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+# 📅 jcalapi
+
+jcalapi is a local calendar cache and JSON API that interacts with Exchange and 
+Confluence calendars. It fetches events and returns them in a JSON format, 
+making it easy to integrate calendar data into other systems.
+
+## 🚀 Getting Started
+
+### 📋 Prerequisites
+
+- Python
+
+### 🔑 Setting Up Credentials
+
+To use jcalapi, you'll need to provide credentials for accessing your Exchange 
+or Confluence calendars. These credentials should be stored in a secure 
+location, and you should ensure that they are not exposed in your code or 
+version control system.
+
+For Exchange, you'll need your username and password. 
+For Confluence, you'll need your API token.
+
+See [.envrc.sample](./envrc.sample) for an example.
+
+### 💾 Installation
+
+1. Clone the repository
+```shell
+git clone https://github.com/pschmitt/jcalapi.git
+```
+
+2. Navigate into the cloned repository
+```shell
+cd jcalapi
+```
+
+3. *Optional* Create a [virtualenv](https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html)
+
+4. Install the required Python packages
+```shell
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+### 🏃 Usage
+
+You can run the application directly using Python:
+
+```shell
+python main.py
+```
+
+## 📚 API Usage
+
+The API provides endpoints for fetching calendar events. Here's an example of how to use it:
+
+```shell
+curl http://localhost:7042/today
+```
+
+This will return a JSON response with the events data:
+
+```json
+[
+  {
+    "uid": "event1",
+    "backend": "exchange",
+    "calendar": "calendar1",
+    "organizer": "organizer1",
+    "summary": "event1 summary",
+    "description": "event1 description",
+    "body": "event1 body",
+    "location": "event1 location",
+    "start": "2023-06-06T00:00:00",
+    "end": "2023-06-06T01:00:00",
+    "whole_day": false,
+    "status": "confirmed",
+    "extra": {
+      "conference_type": "Teams",
+      "meeting_workspace_url": "https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/...",
+      "net_show_url": "https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/..."
+    },
+    "conference_url": "https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/..."
+  },
+  ...
+]
+```
+
+To fetch events for tomorrow, you can use the `/tomorrow` endpoint:
+
+```shell
+curl http://localhost:7042/tomorrow
+```
+
+This will return a JSON response with the events data for tomorrow.
+
+The `/meta` endpoint provides metadata about the backends (Confluence/Exchange):
+
+```shell
+curl http://localhost:7042/meta
+```
+
+The `/reload` endpoint allows you to reload the calendar data:
+
+```shell
+curl http://localhost:7042/reload
+```
+
+## 🤝 Contributing
+
+Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a pull request.
+
+## 📄 License
+
+This project is licensed under the [GNU General Public License v3.0](LICENSE).