# Open Project Laravel Open the `Laravel API/forumapp` directory using VSCode or any of your favorite development tools for the Laravel project.

and edit the *.env* file and configure your local database connection

You also need install a composer dependency for *JWT Token Auth* by running this command: ``` composer require tymon/jwt-auth ``` Please refer to this link for further explanation about how to integrate JWT Authentication on laravel : Migrate the database using this command ``` php artisan migrate ``` After everything is set up, you can try running this command to see if the Laravel project can be run in your local computer ``` php artisan serve // or to make it accessible from your ios device // run this command instead php artisan serve --host 0.0.0.0 ``` You can check if the Laravel project is successfully running by typing this url into your browser (adjust the port with your server configuration) ``` http://localhost:8080/ ``` Import the PostMan API collection file to look at all the list of API needed for the project. Refer to this link for the Postman installation :

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