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+# Test pocketbase
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+Demonstrates how to interact with the REST API of the open source backend [Pocketbase](https://pocketbase.io/)
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+## How to run
+
+- Download the prebuilt pocketbase executable
+- Run the command `pocketbase serve`
+- Setup an user `azerty` with the passwor `12345678` according to the instructions of https://pocketbase.io/docs/
+- Run `python3 pocketbase.py`
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