currentUser?.name || '',
@@ -25,7 +29,6 @@ export default function Profile({ onBack }: ProfileProps) {
     avatar: currentUser?.avatar || '',
   });
 
-  const [avatarFile, setAvatarFile] = React.useState<File | null>(null);
   const [uploadingAvatar, setUploadingAvatar] = React.useState(false);
   const [success, setSuccess] = React.useState<string | null>(null);
   const [saving, setSaving] = React.useState(false);
@@ -44,9 +47,9 @@ export default function Profile({ onBack }: ProfileProps) {
     setUploadingAvatar(true);
 
     try {
-      const updated = await updateAvatar(file);
+      const avatar = await uploadFile(file);
-      if (updated) {
+      if (avatar) {
-        setFormData((prev) => ({ ...prev, avatar: updated.avatar }));
+        setFormData((prev) => ({ ...prev, avatar: avatar }));
       }
     } catch (err) {
       console.error("Avatar upload failed:", err);
@@ -120,36 +123,20 @@ export default function Profile({ onBack }: ProfileProps) {
         Profile
       </Typography>
 
-      <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 2, mb: 3 }}>
+      <ImageUploadField
-        <Avatar
+        label="Upload Avatar"
-          src={
+        value={formData.avatar}
-            (import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE_URL.replace(/\/+$/, "") +
+        uploading={uploadingAvatar}
-              "/" +
+        onUpload={handleAvatarUpload}
-              (formData.avatar?.replace(/^\/+/, "") || "")
+        size={64}
-            )
-          }
-          alt={formData.name || formData.username}
-          sx={{ width: 64, height: 64 }}
       />
 
-        <Button variant="outlined" component="label">
-          {uploadingAvatar ? "Uploading..." : "Upload Avatar"}
-          <input
-            type="file"
-            accept="image/*"
-            hidden
-            onChange={(e) => {
-              if (e.target.files?.[0]) handleAvatarUpload(e.target.files[0]);
-            }}
-          />
-        </Button>
-      </Box>
-
       <TextField
         fullWidth
         label="Username"
         name="username"
         margin="normal"
+        disabled={true}
         value={formData.username}
         onChange={handleChange}
       />

src/blog/components/Register.tsx

@@ -1,114 +0,0 @@
-import * as React from 'react';
-import { Box, TextField, Button, Typography, IconButton, CircularProgress, Alert, } from '@mui/material';
-import ArrowBackRoundedIcon from '@mui/icons-material/ArrowBackRounded';
-import { useAuth } from '../providers/Author';
-
-interface RegisterProps {
-  onBack: () => void;
-}
-
-export default function Register({ onBack }: RegisterProps) {
-  const { register, loading, error, currentUser } = useAuth();
-  const [username, setUsername] = React.useState('');
-  const [password1, setPassword1] = React.useState('');
-  const [password2, setPassword2] = React.useState('');
-  const [localError, setLocalError] = React.useState<string | null>(null);
-
-   const handleSubmit = async (e: React.FormEvent) => {
-    e.preventDefault();
-    setLocalError(null);
-
-    // ✅ Local validation
-    if (password1 !== password2) {
-      setLocalError("Passwords don't match");
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (password1.length < 6) {
-      setLocalError('Password must be at least 6 characters long');
-      return;
-    }
-
-    // ✅ Call backend
-    await register(username, password1);
-  };
-
-  if (currentUser) {
-    // ✅ if logged in, auto-return to the article list
-    onBack();
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  return (
-    <Box
-      sx={{
-        maxWidth: 400,
-        mx: 'auto',
-        mt: 8,
-        p: 4,
-        borderRadius: 3,
-        boxShadow: 3,
-        bgcolor: 'background.paper',
-      }}
-    >
-      <IconButton onClick={onBack} sx={{ mb: 2 }}>
-        <ArrowBackRoundedIcon />
-      </IconButton>
-
-      <Typography variant="h4" fontWeight="bold" gutterBottom>
-        Sign Up
-      </Typography>
-
-      <Typography variant="body2" color="text.secondary" gutterBottom>
-        Please sign up to continue
-      </Typography>
-
-      <form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
-        <TextField
-          fullWidth
-          label="Username"
-          type="username"
-          margin="normal"
-          value={username}
-          onChange={(e) => setUsername(e.target.value)}
-          required
-        />
-        <TextField
-          fullWidth
-          label="Password"
-          type="password"
-          margin="normal"
-          value={password1}
-          onChange={(e) => setPassword1(e.target.value)}
-          required
-        />
-        <TextField
-          fullWidth
-          label="Password"
-          type="password"
-          margin="normal"
-          value={password2}
-          onChange={(e) => setPassword2(e.target.value)}
-          required
-        />
-
-        {(localError || error) && (
-          <Alert severity="error" sx={{ mt: 2 }}>
-            {localError || error}
-          </Alert>
-        )}
-
-        <Button
-          fullWidth
-          type="submit"
-          variant="contained"
-          color="primary"
-          sx={{ mt: 3 }}
-          disabled={loading}
-        >
-          {loading ? <CircularProgress size={24} color="inherit" /> : 'Register'}
-        </Button>
-      </form>
-    </Box>
-  );
-}

src/blog/providers/Article.tsx

@@ -1,16 +1,38 @@
-import React, { createContext, useState, useContext, useEffect } from 'react';
+import React, { createContext, useState, useContext, useEffect } from "react";
-import { api } from '../utils/api';
+import { api } from "../utils/api";
-import { ArticleModel } from '../types/models';
+import {
-import { ArticleContextModel } from '../types/contexts';
+  ArticleModel,
-import { useAuth } from './Author';
+  ArticlesModel,
+  createArticlesModelObject,
+} from "../types/models";
+import { ArticleContextModel } from "../types/contexts";
+import { useAuth } from "./Author";
 
 const ArticleContext = createContext<ArticleContextModel | undefined>(undefined);
 
 export const ArticleProvider: React.FC<{ children: React.ReactNode }> = ({ children }) => {
-  const [articles, setArticles] = useState<ArticleModel[]>([]);
+  const [articles, setArticles] = useState<ArticlesModel>(createArticlesModelObject());
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState<boolean>(true);
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
-  const { token } = useAuth();
+  const { currentUser } = useAuth();
+
+  /** 🔹 Author IDs must be strings for API, so we normalize here */
+  const normalizeArticleForApi = (article: Partial<ArticleModel>) => {
+    // Extract existing authors as a list of IDs (string[])
+    const existingIds = (article.authors ?? []).map(a =>
+      typeof a === "string" ? a : a._id
+    );
+
+    // Inject currentUser if missing
+    const allAuthorIds = currentUser?._id
+      ? Array.from(new Set([...existingIds, currentUser._id])) // dedupe
+      : existingIds;
+
+    return {
+      ...article,
+      authors: allAuthorIds,
+    };
+  };
 
   /** 🔹 Fetch articles (JWT automatically attached by api.ts interceptor) */
   const fetchArticles = async () => {
@@ -20,7 +42,7 @@ export const ArticleProvider: React.FC<{ children: React.ReactNode }> = ({ child
 
       const res = await api.get<ArticleModel[]>('/articles', { params: { skip: 0, limit: 100 } });
       const formatted = res.data.map((a) => ({ ...a, id: a._id || undefined }));
-      setArticles(formatted);
+      setArticles(prev => prev.refresh(formatted));
     } catch (err: any) {
       console.error('Failed to fetch articles:', err);
       setError(err.response?.data?.detail || 'Failed to fetch articles');
@@ -29,19 +51,76 @@ export const ArticleProvider: React.FC<{ children: React.ReactNode }> = ({ child
     }
   };
 
+  /** 🔹 Update article */
+  const updateArticle = async (articleData: ArticleModel) => {
+    if (!articleData._id) {
+      console.error('updateArticle called without _id');
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!currentUser) {
+      console.error('updateArticle called without logged in user');
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const normalizedArticleData = normalizeArticleForApi(articleData);
+    try {
+      setLoading(true);
+      setError(null);
+
+      const res = await api.put<ArticleModel>(`/articles/${articleData._id}`, normalizedArticleData);
+      setArticles(prev => {
+        prev.update(res.data);
+        return { ...prev };
+      });
+      return res.data;
+    } catch (err: any) {
+      console.error('Article update failed:', err);
+      setError(err.response?.data?.detail || 'Failed to update article');
+    } finally {
+      setLoading(false);
+    }
+  };
+
+  /** 🔹 Create article */
+  const createArticle = async (articleData: ArticleModel) => {
+    if (articleData._id) {
+      console.error('createArticle called with _id');
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const normalizedArticleData = normalizeArticleForApi(articleData);
+    try {
+      setLoading(true);
+      setError(null);
+
+      const res = await api.post<ArticleModel>(`/articles`, normalizedArticleData);
+      setArticles(prev => {
+        prev.create(res.data);
+        return { ...prev };
+      });
+      return res.data;
+    } catch (err: any) {
+      console.error('Article create failed:', err);
+      setError(err.response?.data?.detail || 'Failed to create article');
+    } finally {
+      setLoading(false);
+    }
+  };
+
   /** 🔹 Auto-fetch articles whenever user logs in/out */
   useEffect(() => {
-    // Always load once on mount
-    // If endpoint requires JWT, fallback safely
-    if (!token) {
-      fetchArticles().catch(() => setLoading(false)); // try anyway (handles both public/protected)
-    } else {
     fetchArticles();
-    }
+  }, [currentUser]); // refetch on login / logout
-  }, [token]);
 
   return (
-    <ArticleContext.Provider value={{ articles, loading, error, refreshArticles: fetchArticles }}>
+    <ArticleContext.Provider value={{
+      articles,
+      loading,
+      error,
+      refreshArticles: fetchArticles,
+      updateArticle,
+      createArticle,
+    }}>
       {children}
     </ArticleContext.Provider>
   );

src/blog/providers/Author.tsx

@@ -1,63 +1,50 @@
-import React, { createContext, useState, useEffect, useContext } from 'react';
+import React, { createContext, useState, useEffect, useContext } from "react";
-import { api } from '../utils/api';
+import { api } from "../utils/api";
-import { AuthorModel } from '../types/models';
+import { AuthorModel } from "../types/models";
-import { AuthContextModel } from '../types/contexts';
+import { AuthContextModel } from "../types/contexts";
+import { useAuth as useBaseAuth } from "../../../auth/src";
 
 const AuthContext = createContext<AuthContextModel | undefined>(undefined);
 
 export const AuthProvider: React.FC<{ children: React.ReactNode }> = ({ children }) => {
+  const { currentUser: authUser, logout } = useBaseAuth();
   const [currentUser, setCurrentUser] = useState<AuthorModel | null>(null);
   const [authors, setAuthors] = useState<AuthorModel[]>([]);
-  const [token, setToken] = useState<string | null>(localStorage.getItem('token'));
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
-  const [loading, setLoading] = useState<boolean>(false);
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
 
-  /** 🔹 Register new user */
+  /**
-  const register = async (username: string, password: string) => {
+   * Hydrate application-level currentUser
+   */
+  const hydrateCurrentUser = async () => {
+    if (!authUser) return;
+
     try {
       setLoading(true);
       setError(null);
 
-      const res = await api.post('/auth/register', { username, password });
+      const res = await api.get<AuthorModel>("/authors/me");
-      return res.data;
+
-    } catch (err: any) {
+      /**
-      console.error('Registration failed:', err);
+       * Explicit precedence:
-      setError(err.response?.data?.detail || 'Registration failed');
+       * Auth service is source of truth for inherited fields
+       */
+      const fullUser: AuthorModel = {
+        ...res.data,
+        username: authUser.username,
+        email: authUser.email,
+        is_active: authUser.is_active,
+      };
+
+      setCurrentUser(fullUser);
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error("Failed to hydrate current user:", err);
+      logout();
     } finally {
       setLoading(false);
     }
   };
 
-  /** 🔹 Login and store JWT token */
-  const login = async (username: string, password: string) => {
-    try {
-      setLoading(true);
-      setError(null);
-
-      const res = await api.post('/auth/login', { username, password });
-      const { access_token, user } = res.data;
-
-      if (access_token) {
-        localStorage.setItem('token', access_token);
-        setToken(access_token);
-        setCurrentUser(user);
-      }
-    } catch (err: any) {
-      console.error('Login failed:', err);
-      setError(err.response?.data?.detail || 'Invalid credentials');
-    } finally {
-      setLoading(false);
-    }
-  };
-
-  /** 🔹 Logout and clear everything */
-  const logout = () => {
-    localStorage.removeItem('token');
-    setToken(null);
-    setCurrentUser(null);
-    setAuthors([]);
-  };
-
   /** 🔹 Fetch all authors (JWT handled by api interceptor) */
   const refreshAuthors = async () => {
     try {
@@ -95,88 +82,29 @@ export const AuthProvider: React.FC<{ children: React.ReactNode }> = ({ children
     }
   };
 
-  /** 🔹 Auto-load current user if token exists */
+  /**
-  const fetchCurrentUser = async () => {
+   * React strictly to auth lifecycle
-    if (!token) return;
+   */
-    try {
-      const me = await api.get<{ _id: string; username: string; email: string }>('/auth/me');
-
-      const author = await api.get<AuthorModel>(`/authors/${me.data._id}`);
-
-      const fullUser = { ...me.data, ...author.data };
-
-      setCurrentUser(fullUser);
-    } catch (err) {
-      console.error('Failed to fetch current user:', err);
-      logout();
-    }
-  };
-
-  /** --------------------------------------------
-   * 🔹 Upload avatar binary → return URL
-   * -------------------------------------------- */
-  const uploadAvatar = async (file: File): Promise<string | null> => {
-    try {
-      const arrayBuffer = await file.arrayBuffer();
-      const binary = new Uint8Array(arrayBuffer);
-
-      const res = await api.post(
-        "/uploads",
-        binary,
-        {
-          headers: {
-            "Content-Type": file.type,
-            "Content-Disposition": `attachment; filename="${file.name}"`,
-          },
-        }
-      );
-
-      return res.data.url;
-    } catch (err: any) {
-      console.error("Avatar upload failed:", err);
-      setError(err.response?.data?.detail || "Failed to upload avatar");
-      return null;
-    }
-  };
-
-  /** --------------------------------------------
-   * 🔹 Full flow: upload avatar → update profile
-   * -------------------------------------------- */
-  const updateAvatar = async (file: File) => {
-    if (!currentUser) return;
-
-    const url = await uploadAvatar(file);
-    if (!url) return;
-
-    // Now update the author document in DB
-    const updatedUser = await updateProfile({
-      ...currentUser,
-      avatar: url,
-    });
-
-    return updatedUser;
-  };
-
-  /** 🔹 On mount, try to fetch user if token exists */
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (token) fetchCurrentUser();
+    if (authUser) {
-  }, [token]);
+      hydrateCurrentUser();
+    } else {
+      setCurrentUser(null);
+      setAuthors([]);
+      setError(null);
+    }
+  }, [authUser]);
 
   return (
     <AuthContext.Provider
       value={{
         currentUser,
         authors,
-        token,
         loading,
         error,
-        login,
+
-        logout,
-        register,
         refreshAuthors,
         updateProfile,
-        uploadAvatar,
-        updateAvatar,
       }}
     >
       {children}

src/blog/providers/Upload.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import React, { createContext, useContext, useState } from "react";
+import { api } from "../utils/api";
+import { UploadContextModel } from "../types/contexts";
+
+const UploadContext = createContext<UploadContextModel | undefined>(undefined);
+
+export const UploadProvider: React.FC<{ children: React.ReactNode }> = ({ children }) => {
+  const [uploading, setUploading] = useState(false);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+
+  /**
+   * 🔹 Upload any file → return public URL
+   */
+  const uploadFile = async (file: File): Promise<string | null> => {
+    setUploading(true);
+    setError(null);
+
+    try {
+      const arrayBuffer = await file.arrayBuffer();
+      const binary = new Uint8Array(arrayBuffer);
+
+      const res = await api.post("/uploads", binary, {
+        headers: {
+          "Content-Type": file.type,
+          "Content-Disposition": `attachment; filename="${file.name}"`,
+        },
+      });
+
+      return res.data.url as string;
+    } catch (err: any) {
+      console.error("File upload failed:", err);
+      setError(err.response?.data?.detail || "Failed to upload file");
+      return null;
+    } finally {
+      setUploading(false);
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <UploadContext.Provider
+      value={{
+        uploadFile,
+        uploading,
+        error,
+      }}
+    >
+      {children}
+    </UploadContext.Provider>
+  );
+};
+
+export const useUpload = (): UploadContextModel => {
+  const ctx = useContext(UploadContext);
+  if (!ctx) throw new Error("useUpload must be used within UploadProvider");
+  return ctx;
+};

src/blog/types/contexts.ts

@@ -1,23 +1,30 @@
-import { ArticleModel, AuthorModel } from "./models";
+import {
+  ArticleModel,
+  ArticlesModel,
+  AuthorModel
+} from "./models";
 
 export interface ArticleContextModel {
-  articles: ArticleModel[];
+  articles: ArticlesModel;
   loading: boolean;
   error: string | null;
   refreshArticles: () => Promise<void>;
+  updateArticle: (article: ArticleModel) => Promise<ArticleModel | void>;
+  createArticle: (article: ArticleModel) => Promise<ArticleModel | void>;
 }
 
 export interface AuthContextModel {
   currentUser: AuthorModel | null;
   authors: AuthorModel[];
-  token: string | null;
   loading: boolean;
   error: string | null;
-  login: (username: string, password: string) => Promise<void>;
+
-  register: (username: string, password: string) => Promise<void>;
-  logout: () => void;
   refreshAuthors: () => Promise<void>;
   updateProfile: (user: AuthorModel) => Promise<AuthorModel | void>;
-  uploadAvatar: (file: File) => Promise<string | null>;
+}
-  updateAvatar: (file: File) => Promise<AuthorModel | undefined>;
+
+export interface UploadContextModel {
+  uploadFile: (file: File) => Promise<string | null>;
+  uploading: boolean;
+  error: string | null;
 }

src/blog/types/models.ts

@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
-export interface AuthorModel {
+import {
+  createInList, readInList, updateInList, deleteInList,
+  createById, readById, updateById, deleteById
+} from "../utils/articles";
+import { AuthUser } from "../../../auth/src";
+
+
+export interface AuthorModel extends AuthUser {
   // meta fields
   _id?: string | null;
   created_at: string;
   updated_at: string;
 
   // model fields
-  username: string;
   name: string;
-  email: string;
   avatar: string;
-  is_active: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface ArticleModel {
@@ -28,3 +32,82 @@ export interface ArticleModel {
   // ref fields
   authors: AuthorModel[];
 }
+
+export interface ArticlesModel {
+  articlesList: ArticleModel[];
+  articlesById: Record<string, ArticleModel>;
+  // articlesByTag: Record<string, ArticleModel[]>;
+  // articlesByAuthor: Record<string, ArticleModel[]>;
+
+  length: number;
+  slice(start: number, end?: number): ArticleModel[];
+
+  refresh(list: ArticleModel[]): ArticlesModel;
+  create(a: ArticleModel): ArticlesModel;
+  readByIndex(index: number): ArticleModel | undefined;
+  readById(id: string): ArticleModel | undefined;
+  update(a: ArticleModel): ArticlesModel;
+  delete(id: string): ArticlesModel;
+}
+
+// ---------- FACTORY ----------
+export function createArticlesModelObject(
+  articles: ArticleModel[] = []
+): ArticlesModel {
+  const initialMap: Record<string, ArticleModel> = {};
+  for (const a of articles) {
+    if (a._id) initialMap[a._id] = a;
+  }
+
+  return {
+    articlesList: articles,
+    articlesById: initialMap,
+
+    // --- computed property ---
+    get length() {
+      return this.articlesList.length;
+    },
+
+    // --- array-like slice ---
+    slice(start: number, end?: number) {
+      return this.articlesList.slice(start, end);
+    },
+
+    refresh(list) {
+      this.articlesList = list;
+
+      const map: Record<string, ArticleModel> = {};
+      for (const a of list) {
+        if (a._id) map[a._id] = a;
+      }
+      this.articlesById = map;
+      return this;
+    },
+
+    create(a) {
+      this.articlesList = createInList(this.articlesList, a);
+      this.articlesById = createById(this.articlesById, a);
+      return this;
+    },
+
+    readByIndex(index) {
+      return readInList(this.articlesList, index);
+    },
+
+    readById(id) {
+      return readById(this.articlesById, id);
+    },
+
+    update(a) {
+      this.articlesList = updateInList(this.articlesList, a);
+      this.articlesById = updateById(this.articlesById, a);
+      return this;
+    },
+
+    delete(id) {
+      this.articlesList = deleteInList(this.articlesList, id);
+      this.articlesById = deleteById(this.articlesById, id);
+      return this;
+    }
+  };
+}

src/blog/types/props.ts

@@ -1,16 +1,32 @@
-import { ArticleModel } from "./models";
+import {
-import {styled} from "@mui/material/styles";
+  ArticleModel,
-import Card from "@mui/material/Card";
+  ArticlesModel,
+} from "./models";
 
 export interface LatestProps {
-  articles: ArticleModel[];
+  articles: ArticlesModel;
   onSelectArticle?: (index: number) => void;
   onLoadMore?: (offset: number, limit: number) => Promise<void>; // optional async callback
 }
 
-export interface ArticleProps {
+export interface MainContentProps {
+  articles: ArticlesModel;
+  onSelectArticle: (index: ArticleModel) => void;
+}
+
+export interface ProfileProps {
+  onBack: () => void;
+}
+
+export interface ArticleViewProps {
   article: ArticleModel;
   onBack: () => void;
+  onEdit: () => void;
+}
+
+export interface ArticleEditorProps {
+  article?: ArticleModel | null;
+  onBack: () => void;
 }
 
 export interface ArticleMetaProps {
@@ -21,16 +37,25 @@ export interface ArticleCardProps {
   article: ArticleModel;
   index: number;
   focusedCardIndex: number | null;
-  onSelectArticle: (index: number) => void;
+  onSelectArticle: (index: ArticleModel) => void;
   onFocus: (index: number) => void;
   onBlur: () => void;
 }
 
 export interface ArticleGridProps {
-  articles: ArticleModel[];
+  articles: ArticlesModel;
-  onSelectArticle: (index: number) => void;
+  onSelectArticle: (index: ArticleModel) => void;
   xs?: number;  // default 12 for mobile full-width
+  md12?: number, // default 12 (full-width)
   md6?: number; // default 6 (half-width)
   md4?: number; // default 4 (third-width)
   nested?: 1 | 2; // number of stacked cards in a nested column
 }
+
+export interface ImageUploadFieldProps {
+  label?: string;
+  value?: string;
+  uploading?: boolean;
+  onUpload: (file: File) => void;
+  size?: number;
+}

src/blog/types/styles.ts

@@ -38,3 +38,40 @@ export const StyledTypography = styled(Typography)({
   overflow: 'hidden',
   textOverflow: 'ellipsis',
 });
+
+export const TitleTypography = styled(Typography)(({ theme }) => ({
+  position: 'relative',
+  textDecoration: 'none',
+  '&:hover': { cursor: 'pointer' },
+  '& .arrow': {
+    visibility: 'hidden',
+    position: 'absolute',
+    right: 0,
+    top: '50%',
+    transform: 'translateY(-50%)',
+  },
+  '&:hover .arrow': {
+    visibility: 'visible',
+    opacity: 0.7,
+  },
+  '&:focus-visible': {
+    outline: '3px solid',
+    outlineColor: 'hsla(210, 98%, 48%, 0.5)',
+    outlineOffset: '3px',
+    borderRadius: '8px',
+  },
+  '&::before': {
+    content: '""',
+    position: 'absolute',
+    width: 0,
+    height: '1px',
+    bottom: 0,
+    left: 0,
+    backgroundColor: (theme.vars || theme).palette.text.primary,
+    opacity: 0.3,
+    transition: 'width 0.3s ease, opacity 0.3s ease',
+  },
+  '&:hover::before': {
+    width: '100%',
+  },
+}));

src/blog/types/views.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+import { ArticleModel } from "./models";
+
+export type View =
+  | "home"
+  | "auth"
+  | "article"
+  | "editor"
+  | "profile"
+  | "create";
+
+export type ViewNode = {
+  parent: View | null;
+  children?: View[];
+};
+
+export const VIEW_TREE: Record<View, ViewNode> = {
+  home: {
+    parent: null,
+    children: ["auth", "article", "profile", "create"],
+  },
+
+  auth: {
+    parent: "home",
+  },
+
+  article: {
+    parent: "home",
+    children: ["editor"],
+  },
+
+  editor: {
+    parent: "article",
+  },
+
+  profile: {
+    parent: "home",
+  },
+
+  create: {
+    parent: "home",
+  },
+};
+
+export const VIEW_URL: Record<View, (ui?: any) => string> = {
+  home: () => "/",
+
+  auth: () => "/auth",
+
+  profile: () => "/profile",
+
+  create: () => "/create",
+
+  article: (ui) => `/articles/${ui.selectedArticle._id ?? ""}`,
+
+  editor: (ui) => `/articles/${ui.selectedArticle._id ?? ""}/edit`,
+};
+
+export function useViewRouter(setUI: any) {
+  const navigate = (
+    view: View,
+    nextState?: any
+  ) => {
+    setUI((prev: any) => {
+      const newState = { ...prev, ...nextState, view };
+
+      // update URL
+      const url = VIEW_URL[view](newState);
+      window.history.pushState(newState, "", url);
+
+      return newState;
+    });
+
+    window.scrollTo({ top: 0, behavior: "smooth" });
+  };
+
+  // auto back logic from parent
+  const goBack = (view: View) => {
+    const parent = VIEW_TREE[view].parent;
+    if (parent) navigate(parent);
+  };
+
+  const openArticle = (article: ArticleModel) => {
+    setUI((prev: any) => {
+      const newState = {
+        ...prev,
+        selectedArticle: article,
+        view: "article",
+      };
+
+      const url = `/articles/${article._id}`;
+      window.history.pushState(newState, "", url);
+
+      return newState;
+    });
+    window.scrollTo({ top: 0, behavior: "smooth" });
+  };
+
+  // auto child navigators from children[]
+  const navigateToChildren = (
+    view: View,
+    navigationMap?: Record<string, string>,
+  ) => {
+    const node = VIEW_TREE[view];
+    const funcs: Record<string, () => void> = {};
+
+    node.children?.forEach((child) => {
+      const funcName = `open_${child}`;
+      const customFuncName = navigationMap?.[funcName];
+      funcs[funcName] = () => navigate(child);
+      if (customFuncName) funcs[customFuncName] = () => navigate(child);
+    });
+
+    return funcs;
+  };
+
+  return { navigate, goBack, openArticle, navigateToChildren };
+}

src/blog/utils/api.ts

@@ -1,33 +1,19 @@
-// src/utils/api.ts
+import { createApiClient } from "../../../auth/src";
-import axios from 'axios';
 
+const AUTH_BASE = import.meta.env.VITE_AUTH_BASE_URL;
 const API_BASE = import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE_URL;
 
-export const api = axios.create({
+/**
-  baseURL: API_BASE,
+ * Auth service client
-  headers: {
+ * - login
-    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+ * - register
-  },
+ * - me
-});
+ * - logout
+ * - introspect
+ */
+export const auth = createApiClient(AUTH_BASE);
 
-// 🔹 Attach token from localStorage before each request
+/**
-api.interceptors.request.use((config) => {
+ * Main application API (blog, articles, etc.)
-  const token = localStorage.getItem('token');
+ */
-  if (token) {
+export const api = createApiClient(API_BASE);
-    config.headers.Authorization = `Bearer ${token}`;
-  }
-  return config;
-});
-
-// 🔹 Handle expired or invalid tokens globally
-api.interceptors.response.use(
-  (response) => response,
-  (error) => {
-    if (error.response?.status === 401) {
-      console.warn('Token expired or invalid. Logging out...');
-      localStorage.removeItem('token');
-      // Optionally: trigger a redirect or event
-    }
-    return Promise.reject(error);
-  }
-);

src/blog/utils/articles.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import {
+  ArticleModel,
+} from "../types/models";
+
+export function createInList(list: ArticleModel[], a: ArticleModel) {
+  return [...list, a];
+}
+
+export function readInList(list: ArticleModel[], index: number) {
+  if (index < 0 || index >= list.length) {
+    // Soft fallback
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  return list[index];
+}
+
+export function updateInList(list: ArticleModel[], a: ArticleModel) {
+  return list.map(x => (x._id === a._id ? a : x));
+}
+
+export function deleteInList(list: ArticleModel[], id: string) {
+  return list.filter(x => x._id !== id);
+}
+
+// Map helpers
+export function createById(
+  map: Record<string, ArticleModel>,
+  a: ArticleModel
+) {
+  if (!a._id) {
+    // Soft mode: ignore create, return unchanged
+    return map;
+  }
+
+  if (map[a._id]) {
+    // Soft mode: do not replace existing
+    return map;
+  }
+
+  return { ...map, [a._id]: a };
+}
+
+export function readById(
+  map: Record<string, ArticleModel>,
+  id: string
+) {
+  if (!id) return undefined;
+  return map[id];
+}
+
+export function updateById(
+  map: Record<string, ArticleModel>,
+  a: ArticleModel
+) {
+  if (!a._id) {
+    // Cannot update without ID
+    return map;
+  }
+
+  if (!map[a._id]) {
+    // ID does not exist → soft mode: do nothing
+    return map;
+  }
+
+  return { ...map, [a._id]: a };
+}
+
+export function deleteById(
+  map: Record<string, ArticleModel>,
+  id: string
+) {
+  const { [id]: _, ...rest } = map;
+  return rest;
+}

src/main.jsx

@@ -2,17 +2,22 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import { createRoot } from 'react-dom/client';
 import Blog from './blog/Blog';
 import { ArticleProvider } from './blog/providers/Article';
-import { AuthProvider } from './blog/providers/Author';
+import { AuthProvider as AuthorProvider } from './blog/providers/Author';
+import { UploadProvider } from "./blog/providers/Upload";
+import { AuthProvider } from "../auth/src";
 
 const rootElement = document.getElementById('root');
 const root = createRoot(rootElement);
+const AUTH_BASE = import.meta.env.VITE_AUTH_BASE_URL;
 
 root.render(
-  <React.StrictMode>
+  <UploadProvider>
-    <AuthProvider>
+    <AuthProvider authBaseUrl={AUTH_BASE}>
+      <AuthorProvider>
         <ArticleProvider>
           <Blog />
         </ArticleProvider>
+      </AuthorProvider>
     </AuthProvider>
-  </React.StrictMode>,
+  </UploadProvider>
 );

src/vite-env.d.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 interface ImportMetaEnv {
   readonly VITE_API_BASE_URL: string;
+  readonly VITE_AUTH_BASE_URL: string;
 }
 
 interface ImportMeta {

src_generic/App.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+import * as React from "react";
+import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { AuthProvider, useAuth, AuthPage } from "../auth/src";
+import { UploadProvider } from "./providers/UploadProvider";
+import AdminLayout from "./components/AdminLayout";
+import ResourceView from "./components/ResourceView";
+import { getAppConfig } from "./config";
+import { initializeApiClients } from "./api/client";
+import { AppConfig } from "./types/config";
+import { Box, Typography, Paper, CircularProgress } from "@mui/material";
+import AppTheme from "../src/shared-theme/AppTheme";
+import {
+  BrowserRouter,
+  Routes,
+  Route,
+  useNavigate,
+  useParams,
+  Navigate,
+} from "react-router-dom";
+
+const queryClient = new QueryClient();
+
+// Create a context for the app config
+export const ConfigContext = React.createContext<AppConfig | null>(null);
+
+function Dashboard() {
+  const config = React.useContext(ConfigContext);
+  const navigate = useNavigate();
+  return (
+    <Box>
+      <Typography variant="h4" gutterBottom>
+        Welcome to the Admin Panel
+      </Typography>
+      <Typography variant="body1" sx={{ color: 'text.secondary' }}>
+        Select a resource from the sidebar to manage data.
+      </Typography>
+
+      <Box
+        sx={{
+          display: "grid",
+          gridTemplateColumns: "repeat(auto-fill, minmax(240px, 1fr))",
+          gap: 3,
+          mt: 4,
+        }}
+      >
+        {config?.resources.map((res) => (
+          <Paper 
+            key={res.name} 
+            sx={{ 
+                p: 3, 
+                textAlign: "center",
+                cursor: 'pointer',
+                transition: 'transform 0.2s',
+                '&:hover': { transform: 'translateY(-4px)', boxShadow: 4 }
+            }}
+            onClick={() => navigate(`/${res.name}`)}
+          >
+            <Typography variant="h6" color="primary">{res.pluralLabel}</Typography>
+            <Typography variant="body2" color="text.secondary">Manage {res.pluralLabel.toLowerCase()}</Typography>
+          </Paper>
+        ))}
+      </Box>
+    </Box>
+  );
+}
+
+function AdminApp() {
+  const { currentUser, login, logout, loading, error } = useAuth();
+  const config = React.useContext(ConfigContext);
+  const navigate = useNavigate();
+
+  if (!currentUser) {
+    return (
+      <AuthPage
+        mode="login"
+        login={login}
+        register={async () => {}} // Disable registration for Admin
+        loading={loading}
+        error={error}
+        onSwitchMode={() => {}}
+        onBack={() => {}}
+        currentUser={null}
+      />
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <AdminLayout
+      username={currentUser.username}
+      onLogout={logout}
+      onSelectResource={(name) => navigate(`/${name}`)}
+      resources={config?.resources || []}
+    >
+      <Routes>
+        <Route path="/" element={<Dashboard />} />
+        <Route path="/:resourceName" element={<ResourceRouteWrapper />} />
+        <Route path="/:resourceName/:id" element={<ResourceRouteWrapper />} />
+        <Route path="/:resourceName/create" element={<ResourceRouteWrapper />} />
+        <Route path="/:resourceName/edit/:id" element={<ResourceRouteWrapper />} />
+      </Routes>
+    </AdminLayout>
+  );
+}
+
+function ResourceRouteWrapper() {
+  const { resourceName } = useParams();
+  const config = React.useContext(ConfigContext);
+  const selectedResource = config?.resources.find((r) => r.name === resourceName);
+
+  if (!selectedResource) return <Typography>Resource not found</Typography>;
+
+  return <ResourceView config={selectedResource} />;
+}
+
+export default function App() {
+  const [config, setConfig] = React.useState<AppConfig | null>(null);
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    getAppConfig().then((cfg) => {
+      initializeApiClients(cfg.baseUrl, cfg.authBaseUrl);
+      setConfig(cfg);
+    });
+  }, []);
+
+  if (!config) {
+    return (
+      <AppTheme>
+        <Box
+          sx={{
+            display: "flex",
+            justifyContent: "center",
+            alignItems: "center",
+            height: "100vh",
+          }}
+        >
+          <CircularProgress />
+        </Box>
+      </AppTheme>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <AppTheme>
+      <QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>
+        <ConfigContext.Provider value={config}>
+          <AuthProvider authBaseUrl={config.authBaseUrl}>
+            <UploadProvider>
+              <BrowserRouter>
+                <AdminApp />
+              </BrowserRouter>
+            </UploadProvider>
+          </AuthProvider>
+        </ConfigContext.Provider>
+      </QueryClientProvider>
+    </AppTheme>
+  );
+}

src_generic/api/client.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import axios, { AxiosInstance } from "axios";
+import { createApiClient } from "../../auth/src";
+
+/**
+ * We expose a singleton-like getter/setter for the API clients
+ */
+let _api: AxiosInstance | null = null;
+let _auth: AxiosInstance | null = null;
+
+export const api = {
+  get: (...args: Parameters<AxiosInstance["get"]>) => {
+    if (!_api) throw new Error("API client not initialized");
+    return _api.get(...args);
+  },
+  post: (...args: Parameters<AxiosInstance["post"]>) => {
+    if (!_api) throw new Error("API client not initialized");
+    return _api.post(...args);
+  },
+  put: (...args: Parameters<AxiosInstance["put"]>) => {
+    if (!_api) throw new Error("API client not initialized");
+    return _api.put(...args);
+  },
+  delete: (...args: Parameters<AxiosInstance["delete"]>) => {
+    if (!_api) throw new Error("API client not initialized");
+    return _api.delete(...args);
+  },
+};
+
+export const auth = {
+  post: (...args: Parameters<AxiosInstance["post"]>) => {
+    if (!_auth) throw new Error("Auth client not initialized");
+    return _auth.post(...args);
+  },
+  get: (...args: Parameters<AxiosInstance["get"]>) => {
+    if (!_auth) throw new Error("Auth client not initialized");
+    return _auth.get(...args);
+  },
+};
+
+export function initializeApiClients(baseUrl: string, authBaseUrl: string) {
+  _api = createApiClient(baseUrl);
+  _auth = createApiClient(authBaseUrl);
+}

src_generic/components/AdminLayout.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,254 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+import {
+  Box,
+  Drawer,
+  AppBar,
+  Toolbar,
+  List,
+  Typography,
+  Divider,
+  ListItem,
+  ListItemButton,
+  ListItemIcon,
+  ListItemText,
+  CssBaseline,
+  IconButton,
+  Tooltip,
+  useMediaQuery,
+  useTheme,
+} from '@mui/material';
+import TableViewIcon from '@mui/icons-material/TableView';
+import DashboardIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Dashboard';
+import LogoutIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Logout';
+import MenuIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Menu';
+import ChevronLeftIcon from '@mui/icons-material/ChevronLeft';
+import ChevronRightIcon from '@mui/icons-material/ChevronRight';
+import { ResourceConfig } from '../types/config';
+import { useLocation, useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
+
+const drawerWidth = 240;
+const collapsedWidth = 64;
+
+interface AdminLayoutProps {
+  children: React.ReactNode;
+  onSelectResource: (resourceName: string | null) => void;
+  onLogout: () => void;
+  username?: string;
+  resources: ResourceConfig[];
+}
+
+export default function AdminLayout({
+  children,
+  onSelectResource,
+  onLogout,
+  username,
+  resources,
+}: AdminLayoutProps) {
+  const theme = useTheme();
+  const isMobile = useMediaQuery(theme.breakpoints.down('md'));
+  const location = useLocation();
+  const navigate = useNavigate();
+  
+  const [isCollapsed, setIsCollapsed] = React.useState(false);
+  const [mobileOpen, setMobileOpen] = React.useState(false);
+
+  const activeResourceName = location.pathname.split('/')[1] || null;
+
+  // AUTO-TOGGLE LOGIC
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (isMobile) {
+        setIsCollapsed(false); // Mobile drawer is never "mini"
+        setMobileOpen(false); // Close on navigation
+    } else {
+        if (location.pathname === '/' || location.pathname === '') {
+            setIsCollapsed(false);
+        } else {
+            setIsCollapsed(true);
+        }
+    }
+  }, [location.pathname, isMobile]);
+
+  const currentWidth = isMobile ? drawerWidth : (isCollapsed ? collapsedWidth : drawerWidth);
+
+  const handleDrawerToggle = () => {
+    setMobileOpen(!mobileOpen);
+  };
+
+  const handleSidebarToggle = () => {
+    setIsCollapsed(!isCollapsed);
+  };
+
+  const drawerContent = (
+    <Box sx={{ overflow: 'hidden', display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', height: '100%' }}>
+      {!isMobile && (
+        <>
+          <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: isCollapsed ? 'center' : 'flex-end', p: 1 }}>
+            <IconButton onClick={handleSidebarToggle}>
+                {isCollapsed ? <ChevronRightIcon /> : <ChevronLeftIcon />}
+            </IconButton>
+          </Box>
+          <Divider />
+        </>
+      )}
+      {isMobile && <Toolbar />}
+      
+      <List>
+        <ListItem disablePadding>
+          <Tooltip title={(isCollapsed && !isMobile) ? "Dashboard" : ""} placement="right">
+            <ListItemButton 
+                selected={location.pathname === '/'}
+                onClick={() => navigate('/')}
+                sx={{
+                    minHeight: 48,
+                    justifyContent: (isCollapsed && !isMobile) ? 'center' : 'initial',
+                    px: 2.5,
+                }}
+            >
+                <ListItemIcon sx={{
+                    minWidth: 0,
+                    mr: (isCollapsed && !isMobile) ? 0 : 3,
+                    justifyContent: 'center',
+                }}>
+                <DashboardIcon color={location.pathname === '/' ? 'primary' : 'inherit'} />
+                </ListItemIcon>
+                {(!isCollapsed || isMobile) && <ListItemText primary="Dashboard" />}
+            </ListItemButton>
+          </Tooltip>
+        </ListItem>
+      </List>
+      <Divider />
+      <List sx={{ flexGrow: 1 }}>
+        {resources.map((res) => (
+          <ListItem key={res.name} disablePadding>
+            <Tooltip title={(isCollapsed && !isMobile) ? res.pluralLabel : ""} placement="right">
+                <ListItemButton 
+                selected={activeResourceName === res.name}
+                onClick={() => onSelectResource(res.name)}
+                sx={{
+                    minHeight: 48,
+                    justifyContent: (isCollapsed && !isMobile) ? 'center' : 'initial',
+                    px: 2.5,
+                }}
+                >
+                <ListItemIcon sx={{
+                    minWidth: 0,
+                    mr: (isCollapsed && !isMobile) ? 0 : 3,
+                    justifyContent: 'center',
+                }}>
+                    <TableViewIcon color={activeResourceName === res.name ? 'primary' : 'inherit'} />
+                </ListItemIcon>
+                {(!isCollapsed || isMobile) && <ListItemText primary={res.pluralLabel} />}
+                </ListItemButton>
+            </Tooltip>
+          </ListItem>
+        ))}
+      </List>
+    </Box>
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <Box sx={{ display: 'flex' }}>
+      <CssBaseline />
+      <AppBar 
+        position="fixed" 
+        sx={{ 
+            zIndex: (theme) => theme.zIndex.drawer + 1,
+            backdropFilter: 'blur(8px)',
+            backgroundColor: 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8)',
+            color: 'text.primary',
+            boxShadow: 'none',
+            borderBottom: '1px solid',
+            borderColor: 'divider',
+        }}
+      >
+        <Toolbar>
+          {isMobile && (
+            <IconButton
+              color="inherit"
+              aria-label="open drawer"
+              edge="start"
+              onClick={handleDrawerToggle}
+              sx={{ mr: 2 }}
+            >
+              <MenuIcon />
+            </IconButton>
+          )}
+          <Typography variant="h6" noWrap component="div" sx={{ flexGrow: 1, fontWeight: 'bold' }}>
+            Admin Panel
+          </Typography>
+          <Typography variant="body1" sx={{ mr: 2, fontWeight: 500, display: { xs: 'none', sm: 'block' } }}>
+            {username}
+          </Typography>
+          <Tooltip title="Logout">
+            <IconButton color="inherit" onClick={onLogout}>
+                <LogoutIcon />
+            </IconButton>
+          </Tooltip>
+        </Toolbar>
+      </AppBar>
+
+      <Box
+        component="nav"
+        sx={{ width: { md: currentWidth }, flexShrink: { md: 0 } }}
+      >
+        {isMobile ? (
+          <Drawer
+            variant="temporary"
+            open={mobileOpen}
+            onClose={handleDrawerToggle}
+            ModalProps={{ keepMounted: true }} 
+            sx={{
+              display: { xs: 'block', md: 'none' },
+              '& .MuiDrawer-paper': { boxSizing: 'border-box', width: drawerWidth },
+            }}
+          >
+            {drawerContent}
+          </Drawer>
+        ) : (
+          <Drawer
+            variant="permanent"
+            sx={{
+              display: { xs: 'none', md: 'block' },
+              width: currentWidth,
+              flexShrink: 0,
+              whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
+              boxSizing: 'border-box',
+              transition: (theme) => theme.transitions.create('width', {
+                easing: theme.transitions.easing.sharp,
+                duration: theme.transitions.duration.enteringScreen,
+              }),
+              [`& .MuiDrawer-paper`]: { 
+                width: currentWidth, 
+                boxSizing: 'border-box',
+                overflowX: 'hidden',
+                transition: (theme) => theme.transitions.create('width', {
+                    easing: theme.transitions.easing.sharp,
+                    duration: theme.transitions.duration.enteringScreen,
+                }),
+              },
+            }}
+            open
+          >
+            {drawerContent}
+          </Drawer>
+        )}
+      </Box>
+
+      <Box 
+        component="main" 
+        sx={{ 
+            flexGrow: 1, 
+            p: { xs: 2, md: 3 },
+            width: { xs: '100%', md: `calc(100% - ${currentWidth}px)` },
+            transition: (theme) => theme.transitions.create(['margin', 'width'], {
+                easing: theme.transitions.easing.sharp,
+                duration: theme.transitions.duration.enteringScreen,
+            }),
+        }}
+      >
+        <Toolbar />
+        {children}
+      </Box>
+    </Box>
+  );
+}

src_generic/components/EnhancedTable.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+import {
+  Box,
+  Typography,
+  Button,
+  IconButton,
+  Link,
+  Tooltip,
+  Card,
+  CardContent,
+  CardActions,
+  Grid,
+  Menu,
+  MenuItem,
+  useMediaQuery,
+  useTheme,
+  Divider,
+} from '@mui/material';
+import {
+  DataGrid,
+  GridColDef,
+  GridActionsCellItem,
+  GridRenderCellParams,
+} from '@mui/x-data-grid';
+import EditIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Edit';
+import DeleteIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Delete';
+import VisibilityIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Visibility';
+import MoreVertIcon from '@mui/icons-material/MoreVert';
+import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { ResourceConfig } from '../types/config';
+
+interface EnhancedTableProps {
+  config: ResourceConfig;
+  data: any[];
+  onEdit: (item: any) => void;
+  onDelete: (id: string) => void;
+  onCreate: () => void;
+  onNavigateToResource?: (resourceName: string, id: string) => void;
+}
+
+export default function EnhancedTable({
+  config,
+  data,
+  onEdit,
+  onDelete,
+  onCreate,
+  onNavigateToResource,
+}: EnhancedTableProps) {
+  const theme = useTheme();
+  const isMobile = useMediaQuery(theme.breakpoints.down('md'));
+  const navigate = useNavigate();
+  
+  const columns: GridColDef[] = React.useMemo(() => {
+    const cols: GridColDef[] = Object.entries(config.fields).map(([key, field]) => {
+      const col: GridColDef = {
+        field: key,
+        headerName: field.label,
+        flex: 1,
+        minWidth: 150,
+        renderCell: (params: GridRenderCellParams) => <FieldRenderer params={params} field={field} fieldKey={key} config={config} onNavigate={onNavigateToResource} navigate={navigate} />
+      };
+      return col;
+    });
+
+    cols.push({
+      field: 'actions',
+      type: 'actions',
+      headerName: 'Actions',
+      width: 120,
+      getActions: (params) => [
+        <GridActionsCellItem
+          icon={<VisibilityIcon />}
+          label="View"
+          onClick={() => navigate(`/${config.name}/${params.id}`)}
+        />,
+        <GridActionsCellItem
+          icon={<EditIcon />}
+          label="Edit"
+          onClick={() => navigate(`/${config.name}/edit/${params.id}`)}
+        />,
+        <GridActionsCellItem
+          icon={<DeleteIcon />}
+          label="Delete"
+          onClick={() => onDelete(params.id as string)}
+        />,
+      ],
+    });
+
+    return cols;
+  }, [config, onDelete, navigate, onNavigateToResource]);
+
+  if (isMobile) {
+    return (
+      <Box>
+        <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', mb: 2, alignItems: 'center' }}>
+          <Typography variant="h5" sx={{ fontWeight: 'bold' }}>{config.pluralLabel}</Typography>
+          <Button variant="contained" color="primary" onClick={onCreate} size="small">
+            Add
+          </Button>
+        </Box>
+        <Grid container spacing={2}>
+          {data.map((row) => (
+            <Grid item xs={12} key={row[config.primaryKey] || Math.random()}>
+              <MobileCardRow 
+                row={row} 
+                config={config} 
+                onEdit={onEdit} 
+                onDelete={onDelete} 
+                onNavigate={onNavigateToResource}
+                navigate={navigate}
+              />
+            </Grid>
+          ))}
+        </Grid>
+      </Box>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Box sx={{ width: '100%' }}>
+      <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', mb: 3, alignItems: 'center' }}>
+        <Typography variant="h5" sx={{ fontWeight: 'bold' }}>{config.pluralLabel}</Typography>
+        <Button variant="contained" color="primary" onClick={onCreate}>
+          Add {config.label}
+        </Button>
+      </Box>
+      <DataGrid
+        rows={data || []}
+        columns={columns}
+        autoHeight
+        getRowId={(row) => {
+            const pk = config.primaryKey;
+            if (row[pk] !== undefined && row[pk] !== null) return row[pk];
+            const fallbackKeys = ['id', '_id', 'uuid', 'pk'];
+            for (const key of fallbackKeys) {
+                if (row[key] !== undefined && row[key] !== null) return row[key];
+            }
+            return `temp-id-${data.indexOf(row)}`;
+        }}
+        disableRowSelectionOnClick
+        initialState={{
+          pagination: {
+            paginationModel: { page: 0, pageSize: 10 },
+          },
+        }}
+        pageSizeOptions={[10, 25, 50]}
+        sx={{
+            border: 'none',
+            '& .MuiDataGrid-cell:focus': { outline: 'none' },
+            '& .MuiDataGrid-columnHeader:focus': { outline: 'none' },
+        }}
+      />
+    </Box>
+  );
+}
+
+function MobileCardRow({ row, config, onDelete, onNavigate, navigate }: any) {
+    const [anchorEl, setAnchorEl] = React.useState<null | HTMLElement>(null);
+    const open = Boolean(anchorEl);
+    const id = row[config.primaryKey];
+
+    const handleClick = (event: React.MouseEvent<HTMLElement>) => {
+      setAnchorEl(event.currentTarget);
+    };
+    const handleClose = () => {
+      setAnchorEl(null);
+    };
+
+    return (
+        <Card variant="outlined" sx={{ borderRadius: 2 }}>
+            <CardContent sx={{ pb: 1 }}>
+                <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', mb: 1 }}>
+                    <Typography variant="subtitle1" sx={{ fontWeight: 'bold', color: 'primary.main' }}>
+                        #{id}
+                    </Typography>
+                    <IconButton size="small" onClick={handleClick}>
+                        <MoreVertIcon fontSize="small" />
+                    </IconButton>
+                    <Menu anchorEl={anchorEl} open={open} onClose={handleClose}>
+                        <MenuItem onClick={() => { handleClose(); navigate(`/${config.name}/${id}`); }}>View</MenuItem>
+                        <MenuItem onClick={() => { handleClose(); navigate(`/${config.name}/edit/${id}`); }}>Edit</MenuItem>
+                        <MenuItem onClick={() => { handleClose(); onDelete(id); }} sx={{ color: 'error.main' }}>Delete</MenuItem>
+                    </Menu>
+                </Box>
+                <Divider sx={{ mb: 2 }} />
+                <Grid container spacing={1}>
+                    {Object.entries(config.fields).slice(0, 5).map(([key, field]: [string, any]) => (
+                        <Grid item xs={6} key={key}>
+                            <Typography variant="caption" color="text.secondary" sx={{ display: 'block' }}>
+                                {field.label}
+                            </Typography>
+                            <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 500, wordBreak: 'break-all' }}>
+                                <FieldRenderer params={{ value: row[key], row }} field={field} fieldKey={key} config={config} onNavigate={onNavigate} navigate={navigate} isMobile />
+                            </Typography>
+                        </Grid>
+                    ))}
+                </Grid>
+            </CardContent>
+            <CardActions sx={{ justifyContent: 'flex-end', px: 2, pb: 2 }}>
+                 <Button size="small" onClick={() => navigate(`/${config.name}/${id}`)}>View Details</Button>
+            </CardActions>
+        </Card>
+    );
+}
+
+function FieldRenderer({ params, field, fieldKey, config, onNavigate, navigate, isMobile }: any) {
+    const value = params.value;
+    const isPk = fieldKey === config.primaryKey;
+
+    if (field.formatter) return field.formatter(value);
+
+    if (field.relation && value) {
+        const relationId = typeof value === 'object' ? (value.id || value._id || value.pk) : value;
+        const displayValue = typeof value === "object" ? 
+            ((field?.displayField && (value as Record<string, any>)[field.displayField]) || (value as any).id || (value as any)._id || (value as any).pk) : value;
+        
+        if (relationId) {
+            return (
+                <Link component="button" variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 'inherit', textAlign: 'left' }} onClick={(e) => { e.stopPropagation(); onNavigate?.(field.relation!, String(relationId)); }}>
+                    {displayValue}
+                </Link>
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (field.type === 'array' && Array.isArray(value)) {
+        if (field.displayField) {
+            return value.map((item) => (typeof item === 'object' ? item[field.displayField!] : item)).filter(Boolean).join(', ');
+        }
+        return `${value.length} items`;
+    }
+
+    if (field.type === 'object' && value) {
+        if (field.displayField && value[field.displayField]) return value[field.displayField];
+        return isMobile ? 'Object' : JSON.stringify(value);
+    }
+
+    if (field.type === 'boolean') return value ? 'Yes' : 'No';
+    if (field.type === 'datetime' || field.type === 'date') return value ? new Date(value).toLocaleString() : '';
+
+    if (isPk && !isMobile) {
+        return (
+            <Link component="button" variant="body2" sx={{ fontWeight: 'inherit' }} onClick={(e) => { e.stopPropagation(); navigate(`/${config.name}/${params.row[config.primaryKey]}`); }}>
+                {value}
+            </Link>
+        );
+    }
+
+    return value;
+}

src_generic/components/GenericForm.tsx

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+import * as React from 'react';
+import {
+  Box,
+  Button,
+  Typography,
+  Divider,
+  CircularProgress,
+} from '@mui/material';
+import { ResourceConfig } from '../types/config';
+import { useUpload } from '../providers/UploadProvider';
+import { useQueries } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+import { useResource } from '../hooks/useResource';
+import FormField from './fields/FormField';
+import { ConfigContext } from '../App';
+
+interface GenericFormProps {
+  config: ResourceConfig;
+  initialData?: any;
+  onSave: (data: any) => Promise<void>;
+  onCancel: () => void;
+  loading?: boolean;
+  readOnly?: boolean;
+  onEditClick?: () => void;
+}
+
+export default function GenericForm({
+  config,
+  initialData = {},
+  onSave,
+  onCancel,
+  loading: saving,
+  readOnly = false,
+  onEditClick,
+}: GenericFormProps) {
+  initialData = initialData || {};
+  const [formData, setFormData] = React.useState(initialData);
+  const { uploadFile, uploading } = useUpload();
+  const appConfig = React.useContext(ConfigContext);
+
+  // 1. Identify all unique relations in the schema (including nested ones)
+  const getRelationFields = (fields: Record<string, any>): string[] => {
+    let relations: string[] = [];
+    Object.values(fields).forEach(field => {
+      if (field.relation) relations.push(field.relation);
+      if (field.schema) relations = [...relations, ...getRelationFields(field.schema)];
+    });
+    return Array.from(new Set(relations));
+  };
+
+  const allRelations = React.useMemo(() => getRelationFields(config.fields), [config.fields]);
+
+  // 2. Parallel fetch for all related resource lists
+  const queries = useQueries({
+    queries: allRelations.map(relName => {
+        const relatedRes = appConfig?.resources.find(r => r.name === relName);
+        // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/rules-of-hooks
+        const { getListQueryOptions } = useResource(relatedRes!);
+        return {
+            ...getListQueryOptions(),
+            enabled: !!relatedRes,
+        };
+    }),
+  });
+
+  const isLoadingRelations = queries.some(q => q.isLoading);
+
+  const relationDataMap = React.useMemo(() => {
+    const map: Record<string, any[]> = {};
+    allRelations.forEach((relName, index) => {
+        map[relName] = queries[index].data || [];
+    });
+    return map;
+  }, [allRelations, queries]);
+
+  const handleChange = (key: string, value: any) => {
+    if (readOnly) return;
+    setFormData((prev: any) => ({ ...prev, [key]: value }));
+  };
+
+  const handleSubmit = (e: React.FormEvent) => {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    if (readOnly) return;
+    onSave(formData);
+  };
+
+  const getTitle = () => {
+    if (readOnly) return `View ${config.label}`;
+    return initialData[config.primaryKey] ? `Edit ${config.label}` : `New ${config.label}`;
+  };
+
+  if (isLoadingRelations) {
+    return (
+        <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', alignItems: 'center', p: 8, gap: 2 }}>
+            <CircularProgress />
+            <Typography variant="body2" color="text.secondary">Loading relationships...</Typography>
+        </Box>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Box component="form" onSubmit={handleSubmit} sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 3 }}>
+      <Typography variant="h5">
+        {getTitle()}
+      </Typography>
+      <Divider />
+
+      {Object.entries(config.fields).map(([key, field]) => (
+        <FormField
+          key={key}
+          name={key}
+          field={field}
+          value={formData[key]}
+          onChange={(val: any) => handleChange(key, val)}
+          disabled={readOnly || field.readOnly}
+          uploadFile={uploadFile}
+          uploading={uploading}
+          baseUrl={appConfig?.baseUrl || ""}
+          relationDataMap={relationDataMap}
+        />
+      ))}
+
+      <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'flex-end', gap: 2, mt: 4 }}>
+        <Button variant="outlined" onClick={onCancel} disabled={saving}>
+          {readOnly ? 'Back to List' : 'Cancel'}
+        </Button>
+        {readOnly ? (
+            <Button variant="contained" color="primary" onClick={onEditClick}>
+                Edit {config.label}
+            </Button>
+        ) : (
+            <Button variant="contained" type="submit" loading={saving} disabled={saving || uploading}>
+              Save {config.label}
+            </Button>
+        )}
+      </Box>
+    </Box>
+  );
+}

src_generic/components/ResourceView.tsx

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+import * as React from 'react';
+import { Box, Typography, Paper, CircularProgress } from '@mui/material';
+import { ResourceConfig } from '../types/config';
+import { useResource } from '../hooks/useResource';
+import GenericForm from './GenericForm';
+import EnhancedTable from './EnhancedTable';
+import { useParams, useLocation, useNavigate, Routes, Route } from 'react-router-dom';
+
+interface ResourceViewProps {
+  config: ResourceConfig;
+  onNavigateToResource?: (resourceName: string, id: string) => void;
+}
+
+export default function ResourceView({ config, onNavigateToResource }: ResourceViewProps) {
+  const { id } = useParams();
+  const location = useLocation();
+  const navigate = useNavigate();
+  
+  const isCreate = location.pathname.endsWith('/create');
+  const isEdit = location.pathname.includes('/edit/');
+  const isView = !!id && !isEdit;
+  const isList = !id && !isCreate;
+
+  const { useList, useRead, useCreate, useUpdate, useDelete } = useResource(config);
+
+  const listQuery = useList();
+  const itemQuery = useRead(id || "");
+  
+  const createMutation = useCreate();
+  const updateMutation = useUpdate();
+  const deleteMutation = useDelete();
+
+  const handleEdit = (item: any) => {
+    navigate(`/${config.name}/edit/${item[config.primaryKey]}`);
+  };
+
+  const handleCreate = () => {
+    navigate(`/${config.name}/create`);
+  };
+
+  const handleSave = async (formData: any) => {
+    try {
+      if (isEdit) {
+        await updateMutation.mutateAsync({ id: id!, data: formData });
+      } else {
+        await createMutation.mutateAsync(formData);
+      }
+      navigate(`/${config.name}`);
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error('Save failed:', err);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const handleDelete = async (itemId: string) => {
+    if (window.confirm('Are you sure you want to delete this item?')) {
+      await deleteMutation.mutateAsync(itemId);
+    }
+  };
+
+  if (isList && listQuery.isLoading) return <CircularProgress />;
+  if ((isEdit || isView) && itemQuery.isLoading) return <CircularProgress />;
+
+  return (
+    <Box>
+      {isList ? (
+        <EnhancedTable
+          config={config}
+          data={listQuery.data || []}
+          onEdit={handleEdit}
+          onDelete={handleDelete}
+          onCreate={handleCreate}
+          onNavigateToResource={(res, id) => navigate(`/${res}/${id}`)}
+        />
+      ) : (
+        <Paper sx={{ p: 4 }}>
+          <GenericForm
+            config={config}
+            initialData={isCreate ? null : itemQuery.data}
+            onSave={handleSave}
+            onCancel={() => navigate(`/${config.name}`)}
+            loading={createMutation.isPending || updateMutation.isPending}
+            readOnly={isView}
+            onEditClick={() => navigate(`/${config.name}/edit/${id}`)}
+          />
+        </Paper>
+      )}
+    </Box>
+  );
+}

src_generic/components/fields/FormField.tsx

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+import * as React from 'react';
+import {
+  TextField,
+  FormControl,
+  InputLabel,
+  Select,
+  MenuItem,
+  FormControlLabel,
+  Checkbox,
+  Typography,
+  Box,
+  Divider,
+} from '@mui/material';
+import { ResourceField } from '../../types/config';
+import ImageUploadField from './ImageUploadField';
+
+interface FormFieldProps {
+  name: string;
+  field: ResourceField;
+  value: any;
+  onChange: (val: any) => void;
+  disabled?: boolean;
+  uploadFile: (file: File) => Promise<string | null>;
+  uploading: boolean;
+  baseUrl: string;
+  relationDataMap?: Record<string, any[]>; // Map of relation name to data array
+}
+
+export default function FormField({
+  name,
+  field,
+  value,
+  onChange,
+  disabled,
+  uploadFile,
+  uploading,
+  baseUrl,
+  relationDataMap = {},
+}: FormFieldProps) {
+  const label = field.label;
+
+  // 1. Recursive Rendering for Objects (Not Relations)
+  if (field.type === 'object' && field.schema && !field.relation) {
+    return (
+      <Box sx={{ ml: 2, mt: 2, p: 2, borderLeft: '2px solid #e0e0e0' }}>
+        <Typography variant="subtitle2" color="primary" gutterBottom>
+          {label}
+        </Typography>
+        <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 2 }}>
+          {Object.entries(field.schema).map(([subKey, subField]) => (
+            <FormField
+              key={subKey}
+              name={`${name}.${subKey}`}
+              field={subField}
+              value={value?.[subKey]}
+              onChange={(newVal) => {
+                const updated = { ...(value || {}), [subKey]: newVal };
+                onChange(updated);
+              }}
+              disabled={disabled}
+              uploadFile={uploadFile}
+              uploading={uploading}
+              baseUrl={baseUrl}
+              relationDataMap={relationDataMap}
+            />
+          ))}
+        </Box>
+      </Box>
+    );
+  }
+
+  // 2. Relation Handling (Select / Multi-Select)
+  if (field.relation && relationDataMap[field.relation]) {
+    const relationData = relationDataMap[field.relation];
+    const isArrayRelation = field.type === 'array';
+    
+    // Determine how to display the related item
+    const getOptionLabel = (option: any) => {
+        if (!option) return "";
+        if (field.displayField && option[field.displayField]) return option[field.displayField];
+        // Standard naming fields
+        return option.name || option.title || option.label || option.id || JSON.stringify(option);
+    };
+
+    const getOptionValue = (option: any) => {
+        // Return the whole object to maintain identity
+        return option;
+    };
+
+    return (
+      <FormControl fullWidth>
+        <InputLabel shrink>{label}</InputLabel>
+        <Select
+          multiple={isArrayRelation}
+          value={value || (isArrayRelation ? [] : "")}
+          label={label}
+          displayEmpty
+          onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.value)}
+          disabled={disabled}
+          renderValue={(selected: any) => {
+            if (isArrayRelation) {
+              return (selected as any[]).map(getOptionLabel).join(', ');
+            }
+            return getOptionLabel(selected);
+          }}
+        >
+          {relationData.map((option) => (
+            <MenuItem key={option.id || JSON.stringify(option)} value={getOptionValue(option)}>
+              {getOptionLabel(option)}
+            </MenuItem>
+          ))}
+        </Select>
+      </FormControl>
+    );
+  }
+
+  // 3. Image Handling
+  if (field.type === 'image') {
+    return (
+      <ImageUploadField
+        label={label}
+        value={value}
+        onUpload={async (file: any) => {
+          const url = await uploadFile(file);
+          if (url) onChange(url);
+        }}
+        uploading={uploading}
+        baseUrl={baseUrl}
+        disabled={disabled}
+      />
+    );
+  }
+
+  // 4. Boolean Handling
+  if (field.type === 'boolean') {
+    return (
+      <FormControlLabel
+        control={
+          <Checkbox
+            checked={!!value}
+            onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.checked)}
+            disabled={disabled}
+          />
+        }
+        label={label}
+      />
+    );
+  }
+
+  // 5. Enum Handling
+  if (field.type === 'enum' && field.options) {
+    return (
+      <FormControl fullWidth>
+        <InputLabel>{label}</InputLabel>
+        <Select
+          value={value || ''}
+          label={label}
+          onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.value)}
+          disabled={disabled}
+        >
+          {field.options.map((opt: string) => (
+            <MenuItem key={opt} value={opt}>
+              {opt}
+            </MenuItem>
+          ))}
+        </Select>
+      </FormControl>
+    );
+  }
+
+  // 6. Common Text Fields
+  if (field.type === 'datetime' || field.type === 'date') {
+    return (
+      <TextField
+        fullWidth
+        label={label}
+        type={field.type === 'datetime' ? "datetime-local" : "date"}
+        InputLabelProps={{ shrink: true }}
+        value={value ? new Date(value).toISOString().slice(0, field.type === 'datetime' ? 16 : 10) : ''}
+        onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.value)}
+        disabled={disabled}
+        required={field.required}
+      />
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (field.type === 'markdown' || field.type === 'string') {
+    return (
+      <TextField
+        fullWidth
+        label={label}
+        value={value || ''}
+        multiline={field.type === 'markdown'}
+        rows={field.type === 'markdown' ? 4 : 1}
+        onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.value)}
+        disabled={disabled}
+        required={field.required}
+      />
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (field.type === 'number') {
+    return (
+      <TextField
+        fullWidth
+        label={label}
+        type="number"
+        value={value === undefined || value === null ? '' : value}
+        onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.value === '' ? '' : Number(e.target.value))}
+        disabled={disabled}
+        required={field.required}
+      />
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <TextField
+      fullWidth
+      label={label}
+      value={typeof value === 'object' ? JSON.stringify(value) : value || ''}
+      disabled
+    />
+  );
+}

src_generic/components/fields/ImageUploadField.tsx

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+import { Box, Button, Avatar, CircularProgress, Typography } from "@mui/material";
+
+interface ImageUploadFieldProps {
+  label?: string;
+  value: string;
+  uploading?: boolean;
+  onUpload: (file: File) => void;
+  size?: number;
+  baseUrl: string;
+  disabled?: boolean;
+}
+
+export default function ImageUploadField({
+  label = "Upload Image",
+  value,
+  uploading = false,
+  onUpload,
+  size = 64,
+  baseUrl,
+  disabled = false,
+}: ImageUploadFieldProps) {
+
+  const imgSrc = value
+    ? baseUrl.replace(/\/+$/, "") +
+      "/" +
+      value.replace(/^\/+/, "")
+    : "";
+
+  return (
+    <Box sx={{ display: "flex", flexDirection: "column", gap: 1, mb: 3 }}>
+      <Typography variant="caption" color="text.secondary">{label}</Typography>
+      <Box sx={{ display: "flex", alignItems: "center", gap: 2 }}>
+        <Avatar
+          src={imgSrc}
+          sx={{ width: size, height: size, borderRadius: 2 }}
+        />
+
+        {!disabled && (
+          <Button
+            variant="outlined"
+            component="label"
+            disabled={uploading}
+            startIcon={uploading && <CircularProgress size={16} />}
+          >
+            {uploading ? "Uploading..." : "Choose File"}
+            <input
+              type="file"
+              accept="image/*"
+              hidden
+              onChange={(e) => {
+                const file = e.target.files?.[0];
+                if (file) onUpload(file);
+              }}
+            />
+          </Button>
+        )}
+      </Box>
+    </Box>
+  );
+}

src_generic/config.ts

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+import { AppConfig } from "./types/config";
+import { loadConfigFromOpenApi } from "./utils/openapi_loader";
+
+export async function getAppConfig(): Promise<AppConfig> {
+  const baseUrl = import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE_URL || "http://localhost:8000"
+  const config = await loadConfigFromOpenApi(baseUrl);
+
+  // You can still apply overrides here
+  return {
+    ...config,
+    authBaseUrl: import.meta.env.VITE_AUTH_BASE_URL || "http://localhost:8001",
+    baseUrl: import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE_URL || config.baseUrl,
+  };
+}

src_generic/configuration.ts

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+import { ResourceOverride } from "./types/overrides";
+
+export const configuration: Record<string, ResourceOverride> = {
+  expenses: {
+    fields: {
+      payee: {
+        displayField: "name",
+      },
+      payor: {
+        display: false,
+        displayField: "username",
+      },
+      account: {
+        displayField: "name",
+      },
+      tags: {
+        displayField: "icon",
+      },
+      occurred_at: {
+        formatter: (val: string) => {
+            const date = new Date(val);
+            const day = date.getDate();
+            const month = date.toLocaleString('default', { month: 'long' });
+            const year = date.getFullYear();
+            const suffix = (day: number) => {
+                if (day > 3 && day < 21) return 'th';
+                switch (day % 10) {
+                    case 1: return "st";
+                    case 2: return "nd";
+                    case 3: return "rd";
+                    default: return "th";
+                }
+            };
+            return `${day}${suffix(day)} ${month} ${year}`;
+        }
+      },
+      created_at: {
+        display: false
+      }
+    },
+  },
+};

src_generic/hooks/useResource.ts

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+import { useQuery, useMutation, useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { api } from "../api/client";
+import { ResourceConfig } from "../types/config";
+
+export function useResource<T = any>(config: ResourceConfig) {
+  const queryClient = useQueryClient();
+  const { name, endpoint, primaryKey } = config;
+
+  // --- READ ALL ---
+  const useList = (params?: any) => 
+    useQuery({
+      queryKey: [name, "list", params],
+      queryFn: async () => {
+        // @ts-ignore
+        const res = await api.get<T[]>(endpoint, { params });
+        return res.data;
+      }
+    });
+
+  // --- READ ONE ---
+  const useRead = (id: string | null) =>
+    useQuery({
+      queryKey: [name, "detail", id],
+      queryFn: async () => {
+        if (!id) return null;
+        // @ts-ignore
+        const res = await api.get<T>(`${endpoint}/${id}`);
+        return res.data;
+      },
+      enabled: !!id,
+    });
+
+  // --- CREATE ---
+  const useCreate = () =>
+    useMutation({
+      mutationFn: async (data: Partial<T>) => {
+        // @ts-ignore
+        const res = await api.post<T>(endpoint, data);
+        return res.data;
+      },
+      onSuccess: () => {
+        queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: [name, "list"] });
+      },
+    });
+
+  // --- UPDATE ---
+  const useUpdate = () =>
+    useMutation({
+      mutationFn: async ({ id, data }: { id: string; data: Partial<T> }) => {
+        // @ts-ignore
+        const res = await api.put<T>(`${endpoint}/${id}`, data);
+        return res.data;
+      },
+      onSuccess: (updatedItem) => {
+        // @ts-ignore
+        const id = updatedItem[primaryKey];
+        queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: [name, "list"] });
+        queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: [name, "detail", id] });
+      },
+    });
+
+  // --- DELETE ---
+  const useDelete = () =>
+    useMutation({
+      mutationFn: async (id: string) => {
+        await api.delete(`${endpoint}/${id}`);
+        return id;
+      },
+      onSuccess: () => {
+        queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: [name, "list"] });
+      },
+    });
+
+  // --- HELPERS FOR useQueries ---
+  const getListQueryOptions = (params?: any) => ({
+    queryKey: [name, "list", params],
+    queryFn: async () => {
+      // @ts-ignore
+      const res = await api.get<T[]>(endpoint, { params });
+      return res.data;
+    },
+  });
+
+  return {
+    useList,
+    useRead,
+    useCreate,
+    useUpdate,
+    useDelete,
+    getListQueryOptions,
+  };
+}

src_generic/main.tsx

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+import * as React from 'react';
+import { createRoot } from 'react-dom/client';
+import { Buffer } from 'buffer';
+import process from 'process';
+import App from './App';
+
+// Polyfill Node.js globals for browser environment (needed by SwaggerParser)
+window.Buffer = Buffer;
+window.process = process;
+
+const rootElement = document.getElementById('root');
+const root = createRoot(rootElement!);
+
+root.render(
+  <React.StrictMode>
+    <App />
+  </React.StrictMode>
+);

src_generic/providers/UploadProvider.tsx

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+import React, { createContext, useContext, useState } from "react";
+import { api } from "../api/client";
+
+export interface UploadContextModel {
+  uploadFile: (file: File) => Promise<string | null>;
+  uploading: boolean;
+  error: string | null;
+}
+
+const UploadContext = createContext<UploadContextModel | undefined>(undefined);
+
+export const UploadProvider: React.FC<{ children: React.ReactNode }> = ({ children }) => {
+  const [uploading, setUploading] = useState(false);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+
+  const uploadFile = async (file: File): Promise<string | null> => {
+    setUploading(true);
+    setError(null);
+
+    try {
+      const arrayBuffer = await file.arrayBuffer();
+      const binary = new Uint8Array(arrayBuffer);
+
+      const res = await api.post("/uploads", binary, {
+        headers: {
+          "Content-Type": file.type,
+          "Content-Disposition": `attachment; filename="${file.name}"`,
+        },
+      });
+
+      return res.data.url as string;
+    } catch (err: any) {
+      console.error("File upload failed:", err);
+      setError(err.response?.data?.detail || "Failed to upload file");
+      return null;
+    } finally {
+      setUploading(false);
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <UploadContext.Provider value={{ uploadFile, uploading, error }}>
+      {children}
+    </UploadContext.Provider>
+  );
+};
+
+export const useUpload = (): UploadContextModel => {
+  const ctx = useContext(UploadContext);
+  if (!ctx) throw new Error("useUpload must be used within UploadProvider");
+  return ctx;
+};

src_generic/types/config.ts

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+export type FieldType =
+  | 'string'
+  | 'number'
+  | 'boolean'
+  | 'date'
+  | 'datetime'
+  | 'markdown'
+  | 'enum'
+  | 'image'
+  | 'object'
+  | 'array';
+
+export interface ResourceField {
+  type: FieldType;
+  label: string;
+  required?: boolean;
+  options?: string[];
+  readOnly?: boolean;
+  schema?: Record<string, ResourceField>;
+  displayField?: string;
+  formatter?: (value: any) => string;
+  relation?: string; // Name of the target resource
+}
+
+export interface ResourceConfig {
+  name: string;
+  label: string;
+  pluralLabel: string;
+  endpoint: string;
+  primaryKey: string;
+  fields: Record<string, ResourceField>;
+}
+
+export interface AppConfig {
+  baseUrl: string;
+  authBaseUrl: string;
+  resources: ResourceConfig[];
+}

src_generic/types/overrides.ts

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+/**
+ * This file contains application-specific overrides and configuration
+ * for the generic Admin Panel.
+ */
+
+export interface FieldOverride {
+  displayField?: string;
+  display?: boolean;
+  formatter?: (value: any) => string;
+}
+
+export interface ResourceOverride {
+  fields?: Record<string, FieldOverride>;
+}

src_generic/utils/openapi_loader.ts

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+import SwaggerParser from "@apidevtools/swagger-parser";
+import { AppConfig, ResourceConfig, ResourceField, FieldType } from "../types/config";
+import { configuration } from "../configuration";
+
+/**
+ * Maps OpenAPI property types to our internal FieldType
+ */
+function mapOpenApiType(prop: any): FieldType {
+  const type = prop.type;
+  const format = prop.format;
+
+  if (format === "date-time") return "datetime";
+  if (format === "date") return "date";
+  if (prop.enum) return "enum";
+  if (
+    type === "string" &&
+    (prop.description?.toLowerCase().includes("image") ||
+      prop.name?.toLowerCase().includes("icon"))
+  )
+    return "image";
+
+  switch (type) {
+    case "integer":
+    case "number":
+      return "number";
+    case "boolean":
+      return "boolean";
+    case "object":
+      return "object";
+    case "array":
+      return "array";
+    default:
+      return "string";
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Recursively converts OpenAPI schemas to ResourceField map
+ */
+function parseSchemaFields(
+  schema: any,
+  resourceName: string,
+  schemaToResourceMap: Map<any, string>
+): Record<string, ResourceField> {
+  const fields: Record<string, ResourceField> = {};
+  const properties = schema.properties || {};
+  const required = schema.required || [];
+  const overrides = configuration[resourceName]?.fields || {};
+
+  for (const [key, prop] of Object.entries(properties) as [string, any]) {
+    const type = mapOpenApiType(prop);
+    const override = overrides[key];
+
+    // Explicitly skip 'id' as it's the primary key and handled elsewhere
+    if (key === "id" || override?.display === false) continue;
+
+    fields[key] = {
+      type,
+      label:
+        prop.title ||
+        key.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + key.slice(1).replace(/_/g, " "),
+      required: required.includes(key),
+      options: prop.enum,
+      readOnly:
+        prop.readOnly ||
+        key === "created_at" ||
+        key === "updated_at",
+      ...override,
+    };
+
+    // STRICT RELATION DETECTION
+    // A field is a relation ONLY if its schema object (or items schema) 
+    // exactly matches a schema that is defined as a resource.
+    let targetSchema = prop;
+    if (type === "array" && prop.items) {
+      targetSchema = prop.items;
+    }
+
+    // Check if this schema object is registered as a resource
+    const relation = schemaToResourceMap.get(targetSchema);
+    if (relation) {
+      fields[key].relation = relation;
+    }
+
+    // Recursively parse nested objects (only if not a relation)
+    if (fields[key].type === "object" && prop.properties && !relation) {
+      fields[key].schema = parseSchemaFields(prop, resourceName, schemaToResourceMap);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return fields;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Scans paths to identify resources and their basic configuration
+ */
+export async function loadConfigFromOpenApi(baseUrl: string): Promise<AppConfig> {
+  // Use SwaggerParser to dereference the spec.
+  // Dereferencing preserves object identity for $ref targets.
+  const api = await SwaggerParser.dereference(
+    new URL("/openapi.json", baseUrl).href
+  );
+
+  const resources: ResourceConfig[] = [];
+  const paths = api.paths || {};
+
+  // Group paths by base resource name
+  const resourcePaths: Record<string, any> = {};
+  for (const path of Object.keys(paths)) {
+    const base = path.split("/")[1];
+    if (!base) continue;
+
+    if (!resourcePaths[base]) resourcePaths[base] = { path, methods: [] };
+    const methods = Object.keys(paths[path] || {});
+    resourcePaths[base].methods.push(...methods);
+
+    // Identify the list endpoint for this resource
+    if (!path.includes("{") && paths[path]?.get?.responses?.["200"]) {
+      resourcePaths[base].listPath = path;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // 1. Identify which schema objects correspond to which resources
+  const schemaToResourceMap = new Map<any, string>();
+  for (const [name, info] of Object.entries(resourcePaths)) {
+    const listPath = info.listPath || `/${name}`;
+    const listOp = paths[listPath]?.get;
+    if (!listOp) continue;
+
+    // @ts-ignore
+    const responseSchema = listOp.responses?.["200"]?.content?.["application/json"]?.schema;
+    let schemaObj = responseSchema;
+    if (responseSchema?.type === "array" && responseSchema.items) {
+      schemaObj = responseSchema.items;
+    }
+
+    if (schemaObj) {
+      schemaToResourceMap.set(schemaObj, name);
+      resourcePaths[name].schemaObj = schemaObj;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // 2. Generate ResourceConfig for each identified resource
+  for (const [name, info] of Object.entries(resourcePaths)) {
+    const listPath = info.listPath || `/${name}`;
+    const listOp = paths[listPath]?.get;
+    if (!listOp || !info.schemaObj) continue;
+
+    const schema = info.schemaObj;
+    const label = name.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + name.slice(1, -1);
+    const pluralLabel = name.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + name.slice(1);
+
+    const fields = parseSchemaFields(schema, name, schemaToResourceMap);
+
+    resources.push({
+      name,
+      label: schema.title || label,
+      pluralLabel: pluralLabel,
+      endpoint: listPath,
+      primaryKey: "id", // Strict default, no heuristics
+      fields,
+    });
+  }
+
+  // @ts-ignore
+  const serverBaseUrl = import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE_URL || (api.servers?.[0]?.url ?? "")
+  // @ts-ignore
+  const authBaseUrl = import.meta.env.VITE_AUTH_BASE_URL || ""
+  return {
+    baseUrl: serverBaseUrl,
+    authBaseUrl: authBaseUrl,
+    resources,
+  };
+}