From d16dcfe66efca5b24204f8444273b5f1f158200a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Perplexity Bot <perplexity@netmapper.local>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 19:53:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Use direct backend URLs for inventory API and guard JSON
 parsing

---
 frontend/src/lib/inventoryApi.ts | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/inventoryApi.ts b/frontend/src/lib/inventoryApi.ts
index b123ccb..cfff45b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/inventoryApi.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/inventoryApi.ts
@@ -4,17 +4,22 @@ async function handleResponse<T>(response: Response): Promise<T> {
   if (!response.ok) {
     throw new Error(`API error: ${response.status}`);
   }
+  const contentType = response.headers.get('content-type') || '';
+  if (!contentType.includes('application/json')) {
+    const text = await response.text();
+    throw new Error(`API returned non-JSON response: ${text.slice(0, 80)}`);
+  }
   return response.json() as Promise<T>;
 }
 
 export async function fetchInventoryTree(): Promise<InventoryTreeNode[]> {
-  const response = await fetch('/inventory/tree');
+  const response = await fetch('http://127.0.0.1:8000/inventory/tree');
   const data = await handleResponse<ListResponse<InventoryTreeNode>>(response);
   return data.items;
 }
 
 export async function fetchNodeContext(id: string): Promise<NodeContext> {
-  const response = await fetch(`/inventory/nodes/${id}/context`);
+  const response = await fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:8000/inventory/nodes/${id}/context`);
   const data = await handleResponse<EntityResponse<NodeContext>>(response);
   return data.item;
 }