From 317f9f2938a5b30e127e391b0a49d5b819b438b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kyle Shores <kyle.shores44@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 10:27:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] updating readme

---
 .gitignore |  3 +++
 README.md  | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 104b544..b269e90 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -482,3 +482,6 @@ $RECYCLE.BIN/
 
 # Vim temporary swap files
 *.swp
+
+obj
+bin
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f47df69..db14b6f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,26 @@ API for the Chemistry Cafe web application found here https://github.com/NCAR/ch
 
 # Getting Started
 
+## Command line
+
+Install the `dotnet` tool
+
+### macOS
+
+```
+brew install dotnet
+```
+
+---
+
+Then build the project
+
+```
+dotnet run
+```
+
+This should start a server. You should be able to access a swagger page on the port that the server stars, for example [http://localhost:5134/swagger](http://localhost:5134)
+
 ## Installing the API locally
 To build and install Chemistry Cafe locally, you must have Visual Studio 2022.