just a little scaffolding

app/Actions/Assets/StoreAssetAction.php

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Actions\Assets;
+
+class StoreAssetAction
+{
+    public static function run($validatedData)
+    {
+
+
+    }
+}

app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetsController.php

@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 
 namespace App\Http\Controllers\Assets;
 
+use App\Actions\Assets\StoreAssetAction;
 use App\Events\CheckoutableCheckedIn;
 use App\Helpers\Helper;
 use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
 use App\Http\Requests\ImageUploadRequest;
+use App\Http\Requests\StoreAssetRequest;
 use App\Models\Actionlog;
 use App\Http\Requests\UploadFileRequest;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
@@ -96,12 +98,19 @@ class AssetsController extends Controller
      * @author [A. Gianotto] [<snipe@snipe.net>]
      * @since [v1.0]
      */
-    public function store(ImageUploadRequest $request) : RedirectResponse
+    public function store(StoreAssetRequest $request): RedirectResponse
     {
-        $this->authorize(Asset::class);
-
+        try {
+            StoreAssetAction::run($request->validated());
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            return back()->with('error', $e->getMessage());
+        }
         // There are a lot more rules to add here but prevents
         // errors around `asset_tags` not being present below.
+
+        // so do we want to foreach over the action, or convert the api's asset tags to an array as well
+        // so we can just easily add it to the action?
+        // (obviously then this would move up to the request)
         $this->validate($request, ['asset_tags' => ['required', 'array']]);
 
         // Handle asset tags - there could be one, or potentially many.

app/Http/Requests/StoreAssetRequest.php

@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ class StoreAssetRequest extends ImageUploadRequest
 
         $this->parseLastAuditDate();
 
+        // maybe do something like this?
+        if (!is_array($this->asset_tag)) {
+            $this->asset_tag = [$this->asset_tag];
+        }
+        if (!is_array($this->serial)) {
+            $this->serial = [$this->serial];
+        }
+
         $this->merge([
             'asset_tag' => $this->asset_tag ?? Asset::autoincrement_asset(),
             'company_id' => $idForCurrentUser,