# Cofront

This project was created using the [Ktor Project Generator](https://start.ktor.io).

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- [Ktor Documentation](https://ktor.io/docs/home.html)
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## Features

Here's a list of features included in this project:

| Name                                                                   | Description                                                                        |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [Routing](https://start.ktor.io/p/routing)                             | Provides a structured routing DSL                                                  |
| [Authentication](https://start.ktor.io/p/auth)                         | Provides extension point for handling the Authorization header                     |
| [Content Negotiation](https://start.ktor.io/p/content-negotiation)     | Provides automatic content conversion according to Content-Type and Accept headers |
| [kotlinx.serialization](https://start.ktor.io/p/kotlinx-serialization) | Handles JSON serialization using kotlinx.serialization library                     |
| [Sessions](https://start.ktor.io/p/ktor-sessions)                      | Adds support for persistent sessions through cookies or headers                    |
| [Static Content](https://start.ktor.io/p/static-content)               | Serves static files from defined locations                                         |
| [HTML DSL](https://start.ktor.io/p/html-dsl)                           | Generates HTML from Kotlin DSL                                                     |
| [CSS DSL](https://start.ktor.io/p/css-dsl)                             | Generates CSS from Kotlin DSL                                                      |
| [Exposed](https://start.ktor.io/p/exposed)                             | Adds Exposed database to your application                                          |
| [Rate Limiting](https://start.ktor.io/p/ktor-server-rate-limiting)     | Manage request rate limiting as you see fit                                        |

## Building & Running

To build or run the project, use one of the following tasks:

| Task                                    | Description                                                          |
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `./gradlew test`                        | Run the tests                                                        |
| `./gradlew build`                       | Build everything                                                     |
| `./gradlew buildFatJar`                 | Build an executable JAR of the server with all dependencies included |
| `./gradlew buildImage`                  | Build the docker image to use with the fat JAR                       |
| `./gradlew publishImageToLocalRegistry` | Publish the docker image locally                                     |
| `./gradlew run`                         | Run the server                                                       |
| `./gradlew runDocker`                   | Run using the local docker image                                     |

If the server starts successfully, you'll see the following output:

```
2024-12-04 14:32:45.584 [main] INFO  Application - Application started in 0.303 seconds.
2024-12-04 14:32:45.682 [main] INFO  Application - Responding at http://0.0.0.0:8080
```