From abcf3e712c4adda06b3226452decab11b0e59235 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kolja Prothmann <kolja@prothmann.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:03:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] added a function to convert the step file from the upload to
 an obj file for 3D comparison

---
 main.py | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index bf7a54f..526d4ae 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import tempfile
 import uuid
+import subprocess
 
 from fastapi import FastAPI, UploadFile, File, HTTPException
 from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
@@ -56,3 +57,18 @@ async def upload_file(file: UploadFile = File(...)):
         "content_type": file.content_type,
         "size_bytes": target.stat().st_size,
     }
+@app.post("/upload/{file_id}/convert")
+async def convert_obj(file_id: str):
+    inpath = UPLOAD_DIR / Path(file_id)
+
+    #check for target
+
+    outpath = UPLOAD_DIR / Path(file_id).with_suffix(".obj")
+    result = subprocess.run(["freecadcmd", "step_to_obj_headless.py", inpath, outpath])
+
+    return {
+        "file_id": file_id,
+        "inpath": inpath,
+        "outpath": outpath,
+        "status": result.__str__()
+        }
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