Migrate REST APIs to tRPC for end-to-end type safety

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Migrates 5 REST endpoints to tRPC procedures, providing type-safe client-server communication and eliminating runtime type mismatches.

Migrated Endpoints

Public procedures:

• POST /api/volunteer → volunteer.create - Volunteer applications with IP capture
• POST /api/badge/validate → badge.validate - OpenBadges 3.0 credential validation

Protected procedures:

• POST /api/proposal/[id]/action → proposal.action - Proposal state transitions
• GET /api/admin/speakers → speakers.list - Speaker listing with conference filtering

Implementation Changes

Server:

• Added CreateVolunteerSchema and ValidateBadgeInputSchema Zod schemas
• Enhanced tRPC context with IP address extraction from x-forwarded-for/x-real-ip headers
• Extracted badge validation logic to /lib/badge/validation.ts (JWT + Data Integrity Proof)

Client:

• VolunteerForm.tsx: fetch() → api.volunteer.create.useMutation()
• SpeakerMultiSelect.tsx: fetch() → api.speakers.list.useQuery() with 5min cache
• BadgeValidator.tsx: fetch() → api.badge.validate.useMutation()

// Before: Manual fetch with no type safety
const response = await fetch('/api/volunteer', {
  method: 'POST',
  body: JSON.stringify(data)
})

// After: Type-safe mutation with React Query
const createMutation = api.volunteer.create.useMutation({
  onSuccess: () => { /* ... */ }
})
createMutation.mutate(data) // TS validates data shape

Non-Migratable Endpoints

REST endpoints retained for valid technical reasons:

• /api/proxy-image - Binary image responses
• /api/upload/* - Multipart file uploads
• /api/auth/* - NextAuth.js framework requirements
• /api/webhooks/* - External service integrations

Deprecation Path

Old REST endpoints remain functional until tRPC versions are verified. Remove after testing:

• /src/app/api/volunteer/route.ts
• /src/app/api/proposal/[id]/action/route.ts
• /src/app/api/admin/speakers/route.ts
• /src/app/api/badge/validate/route.ts

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Migrate remaining REST APIs to tRPC</issue_title>
<issue_description>Title
Migrate all the remaining REST APIs to tRPC for better client type safety.

Description
tRPC is already implemented and verified working, this migration will ensure strongly typed data across client and backend reducing chances of errors.

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REST API Migration Inventory

✅ Already Migrated to tRPC / Not Migratable

API Route	Status	Notes
/api/trpc/[trpc]	tRPC handler	Core tRPC endpoint
/api/auth/[...nextauth]	Framework	NextAuth.js handlers (required by framework)
/api/auth/callback	Framework	WorkOS AuthKit callback (required by framework)
/api/upload/proposal-attachment	Cannot Migrate	Multipart upload (Vercel Blob) - explicitly excluded
/api/upload/speaker-image	Cannot Migrate	Multipart image upload
/api/admin/speaker-image	Cannot Migrate	Multipart image upload
/api/admin/gallery/upload	Cannot Migrate	Multipart gallery upload
/api/travel-support/upload-receipt	Cannot Migrate	Multipart receipt upload

📋 APIs to Migrate to tRPC

API Route	Method	Description	Priority
/api/volunteer	POST	Create volunteer application	Medium
/api/proposal/[id]/action	POST	Proposal status changes	High
/api/admin/speakers	GET	List all speakers (admin)	Medium
/api/admin/clear-session	GET/POST	Clear session cookies (dev only)	Low
/api/speakers/search	GET	Search speakers by name/email	Medium
/api/proxy-image	GET	Proxy images from Sanity	Low
/api/badge/validate	POST	Validate OpenBadges credential	Medium

⚠️ Public/External APIs (Should Remain REST)

These are public-facing or external APIs that need REST endpoints for interoperability:

API Route	Method	Reason to Keep as REST
/api/badge/issuer	GET	OpenBadges 3.0 spec requires HTTP endpoint
/api/badge/[badgeId]/json	GET	Public credential endpoint
/api/badge/[badgeId]/image	GET	Returns SVG binary
/api/badge/[badgeId]/download	GET	Returns SVG download
/api/badge/[badgeId]/verify	GET	Public verification endpoint
/api/badge/[badgeId]/achievement	GET	OpenBadges achievement endpoint
/api/badge/.well-known/jwks.json	GET	JWKS per RFC 7517
/api/badge/keys/[keyId]	GET	JWK key endpoint
/api/route	GET	Health check (Hello world)
/api/dev	GET	Dev tools (development only)
/api/dev/clear-storage	GET	Dev tools (development only)
/api/cron/cleanup-orphaned-blobs	GET	Cron job (Vercel cron)
/api/cron/sales-update	GET	Cron job (Vercel cron)
/api/webhooks/checkin/ticket-sold	POST	External webhook receiver

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Summary

Category	Count
Total REST API routes	29
Already tRPC/Framework	2
Cannot migrate (multipart)	5
Should remain REST (external/public)	14
To migrate to tRPC	7

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Migration Tasks

• /api/proposal/[id]/action → proposal.action (High priority)
• /api/volunteer → volunteer.create (Medium priority)
• /api/admin/speakers → speakers.list (Medium priority)
• /api/speakers/search → speaker.search (Medium priority - may already exist)
• /api/badge/validate → badge.validate (Medium priority)
• /api/proxy-image → Consider keeping as REST (returns binary)
• /api/admin/clear-session → Low priority (dev only)</issue_description>

<agent_instructions>Migrate all remaining REST APIs to propper tRPC APIs. Use the existing architecture for tRPC calls and make sure this is propperly implemented. Some REST endpoints needs to be kept back since they are not supported in tRPC such as multipart upload.</agent_instructions>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes Migrate remaining REST APIs to tRPC #227

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