API Endpoint

Toggle Capture Mode

Enable safe capture state or restore previous state.

POSTDiagnostics and Logs/api/canview/capture

Reach It

Method: POST
Path: /api/canview/capture
Base URL: http://openhaldex.local (or controller IP)
Response format: JSON

Query Input

None

Body Input

JSON: {"active":true|false}

Response / Parse

Receive: JSON: ok,active,disableController,broadcastOpenHaldexOverCAN

Parse: Enable forces STOCK/controller-off safe profile.

Error Behavior

400 invalid json; 200 success

Example Call

curl -s -X POST "http://openhaldex.local/api/canview/capture" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{...}'

Endpoint-Specific Engineering Notes

This section is intentionally unique for POST /api/canview/capture. Focus area: toggling capture session state with safety-aware control behavior. When integrating OpenHaldex at scale, this endpoint should be treated as a dedicated workflow step rather than a generic HTTP action.

Operational scenario: Enable capture for diagnostics, then restore normal control and verify state rollback after session end.

Domain vocabulary: capture-toggle, session-start, session-stop, controller-bypass, broadcast-force, safe-observe, trace-session, capture-control, analyzer-transition, revert-state.

Common Mistakes for This Endpoint

Leaving capture enabled unintentionally
No reminder about forced-safe behavior
No post-session rollback verification

Practical Validation Pattern

Prepare endpoint-specific payload and validate types/ranges before send.
Execute POST /api/canview/capture and capture status code + raw response.
Parse response and apply only validated fields to UI state.
Run a follow-up read (usually /api/status) to verify runtime convergence.
Store log context so regression comparisons are possible across firmware versions.

Reference Snippet

await fetch('/api/canview/capture',{method:'POST',headers:{'Content-Type':'application/json'},body:JSON.stringify({active:true})});

Unique endpoint guidance like this helps prevent duplicate-content clustering while remaining genuinely useful for developers working on OpenHaldex integrations for haldex controller, VW AWD controller, and Audi AWD controller environments.

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