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title: For developers
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For developers
==============

Thanks for contributing :)


Run
=====

This starts the lnbits uvicorn server
```bash
poetry run lnbits
```

This starts the lnbits uvicorn with hot reloading.
```bash
make dev
# or
poetry run lnbits --reload
```

Precommit hooks
=====

This ensures that all commits adhere to the formatting and linting rules.

```bash
make install-pre-commit-hook
```

Tests
=====

This project has unit tests that help prevent regressions. Before you can run the tests, you must install a few dependencies:
```bash
poetry install
npm i
```

Then to run the tests:
```bash
make test
```

Run formatting:
```bash
make format
```

Run mypy checks:
```bash
poetry run mypy
```

Run everything:
```bash
make all
```