Updating README.md file

README.md

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
+
 # 🍎 Fruit Store API
 
 A simple **RESTful API** built with Flask that manages fruits in a store.  
-The project also includes **logging**, a **log monitoring script**, and **automated testing script**.  
+The project also includes **logging**, a **log monitoring script**, and **automated testing script** with clear pass/fail output.  
 
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 ## 📂 Project Structure
@@ -12,21 +13,21 @@ fruit-api/
 │── Dockerfile          # Docker support
 │── log_monitor.sh      # Log monitoring script
 │── test_api.sh         # Automated testing script
+│── test_results.log    # API test logs
 │── fruit_api.log       # API logs
 │── README.md           # Documentation
 │── .gitignore          # Ignore venv/logs
 ```
 
-
 ## 📌 Features
 - CRUD operations on fruits (`GET`, `POST`, `PUT`, `DELETE`)
 - Search fruits by name
 - Filter fruits by category
 - Health check endpoint
 - Logging of all requests & responses to `fruit_api.log`
-- Bash script for monitoring logs (`log_monitor.sh`)
-- Bash script for automated API testing (`test_api.sh`)
-- Swagger/OpenAPI documentation
+- Bash script for monitoring logs (`log_monitor.sh`) with **error alerts (4xx/5xx)**
+- Bash script for automated API testing (`test_api.sh`) with ✅ / ❌ results
+- Swagger/OpenAPI documentation at `/docs`
 
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@@ -92,12 +93,12 @@ curl http://localhost:5000/fruits
 
 - **Add a fruit**
 ```bash
-curl -X POST http://localhost:5000/fruits      -H "Content-Type: application/json"      -d '{"name":"Mango","color":"Yellow","price":2.5,"quantity":50,"category":"Tropical"}'
+curl -X POST http://localhost:5000/fruits   -H "Content-Type: application/json"   -d '{"name":"Mango","color":"Yellow","price":2.5,"quantity":50,"category":"Tropical"}'
 ```
 
 - **Update a fruit**
 ```bash
-curl -X PUT http://localhost:5000/fruits/1      -H "Content-Type: application/json"      -d '{"name":"Green Apple","price":1.8}'
+curl -X PUT http://localhost:5000/fruits/1   -H "Content-Type: application/json"   -d '{"name":"Green Apple","price":1.8}'
 ```
 
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@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ bash log_monitor.sh &
 
 The `test_api.sh` script:
 - Runs automated `GET`, `POST`, `PUT`, `DELETE` requests
+- Prints ✅ if the status is correct (200/201), ❌ otherwise
 - Logs results in `test_results.log`
 
 Run tests:
@@ -142,6 +144,17 @@ Run tests:
 bash test_api.sh
 ```
 
+Example output:
+```
+🚀 Running API tests at Tue 30 Sep 2025 10:54:01 PM EEST
+🔹 Testing /health ... ✅
+🔹 Testing GET /fruits ... ✅
+🔹 Testing POST /fruits ... ✅
+🔹 Testing PUT /fruits/1 ... ✅
+🔹 Testing DELETE /fruits/1 ... ✅
+✅ All tests passed!
+```
+
 ---
 
 ## 📘 Swagger Documentation
@@ -160,7 +173,3 @@ docker build -t fruit-api .
 ### Run container
 ```bash
 docker run -p 5000:5000 fruit-api
-```
-
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-