API submodule

Already have a Calcom repo clone?

If you have already cloned the calcom repo (from Installation), all you need to do is run the following command to add the API submodule to the existing repository

git-setup.sh api

This script uses SSH authentication, so you would need to make sure that you have connected your github account which has the API access to your machine using SSH. If you haven't already done so then you can simply follow the instructions provided on github documentation here.

Now that you have cloned the API repo, you can get up and running by going through the following steps:

Step 1

Copy the .env files from their respective example files:

cp apps/api/.env.example apps/api/.env
cp .env.example .env

Step 2

Install packages with yarn:

yarn

Running API server

Run the API with yarn:

yarn workspace @calcom/api dev

On windows, you would need to update the script to explicitly set port to 3002 and run yarn dev under apps/api/package.json So, it should look something like this after the changes:

"dev": "set PORT=3002 && next dev" Now, running yarn workspace @calcom/api dev should start the server.

Open http://localhost:3002 with your browser to see the result.

If you wish to test how API works locally, please check out our guide here.

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