# Testing

## Testing the api manually

### 1.: Follow the setup instructions [here](https://github.com/fosscord/fosscord/tree/main/scripts/setup)

### 2.: Navigate to the Gateway; install packages and run npm start

```text
cd fosscord/gateway
npm i
npm start
```

### 3.: Navigate to the API; install packages and run npm start

```text
cd fosscord/api
npm i
npm start
```

### 4.:

navigate to `localhost:3001`

test your changes manually on localhost