Feature Request: Add REST endpoint for remote Input-dependency installation

[cajun1689]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Mobile clients (e.g. the Ed3n iOS app) add Inputs to Mycodo via the REST API.
When a required Python library is missing, the API currently returns an “unmet dependency” error and instructs users to log into the web UI to install it.
This breaks the mobile workflow and confuses non-technical users.

Describe the solution you’d like
Expose a secure endpoint that mirrors the web UI’s “Install dependencies” routine so apps can trigger the install directly.

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📐 Proposed API

Method	Path	Auth	JSON Body	Response 200	Errors
POST	/api/dependencies/install	Bearer JWT; role admin or install_dependencies	Provide one: • input_type: "bh1750" • dependency_name: "smbus2"	{ "job_id": "uuid", "state": "queued" }	400 bad payload 403 forbidden 409 identical job running 500 internal

Job status/logs follow the existing /api/jobs/<job_id> pattern.

Security

• Uses existing JWT auth (flask_jwt_extended); only users with role admin or install_dependencies may call it.

Implementation Notes

• Blueprint: mycodo/mycodo_api/routes/dependencies.py
• Helper: mycodo/utils/dependencies.py
  • Uses current create_background_job infrastructure to run pip install commands and stream logs.
• Mapping of input_type ➜ package list already lives in mycodo/inputs/REQUIRED_LIBS.
• OpenAPI docstring added so Swagger UI auto-documents the endpoint.

Minimal example

curl -X POST https://<mycodo-host>/api/dependencies/install \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{"dependency_name": "smbus2"}'

[kizniche]

I just added two new endpoints, /log and /dependency which will allow installing all dependencies for a particular device and tailing log lines. These aren't extensively tested and if you have any feedback or refinements, please share.

[cajun1689]

🔗 Built URL: https://local ip/api/dependency/AS7341
📡 Network Request - POST https://local ip/api/dependency/AS7341
🌐 API DEBUG - API Request
📄 JSON Response:
url: https://local ip/api/dependency/AS7341
method: POST
instance: Test
hasApiKey: true

should this be how the end point is built?

[kizniche]

It should be https://local.pi/api/dependency/install/device/{device_name}