BE+FE: work on bulk deleting devices and code cleanup #1493

Signed-off-by: jokob-sk <jokob.sk@gmail.com>

.gitignore

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ front/api/*
 /api/*
 **/plugins/**/*.log
 **/plugins/cloud_services/*
+**/plugins/cloud_connector/*
 **/%40eaDir/
 **/@eaDir/
 

front/deviceDetailsEdit.php

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require_once $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] . "/php/templates/security.php"; ?>
         class="btn btn-default pa-btn pa-btn-delete"
         style="margin-left:0px;"
         id="btnDelete"
-        onclick="askDeleteDevice()">
+        onclick="askDeleteDeviceByMac()">
           <i class="fas fa-trash-alt"></i>
           <?= lang("DevDetail_button_Delete") ?>
     </button>

front/devices.php

@@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ function renderCustomProps(custProps, mac) {
             onClickEvent = `alert('Not implemented')`;
             break;
           case "delete_dev":
-            onClickEvent = `askDelDevDTInline('${mac}')`;
+            onClickEvent = `askDeleteDeviceByMac('${mac}')`;
             break;
           default:
             break;

front/js/device.js

@@ -1,21 +1,5 @@
-
-
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-function askDeleteDevice() {
-
-  mac = getMac()
-
-  // Ask delete device
-  showModalWarning(
-    getString("DevDetail_button_Delete"),
-    getString("DevDetail_button_Delete_ask"),
-    getString('Gen_Cancel'),
-    getString('Gen_Delete'),
-    'deleteDevice');
-}
-
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-function askDelDevDTInline(mac) {
+function askDeleteDeviceByMac(mac) {
 
   // only try getting mac from URL if not supplied - used in inline buttons on in the my devices listing pages
   if(isEmpty(mac))
@@ -31,34 +15,9 @@ function askDelDevDTInline(mac) {
     () => deleteDeviceByMac(mac))
 }
 
-
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-function deleteDevice() {
-  // Check MAC
-  mac = getMac()
-
-  const apiBase = getApiBase();
-  const apiToken = getSetting("API_TOKEN");
-  const url = `${apiBase}/device/${mac}/delete`;
-
-  $.ajax({
-    url,
-    method: "DELETE",
-    headers: { "Authorization": `Bearer ${apiToken}` },
-    success: function(response) {
-      showMessage(response.success ? "Device deleted successfully" : (response.error || "Unknown error"));
-      updateApi("devices,appevents");
-    },
-    error: function(xhr, status, error) {
-      console.error("Error deleting device:", status, error);
-      showMessage("Error: " + (xhr.responseJSON?.error || error));
-    }
-  });
-}
-
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 function deleteDeviceByMac(mac) {
-  // only try getting mac from URL if not supplied - used in inline buttons on in teh my devices listing pages
+  // only try getting mac from URL if not supplied - used in inline buttons on in the my devices listing pages
   if(isEmpty(mac))
   {
     mac = getMac()

front/maintenance.php

@@ -373,7 +373,10 @@ function deleteAllDevices()
     url,
     method: "DELETE",
     headers: { "Authorization": `Bearer ${apiToken}` },
-    data: JSON.stringify({ macs: null }),
+    data: JSON.stringify({
+      macs: [],
+    confirm_delete_all: true
+    }),
     contentType: "application/json",
     success: function(response) {
       showMessage(response.success ? "All devices deleted successfully" : (response.error || "Unknown error"));

server/api_server/api_server_start.py

@@ -638,20 +638,17 @@ def api_get_devices(payload=None):
 @app.route("/devices", methods=["DELETE"])
 @validate_request(
     operation_id="delete_devices",
-    summary="Delete Multiple Devices",
-    description="Delete multiple devices by MAC address.",
+    summary="Delete Devices (Bulk / All)",
+    description="Delete devices by MAC address. Provide a list of MACs to delete specific devices, set confirm_delete_all=true with an empty macs list to delete ALL devices. Supports wildcard '*' matching.",
     request_model=DeleteDevicesRequest,
     tags=["devices"],
     auth_callable=is_authorized
 )
-def api_devices_delete(payload=None):
-    data = request.get_json(silent=True) or {}
-    macs = data.get('macs', [])
-
-    if not macs:
-        return jsonify({"success": False, "message": "ERROR: Missing parameters", "error": "macs list is required"}), 400
-
+def api_devices_delete(payload: DeleteDevicesRequest = None):
     device_handler = DeviceInstance()
+
+    macs = None if payload.confirm_delete_all else payload.macs
+
     return jsonify(device_handler.deleteDevices(macs))
 
 

server/api_server/openapi/schemas.py

@@ -444,8 +444,27 @@ class DeviceUpdateRequest(BaseModel):
 
 class DeleteDevicesRequest(BaseModel):
     """Request to delete multiple devices."""
-    macs: List[str] = Field([], description="List of MACs to delete")
-    confirm_delete_all: bool = Field(False, description="Explicit flag to delete ALL devices when macs is empty")
+    macs: List[str] = Field(
+        default_factory=list,
+        description="List of MACs to delete (supports '*' wildcard at the end or start for individual macs)"
+    )
+    confirm_delete_all: bool = Field(
+        default=False,
+        description="Explicit flag to delete ALL devices when macs is empty"
+    )
+    model_config = {
+        "json_schema_extra": {
+            "examples": [
+                {
+                    "summary": "Delete specific devices",
+                    "value": {
+                        "macs": ["AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF", "AA:BB:CC:DD:*"],
+                        "confirm_delete_all": False
+                    }
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    }
 
     @field_validator("macs")
     @classmethod
@@ -453,9 +472,11 @@ class DeleteDevicesRequest(BaseModel):
         return [validate_mac(mac) for mac in v]
 
     @model_validator(mode="after")
-    def check_delete_all_safety(self) -> DeleteDevicesRequest:
+    def check_delete_all_safety(self):
         if not self.macs and not self.confirm_delete_all:
-            raise ValueError("Must provide at least one MAC or set confirm_delete_all=True")
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Must provide at least one MAC or set confirm_delete_all=True"
+            )
         return self
 
 

server/models/device_instance.py

@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class DeviceInstance:
         conn = get_temp_db_connection()
         cur = conn.cursor()
 
-        if not macs:
+        if macs is None:
             # No MACs provided → delete all
             cur.execute("DELETE FROM Devices")
             conn.commit()