diff --git a/apps/api/src/adapters/flaresolverr.ts b/apps/api/src/adapters/flaresolverr.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f2b479
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/adapters/flaresolverr.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import type { SupportedMethod } from "@trawl/tiers"
+import { normalizeProxy, requireContentTypeForBody, sanitizeHeaders } from "@trawl/tiers"
+import type { FlareSolverrRequest, FlareSolverrResponse, ScrapeRequest } from "@trawl/types"
+
+export function buildScrapeRequestFromFlareSolverr(req: FlareSolverrRequest): ScrapeRequest {
+  const method: SupportedMethod = req.cmd === "request.post" ? "POST" : "GET"
+  const headers = sanitizeHeaders(req.headers)
+  requireContentTypeForBody(headers, Boolean(req.postData))
+  return {
+    url: req.url,
+    maxTimeout: req.maxTimeout ?? 60_000,
+    headers,
+    method,
+    body: req.postData,
+    // Prowlarr's Cardigann flow serializes proxy as {url, username, password};
+    // other callers may send a plain URL string. Normalize to a single URL string
+    // here so downstream Playwright/Camoufox `newContext({proxy})` calls receive
+    // a string (issue #12 — proxy.server: expected string, got object).
+    proxy: normalizeProxy(req.proxy),
+  }
+}
+
+// Build a FlareSolverr v2-shaped error envelope. Used by /v1 for every error
+// path and by /scrape when the pool is exhausted (PoolExhaustedError → 429).
+export function flareSolverrError(url: string, message: string): FlareSolverrResponse {
+  const now = Date.now()
+  return {
+    status: "error",
+    message,
+    startTimestamp: now,
+    endTimestamp: now,
+    version: "2.0.0",
+    solution: {
+      url,
+      status: 0,
+      headers: {},
+      response: "",
+      cookies: [],
+      userAgent: "",
+    },
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/config.ts b/apps/api/src/config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09fa472
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { ProxyPool } from "@trawl/tiers"
+
+export const REDIS_URL = process.env.REDIS_URL ?? "redis://localhost:6379"
+export const PORT = Number(process.env.PORT ?? "8191")
+export const POOL_SIZE = Number(process.env.BROWSER_POOL_SIZE ?? "3")
+// How long acquire() will poll for a free browser before rejecting with PoolExhaustedError.
+// 15s covers a full CF challenge burst with pool=3 (queue depth 7, slowest finishes at ~12s).
+// Tune lower for fast-fail feedback in dev; tune higher for very heavy upstream targets.
+export const ACQUIRE_TIMEOUT_MS = Number(process.env.BROWSER_ACQUIRE_TIMEOUT_MS ?? "15000")
+export const SESSION_TTL = Number(process.env.SESSION_TTL_SECONDS ?? "3600")
+export const RECYCLE_AFTER_TEMPORARY_CONTEXTS = Number(process.env.BROWSER_RECYCLE_AFTER_CONTEXTS ?? "8")
+// Caps Firefox content processes per browser. Default `2` keeps thread/RAM footprint
+// minimal while still allowing CF/Imperva challenges to resolve. Raise if specific
+// targets fail with empty content (rare).
+export const CONTENT_PROCESSES = Number(process.env.BROWSER_CONTENT_PROCESSES ?? "2")
+
+// PROXY_URL / RESIDENTIAL_PROXY_URL accept a comma-separated list of proxy URLs (a single
+// URL still works — it's just a 1-element list). *_LIST_FILE is an alternative source
+// (one proxy per line) for lists too large for a single env var.
+export const proxyPool =
+  ProxyPool.fromEnv(process.env.PROXY_URL || undefined, process.env.PROXY_LIST_FILE || undefined) ?? undefined
+export const residentialProxyPool =
+  ProxyPool.fromEnv(
+    process.env.RESIDENTIAL_PROXY_URL || undefined,
+    process.env.RESIDENTIAL_PROXY_LIST_FILE || undefined,
+  ) ?? undefined
+
+export const startTime = Date.now()
diff --git a/apps/api/src/deps.ts b/apps/api/src/deps.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76d4399
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/deps.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { BrowserPool, SessionCache } from "@trawl/browser"
+import {
+  ACQUIRE_TIMEOUT_MS,
+  CONTENT_PROCESSES,
+  POOL_SIZE,
+  proxyPool,
+  RECYCLE_AFTER_TEMPORARY_CONTEXTS,
+  REDIS_URL,
+  residentialProxyPool,
+  SESSION_TTL,
+} from "./config"
+
+// 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
+
+export function getPool(): BrowserPool | null {
+  return pool
+}
+
+export 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,
+    acquireTimeoutMs: ACQUIRE_TIMEOUT_MS,
+    recycleAfterTemporaryContexts: RECYCLE_AFTER_TEMPORARY_CONTEXTS,
+    contentProcesses: CONTENT_PROCESSES,
+  })
+  await pool.init()
+  pool.startHealthCheck()
+  console.log(`[api] ready — all ${POOL_SIZE} browser${POOL_SIZE === 1 ? "" : "s"} warm`)
+}
+
+export 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()),
+    proxyPool,
+    residentialProxyPool,
+  }
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/index.ts b/apps/api/src/index.ts
index a5e3e53..c3e61b8 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/index.ts
@@ -1,250 +1,14 @@
-import { BrowserPool, PoolExhaustedError, SessionCache } from "@trawl/browser"
-import {
-  isValidMethod,
-  normalizeProxy,
-  ProxyPool,
-  RequestValidationError,
-  requireContentTypeForBody,
-  ScrapeError,
-  SUPPORTED_METHODS,
-  type SupportedMethod,
-  sanitizeHeaders,
-  scrape,
-} from "@trawl/tiers"
-import type { FlareSolverrRequest, FlareSolverrResponse, PoolStats, ScrapeRequest } from "@trawl/types"
 import { Elysia } from "elysia"
+import { POOL_SIZE, PORT } from "./config"
+import { initPool } from "./deps"
+import { registerLifecycleHandlers } from "./lifecycle"
+import { healthRoute } from "./routes/health"
+import { indexRoute } from "./routes/index"
+import { scrapeRoute } from "./routes/scrape"
+import { statsRoute } from "./routes/stats"
+import { v1Route } from "./routes/v1"
 
-const REDIS_URL = process.env.REDIS_URL ?? "redis://localhost:6379"
-const PORT = Number(process.env.PORT ?? "8191")
-const POOL_SIZE = Number(process.env.BROWSER_POOL_SIZE ?? "3")
-// How long acquire() will poll for a free browser before rejecting with PoolExhaustedError.
-// 15s covers a full CF challenge burst with pool=3 (queue depth 7, slowest finishes at ~12s).
-// Tune lower for fast-fail feedback in dev; tune higher for very heavy upstream targets.
-const ACQUIRE_TIMEOUT_MS = Number(process.env.BROWSER_ACQUIRE_TIMEOUT_MS ?? "15000")
-const SESSION_TTL = Number(process.env.SESSION_TTL_SECONDS ?? "3600")
-const RECYCLE_AFTER_TEMPORARY_CONTEXTS = Number(process.env.BROWSER_RECYCLE_AFTER_CONTEXTS ?? "8")
-// Caps Firefox content processes per browser. Default `2` keeps thread/RAM footprint
-// minimal while still allowing CF/Imperva challenges to resolve. Raise if specific
-// targets fail with empty content (rare).
-const CONTENT_PROCESSES = Number(process.env.BROWSER_CONTENT_PROCESSES ?? "2")
-
-// PROXY_URL / RESIDENTIAL_PROXY_URL accept a comma-separated list of proxy URLs (a single
-// URL still works — it's just a 1-element list). *_LIST_FILE is an alternative source
-// (one proxy per line) for lists too large for a single env var.
-const proxyPool =
-  ProxyPool.fromEnv(process.env.PROXY_URL || undefined, process.env.PROXY_LIST_FILE || undefined) ?? undefined
-const residentialProxyPool =
-  ProxyPool.fromEnv(
-    process.env.RESIDENTIAL_PROXY_URL || undefined,
-    process.env.RESIDENTIAL_PROXY_LIST_FILE || undefined,
-  ) ?? undefined
-
-// 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,
-    acquireTimeoutMs: ACQUIRE_TIMEOUT_MS,
-    recycleAfterTemporaryContexts: RECYCLE_AFTER_TEMPORARY_CONTEXTS,
-    contentProcesses: CONTENT_PROCESSES,
-  })
-  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()),
-    proxyPool,
-    residentialProxyPool,
-  }
-}
-
-function buildScrapeRequestFromFlareSolverr(req: FlareSolverrRequest): ScrapeRequest {
-  const method: SupportedMethod = req.cmd === "request.post" ? "POST" : "GET"
-  const headers = sanitizeHeaders(req.headers)
-  requireContentTypeForBody(headers, Boolean(req.postData))
-  return {
-    url: req.url,
-    maxTimeout: req.maxTimeout ?? 60_000,
-    headers,
-    method,
-    body: req.postData,
-    // Prowlarr's Cardigann flow serializes proxy as {url, username, password};
-    // other callers may send a plain URL string. Normalize to a single URL string
-    // here so downstream Playwright/Camoufox `newContext({proxy})` calls receive
-    // a string (issue #12 — proxy.server: expected string, got object).
-    proxy: normalizeProxy(req.proxy),
-  }
-}
-
-function validateScrapeRequest(req: ScrapeRequest): void {
-  if (!isValidMethod(req.method)) {
-    throw new RequestValidationError(
-      `Unsupported method: ${String(req.method)} (allowed: ${SUPPORTED_METHODS.join(", ")})`,
-      400,
-    )
-  }
-  requireContentTypeForBody(sanitizeHeaders(req.headers), Boolean(req.body))
-}
-
-const startTime = Date.now()
-
-// Build a FlareSolverr v2-shaped error envelope. Used by /v1 for every error
-// path and by /scrape when the pool is exhausted (PoolExhaustedError → 429).
-function flareSolverrError(url: string, message: string): FlareSolverrResponse {
-  const now = Date.now()
-  return {
-    status: "error",
-    message,
-    startTimestamp: now,
-    endTimestamp: now,
-    version: "2.0.0",
-    solution: {
-      url,
-      status: 0,
-      headers: {},
-      response: "",
-      cookies: [],
-      userAgent: "",
-    },
-  }
-}
-
-new Elysia()
-  .get("/health", ({ set }) => {
-    if (!pool) set.status = 503
-    return {
-      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()
-    const cmd = req.cmd ?? "request.get"
-
-    if (cmd !== "request.get" && cmd !== "request.post") {
-      set.status = 400
-      return flareSolverrError(req.url, `Unknown cmd: ${cmd}`)
-    }
-
-    if (!pool) {
-      set.status = 503
-      return flareSolverrError(req.url, "Browser pool initializing, retry in a few seconds")
-    }
-
-    try {
-      const scrapeRequest = buildScrapeRequestFromFlareSolverr(req)
-      const result = await scrape(scrapeRequest, 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) {
-      if (err instanceof RequestValidationError) {
-        set.status = err.statusCode
-        return flareSolverrError(req.url, err.message)
-      }
-      set.status = err instanceof PoolExhaustedError ? 429 : 500
-      return flareSolverrError(req.url, err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err))
-    }
-  })
-
-  // Native TRAWL API — richer response (tier, timings, sessionCached).
-  // Error mapping:
-  //   503 — pool still initializing (native { error })
-  //   429 — pool exhausted (FlareSolverr envelope; uniform with /v1)
-  //   500 — other scrape exception (native { error })
-  .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 {
-      validateScrapeRequest(req)
-      return await scrape({ ...req, headers: sanitizeHeaders(req.headers) }, getDeps())
-    } catch (err) {
-      if (err instanceof RequestValidationError) {
-        set.status = err.statusCode
-        return { error: err.message }
-      }
-      if (err instanceof PoolExhaustedError) {
-        set.status = 429
-        return flareSolverrError(req.url ?? "", "Browser pool saturated, retry shortly")
-      }
-      set.status = 500
-      if (err instanceof ScrapeError) {
-        return { error: err.message, timings: err.timings }
-      }
-      return { error: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err) }
-    }
-  })
-
-  .listen(PORT)
+new Elysia().use(indexRoute()).use(healthRoute()).use(statsRoute()).use(v1Route()).use(scrapeRoute()).listen(PORT)
 
 console.log(`[api] TRAWL starting on :${PORT}  (pool: ${POOL_SIZE} browser${POOL_SIZE === 1 ? "" : "s"})`)
 initPool().catch((err) => {
@@ -252,26 +16,4 @@ initPool().catch((err) => {
   process.exit(1)
 })
 
-// Camoufox (Firefox) emits page-error events in a shape playwright-core's dispatcher
-// doesn't expect for some target-page JS errors (e.g. missing `error.location`), which
-// throws inside the library's own internal event handling — outside any try/catch we
-// control, since it fires from a page-level event listener, not from our request path.
-// Without this, one target site's malformed error crashes the entire process and drops
-// every in-flight request across all clients, not just the one that triggered it.
-process.on("uncaughtException", (err) => {
-  console.error("[api] uncaughtException (continuing):", err instanceof Error ? err.message : err)
-})
-
-process.on("unhandledRejection", (reason) => {
-  console.error("[api] unhandledRejection (continuing):", reason instanceof Error ? reason.message : reason)
-})
-
-process.on("SIGTERM", async () => {
-  await pool?.shutdown()
-  process.exit(0)
-})
-
-process.on("SIGINT", async () => {
-  await pool?.shutdown()
-  process.exit(0)
-})
+registerLifecycleHandlers()
diff --git a/apps/api/src/lifecycle.ts b/apps/api/src/lifecycle.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..007ba84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/lifecycle.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { getPool } from "./deps"
+
+export function registerLifecycleHandlers(): void {
+  // Camoufox (Firefox) emits page-error events in a shape playwright-core's dispatcher
+  // doesn't expect for some target-page JS errors (e.g. missing `error.location`), which
+  // throws inside the library's own internal event handling — outside any try/catch we
+  // control, since it fires from a page-level event listener, not from our request path.
+  // Without this, one target site's malformed error crashes the entire process and drops
+  // every in-flight request across all clients, not just the one that triggered it.
+  process.on("uncaughtException", (err) => {
+    console.error("[api] uncaughtException (continuing):", err instanceof Error ? err.message : err)
+  })
+
+  process.on("unhandledRejection", (reason) => {
+    console.error("[api] unhandledRejection (continuing):", reason instanceof Error ? reason.message : reason)
+  })
+
+  process.on("SIGTERM", async () => {
+    await getPool()?.shutdown()
+    process.exit(0)
+  })
+
+  process.on("SIGINT", async () => {
+    await getPool()?.shutdown()
+    process.exit(0)
+  })
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/routes/health.ts b/apps/api/src/routes/health.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae9fc0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/routes/health.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import type { PoolStats } from "@trawl/types"
+import { Elysia } from "elysia"
+import { startTime } from "../config"
+import { getPool } from "../deps"
+
+export function healthRoute() {
+  return new Elysia().get("/health", ({ set }) => {
+    const pool = getPool()
+    if (!pool) set.status = 503
+    return {
+      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),
+    }
+  })
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/routes/index.ts b/apps/api/src/routes/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5512600
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/routes/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { Elysia } from "elysia"
+import pkg from "../../package.json"
+import { startTime } from "../config"
+
+// FlareSolverr-style root status message — same intent as FlareSolverr's own `/`
+// (announces the service is up, with a version + uptime, instead of 404ing).
+export function indexRoute() {
+  return new Elysia().get("/", () => ({
+    msg: "TRAWL is ready!",
+    version: pkg.version,
+    uptime: Math.floor((Date.now() - startTime) / 1000),
+  }))
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/routes/scrape.ts b/apps/api/src/routes/scrape.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf8d781
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/routes/scrape.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { PoolExhaustedError } from "@trawl/browser"
+import { RequestValidationError, ScrapeError, sanitizeHeaders, scrape } from "@trawl/tiers"
+import type { ScrapeRequest } from "@trawl/types"
+import { Elysia } from "elysia"
+import { flareSolverrError } from "../adapters/flaresolverr"
+import { getDeps, getPool } from "../deps"
+import { validateScrapeRequest } from "../validation"
+
+// Native TRAWL API — richer response (tier, timings, sessionCached).
+// Error mapping:
+//   503 — pool still initializing (native { error })
+//   429 — pool exhausted (FlareSolverr envelope; uniform with /v1)
+//   500 — other scrape exception (native { error })
+export function scrapeRoute() {
+  return new Elysia().post("/scrape", async ({ body, set }) => {
+    if (!getPool()) {
+      set.status = 503
+      return { error: "Browser pool initializing, retry in a few seconds" }
+    }
+    const req = body as ScrapeRequest
+    try {
+      validateScrapeRequest(req)
+      return await scrape({ ...req, headers: sanitizeHeaders(req.headers) }, getDeps())
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (err instanceof RequestValidationError) {
+        set.status = err.statusCode
+        return { error: err.message }
+      }
+      if (err instanceof PoolExhaustedError) {
+        set.status = 429
+        return flareSolverrError(req.url ?? "", "Browser pool saturated, retry shortly")
+      }
+      set.status = 500
+      if (err instanceof ScrapeError) {
+        return { error: err.message, timings: err.timings }
+      }
+      return { error: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err) }
+    }
+  })
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/routes/stats.ts b/apps/api/src/routes/stats.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65a2605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/routes/stats.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { Elysia } from "elysia"
+import { getPool } from "../deps"
+
+export function statsRoute() {
+  return new Elysia().get("/stats", () => {
+    const stats = getPool()?.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,
+    }
+  })
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/routes/v1.ts b/apps/api/src/routes/v1.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4eb841
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/routes/v1.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { PoolExhaustedError } from "@trawl/browser"
+import { RequestValidationError, scrape } from "@trawl/tiers"
+import type { FlareSolverrRequest, FlareSolverrResponse } from "@trawl/types"
+import { Elysia } from "elysia"
+import { buildScrapeRequestFromFlareSolverr, flareSolverrError } from "../adapters/flaresolverr"
+import { getDeps, getPool } from "../deps"
+
+// FlareSolverr v2 compat — always open (Prowlarr/Jackett can't send auth headers)
+export function v1Route() {
+  return new Elysia().post("/v1", async ({ body, set }) => {
+    const req = body as FlareSolverrRequest
+    const startTimestamp = Date.now()
+    const cmd = req.cmd ?? "request.get"
+
+    if (cmd !== "request.get" && cmd !== "request.post") {
+      set.status = 400
+      return flareSolverrError(req.url, `Unknown cmd: ${cmd}`)
+    }
+
+    if (!getPool()) {
+      set.status = 503
+      return flareSolverrError(req.url, "Browser pool initializing, retry in a few seconds")
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const scrapeRequest = buildScrapeRequestFromFlareSolverr(req)
+      const result = await scrape(scrapeRequest, 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) {
+      if (err instanceof RequestValidationError) {
+        set.status = err.statusCode
+        return flareSolverrError(req.url, err.message)
+      }
+      set.status = err instanceof PoolExhaustedError ? 429 : 500
+      return flareSolverrError(req.url, err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err))
+    }
+  })
+}
diff --git a/apps/api/src/validation.ts b/apps/api/src/validation.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a9dd88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/validation.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import {
+  isValidMethod,
+  RequestValidationError,
+  requireContentTypeForBody,
+  SUPPORTED_METHODS,
+  sanitizeHeaders,
+} from "@trawl/tiers"
+import type { ScrapeRequest } from "@trawl/types"
+
+export function validateScrapeRequest(req: ScrapeRequest): void {
+  if (!isValidMethod(req.method)) {
+    throw new RequestValidationError(
+      `Unsupported method: ${String(req.method)} (allowed: ${SUPPORTED_METHODS.join(", ")})`,
+      400,
+    )
+  }
+  requireContentTypeForBody(sanitizeHeaders(req.headers), Boolean(req.body))
+}