From 729547764e1d33b850dc86dabe40bed512a25bd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Salazar <ryaninwilton@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 00:46:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] ticker: query wp_imported_posts (not native_articles) +
 fallback when 7d window empty

---
 src/app/api/ticker/beat-news/route.ts | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/app/api/ticker/beat-news/route.ts b/src/app/api/ticker/beat-news/route.ts
index 3b1aafb..9d61244 100644
--- a/src/app/api/ticker/beat-news/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/ticker/beat-news/route.ts
@@ -15,24 +15,38 @@ export async function GET() {
 
   const cutoff = new Date(Date.now() - 7 * 86400000).toISOString();
 
-  const { data, error } = await sb
-    .from('native_articles')
-    .select('id, slug, title, category, published_at')
+  // Primary source: bb.wp_imported_posts (BB's main article table).
+  let { data, error } = await sb
+    .from('wp_imported_posts')
+    .select('wp_id, wp_slug, title, category, wp_published_at')
     .eq('status', 'published')
-    .gte('published_at', cutoff)
-    .order('published_at', { ascending: false })
+    .gte('wp_published_at', cutoff)
+    .order('wp_published_at', { ascending: false })
     .limit(30);
 
+  // Fallback: if the 7-day window is empty, show the 30 most recent
+  // published articles regardless of age so the ticker isn't blank.
+  if (!error && (data?.length ?? 0) === 0) {
+    const recent = await sb
+      .from('wp_imported_posts')
+      .select('wp_id, wp_slug, title, category, wp_published_at')
+      .eq('status', 'published')
+      .order('wp_published_at', { ascending: false })
+      .limit(30);
+    data = recent.data;
+    error = recent.error;
+  }
+
   if (error) {
     return NextResponse.json({ error: error.message, items: [] }, { status: 500 });
   }
 
   const items = (data || []).map((a) => ({
-    id: a.id,
-    href: `/articles/${a.slug}`,
+    id: String(a.wp_id),
+    href: `/news/${a.wp_slug}`,
     title: a.title,
     category: a.category || null,
-    published_at: a.published_at,
+    published_at: a.wp_published_at,
   }));
 
   return NextResponse.json(