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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Controllers;
+
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use App\{
+	Profile, 
+	Status, 
+};
+use Auth, DB, Purify;
+use Illuminate\Validation\Rule;
+
+class MicroController extends Controller
+{
+	public function __construct()
+	{
+		$this->middleware('auth');
+	}
+
+	public function composeText(Request $request)
+	{
+		$this->validate($request, [
+			'type' => [
+				'required',
+				'string',
+				Rule::in(['text'])
+			],
+			'title' => 'nullable|string|max:140',
+			'content' => 'required|string|max:500',
+			'visibility' => [
+				'required',
+				'string',
+				Rule::in([
+					'public',
+					'unlisted',
+					'private',
+					'draft'
+				])
+			]
+		]);
+		$profile = Auth::user()->profile;
+		$title = $request->input('title');
+		$content = $request->input('content');
+		$visibility = $request->input('visibility');
+
+		$status = DB::transaction(function() use($profile, $content, $visibility, $title) {
+			$status = new Status;
+			$status->type = 'text';
+			$status->profile_id = $profile->id;
+			$status->caption = strip_tags($content);
+			$status->rendered = Purify::clean($content);
+			$status->is_nsfw = false;
+
+			// TODO: remove deprecated visibility in favor of scope
+			$status->visibility = $visibility;
+			$status->scope = $visibility;
+			$status->entities = json_encode(['title'=>$title]);
+			$status->save();
+			return $status;
+		});
+
+		$fractal = new \League\Fractal\Manager();
+		$fractal->setSerializer(new \League\Fractal\Serializer\ArraySerializer());
+		$s = new \League\Fractal\Resource\Item($status, new \App\Transformer\Api\StatusTransformer());
+		return $fractal->createData($s)->toArray();
+	}
+}