diff --git a/apps/web/app/api/imports/[id]/scan-minio/route.ts b/apps/web/app/api/imports/[id]/scan-minio/route.ts
index a83521c..1dfe340 100644
--- a/apps/web/app/api/imports/[id]/scan-minio/route.ts
+++ b/apps/web/app/api/imports/[id]/scan-minio/route.ts
@@ -1,66 +1,17 @@
-import { z } from "zod";
-
-import { getDb } from "@tline/db";
-import { getMinioBucket } from "@tline/minio";
-import { enqueueScanMinioPrefix } from "@tline/queue";
+import { getAdminOk, handleScanMinioImport } from "../handlers";
 
 export const runtime = "nodejs";
 
-const paramsSchema = z.object({ id: z.string().uuid() });
-
-const bodySchema = z
-  .object({
-    bucket: z.string().min(1).optional(),
-    prefix: z.string().min(1).default("originals/"),
-  })
-  .strict();
-
 export async function POST(
   request: Request,
   context: { params: Promise<{ id: string }> },
 ): Promise<Response> {
   const rawParams = await context.params;
-  const paramsParsed = paramsSchema.safeParse(rawParams);
-  if (!paramsParsed.success) {
-    return Response.json(
-      { error: "invalid_params", issues: paramsParsed.error.issues },
-      { status: 400 },
-    );
-  }
-  const params = paramsParsed.data;
   const bodyJson = await request.json().catch(() => ({}));
-  const body = bodySchema.parse(bodyJson);
-
-  const bucket = body.bucket ?? getMinioBucket();
-
-  const db = getDb();
-  const rows = await db<
-    {
-      id: string;
-    }[]
-  >`
-    select id
-    from imports
-    where id = ${params.id}
-    limit 1
-  `;
-
-  const imp = rows[0];
-  if (!imp) {
-    return Response.json({ error: "not_found" }, { status: 404 });
-  }
-
-  await enqueueScanMinioPrefix({
-    importId: imp.id,
-    bucket,
-    prefix: body.prefix,
+  const res = await handleScanMinioImport({
+    adminOk: getAdminOk(request.headers),
+    params: rawParams,
+    body: bodyJson,
   });
-
-  await db`
-    update imports
-    set status = 'queued'
-    where id = ${imp.id}
-  `;
-
-  return Response.json({ ok: true, importId: imp.id, bucket, prefix: body.prefix });
+  return Response.json(res.body, { status: res.status });
 }
diff --git a/apps/web/app/api/imports/[id]/upload/route.ts b/apps/web/app/api/imports/[id]/upload/route.ts
index d7210a0..4fbaf40 100644
--- a/apps/web/app/api/imports/[id]/upload/route.ts
+++ b/apps/web/app/api/imports/[id]/upload/route.ts
@@ -1,108 +1,16 @@
-import { randomUUID } from "crypto";
-import { Readable } from "stream";
-import type { ReadableStream as NodeReadableStream } from "node:stream/web";
-
-import { PutObjectCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-s3";
-import { z } from "zod";
-
-import { getDb } from "@tline/db";
-import { getMinioBucket, getMinioInternalClient } from "@tline/minio";
-import { enqueueProcessAsset } from "@tline/queue";
+import { getAdminOk, handleUploadImport } from "../handlers";
 
 export const runtime = "nodejs";
 
-const paramsSchema = z.object({ id: z.string().uuid() });
-
-const contentTypeMediaMap: Array<{
-  match: (ct: string) => boolean;
-  mediaType: "image" | "video";
-}> = [
-  { match: (ct) => ct.startsWith("image/"), mediaType: "image" },
-  { match: (ct) => ct.startsWith("video/"), mediaType: "video" },
-];
-
-function inferMediaTypeFromContentType(ct: string): "image" | "video" | null {
-  const found = contentTypeMediaMap.find((m) => m.match(ct));
-  return found?.mediaType ?? null;
-}
-
-function inferExtFromContentType(ct: string): string {
-  const parts = ct.split("/");
-  const ext = parts[1] ?? "bin";
-  return ext.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]+/g, "").toLowerCase() || "bin";
-}
-
 export async function POST(
   request: Request,
   context: { params: Promise<{ id: string }> },
 ): Promise<Response> {
   const rawParams = await context.params;
-  const paramsParsed = paramsSchema.safeParse(rawParams);
-  if (!paramsParsed.success) {
-    return Response.json(
-      { error: "invalid_params", issues: paramsParsed.error.issues },
-      { status: 400 },
-    );
-  }
-  const params = paramsParsed.data;
-
-  const contentType = request.headers.get("content-type") ?? "application/octet-stream";
-  const mediaType = inferMediaTypeFromContentType(contentType);
-  if (!mediaType) {
-    return Response.json({ error: "unsupported_content_type", contentType }, { status: 400 });
-  }
-
-  const bucket = getMinioBucket();
-  const ext = inferExtFromContentType(contentType);
-  const objectId = randomUUID();
-  const key = `staging/${params.id}/${objectId}.${ext}`;
-
-  const db = getDb();
-  const [imp] = await db<{ id: string }[]>`
-    select id
-    from imports
-    where id = ${params.id}
-    limit 1
-  `;
-
-  if (!imp) {
-    return Response.json({ error: "import_not_found" }, { status: 404 });
-  }
-
-  if (!request.body) {
-    return Response.json({ error: "missing_body" }, { status: 400 });
-  }
-
-  const s3 = getMinioInternalClient();
-  const bodyStream = Readable.fromWeb(request.body as unknown as NodeReadableStream);
-  await s3.send(
-    new PutObjectCommand({
-      Bucket: bucket,
-      Key: key,
-      Body: bodyStream,
-      ContentType: contentType,
-    }),
-  );
-
-  const rows = await db<
-    {
-      id: string;
-      status: "new" | "processing" | "ready" | "failed";
-    }[]
-  >`
-    insert into assets (bucket, media_type, mime_type, source_key, active_key)
-    values (${bucket}, ${mediaType}, ${contentType}, ${key}, ${key})
-    on conflict (bucket, source_key)
-    do update set active_key = excluded.active_key
-    returning id, status
-  `;
-
-  const asset = rows[0];
-  if (!asset) {
-    return Response.json({ error: "asset_insert_failed" }, { status: 500 });
-  }
-
-  await enqueueProcessAsset({ assetId: asset.id });
-
-  return Response.json({ ok: true, importId: imp.id, assetId: asset.id, bucket, key });
+  const res = await handleUploadImport({
+    adminOk: getAdminOk(request.headers),
+    params: rawParams,
+    request,
+  });
+  return Response.json(res.body, { status: res.status });
 }
diff --git a/apps/web/app/api/imports/handlers.ts b/apps/web/app/api/imports/handlers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42bd690
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/app/api/imports/handlers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+import { getAdminToken, isAdminRequest } from "@tline/config";
+import { getDb } from "@tline/db";
+
+import { z } from "zod";
+import type { ReadableStream as NodeReadableStream } from "node:stream/web";
+
+const ADMIN_HEADER = "X-Porthole-Admin-Token";
+
+const createImportBodySchema = z
+  .object({
+    type: z.enum(["upload", "minio_scan"]).default("upload"),
+  })
+  .strict();
+
+const uploadParamsSchema = z.object({ id: z.string().uuid() });
+
+const scanParamsSchema = z.object({ id: z.string().uuid() });
+const scanBodySchema = z
+  .object({
+    bucket: z.string().min(1).optional(),
+    prefix: z.string().min(1).default("originals/"),
+  })
+  .strict();
+
+const contentTypeMediaMap: Array<{
+  match: (ct: string) => boolean;
+  mediaType: "image" | "video";
+}> = [
+  { match: (ct) => ct.startsWith("image/"), mediaType: "image" },
+  { match: (ct) => ct.startsWith("video/"), mediaType: "video" },
+];
+
+function inferMediaTypeFromContentType(ct: string): "image" | "video" | null {
+  const found = contentTypeMediaMap.find((m) => m.match(ct));
+  return found?.mediaType ?? null;
+}
+
+function inferExtFromContentType(ct: string): string {
+  const parts = ct.split("/");
+  const ext = parts[1] ?? "bin";
+  return ext.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]+/g, "").toLowerCase() || "bin";
+}
+
+export function getAdminOk(headers: Headers) {
+  const headerToken = headers.get(ADMIN_HEADER);
+  return isAdminRequest({ adminToken: getAdminToken() }, { headerToken });
+}
+
+export async function handleCreateImport(input: {
+  adminOk: boolean;
+  body: unknown;
+}): Promise<{ status: number; body: unknown }> {
+  if (!input.adminOk) {
+    return { status: 401, body: { error: "admin_required" } };
+  }
+
+  const body = createImportBodySchema.parse(input.body ?? {});
+  const db = getDb();
+  const rows = await db<
+    {
+      id: string;
+      type: "upload" | "minio_scan";
+      status: string;
+      created_at: string;
+    }[]
+  >`
+    insert into imports (type, status)
+    values (${body.type}, 'new')
+    returning id, type, status, created_at
+  `;
+
+  const created = rows[0];
+  if (!created) {
+    return { status: 500, body: { error: "insert_failed" } };
+  }
+
+  return { status: 200, body: created };
+}
+
+export async function handleUploadImport(input: {
+  adminOk: boolean;
+  params: { id: string };
+  request: Request;
+}): Promise<{ status: number; body: unknown }> {
+  if (!input.adminOk) {
+    return { status: 401, body: { error: "admin_required" } };
+  }
+
+  const paramsParsed = uploadParamsSchema.safeParse(input.params);
+  if (!paramsParsed.success) {
+    return {
+      status: 400,
+      body: { error: "invalid_params", issues: paramsParsed.error.issues },
+    };
+  }
+  const params = paramsParsed.data;
+
+  const { randomUUID } = await import("crypto");
+  const { Readable } = await import("stream");
+  const { PutObjectCommand } = await import("@aws-sdk/client-s3");
+  const { getMinioBucket, getMinioInternalClient } = await import("@tline/minio");
+  const { enqueueProcessAsset } = await import("@tline/queue");
+
+  const contentType = input.request.headers.get("content-type") ?? "application/octet-stream";
+  const mediaType = inferMediaTypeFromContentType(contentType);
+  if (!mediaType) {
+    return { status: 400, body: { error: "unsupported_content_type", contentType } };
+  }
+
+  const bucket = getMinioBucket();
+  const ext = inferExtFromContentType(contentType);
+  const objectId = randomUUID();
+  const key = `staging/${params.id}/${objectId}.${ext}`;
+
+  const db = getDb();
+  const [imp] = await db<{ id: string }[]>`
+    select id
+    from imports
+    where id = ${params.id}
+    limit 1
+  `;
+
+  if (!imp) {
+    return { status: 404, body: { error: "import_not_found" } };
+  }
+
+  if (!input.request.body) {
+    return { status: 400, body: { error: "missing_body" } };
+  }
+
+  const s3 = getMinioInternalClient();
+  const bodyStream = Readable.fromWeb(input.request.body as unknown as NodeReadableStream);
+  await s3.send(
+    new PutObjectCommand({
+      Bucket: bucket,
+      Key: key,
+      Body: bodyStream,
+      ContentType: contentType,
+    }),
+  );
+
+  const rows = await db<
+    {
+      id: string;
+      status: "new" | "processing" | "ready" | "failed";
+    }[]
+  >`
+    insert into assets (bucket, media_type, mime_type, source_key, active_key)
+    values (${bucket}, ${mediaType}, ${contentType}, ${key}, ${key})
+    on conflict (bucket, source_key)
+    do update set active_key = excluded.active_key
+    returning id, status
+  `;
+
+  const asset = rows[0];
+  if (!asset) {
+    return { status: 500, body: { error: "asset_insert_failed" } };
+  }
+
+  await enqueueProcessAsset({ assetId: asset.id });
+
+  return {
+    status: 200,
+    body: { ok: true, importId: imp.id, assetId: asset.id, bucket, key },
+  };
+}
+
+export async function handleScanMinioImport(input: {
+  adminOk: boolean;
+  params: { id: string };
+  body: unknown;
+}): Promise<{ status: number; body: unknown }> {
+  if (!input.adminOk) {
+    return { status: 401, body: { error: "admin_required" } };
+  }
+
+  const paramsParsed = scanParamsSchema.safeParse(input.params);
+  if (!paramsParsed.success) {
+    return {
+      status: 400,
+      body: { error: "invalid_params", issues: paramsParsed.error.issues },
+    };
+  }
+  const params = paramsParsed.data;
+  const body = scanBodySchema.parse(input.body ?? {});
+
+  const { getMinioBucket } = await import("@tline/minio");
+  const { enqueueScanMinioPrefix } = await import("@tline/queue");
+
+  const bucket = body.bucket ?? getMinioBucket();
+  const db = getDb();
+  const rows = await db<{ id: string }[]>`
+    select id
+    from imports
+    where id = ${params.id}
+    limit 1
+  `;
+
+  const imp = rows[0];
+  if (!imp) {
+    return { status: 404, body: { error: "not_found" } };
+  }
+
+  await enqueueScanMinioPrefix({
+    importId: imp.id,
+    bucket,
+    prefix: body.prefix,
+  });
+
+  await db`
+    update imports
+    set status = 'queued'
+    where id = ${imp.id}
+  `;
+
+  return {
+    status: 200,
+    body: { ok: true, importId: imp.id, bucket, prefix: body.prefix },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/app/api/imports/route.ts b/apps/web/app/api/imports/route.ts
index f1fb1c1..01895e5 100644
--- a/apps/web/app/api/imports/route.ts
+++ b/apps/web/app/api/imports/route.ts
@@ -1,37 +1,12 @@
-import { z } from "zod";
-
-import { getDb } from "@tline/db";
+import { getAdminOk, handleCreateImport } from "./handlers";
 
 export const runtime = "nodejs";
 
-const bodySchema = z
-  .object({
-    type: z.enum(["upload", "minio_scan"]).default("upload"),
-  })
-  .strict();
-
 export async function POST(request: Request): Promise<Response> {
   const bodyJson = await request.json().catch(() => ({}));
-  const body = bodySchema.parse(bodyJson);
-
-  const db = getDb();
-  const rows = await db<
-    {
-      id: string;
-      type: "upload" | "minio_scan";
-      status: string;
-      created_at: string;
-    }[]
-  >`
-    insert into imports (type, status)
-    values (${body.type}, 'new')
-    returning id, type, status, created_at
-  `;
-
-  const created = rows[0];
-  if (!created) {
-    return Response.json({ error: "insert_failed" }, { status: 500 });
-  }
-
-  return Response.json(created);
+  const res = await handleCreateImport({
+    adminOk: getAdminOk(request.headers),
+    body: bodyJson,
+  });
+  return Response.json(res.body, { status: res.status });
 }
diff --git a/apps/web/src/__tests__/admin-gates-imports.test.ts b/apps/web/src/__tests__/admin-gates-imports.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8148f92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/__tests__/admin-gates-imports.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { test, expect } from "bun:test";
+
+test("imports POST rejects when missing admin token", async () => {
+  const { handleCreateImport } = await import("../../app/api/imports/handlers");
+  const res = await handleCreateImport({ adminOk: false, body: {} });
+  expect(res.status).toBe(401);
+  expect(res.body).toEqual({ error: "admin_required" });
+});
diff --git a/packages/config/src/index.ts b/packages/config/src/index.ts
index 6a9b785..c416317 100644
--- a/packages/config/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/config/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { z } from "zod";
 
+export { isAdminRequest } from "./adminAuth";
+
 const envSchema = z.object({
   APP_NAME: z.string().min(1).default("porthole"),
   NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_NAME: z.string().min(1).optional(),