From 937704c74692cc6830c17c99e8bdf82e646ad565 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel JB Clark <djbclark@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:13:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] test: move live API probe out of unit discovery

---
 backend/scripts/check_api.py | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 backend/tests/test_api.py    | 17 -----------------
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 backend/scripts/check_api.py
 delete mode 100644 backend/tests/test_api.py

diff --git a/backend/scripts/check_api.py b/backend/scripts/check_api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1333cbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/scripts/check_api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Manually probe an already-running SuperBrain API instance.
+
+This is intentionally a command-line diagnostic rather than a unit test: it
+needs the local runtime token and a server listening on the requested address.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import requests
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("--base-url", default="http://localhost:5000")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    token_path = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / "token.txt"
+    if not token_path.is_file():
+        raise SystemExit(f"Token file not found: {token_path}")
+
+    response = requests.get(
+        f"{args.base_url.rstrip('/')}/recent?limit=10",
+        headers={"X-API-Key": token_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip()},
+        timeout=10,
+    )
+    print(f"Status Code: {response.status_code}")
+    print(json.dumps(response.json(), indent=2))
+    return 0 if response.ok else 1
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_api.py b/backend/tests/test_api.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 24b4567..0000000
--- a/backend/tests/test_api.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-import requests
-import json
-
-# Read token
-with open('token.txt', 'r') as f:
-    token = f.read().strip()
-
-# Test the /recent endpoint
-response = requests.get(
-    'http://localhost:5000/recent?limit=10',
-    headers={'X-API-Key': token}
-)
-
-print(f"Status Code: {response.status_code}")
-print(f"\nResponse:")
-print(json.dumps(response.json(), indent=2))