Alex got his trails

main.py

@@ -151,6 +151,43 @@ def get_history(
     ]
     return JSONResponse(content={"data": data})
 
+# ------------------------  GET Trails ---------------------------------
+@app.get("/trails")
+@app.get("/trails/")
+def get_trails(
+    seconds: int = Query(600, ge=0, description="Lookback window in seconds")
+):
+    """
+    Return position snapshots (timestamp, character_name, ew, ns, z)
+    for the past `seconds` seconds.
+    """
+    # match the same string format as stored timestamps (via str(datetime))
+    cutoff_dt = datetime.utcnow().replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc) - timedelta(seconds=seconds)
+    cutoff = str(cutoff_dt)
+    conn = sqlite3.connect(DB_FILE)
+    conn.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
+    rows = conn.execute(
+        """
+        SELECT timestamp, character_name, ew, ns, z
+          FROM telemetry_log
+         WHERE timestamp >= ?
+         ORDER BY character_name, timestamp
+        """,
+        (cutoff,)
+    ).fetchall()
+    conn.close()
+    trails = [
+        {
+            "timestamp":      r["timestamp"],
+            "character_name": r["character_name"],
+            "ew":             r["ew"],
+            "ns":             r["ns"],
+            "z":              r["z"],
+        }
+        for r in rows
+    ]
+    return JSONResponse(content={"trails": trails})
+
 
 # --------------------  static frontend  ---------------------------
 app.mount("/", StaticFiles(directory="static", html=True), name="static")