backend/src/main.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ async function bootstrap() {
     const app = await NestFactory.create<NestExpressApplication>(AppModule, { bodyParser: false });
 
     app.setGlobalPrefix('api', {
-        exclude: [{ path: 'i/:id/:secret', method: RequestMethod.GET }]
+        exclude: [
+            { path: 'i/:id/:secret', method: RequestMethod.GET },
+            { path: 'i/:accessToken', method: RequestMethod.GET }
+        ]
     });
 
     const configService = app.get(ConfigService);

backend/src/modules/upload/controllers/HotlinkImageController.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Controller, Get, Param, StreamableFile } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { HotlinkAccessTokenParamsDto } from '../dto/HotlinkAccessTokenParamsDto';
 import { HotlinkImageParamsDto } from '../dto/HotlinkImageParamsDto';
 import { UploadService } from '../services/UploadService';
 
@@ -6,10 +7,18 @@ import { UploadService } from '../services/UploadService';
 export class HotlinkImageController {
     constructor(private readonly uploadService: UploadService) {}
 
+    /** Legacy route `GET /i/:uploadId/:secret` for hotlink uploads created before single-segment access-token URLs. */
     @Get(':id/:secret')
     async getImage(@Param() params: HotlinkImageParamsDto): Promise<StreamableFile> {
         const { body, mimeType } = await this.uploadService.getHotlinkImage(params.id, params.secret);
 
         return new StreamableFile(body, { type: mimeType });
     }
+
+    @Get(':accessToken')
+    async getImageByAccessToken(@Param() params: HotlinkAccessTokenParamsDto): Promise<StreamableFile> {
+        const { body, mimeType } = await this.uploadService.getHotlinkImageByAccessToken(params.accessToken);
+
+        return new StreamableFile(body, { type: mimeType });
+    }
 }

backend/src/modules/upload/dto/HotlinkAccessTokenParamsDto.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { IsNotEmpty } from 'class-validator';
+import { AES_GCM_KEY_BYTE_LENGTH } from '../../../consts/crypto/aesGcmKeyByteLength';
+import { IsBase64Url } from '../../../validation/decorators/isBase64Url';
+
+export class HotlinkAccessTokenParamsDto {
+    @IsNotEmpty()
+    @IsBase64Url({ byteLength: AES_GCM_KEY_BYTE_LENGTH })
+    accessToken: string;
+}

backend/src/modules/upload/services/UploadService.spec.ts

@@ -516,6 +516,62 @@ describe('UploadService', () => {
         });
     });
 
+    describe('getHotlinkImageByAccessToken', () => {
+        const dek = randomBytes(32);
+        const accessToken = dek.toString('base64url');
+        const accessTokenHash = hashHotlinkAccessToken(accessToken);
+        const iv = Buffer.alloc(AES_GCM_IV_BYTE_LENGTH, 0x11);
+        const plaintext = Buffer.from('hotlink-plaintext');
+        const ciphertext = encryptHotlinkCiphertext(plaintext, dek, iv);
+
+        it('returns decrypted body and mime type for valid access token', async () => {
+            uploadRepository.findOne.mockResolvedValue({
+                id: fixedId,
+                storagePath: fixedId,
+                iv,
+                hotlink: { mimeType: 'image/png', accessTokenHash }
+            });
+            storageService.read.mockResolvedValue(ciphertext);
+
+            await expect(service.getHotlinkImageByAccessToken(accessToken)).resolves.toEqual({
+                body: plaintext,
+                mimeType: 'image/png'
+            });
+
+            expect(uploadRepository.findOne).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+                where: {
+                    mode: UploadMode.Hotlink,
+                    hotlink: { accessTokenHash }
+                },
+                relations: ['hotlink']
+            });
+            expect(reserveViewExecute).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+
+        it('throws NotFoundException when no upload matches the token hash', async () => {
+            uploadRepository.findOne.mockResolvedValue(null);
+
+            await expect(service.getHotlinkImageByAccessToken(accessToken)).rejects.toThrow(NotFoundException);
+            expect(storageService.read).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            expect(reserveViewExecute).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+
+        it('throws NotFoundException when access token does not decrypt the ciphertext', async () => {
+            const wrongToken = Buffer.alloc(32, 0x99).toString('base64url');
+
+            uploadRepository.findOne.mockResolvedValue({
+                id: fixedId,
+                storagePath: fixedId,
+                iv,
+                hotlink: { mimeType: 'image/png', accessTokenHash: hashHotlinkAccessToken(wrongToken) }
+            });
+            storageService.read.mockResolvedValue(ciphertext);
+
+            await expect(service.getHotlinkImageByAccessToken(wrongToken)).rejects.toThrow(NotFoundException);
+            expect(reserveViewExecute).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+    });
+
     describe('transaction rollback on storage failure', () => {
         it('propagates storage write errors from the transaction', async () => {
             storageService.write.mockRejectedValue(new Error('disk full'));

backend/src/modules/upload/services/UploadService.ts

@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ import { decryptAesGcm } from '../../../utils/decryptAesGcm';
 import { fromBase64 } from '../../../utils/fromBase64';
 import { fromBase64Url } from '../../../utils/fromBase64Url';
 import { hashDeleteToken } from '../../../utils/hashDeleteToken';
+import { hashHotlinkAccessToken } from '../../../utils/hashHotlinkAccessToken';
 import { isErrorEnoent } from '../../../utils/isErrorEnoent';
 import { toBase64 } from '../../../utils/toBase64';
 import { StorageService } from '../../storage/services/StorageService';
 import { CreateHotlinkUploadDto } from '../dto/CreateHotlinkUploadDto';
 import { CreateZkUploadDto } from '../dto/CreateZkUploadDto';
 import { Upload } from '../entities/Upload';
+import { UploadHotlink } from '../entities/UploadHotlink';
 import { CreatedUploadResult } from '../types/CreatedUploadResult';
 import { UploadMode } from '../types/UploadMode';
 import { GetZkUploadCiphertextResult } from '../types/GetZkUploadCiphertextResult';
@@ -171,12 +173,44 @@ export class UploadService {
         return result;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Hotlink fetch by upload UUID and URL secret (`GET /i/:uploadId/:secret`).
+     * Backward compatibility only; new links use {@link getHotlinkImageByAccessToken}.
+     */
     async getHotlinkImage(id: string, secret: string): Promise<HotlinkImageResult> {
         const upload = await this.uploadRepository.findOne({
             where: { id, mode: UploadMode.Hotlink },
             relations: ['hotlink']
         });
 
+        this.validateHotlinkViewAllowed(upload);
+
+        const dek = fromBase64Url(secret);
+
+        return this.deliverHotlinkImage(upload, dek);
+    }
+
+    async getHotlinkImageByAccessToken(accessToken: string): Promise<HotlinkImageResult> {
+        const accessTokenHash = hashHotlinkAccessToken(accessToken);
+
+        const upload = await this.uploadRepository.findOne({
+            where: {
+                mode: UploadMode.Hotlink,
+                hotlink: { accessTokenHash }
+            },
+            relations: ['hotlink']
+        });
+
+        this.validateHotlinkViewAllowed(upload);
+
+        const dek = fromBase64Url(accessToken);
+
+        return this.deliverHotlinkImage(upload, dek);
+    }
+
+    private validateHotlinkViewAllowed(
+        upload: (Upload & { hotlink: UploadHotlink | null }) | null
+    ): asserts upload is Upload & { hotlink: UploadHotlink } {
         if (!upload?.hotlink) {
             throw new NotFoundException();
         }
@@ -188,7 +222,12 @@ export class UploadService {
         if (typeof upload.maxViews === 'number' && upload.viewCount >= upload.maxViews) {
             throw new NotFoundException();
         }
+    }
 
+    private async deliverHotlinkImage(
+        upload: Upload & { hotlink: UploadHotlink },
+        dek: Buffer
+    ): Promise<HotlinkImageResult> {
         let ciphertextBuffer: Buffer;
 
         try {
@@ -204,14 +243,12 @@ export class UploadService {
         let body: Buffer;
 
         try {
-            const dek = fromBase64Url(secret);
-
             body = decryptAesGcm(ciphertextBuffer, dek, upload.iv);
         } catch {
             throw new NotFoundException();
         }
 
-        await this.reserveViewSlot(id);
+        await this.reserveViewSlot(upload.id);
 
         return {
             body,