How to setup API in a local instance

To test API in your local instance, you have the following pre-requisites:

  1. Cal.com repo clone. You can get it by following the instructions provided in Installation

  2. A staging license key that goes in as value for CALCOM_LICENSE_KEY in your root .env file.

    You can use the following as staging license key

    1a1f8138-0bfc-4f37-b4af-1e24fd145839

  3. Next, you need to install API submodule by following the instructions provided in API submodule

  4. Start the cal.com server using yarn dev on localhost and create the test API keys by visiting /settings/developer/api-keys

  5. Start the API server by running yarn workspace @calcom/api dev and start testing your API locally

By default, the app server runs on port 3000 and the API server runs on port 3002

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