Index: petify-frontend/src/api/clinicApplications.ts
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--- petify-frontend/src/api/clinicApplications.ts	(revision fa32d0f462d925f109df1a21025f904e56606f8b)
+++ petify-frontend/src/api/clinicApplications.ts	(revision fa32d0f462d925f109df1a21025f904e56606f8b)
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+function getBaseUrl(): string {
+  const base = (import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE_URL as string | undefined) ?? ''
+  return base.replace(/\/$/, '')
+}
+
+function joinUrl(base: string, path: string): string {
+  if (!base) return path
+  return `${base}${path.startsWith('/') ? '' : '/'}${path}`
+}
+
+export type ClinicApplicationRequest = {
+  name: string
+  email: string
+  phone: string
+  city: string
+  address: string
+}
+
+export async function submitClinicApplication(payload: ClinicApplicationRequest): Promise<any> {
+  const url = joinUrl(getBaseUrl(), '/api/clinic-applications')
+  const res = await fetch(url, {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: {
+      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+      Accept: 'application/json',
+    },
+    body: JSON.stringify(payload),
+  })
+
+  const contentType = res.headers.get('content-type') || ''
+  const data = contentType.includes('application/json') ? await res.json() : null
+
+  if (!res.ok) {
+    throw new Error(data?.error || `Failed to submit clinic application (${res.status})`)
+  }
+
+  return data
+}