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+import { BrowserPool, SessionCache } from "@trawl/browser"
+import { scrape } from "@trawl/tiers"
+import type { FlareSolverrRequest, FlareSolverrResponse, PoolStats, ScrapeRequest } from "@trawl/types"
+import { Elysia } from "elysia"
+
+const REDIS_URL = process.env.REDIS_URL ?? "redis://localhost:6379"
+const PORT = Number(process.env.PORT_API ?? "8191")
+const POOL_SIZE = Number(process.env.BROWSER_POOL_SIZE ?? "2")
+const SESSION_TTL = Number(process.env.SESSION_TTL_SECONDS ?? "3600")
+
+// Single embedded pool — no BullMQ / worker process required.
+// Redis is optional: without it, session caching (Tier 2 fast path) is disabled
+// but scraping still works via Tier 1 / Tier 3.
+let pool: BrowserPool | null = null
+let sessionCache: SessionCache | null = null
+
+async function initPool() {
+  try {
+    sessionCache = new SessionCache({
+      redisUrl: REDIS_URL,
+      ttlSeconds: SESSION_TTL,
+    })
+    console.log("[api] session cache connected  (Tier 2 fast-path enabled)")
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.warn("[api] session cache unavailable — Tier 2 disabled:", err instanceof Error ? err.message : err)
+  }
+
+  pool = new BrowserPool({ poolSize: POOL_SIZE })
+  await pool.init()
+  pool.startHealthCheck()
+  console.log(`[api] ready — all ${POOL_SIZE} browser${POOL_SIZE === 1 ? "" : "s"} warm`)
+}
+
+function getDeps() {
+  if (!pool) throw new Error("pool not ready")
+  const p = pool
+  const sc = sessionCache
+  return {
+    acquireBrowser: (d: string) => p.acquire(d),
+    releaseBrowser: (id: number) => p.release(id),
+    // Session cache ops are no-ops when Redis is unavailable
+    loadSession: (d: string) => (sc ? sc.load(d).catch(() => null) : Promise.resolve(null)),
+    saveSession: (d: string, data: unknown) => (sc ? sc.save(d, data as never).catch(() => {}) : Promise.resolve()),
+    invalidateSession: (d: string) => (sc ? sc.invalidate(d).catch(() => {}) : Promise.resolve()),
+  }
+}
+
+const startTime = Date.now()
+
+new Elysia()
+  .get("/health", () => ({
+    status: pool ? "ok" : "starting",
+    uptime: Math.floor((Date.now() - startTime) / 1000),
+    pool:
+      pool?.getStats() ??
+      ({
+        total: 0,
+        busy: 0,
+        available: 0,
+        restarts: 0,
+        avgRestarts: 0,
+      } satisfies PoolStats),
+  }))
+
+  .get("/stats", () => {
+    const stats = pool?.getStats() ?? {
+      total: 0,
+      busy: 0,
+      available: 0,
+      restarts: 0,
+      avgRestarts: 0,
+    }
+    return {
+      browsers: stats.total,
+      available: stats.available,
+      busy: stats.busy,
+      restarts: stats.restarts,
+      queueDepth: 0,
+    }
+  })
+
+  // FlareSolverr v2 compat — always open (Prowlarr/Jackett can't send auth headers)
+  .post("/v1", async ({ body, set }) => {
+    const req = body as FlareSolverrRequest
+    const startTimestamp = Date.now()
+
+    if (req.cmd !== "request.get" && req.cmd !== "request.post") {
+      set.status = 400
+      return {
+        status: "error",
+        message: `Unknown cmd: ${req.cmd}`,
+        startTimestamp,
+        endTimestamp: Date.now(),
+        version: "2.0.0",
+        solution: {
+          url: "",
+          status: 0,
+          headers: {},
+          response: "",
+          cookies: [],
+          userAgent: "",
+        },
+      } satisfies FlareSolverrResponse
+    }
+
+    if (!pool) {
+      set.status = 503
+      return {
+        status: "error",
+        message: "Browser pool initializing, retry in a few seconds",
+        startTimestamp,
+        endTimestamp: Date.now(),
+        version: "2.0.0",
+        solution: {
+          url: "",
+          status: 0,
+          headers: {},
+          response: "",
+          cookies: [],
+          userAgent: "",
+        },
+      } satisfies FlareSolverrResponse
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const result = await scrape({ url: req.url, maxTimeout: req.maxTimeout ?? 60_000 }, getDeps())
+      return {
+        status: "ok",
+        message: "",
+        startTimestamp,
+        endTimestamp: Date.now(),
+        version: "2.0.0",
+        solution: {
+          url: result.url,
+          status: result.statusCode,
+          headers: {},
+          response: result.html,
+          cookies: result.cookies,
+          userAgent: result.userAgent,
+        },
+      } satisfies FlareSolverrResponse
+    } catch (err) {
+      set.status = 500
+      return {
+        status: "error",
+        message: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
+        startTimestamp,
+        endTimestamp: Date.now(),
+        version: "2.0.0",
+        solution: {
+          url: req.url,
+          status: 0,
+          headers: {},
+          response: "",
+          cookies: [],
+          userAgent: "",
+        },
+      } satisfies FlareSolverrResponse
+    }
+  })
+
+  // Native TRAWL API — richer response (tier, timings, sessionCached)
+  .post("/scrape", async ({ body, set }) => {
+    if (!pool) {
+      set.status = 503
+      return { error: "Browser pool initializing, retry in a few seconds" }
+    }
+    const req = body as ScrapeRequest
+    try {
+      return await scrape(req, getDeps())
+    } catch (err) {
+      set.status = 500
+      return { error: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err) }
+    }
+  })
+
+  .listen(PORT)
+
+console.log(`[api] TRAWL starting on :${PORT}  (pool: ${POOL_SIZE} browser${POOL_SIZE === 1 ? "" : "s"})`)
+initPool().catch((err) => {
+  console.error("[api] startup failed:", err)
+  process.exit(1)
+})
+
+process.on("SIGTERM", async () => {
+  await pool?.shutdown()
+  process.exit(0)
+})
+
+process.on("SIGINT", async () => {
+  await pool?.shutdown()
+  process.exit(0)
+})