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+// Wild Dragon — AMPP FramelightX API Client
+// Handles authenticated requests, folder hierarchy creation.
+
+import pool from '../db/pool.js';
+
+/**
+ * Load AMPP credentials from the settings table.
+ * Returns null if not yet configured.
+ */
+export async function getAmppConfig() {
+  const result = await pool.query(
+    "SELECT key, value FROM settings WHERE key IN ('ampp_base_url', 'ampp_token')"
+  );
+  const config = {};
+  for (const row of result.rows) {
+    config[row.key] = row.value;
+  }
+  if (!config.ampp_base_url || !config.ampp_token) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return config;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Make an authenticated request to the AMPP REST API.
+ */
+async function amppRequest(config, method, path, body = null) {
+  const base = config.ampp_base_url.replace(/\/$/, '');
+  const url = `${base}/${path.replace(/^\//, '')}`;
+  const opts = {
+    method,
+    headers: {
+      Authorization: `Bearer ${config.ampp_token}`,
+      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+    },
+  };
+  if (body !== null) {
+    opts.body = typeof body === 'string' ? body : JSON.stringify(body);
+  }
+  const res = await fetch(url, opts);
+  if (!res.ok) {
+    const text = await res.text().catch(() => '');
+    throw new Error(`AMPP ${method} ${path} → ${res.status}: ${text}`);
+  }
+  return res.json();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Ensure a nested folder path exists in AMPP, creating any missing segments.
+ *
+ * @param {object}   config   - Config object from getAmppConfig()
+ * @param {string[]} segments - Ordered path segments, e.g. ['ShowName', 'Videos', 'B-Roll']
+ * @returns {string|null} The folder:id of the leaf folder, or null if segments is empty.
+ */
+export async function ensureFolderPath(config, segments) {
+  let parentId = null;
+  let currentPath = '';
+  let folderId = null;
+
+  for (const rawSegment of segments) {
+    const segment = rawSegment.trim();
+    if (!segment) continue;
+
+    currentPath = currentPath ? `${currentPath}/${segment}` : segment;
+    const expectedDepth = currentPath.split('/').length;
+
+    // URL-encode each segment individually, keep slashes as separators
+    const encodedPath = currentPath
+      .split('/')
+      .map((s) => encodeURIComponent(s))
+      .join('/');
+
+    // Check whether this path already exists in AMPP
+    try {
+      const resp = await amppRequest(
+        config,
+        'GET',
+        `api/v1/store/folder/folders/hierarchy?path=${encodedPath}`
+      );
+      if (resp && typeof resp === 'object') {
+        const hlist = resp['hierarchy:list'];
+        if (Array.isArray(hlist) && hlist.length === expectedDepth) {
+          const candidate = String(hlist[hlist.length - 1]?.['folder:id'] || '').trim();
+          if (candidate) {
+            folderId = candidate;
+            parentId = folderId;
+            continue; // Already exists — move to next segment
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // Lookup failed — fall through to create
+    }
+
+    // Create the folder
+    const createBody = { 'name:text': segment };
+    if (parentId) createBody['parentFolders:tags'] = [parentId];
+
+    const cresp = await amppRequest(
+      config,
+      'POST',
+      'api/v1/store/folder/folders',
+      createBody
+    );
+    folderId = String(cresp?.['folder:id'] || '').trim();
+    if (!folderId) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `No folder:id in create response for segment "${segment}" (path: ${currentPath})`
+      );
+    }
+    parentId = folderId;
+  }
+
+  return folderId || null;
+}