additional changes

api/Makefile

@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@
 # `api-*` convenience targets).
 
 CARGO ?= cargo
+ROOT  := ..
+
+# Normalize API_ENV_FILE / API_DESI_DATA (given relative to the repo root) to
+# absolute paths so the API process can open them regardless of its working
+# directory. "override" is required because they are usually passed as
+# command-line/env vars, which would otherwise override any assignment here.
+define normalize_path
+ifdef $1
+ifneq ($(abspath $($1)),$($1))
+override $1 := $(abspath $(ROOT)/$($1))
+endif
+endif
+endef
+$(foreach v,API_ENV_FILE API_DESI_DATA,$(eval $(call normalize_path,$v)))
 
 .PHONY: help setup run build test check fmt clean
 

api/src/store.rs

@@ -55,56 +55,3 @@ impl CatalogStore {
         })
     }
 }
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-
-    #[test]
-    fn load_parses_catalogs_and_objects() {
-        let json = r#"{
-            "catalogs": [
-                {"name":"edr","release":"EDR","description":"test","object_count":2}
-            ],
-            "objects": [
-                {"id":"o1","catalog":"edr","object_type":"GALAXY","ra":1.5,"dec":2.5,"redshift":0.8}
-            ]
-        }"#;
-
-        let dir = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!(
-            "desi_explorer_store_{}_{}",
-            std::process::id(),
-            line!()
-        ));
-        std::fs::create_dir_all(&dir).unwrap();
-        let path = dir.join("data.json");
-        std::fs::write(&path, json).unwrap();
-
-        let store = CatalogStore::load(&path).unwrap();
-        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
-
-        assert_eq!(store.catalogs.len(), 1);
-        assert_eq!(store.catalogs[0].name, "edr");
-        assert_eq!(store.catalogs[0].object_count, Some(2));
-        assert_eq!(store.objects.len(), 1);
-        assert_eq!(store.objects[0].id, "o1");
-        assert_eq!(store.objects[0].ra, 1.5);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn load_rejects_malformed_json() {
-        let dir = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!(
-            "desi_explorer_store_{}_{}",
-            std::process::id(),
-            line!()
-        ));
-        std::fs::create_dir_all(&dir).unwrap();
-        let path = dir.join("data.json");
-        std::fs::write(&path, "not json").unwrap();
-
-        let result = CatalogStore::load(&path);
-        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
-
-        assert!(result.is_err());
-    }
-}

api/tests/store.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+use desi_explorer_api::store::CatalogStore;
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn load_parses_catalogs_and_objects() {
+        let json = r#"{
+            "catalogs": [
+                {"name":"edr","release":"EDR","description":"test","object_count":2}
+            ],
+            "objects": [
+                {"id":"o1","catalog":"edr","object_type":"GALAXY","ra":1.5,"dec":2.5,"redshift":0.8}
+            ]
+        }"#;
+
+        let dir = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!(
+            "desi_explorer_store_{}_{}",
+            std::process::id(),
+            line!()
+        ));
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&dir).unwrap();
+        let path = dir.join("data.json");
+        std::fs::write(&path, json).unwrap();
+
+        let store = CatalogStore::load(&path).unwrap();
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
+
+        assert_eq!(store.catalogs.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(store.catalogs[0].name, "edr");
+        assert_eq!(store.catalogs[0].object_count, Some(2));
+        assert_eq!(store.objects.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(store.objects[0].id, "o1");
+        assert_eq!(store.objects[0].ra, 1.5);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn load_rejects_malformed_json() {
+        let dir = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!(
+            "desi_explorer_store_{}_{}",
+            std::process::id(),
+            line!()
+        ));
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&dir).unwrap();
+        let path = dir.join("data.json");
+        std::fs::write(&path, "not json").unwrap();
+
+        let result = CatalogStore::load(&path);
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
+
+        assert!(result.is_err());
+    }
+}