core/README.md

# GraphQL API Backend

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Backend service providing GraphQL API for content management system with reactions, ratings and topics.

## 📚 Documentation

![API](https://img.shields.io/badge/api-docs-lightblue?logo=swagger&logoColor=black) • [API Documentation](docs/api.md)
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## 🚀 Core Features

### Shouts (Posts)
- CRUD operations via GraphQL mutations
- Rich filtering and sorting options
- Support for multiple authors and topics
- Rating system with likes/dislikes
- Comments and nested replies
- Bookmarks and following

### Reactions System
- `ReactionKind` types: LIKE, DISLIKE, COMMENT
- Rating calculation for shouts and comments
- User-specific reaction tracking
- Reaction stats and aggregations
- Nested comments support

### Authors & Topics
- Author profiles with stats
- Topic categorization and hierarchy
- Following system for authors/topics
- Activity tracking and stats
- Community features

## 🛠️ Tech Stack

**Core:** Python 3.12 • GraphQL • PostgreSQL • SQLAlchemy • JWT • Redis • txtai
**Server:** Starlette • Granian • Nginx
**Tools:** Pytest • MyPy • Ruff
**Deploy:** Dokku • Gitea • Glitchtip

## 🔧 Development

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### 📦 Prepare environment:

```shell
python3.12 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.dev.txt
```

### 🚀 Run server

First, certificates are required to run the server with HTTPS.

```shell
mkcert -install
mkcert localhost
```

Then, run the server:

```shell
python -m granian main:app --interface asgi
```

### ⚡ Useful Commands

```shell
# Linting and import sorting
ruff check . --fix --select I

# Code formatting
ruff format . --line-length=120

# Run tests
pytest

# Type checking
mypy .

# dev run
python -m granian main:app --interface asgi
```

### 📝 Code Style

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**Ruff** for linting • **120 char** lines • **Type hints** required • **Docstrings** for public methods

### 🔍 GraphQL Development

Test queries in GraphQL Playground at `http://localhost:8000`:

```graphql
# Example query
query GetShout($slug: String) {
  get_shout(slug: $slug) {
    id
    title
    main_author {
      name
    }
  }
}
```

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## 🤝 Contributing

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We welcome contributions! Please read our contributing guide before submitting PRs.

## 📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.

## 🔗 Links

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