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+// app/db/surveyDB/api/insert_data_to_uploaded_files/route.ts
+import { NextResponse } from "next/server";
+import { z, ZodError } from "zod";
+import { insertUploadedFile } from "../../utils/utility"; // ensure path is correct
+import { ReportTypeSchema, reportTypeToDbLabel } from "../../schema/documents";
+export const runtime = "nodejs";
+
+// Helper: "" or whitespace -> undefined (so optional() can drop it)
+const emptyToUndefined = (v: unknown) => {
+  if (typeof v === "string" && v.trim() === "") return undefined;
+  return v;
+};
+
+const BodySchema = z.object({
+  s3JsonUri: z.preprocess(
+    emptyToUndefined,
+    z.string().url().optional()
+  ),
+  s3FileUri: z.string().url(),
+  docType: ReportTypeSchema,
+  // Required upload timestamp (coerce from ISO string)
+  s3FileUploadTimestamp: z.coerce.date(),
+  // Optional JSON timestamp: allow "" -> undefined, then coerce to Date
+  s3JsonUploadTimestamp: z.preprocess(
+    emptyToUndefined,
+    z.coerce.date().optional()
+  ),
+  uprn: z.string().min(1),
+});
+
+export async function POST(req: Request) {
+  try {
+    const parsed = BodySchema.parse(await req.json());
+
+    const row = await insertUploadedFile({
+      s3JsonUri: parsed.s3JsonUri, // undefined -> util converts to null
+      s3FileUri: parsed.s3FileUri,
+      docType: parsed.docType,
+      s3FileUploadTimestamp: parsed.s3FileUploadTimestamp,
+      s3JsonUploadTimestamp: parsed.s3JsonUploadTimestamp, // undefined -> util converts to null
+      uprn: parsed.uprn,
+    });
+
+    return NextResponse.json(row, { status: 201 });
+  } catch (e) {
+    if (e instanceof ZodError) {
+      return NextResponse.json(
+        { error: "Invalid payload", details: e.flatten() },
+        { status: 400 }
+      );
+    }
+    console.error(e);
+    return NextResponse.json(
+      { error: "Failed to insert uploaded_file table in surveyDB" },
+      { status: 500 }
+    );
+  }
+}