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 # SCEats
-### SCE's snack inventory management
----
 
-## How to run the backend
-- Change directories into the backend folder with ```cd backend```
-- Create a virtual environment with ```python -m venv .venv```
+SCE's snack inventory management
+
+## Project Structure
+
+### Frontend
+
+- Vite (React and Typescript)
+
+### Backend
+
+- Python
+- sqlite3
+  - Purpose: Maages dstructured data storage in relational database.
+  - usage: Stores all snack-related information.
+  - Benefit: ensures data consistency, efficient querying, and relational integrity.
+- FastAPI
+
+  - Purpose: A modern, high performance web framework for building APIs
+  - Features Used:
+    - CorsMiddleware: Automaticaly enables cross-origin requests, which is essential for frontend-bakcend communication in web apps.
+  - Benefit: Combines performance with developer-friendly features like automatic validation and interactive API docs (Swagger UI, ReDoc)
+  - Ability to process several requests without blocking due to support for asynchronous programming.
+
+### File structure
+
+- /backend
+  - /data
+    - creates structured database tables for snacks
+  - /models
+    - create data models for Inventory API responses using Pydantic
+    - create several data models for snack related data using Pydantic
+  - /routes
+    - All routes included within /v1/inventory.py
+    - /test creates reusable tests to set up API calling, setting up DB, etc. Uses PyTest
+  - /utils
+    - /db.py Utility functions that are called by the routes
+  - /main.py Sets up starting point for FastAPI application
+
+## Backend Documentation
+
+### Routes (haven't included error codes, calls Utility functions)
+
+#### GET /
+
+Description:
+Fetches all snacks from the database and returns them as a list of Snack objects.
+
+Calls:
+get_inventory() – Opens a database connection and queries the snacks table for all snacks.
+
+Request:
+None.
+
+Response:
+
+```{
+  "snacks": [
+    {
+      "sku": "CH001",
+      "name": "Chips",
+      "quantity": 25,
+      "price": 1.99,
+      "description": "Crunchy and salty",
+      "category": "Snacks",
+      "photo_url": "https://example.com/chips.png"
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+#### GET /snacks/{sku}
+
+Description:
+Fetches details for a specific snack identified by sku.
+
+Calls:
+get_snack(sku) – Opens a database connection and queries the snacks table for the snack with the given sku.
+
+Request:
+
+Path Parameter: sku (string) – The unique identifier for the snack.
+
+Response:
+
+```
+{
+  "sku": "CH001",
+  "name": "Chips",
+  "quantity": 25,
+  "price": 1.99,
+  "description": "Crunchy and salty",
+  "category": "Snacks",
+  "photo_url": "https://example.com/chips.png"
+}
+```
+
+#### POST /snacks
+
+Description:
+Creates a new snack in the database.
+
+Calls:
+create_snack(snack) – Opens a database connection and inserts a new snack object.
+
+Request:
+
+```
+{
+  "sku": "CK002",
+  "name": "Cookies",
+  "quantity": 10,
+  "price": 2.50,
+  "description": "Chocolate chip",
+  "category": "Dessert",
+  "photo_url": null
+}
+```
+
+Response:
+
+```
+{
+  "sku": "CK002",
+  "name": "Cookies",
+  "quantity": 10,
+  "price": 2.50,
+  "description": "Chocolate chip",
+  "category": "Dessert",
+  "photo_url": null
+}
+```
+
+#### PUT /snacks/{sku}
+
+Description:
+Updates the snack identified by sku with the provided updates.
+
+Calls:
+update_snack(sku, updates) – Opens a database connection, updates the snack with the given sku, and replaces its attributes with the new values.
+
+Request:
+
+Path Parameter: sku (string) – The SKU of the snack to be updated.
+
+Body: SnackUpdateSchema – The updated data for the snack.
+
+Example Request Body:
+
+```
+{
+  "name": "Updated Cookies",
+  "quantity": 15,
+  "price": 3.00,
+  "description": "Updated chocolate chip",
+  "category": "Dessert",
+  "photo_url": "https://example.com/updated-cookies.png"
+}
+```
+
+Response:
+
+```
+{
+  "sku": "CK002",
+  "name": "Updated Cookies",
+  "quantity": 15,
+  "price": 3.00,
+  "description": "Updated chocolate chip",
+  "category": "Dessert",
+  "photo_url": "https://example.com/updated-cookies.png"
+}
+```
+
+#### DELETE /snacks/{sku}
+
+Description:
+Deletes the snack identified by sku.
+
+Calls:
+delete_snack(sku) – Opens a database connection, finds the snack with the given sku, and deletes it.
+
+Request:
+
+Path Parameter: sku (string) – The SKU of the snack to delete.
+
+Response:
+
+```
+{
+  "sku": "CH001",
+  "name": "Chips",
+  "quantity": 25,
+  "price": 1.99,
+  "description": "Crunchy and salty",
+  "category": "Snacks",
+  "photo_url": "https://example.com/chips.png"
+}
+```
+
+If the snack is not found:
+
+```
+{
+  "detail": "Snack not found"
+}
+```
+
+#### POST /snacks/bulk
+
+Description:
+Deletes the snack identified by sku.
+
+Calls:
+delete_snack(sku) – Opens a database connection, finds the snack with the given sku, and deletes it.
+
+Request:
+
+Path Parameter: sku (string) – The SKU of the snack to delete.
+
+Response:
+
+```
+{
+  "sku": "CH001",
+  "name": "Chips",
+  "quantity": 25,
+  "price": 1.99,
+  "description": "Crunchy and salty",
+  "category": "Snacks",
+  "photo_url": "https://example.com/chips.png"
+}
+```
+
+If the snack is not found:
+
+```
+{
+  "detail": "Snack not found"
+}
+```
+
+#### DELETE /metrics
+
+Description:
+WIP?
+
+Calls:
+
+Request:
+
+Response:
+
+```
+
+```
+
+```
+
+```
+
+### Database Schema
+
+Uses sqlite3
+
+Table: snacks
+Stores information about snack item, including product details, quantity, pricing, and optional metadata like category and photo.
+
+| Column Name   | Data Type      | Description                                                   | Constraints           |
+| ------------- | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------- |
+| `sku`         | `TEXT`         | Unique identifier for the snack item.                         | Primary Key, Required |
+| `name`        | `TEXT`         | Name of the snack.                                            | Required              |
+| `quantity`    | `INTEGER`      | Number of items available in stock.                           | Default: `1`          |
+| `price`       | `DECIMAL(4,2)` | Price of the snack, with up to 2 decimal places (e.g., 9.99). | Required              |
+| `description` | `TEXT`         | Detailed description of the snack.                            | Optional              |
+| `category`    | `TEXT`         | Classification like "chips", "candy", etc.                    | Optional              |
+| `photo_url`   | `TEXT`         | URL pointing to a photo of the snack.                         | Optional              |
+
+?
+
+## API Technology Stack
+
+Pydantic: Handles data validation and serialization for API requests and responses.
+
+FastAPI: The web framework for defining and serving the API endpoints.
+
+Uvicorn: Runs the FastAPI app as an ASGI server with high performance.
+
+SQLite: Lightweight, file-based database for storing snack inventory data.
+
+Pytest: Framework for automated testing to ensure API reliability.
+
+Prometheus Client: Collects metrics for monitoring performance and health.
+
+## Setup Guide
+
+### How to run the frontend
+
+- No frontend?
+
+### How to run the backend
+
+- Change directories into the backend folder with `cd backend`
+- Create a virtual environment with `python -m venv .venv`
 - Activate the virtual environment
-  - Windows: ```.\.venv\Scripts\activate```
-  - Mac: ```source ./.venv/bin/activate```
-- Run ```python main.py```
+  - Windows: `.\.venv\Scripts\activate`
+  - Mac: `source ./.venv/bin/activate`
+- Run `pip install -r requirements.txt`
+- Run `python main.py`
+
+## Deployment Documentation
+
+Not deployed?
+
+### Process
+
+?
+
+### CI/CD Pipline
+
+Not deployed?