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+import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from "next/server";
+import { prisma } from "@/lib/prisma";
+import { Sentiment, Source } from "@prisma/client";
+import { z } from "zod";
+
+// Set this env variable in your deployment environment
+const INGEST_SECRET = process.env.INGEST_SECRET;
+
+// Zod validation schema (moved outside handler for efficiency)
+const postSchema = z.object({
+    content: z.string(),
+    sentiment: z.nativeEnum(Sentiment),
+    source: z.nativeEnum(Source),
+    categories: z.array(z.string()),
+    subcategories: z.array(z.string()),
+    link: z.string().optional(),
+    createdAt: z.string().datetime().optional(),
+    updatedAt: z.string().datetime().optional(),
+});
+
+const postGroupSchema = z.object({
+    title: z.string(),
+    bullishSummary: z.string().optional(),
+    bearishSummary: z.string().optional(),
+    neutralSummary: z.string().optional(),
+    posts: z.array(postSchema),
+});
+
+const postGroupsSchema = z.array(postGroupSchema);
+
+
+export async function POST(req: NextRequest) {
+    const authHeader = req.headers.get("x-ingest-secret");
+
+    if (!INGEST_SECRET || authHeader !== INGEST_SECRET) {
+        return NextResponse.json({ error: "Unauthorized" }, { status: 401 });
+    }
+
+    let data;
+    try {
+        data = await req.json();
+    } catch {
+        return NextResponse.json({ error: "Invalid JSON" }, { status: 400 });
+    }
+
+
+    const parseResult = postGroupsSchema.safeParse(data);
+    if (!parseResult.success) {
+        return NextResponse.json({ error: "Validation failed", details: parseResult.error.flatten() }, { status: 400 });
+    }
+    data = parseResult.data;
+
+
+    const results = [];
+    try {
+        for (const group of data) {
+            // Create the post group with all its posts atomically
+            const createdGroup = await prisma.postGroup.create({
+                data: {
+                    title: group.title,
+                    totalposts: group.posts.length,
+                    bullishSummary: group.bullishSummary,
+                    bearishSummary: group.bearishSummary,
+                    neutralSummary: group.neutralSummary,
+                    posts: {
+                        createMany: {
+                            data: group.posts.map(post => ({
+                                content: post.content,
+                                sentiment: post.sentiment,
+                                source: post.source,
+                                categories: post.categories,
+                                subcategories: post.subcategories,
+                                link: post.link,
+                                createdAt: post.createdAt ? new Date(post.createdAt) : undefined,
+                                updatedAt: post.updatedAt ? new Date(post.updatedAt) : undefined,
+                            })),
+                        },
+                    },
+                },
+                include: { posts: true },
+            });
+
+            results.push({ success: true, postGroup: createdGroup });
+        }
+        return NextResponse.json(results);
+    } catch (e) {
+        console.error("Database error during post-group ingest", e);
+        return NextResponse.json({ error: "Database error" }, { status: 500 });
+    }
+}
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