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With a terminal open, navigate to the file directory of your Python virtual environment.

Note: If you have not installed a Python virtual environment and the needed Python packages, the section above titled “Setting Up a Python Virtual Environment with all Needed Python Packages” will explain how.

Activate the virtual environment by running .\Scripts\activate.

Navigate to the file directory /SNAW/snaw-backend.

Type the command py api.py. This will start the server on your machine.

Once the command has finished running, the last line printed to the terminal should show: ‘Running on [URL-PATH] (Press CTRL+C to quit)’.

Open a web browser, paste the url path provided into the URL, and press ‘Enter’.