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+import { NextResponse, type NextRequest } from 'next/server';
+import { createClient } from '@supabase/supabase-js';
+
+export const dynamic = 'force-dynamic';
+
+function slugify(input: string): string {
+  return (input || 'submission')
+    .toLowerCase()
+    .replace(/[^a-z0-9\s-]/g, '')
+    .trim()
+    .replace(/\s+/g, '-')
+    .replace(/-+/g, '-')
+    .slice(0, 80) || 'submission';
+}
+
+function randSuffix(): string {
+  return Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 8);
+}
+
+export async function POST(request: NextRequest) {
+  const auth = request.headers.get('authorization') || '';
+  const expected = process.env.DISTRIBUTE_SHARED_SECRET;
+  if (!expected) return NextResponse.json({ error: 'receiver not configured' }, { status: 500 });
+  if (!auth.startsWith('Bearer ') || auth.slice(7) !== expected) {
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: 'unauthorized' }, { status: 401 });
+  }
+
+  let body: any;
+  try {
+    body = await request.json();
+  } catch {
+    return NextResponse.json({ error: 'invalid json' }, { status: 400 });
+  }
+
+  const title = (body?.title || '').toString().trim();
+  const content = (body?.body || '').toString();
+  if (!title || !content) return NextResponse.json({ error: 'title and body are required' }, { status: 400 });
+
+  const contributor = body?.contributor || {};
+  const featuredImage = body?.featured_image_url || null;
+  const attachments = Array.isArray(body?.attachments) ? body.attachments : [];
+  const submissionId = body?.submission_id || null;
+  const property = body?.property || 'broadcastbeat';
+
+  const url = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL;
+  const key = process.env.SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY;
+  if (!url || !key) return NextResponse.json({ error: 'supabase not configured' }, { status: 500 });
+  const supabase = createClient(url, key, { auth: { persistSession: false } });
+
+  const baseSlug = slugify(title);
+  const slug = `${baseSlug}-${randSuffix()}`;
+
+  const excerpt = content
+    .replace(/<[^>]+>/g, ' ')
+    .replace(/\s+/g, ' ')
+    .trim()
+    .slice(0, 240);
+
+  const { data: article, error: artErr } = await supabase
+    .schema('bb')
+    .from('native_articles')
+    .insert({
+      slug,
+      title,
+      content,
+      excerpt,
+      author_name: contributor?.contact_name || contributor?.firm_name || 'PR Submission',
+      category: 'latest',
+      featured_image: featuredImage,
+      status: 'pending_pr_rewrite',
+    })
+    .select('id, slug')
+    .single();
+
+  if (artErr) return NextResponse.json({ error: artErr.message, where: 'native_articles insert' }, { status: 500 });
+
+  const { error: subErr } = await supabase
+    .schema('bb')
+    .from('original_submissions')
+    .insert({
+      submission_id: submissionId,
+      property,
+      title,
+      body: content,
+      featured_image_url: featuredImage,
+      attachments,
+      contributor,
+      contributor_email: contributor?.email || null,
+      raw_payload: body,
+      native_article_id: article.id,
+    });
+
+  if (subErr) return NextResponse.json({ error: subErr.message, where: 'original_submissions insert', article_id: article.id }, { status: 500 });
+
+  return NextResponse.json({ ok: true, article_id: article.id, slug: article.slug, status: 'pending_pr_rewrite' }, { status: 201 });
+}