RandomRedditMemesAPI/README.md

# RandomRedditMemesAPI

an API that returns random Reddit Submissions written in Java

## build and run

### build project
first make sure you're using Gradle 6.8 and openjdk-jdk8

to build the project just run:
```
gradle build
```

### run
to execute the .jar archive you built before run:
```
java -jar ./build/libs/RandomRedditMemesAPI.jar
```

### run inside docker
to execute the .jar file inside docker use docker-compose:
```
docker-compose -p RandomRedditMemesAPI up -docker
```

### build docker image
if you want to build a full docker image run:
```
docker build .
```
alternatively you can use `./docker/docker-compose.yml`