Backend Setup Guide

This guide will help you set up the backend environment for the project.

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✅ Prerequisites

Before proceeding, make sure you have the following installed on your system:

1. Visual Studio Code

• Download: https://code.visualstudio.com/

2. CMake

• Download: https://cmake.org/download/

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🔑 Required Environment Variables

Fill in the following keys in your environment (e.g., .env file or environment variables manager of your OS):

MySQL Database

DB_USER=<your_db_username>
DB_PASSWORD=<your_db_password>
DB_HOST=<your_db_host>
DB_PORT=<your_db_port>
DB_NAME=<your_db_name>

AWS Credentials

AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<your_aws_access_key>
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<your_aws_secret_key>
AWS_REGION=<your_aws_region>
S3_BUCKET_NAME=<your_s3_bucket_name>

RECAPTCHA

RECAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY=<your_secret_key>

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📦 Install Required Python Packages

Make sure you have Python and pip installed.

Then install dependencies from requirements.txt:

pip install -r requirements.txt

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🚀 Start FastAPI Server

After setting up everything, run the following command to start the FastAPI endpoint:

uvicorn app.main:app --reload 

📚 Additional Resources

• FastAPI Docs: https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/
• MySQL Docs: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/
• AWS S3 Docs: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/s3/index.html