From 96a3deee5decfc8f37f50f7bd3a42de611fe3c5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Davide Scaini <davide.scaini@alumni.cern>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:57:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: serve data/ from disk via nginx alias; return full
 athlete data from API

---
 bincio/serve/server.py | 9 +--------
 docs/deployment/vps.md | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bincio/serve/server.py b/bincio/serve/server.py
index 30bf920..ba620fb 100644
--- a/bincio/serve/server.py
+++ b/bincio/serve/server.py
@@ -463,14 +463,7 @@ async def get_athlete(bincio_session: Optional[str] = Cookie(default=None)) -> J
                     data[k] = edits[k]
         except Exception:
             pass
-    return JSONResponse({
-        "max_hr": data.get("max_hr"),
-        "ftp_w": data.get("ftp_w"),
-        "hr_zones": data.get("hr_zones"),
-        "power_zones": data.get("power_zones"),
-        "seasons": data.get("seasons", []),
-        "gear": data.get("gear", {}),
-    })
+    return JSONResponse(data)
 
 
 @app.post("/api/athlete")
diff --git a/docs/deployment/vps.md b/docs/deployment/vps.md
index 31d308e..921be5e 100644
--- a/docs/deployment/vps.md
+++ b/docs/deployment/vps.md
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ server {
     root /var/www/bincio;
     index index.html;
 
+    client_max_body_size 512M;  # bulk activity uploads
+
     # API → bincio serve
     location /api/ {
         proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:4041;
@@ -244,6 +246,13 @@ server {
         proxy_read_timeout 120s;   # Strava sync can be slow
     }
 
+    # Data files served live from disk — bypasses the build/rsync cycle
+    # so uploads and merges are visible immediately without a site rebuild.
+    location /data/ {
+        alias /var/bincio/data/;
+        add_header Cache-Control "no-cache, must-revalidate";
+    }
+
     # Static files
     location / {
         try_files $uri $uri/ $uri.html =404;