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README.md

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 # jonas_jones-api
- api used for my website
+
+API supporting the Jonas_Jones project infrastructure.
+
+## Installation
+
+As of now, the project has no proper production build and unless the proper environment variables are set, the API will not work.
+
+
+Clone the repository and install the dependencies.
+```bash
+$ git clone git@github.com:J-onasJones/jonas_jones-api.git
+$ cd jonas_jones-api
+$ cargo build
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+To run the API, simply run the following command.
+```bash
+$ cargo run
+```
+
+If you want to run the API in a production environment, you will need to set the following environment variables.
+
+- API_PORT
+- API_IP =
+- LASTFM_API_KEY
+- LASTFM_API_SECRET
+
+```bash
+$ export API_PORT={port}
+$ export API_IP={ip_address}
+$ export LASTFM_API_KEY={lastfm_api_key}
+$ export LASTFM_API_SECRET={lastfm_api_secret}
+```