v4: every request about a user, and the dump editor's path, come from one builder each — fourteen places wrote /api/users/<key>/… by hand, some encoding a handle (@alice%40music.example) and some not, a slug never; userApiUrl (src/utils/shared/urls.ts) now writes them all, by the user's id or by @ and the handle a page's path gives, each segment encoded. The editor's path was the dump's page's with /edit added in two places; dumpPath takes the view, as userPath and feedPath do.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

shared/paths.ts

@@ -102,9 +102,13 @@ export function userPath(
     : `${base}/${tab}`;
 }
 
-/** Returns the path of a dump's page, `/@owner/dumps/<slug>`. */
+/**
-export function dumpPath(dump: OwnedItem): string {
+ * Returns the path of a dump's page, `/@owner/dumps/<slug>`, or of its
-  return `${userPath(dump.ownerUsername)}/dumps/${seg(dump.slug)}`;
+ * editor, one segment more.
+ */
+export function dumpPath(dump: OwnedItem, view?: "edit"): string {
+  const path = `${userPath(dump.ownerUsername)}/dumps/${seg(dump.slug)}`;
+  return view ? `${path}/${view}` : path;
 }
 
 /** Returns the path of a playlist's page, `/@owner/playlists/<slug>`. */

shared/test/paths.test.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ Deno.test("builders: one hierarchy, default views bare", () => {
   const item = { ownerUsername: "bob", slug: "never-gonna" };
   assertEquals(dumpPath(item), "/@bob/dumps/never-gonna");
   assertEquals(playlistPath(item), "/@bob/playlists/never-gonna");
+  assertEquals(
+    dumpPath({ ownerUsername: "bob", slug: "a-b" }, "edit"),
+    "/@bob/dumps/a-b/edit",
+  );
   assertEquals(feedPath(), "/");
   assertEquals(feedPath(undefined, "hot"), "/hot");
   assertEquals(feedPath("music"), "/music");

src/components/profile/ProfileFollowTab.tsx

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import { useCallback } from "react";
 import { useNavigate } from "react-router";
 import { Trans } from "@lingui/react/macro";
-import { API_URL } from "../../config/api.ts";
+import { userApiUrl } from "../../utils/shared/urls.ts";
 import type { Wire } from "../../../shared/api.ts";
 import type { Playlist } from "../../../shared/playlist.ts";
 import type { PublicUser } from "../../../shared/user.ts";
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function useFollowList<T>(
   view: FollowView,
   deserialize: (wire: Wire<T>) => T,
 ) {
-  const url = `${API_URL}/api/users/${userId}/follow/${view}`;
+  const url = userApiUrl({ id: userId }, "follow", view);
   const paged = usePagedList<T>(
     url,
     useCallback(

src/components/profile/ProfileManageTab.tsx

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import { Trans } from "@lingui/react/macro";
-import { API_URL } from "../../config/api.ts";
+import { userApiUrl } from "../../utils/shared/urls.ts";
 import type { Wire } from "../../../shared/api.ts";
 import type { PublicUser } from "../../../shared/user.ts";
 import { expectOk } from "../../utils/shared/api.ts";
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export function ProfileManageTab(
   async function rename(username: string): Promise<string> {
     const renamed = deserializePublicUser(
       await expectOk<Wire<PublicUser>>(
-        await authFetch(`${API_URL}/api/users/${user.id}/username`, {
+        await authFetch(userApiUrl(user, "username"), {
           method: "PATCH",
           body: JSON.stringify({ username }),
         }),

src/components/profile/ProfilePlaylistsTab.tsx

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { useSearchParams } from "react-router";
 import { t } from "@lingui/core/macro";
 import { Trans } from "@lingui/react/macro";
 import { API_URL } from "../../config/api.ts";
+import { userApiUrl } from "../../utils/shared/urls.ts";
 import type { Playlist } from "../../../shared/playlist.ts";
 import type { PublicUser } from "../../../shared/user.ts";
 import {
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ function PlaylistList(
     }`,
     hydratePlaylist,
   );
-  const url = `${API_URL}/api/users/${user.id}/playlists${
+  const url = `${userApiUrl(user, "playlists")}${
     categorySlug ? `?category=${encodeURIComponent(categorySlug)}` : ""
   }`;
   const { state, setItems: setAllItems, loadMore } = usePagedList<Playlist>(

src/components/profile/RoleSwitcher.tsx

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import { useState } from "react";
 import { t } from "@lingui/core/macro";
 import { Trans } from "@lingui/react/macro";
-import { API_URL } from "../../config/api.ts";
+import { userApiUrl } from "../../utils/shared/urls.ts";
 import type { Wire } from "../../../shared/api.ts";
 import type { PublicUser, Role } from "../../../shared/user.ts";
 import { expectOk, friendlyFetchError } from "../../utils/shared/api.ts";
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export function RoleSwitcher(
     setSaving(true);
     setError(null);
     try {
-      const res = await authFetch(`${API_URL}/api/users/${userId}/role`, {
+      const res = await authFetch(userApiUrl({ id: userId }, "role"), {
         method: "PATCH",
         body: JSON.stringify({ role }),
       });

src/components/shared/Avatar.tsx

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 import { useContext, useState } from "react";
-import { API_URL } from "../../config/api.ts";
+import { userApiUrl } from "../../utils/shared/urls.ts";
 import { AvatarOverrideContext } from "../../contexts/ws/AvatarOverrideContext.ts";
 
 /**
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ export function Avatar(
 
   if (effectiveHasAvatar && !imgFailed) {
     const src = effectiveVersion
-      ? `${API_URL}/api/users/${userId}/avatar?v=${effectiveVersion}`
+      ? `${userApiUrl({ id: userId }, "avatar")}?v=${effectiveVersion}`
-      : `${API_URL}/api/users/${userId}/avatar`;
+      : userApiUrl({ id: userId }, "avatar");
     return (
       <img
         src={src}

src/hooks/dump/useUserDumpFeed.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import { useCallback } from "react";
 
-import { API_URL } from "../../config/api.ts";
+import { userApiUrl } from "../../utils/shared/urls.ts";
 import { pageUrl, readPage } from "../../utils/feed/pagedList.ts";
 import type { Dump } from "../../../shared/dump.ts";
 import {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export function useUserDumpFeed(
     hydrateDump,
   );
 
-  const url = `${API_URL}/api/users/${userId}/${list}${
+  const url = `${userApiUrl({ id: userId }, list)}${
     categorySlug ? `?category=${encodeURIComponent(categorySlug)}` : ""
   }`;
   const paged = usePagedList<Dump>(

src/hooks/playlist/usePlaylist.ts

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import {
   deserializePlaylistWithDumps,
 } from "../../utils/shared/deserialize.ts";
 import { expectOk, friendlyFetchError } from "../../utils/shared/api.ts";
-import { isAt, playlistUrl } from "../../utils/shared/urls.ts";
+import { isAt, playlistUrl, userApiUrl } from "../../utils/shared/urls.ts";
 import { useCanonicalPath } from "../shared/useCanonicalPath.ts";
 import { useAuth } from "../auth/useAuth.ts";
 import { useWS } from "../ws/useWS.ts";
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ export function usePlaylist(
       `${target.username}/${target.slug}:${user?.id ?? "guest"}`,
     (signal) =>
       authFetch(
-        `${API_URL}/api/users/@${target.username}/playlists/${target.slug}`,
+        // The key above is falsy, and nothing fetched, without both.
+        userApiUrl({ username: target.username! }, "playlists", target.slug!),
         { signal },
       )
         .then(expectOk<Wire<PlaylistWithDumps>>)

src/pages/Dump.tsx

@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { Link, useLocation, useNavigate, useParams } from "react-router";
 import { t } from "@lingui/core/macro";
 import { Trans } from "@lingui/react/macro";
-import { dumpThumbnailUrl, dumpUrl, isAt } from "../utils/shared/urls.ts";
+import {
+  dumpThumbnailUrl,
+  dumpUrl,
+  isAt,
+  userApiUrl,
+} from "../utils/shared/urls.ts";
 import { can } from "../utils/auth/permissions.ts";
 import { CategoryChips } from "../components/category/CategoryChips.tsx";
 import { AddToPlaylistModal } from "../components/playlist/AddToPlaylistModal.tsx";
@@ -132,7 +137,7 @@ export function Dump(): React.JSX.Element {
     const controller = new AbortController();
 
     if (preloaded) {
-      fetch(`${API_URL}/api/users/${preloaded.userId}`, {
+      fetch(userApiUrl({ id: preloaded.userId }), {
         signal: controller.signal,
       })
         .then((r) => r.json())
@@ -148,7 +153,7 @@ export function Dump(): React.JSX.Element {
       setOp(null);
       try {
         const res = await authFetch(
-          `${API_URL}/api/users/@${username}/dumps/${slug}`,
+          userApiUrl({ username }, "dumps", slug),
           { cache: "no-store", signal: controller.signal },
         );
         const apiResponse = parseAPIResponse<Wire<Dump>>(await res.json());
@@ -158,7 +163,7 @@ export function Dump(): React.JSX.Element {
         const dump: Dump = deserializeDump(apiResponse.data);
         setDumpState({ status: "loaded", dump });
 
-        fetch(`${API_URL}/api/users/${dump.userId}`, {
+        fetch(userApiUrl({ id: dump.userId }), {
           signal: controller.signal,
         })
           .then((r) => r.json())
@@ -544,7 +549,7 @@ export function Dump(): React.JSX.Element {
 
         <div className="dump-actions">
           {canEdit && (
-            <Link to={`${dumpUrl(dump)}/edit`}>
+            <Link to={dumpUrl(dump, "edit")}>
               <Trans>Edit</Trans>
             </Link>
           )}

src/pages/DumpEdit.tsx

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import {
   dumpFileUrl,
   dumpThumbnailUrl,
   dumpUrl,
+  userApiUrl,
 } from "../utils/shared/urls.ts";
 import { PageShell } from "../components/layout/PageShell.tsx";
 import { PageError } from "../components/layout/PageError.tsx";
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ export function DumpEdit(): React.JSX.Element {
   const [deleteError, setDeleteError] = useState<string | null>(null);
 
   useCanonicalPath(
-    state.status === "loaded" ? `${dumpUrl(state.dump)}/edit` : null,
+    state.status === "loaded" ? dumpUrl(state.dump, "edit") : null,
   );
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ export function DumpEdit(): React.JSX.Element {
       setState({ status: "loading" });
       try {
         const res = await fetch(
-          `${API_URL}/api/users/@${username}/dumps/${slug}`,
+          userApiUrl({ username }, "dumps", slug),
           {
             cache: "no-store",
             headers: token ? { Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` } : {},

src/pages/UserPublicProfile.tsx

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import { useLocation, useNavigate, useParams } from "react-router";
 import { Trans } from "@lingui/react/macro";
 
-import { API_URL } from "../config/api.ts";
+import { userApiUrl } from "../utils/shared/urls.ts";
 import type { Invitee } from "../../shared/user.ts";
 import type { Wire } from "../../shared/api.ts";
 import {
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export function UserPublicProfile(): React.JSX.Element {
   const invitees = useFetchState<Invitee[]>(
     user?.id,
     (signal) =>
-      fetch(`${API_URL}/api/users/${user!.id}/invitees`, { signal })
+      fetch(userApiUrl(user!, "invitees"), { signal })
         .then((res) => dataOr<Wire<Invitee>[]>(res, []))
         .then((entries) => entries.map(deserializeInvitee)),
     { enabled: tab === "invitees" },

src/utils/auth/home.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 import { API_URL } from "../../config/api.ts";
 import { splitHandle } from "../../../shared/validation.ts";
+import { userApiUrl } from "../shared/urls.ts";
 
 /**
  * Checks whether `host`, as a handle writes it, is this instance's: its API's,
@@ -38,5 +39,5 @@ export function homeHost(handle: string): string | undefined {
 export function homeUrl(handle: string, path?: string): string | null {
   if (!homeHost(handle)) return null;
   const query = path ? `?path=${encodeURIComponent(path)}` : "";
-  return `${API_URL}/api/users/@${encodeURIComponent(handle)}/home${query}`;
+  return `${userApiUrl({ username: handle }, "home")}${query}`;
 }

src/utils/shared/fetchPublicUser.ts

@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
  * @module
  */
 
-import { API_URL } from "../../config/api.ts";
 import type { Wire } from "../../../shared/api.ts";
 import type { PublicUser } from "../../../shared/user.ts";
 import { expectOk } from "./api.ts";
 import { deserializePublicUser } from "./deserialize.ts";
+import { userApiUrl } from "./urls.ts";
 
 /**
  * Returns `GET /api/users/@:username`, for the profile, which fails as a
@@ -24,10 +24,7 @@ export async function fetchPublicUser(
   username: string,
   signal: AbortSignal,
 ): Promise<PublicUser> {
-  const res = await fetch(
+  const res = await fetch(userApiUrl({ username }), { signal });
-    `${API_URL}/api/users/@${encodeURIComponent(username)}`,
-    { signal },
-  );
   if (res.status === 404) throw new Error("User not found");
   return deserializePublicUser(await expectOk<Wire<PublicUser>>(res));
 }

src/utils/shared/urls.ts

@@ -98,11 +98,12 @@ export function normalizeUrl(input: string): string {
 }
 
 /**
- * Returns the path of the page of `dump`, `/@owner/dumps/<slug>`. Its owner's
+ * Returns the path of the page of `dump`, `/@owner/dumps/<slug>`, or of its
- * name and its slug come with every dump the API sends.
+ * editor (`dumpPath`). Its owner's name and its slug come with every dump the
+ * API sends.
  */
-export function dumpUrl(dump: OwnedItem): string {
+export function dumpUrl(dump: OwnedItem, view?: "edit"): string {
-  return dumpPath(dump);
+  return dumpPath(dump, view);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -119,6 +120,24 @@ export function isAt(
     item.ownerUsername.toLowerCase() === username?.toLowerCase();
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns the URL of `/api/users/:key`, or of what is under it, `segments`
+ * such as `"dumps", slug`, each encoded: every request about a user takes it
+ * from here. The key is `user`'s id, or, when the caller has only the name a
+ * page's path gives, `@` and that handle, which the API resolves as the page
+ * would, a former name or a remote user's included.
+ */
+export function userApiUrl(
+  user: { id: string } | { username: string },
+  ...segments: string[]
+): string {
+  const key = "id" in user
+    ? encodeURIComponent(user.id)
+    : `@${encodeURIComponent(user.username)}`;
+  return [`${API_URL}/api/users`, key, ...segments.map(encodeURIComponent)]
+    .join("/");
+}
+
 /** Returns the path of the page of `playlist`, `/@owner/playlists/<slug>`. */
 export function playlistUrl(playlist: OwnedItem): string {
   return playlistPath(playlist);