// Line 636-643: Fetches API response
const response = await fetch(endpoint, {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({ xHandle: member.x_handle, postUrl: xPost.post_url }),
});

const data = await response.json(); // ❌ FAILS HERE when response is HTML

// Call backend API to verify the action on X.com
let verified = false;
try {
  const endpoint = `/api/verify-${actionType}`;
  const response = await fetch(endpoint, {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      xHandle: member.x_handle,
      postUrl: xPost.post_url,
    }),
  });

  // Check if response is JSON before parsing
  const contentType = response.headers.get('content-type');
  if (!contentType || !contentType.includes('application/json')) {
    // API endpoint returned HTML (likely 404 or server error)
    console.warn(`API endpoint ${endpoint} returned non-JSON response (Content-Type: ${contentType}). Verification API may not be deployed. Allowing action to proceed.`);
    verified = true; // Allow action without verification
  } else {
    // Response is JSON, safe to parse
    const data = await response.json();
    
    if (!response.ok) {
      // Check if this is an API configuration error (backwards compatibility)
      if (data.error && data.error.includes('Bearer Token not configured')) {
        console.warn('X API not configured, allowing action without verification');
        verified = true;
      } else {
        // This is a real verification failure - user hasn't completed the action
        throw new Error(data.error || `Verification failed. Please complete the ${actionType} action on X.com first, then try again.`);
      }
    } else {
      verified = data.verified;
      
      if (!verified) {
        // User hasn't actually completed the action on X.com
        throw new Error(`Please complete the ${actionType} action on X.com first, then try again. Make sure you're logged into X.com with the account @${member.x_handle}.`);
      }
    }
  }
} catch (error: any) {
  // Handle different error types
  if (error.message.includes('Please complete') || error.message.includes('Please set')) {
    // This is a user-facing error about incomplete actions - re-throw it
    throw error;
  }
  
  // Check for JSON parsing errors (SyntaxError when trying to parse HTML as JSON)
  if (error instanceof SyntaxError || error.message.includes('JSON') || error.message.includes('Unexpected token')) {
    console.warn('Failed to parse API response as JSON. Verification API may not be deployed correctly. Allowing action to proceed:', error);
    verified = true;
  }
  // Network error or API unavailable
  else if (error instanceof TypeError && error.message.includes('fetch')) {
    console.warn('Network error or API unavailable, allowing action without verification:', error);
    verified = true;
  }
  // Unknown error - allow action to proceed (backwards compatible)
  else {
    console.warn('Unexpected error during verification. Allowing action to proceed:', error);
    verified = true;
  }
}