HomeBranch API v1.8.0

What’s new

• Audiobooks: upload MP3 (single or multi-file) and M4B audiobooks. ID3 tags supply the title, artist, tracks, year, genre and embedded cover art, and audiobook directories can be imported in one go.
• Send to Kindle: users save their Kindle email and EPUB books are emailed through an admin-configured SMTP server.
• Cover search: search for and pick a book cover. Trusted cover image redirects are now followed.
• Cloud plans (hosted service only): storage quotas now follow the account’s plan (5 GiB or 50 GiB), and free demo accounts are limited to 5 books. The STORAGE_QUOTA_BYTES setting has been removed.

Fixes

• Fixed an upload failure (HTTP 500) when the temporary file had already been moved.
• SMTP passwords are now stored encrypted.

Upgrade notes

• Send to Kindle: add the SMTP sender address to your Amazon Approved Personal Document E-mail List.
• The SMTP password is encrypted with SETTINGS_ENCRYPTION_KEY, falling back to JWT_ACCESS_SECRET. Keep the key stable, or re-enter the password if it changes. Existing plaintext passwords keep working until they are re-saved.
• Cloud operators: remove STORAGE_QUOTA_BYTES. Limits now come from the portal’s plans.