POST /api/share

Request	`POST /api/share`
Authentication	Session cookie required
Handler	`backend/server.py`

What it does

Using the control is the observation; the response says so in `observed` rather than implying the link was seen by anyone. Unlocking the second find is what this endpoint actually does, and `finds_remaining` states the result.

Authentication

Session cookie required. Send the ff_session cookie. Without one the engine treats the caller as a new visitor with no holds and no claims, and returns a new cookie to use from then on.

Parameters

Parameter	In	Type	Required	Description
`ff_session`	cookie	`string`	Optional	The session identifier. Omit it on the first call and store the value the response sets; every later call must send the same one or the engine treats the caller as a new visitor with no holds and no claims.

Request

The cookie jar carries the session between calls. Angle-bracketed values are the parameter types from the table above.

cURLJavaScriptPython

curl -s -b cookies.txt -c cookies.txt \
  -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  "https://flowfinds.ai/api/share"

const res = await fetch("https://flowfinds.ai/api/share", {
  method: "POST",
  credentials: "include",
});
const data = await res.json();

import requests

s = requests.Session()
r = s.post("https://flowfinds.ai/api/share")
data = r.json()

Recorded example

curl -s -b cookies.txt -c cookies.txt \
  -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{}' \
  "$FLOWFINDS_ORIGIN/api/share"

Responses

`200` — Recorded.

Field	Type	Description
`status`	`string`	`share_recorded`.
`shared`	`boolean`	True.
`url`	`string`	The coded referral link.
`allowance`	`number`	This session's total claim allowance.
`claims_made`	`number`	Claims already made.
`finds_remaining`	`number`	Allowance minus claims made, floored at zero.
`explanation`	`string`	'Your second find is unlocked.'
`observed`	`string`	What was actually observed — the control being used.

Errors

This endpoint has no failure path of its own. An uncaught exception anywhere in the engine is still returned as structured JSON by the shared guard.

GET /api/ad — The ad artifact for the session's product, with its pass criteria.
POST /api/ad/edit — Override the ad copy, or reset it to the generated version.
POST /api/growth/edit — Edit a growth artifact in natural language.
GET /api/ads-manager — The campaign book.
POST /api/ads-manager — Save the campaign book.
GET /api/adbalance — The advertising balance, its ledger and any pending top-ups.
POST /api/adbalance — Start a balance top-up.
GET /api/adbalance/confirm — Retired. Balance confirmation is no longer client-driven.

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