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-# Yappi
+# yappi backend
 
-## Getting Started
+This repository contains the API controllers and backend logic of yappi as the connection to the database.
 
-This project contains the API controllers and back-end logic as the connection to the database.
+### 🚀 Getting Started
 
-## Swagger API documentation
+##### First, clone the repository to your local machine:
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/24FSIIT16/dear-dev-backend.git
+```
 
-The API documentation is available on the following URL: http://localhost:8080/swagger-ui/index.html
+##### Create an `.env` file in the root directory of the project and add the following environment variables:
+
+```
+# Password for the yappi_db database
+DATABASE_PASSWORD=your_password
+
+# JWT secret key, used for verifying the token. 
+# If you plan to use this together with the frontend, make sure to use the same secret key in the frontend.
+JWT_SECRET=your_secret_key
+```
+
+##### Changes needed in the `application.properties` file. Replace spring datasource with:
+```
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/yappi_db
+```
+
+##### Build to project:
+```bash
+./gradlew build
+```
 
-## Docker
+##### Run the project:
+```bash
+./gradlew bootRun
+```
+The project will be running on `http://localhost:8080`.
+
+##### Start the project with docker-compose:
+```bash
+docker compose up -d 
+```
+This will build the project and start it in a docker container, that includes the database as well. The project will be running on `http://localhost:8080`.
 
-Start project local with docker-compose:
+If you want to change for example the database name, you can do so in the `docker-compose.yml` file.
+
+### 📚 Swagger API documentation
+
+The API documentation is available on the following URL: http://localhost:8080/swagger-ui/index.html
 
+### 🛟 Usefull Docker commands
+List all running container:
 ```
-docker-compose up --build
+docker ps
 ```
 
-Clean and remove docker images / container:
+Clean and remove docker images / container
 
 ```
-sudo docker stop $(sudo docker ps -q)  true        
+sudo docker stop $(sudo docker ps -q)  true
 sudo docker rm $(sudo docker ps -a -q)  true
 sudo docker image rm $(sudo docker images -q) || true
 ```
 
+View logs of the running container:
+```
+docker logs -f <container_id>
+```
+
 Delete docker volumes:
 
 ```
 docker volumne prune -f
-```
+```
+
+### 📦 Built With
+- Java 21
+- PostgreSQL 13.0
+- Spring Boot 3.3.0
+- Sprint Boot Starter Data JPA
+- Spring Boot Starter Security
+- Spring Boot Starter Web
+- Spring Boot Starter Validation
+- Spring Boot Starter Test