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diff --git a/cmd/api/main.go b/cmd/api/main.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+)
+
+const version = "1.0.0"
+
+// holds the config for our application
+// We will read this from the command line flags when we run the application
+type config struct {
+	port int
+	env  string
+}
+
+// This application struct holds the dependencies for our HTTP handlers, helpers and
+// middleware.
+type application struct {
+	config config
+	logger *slog.Logger
+}
+
+func main() {
+	// Instance of config
+	var cfg config
+
+	// Read the flags into the config struct. Defaults are provided if none given.
+	flag.IntVar(&cfg.port, "port", 4000, "API server port")
+	flag.StringVar(&cfg.env, "env", "development", "Environment (development|staging|production)")
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	// Initialize a new structured logger which writes to stdout
+	logger := slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(os.Stdout, nil))
+
+	// An instance of application struct, containing the config struct and the logger
+	app := &application{
+		config: cfg,
+		logger: logger,
+	}
+
+	// Declare an http server which listens provided in the config struct and has
+	// sensible timeout settings and writes log messages to the structured logger at
+	// Error level.
+	srv := &http.Server{
+		Addr:         fmt.Sprintf(":%d", cfg.port),
+		Handler:      app.routes(),
+		IdleTimeout:  time.Minute,
+		ReadTimeout:  5 * time.Second,
+		WriteTimeout: 10 * time.Second,
+		ErrorLog:     slog.NewLogLogger(logger.Handler(), slog.LevelError),
+	}
+
+	logger.Info("startings server", "addr", srv.Addr, "env", cfg.env)
+
+	err := srv.ListenAndServe()
+	logger.Error(err.Error())
+	os.Exit(1)
+}