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@@ -12,3 +12,157 @@ CHAI API is a REST API service for accessing the CHAI database, which contains p
 
 - Rust 1.67 or later
 - PostgreSQL database
+
+## API Endpoints
+
+### Health Check
+
+```
+GET /heartbeat
+```
+
+Returns the health status of the API and database connection.
+
+**Response (Success)**
+```txt
+OK - Database connection is healthy
+```
+**Response (Failure - Database query failed):**
+```txt
+Database query failed
+```
+**Response (Failure - Database connection failed):**
+```txt
+Failed to get database connection
+```
+
+### List Tables
+
+```
+GET /tables
+```
+
+Returns a paginated list of all available tables in the database.
+
+**Query Parameters**
+- `page` (optional): Page number (default: 1)
+- `limit` (optional): Number of items per page (default: 200)
+
+**Response**
+```json
+{
+    "data": [
+        "alembic_version",
+        "sources",
+        "package_managers",
+        "url_types",
+        "urls",
+        "users",
+        "load_history",
+        "packages",
+        "package_urls",
+        "user_packages",
+        "licenses",
+        "versions",
+        "dependencies",
+        "depends_on_types",
+        "user_versions"
+    ],
+    "limit": 200,
+    "page": 1,
+    "total_count": 15,
+    "total_pages": 1
+}
+```
+
+### Get Table Data
+
+```
+GET /{table}
+```
+
+Returns paginated data from the specified table.
+
+**Path Parameters**
+- `table`: Name of the table to query (see available tables in List Tables response)
+
+**Query Parameters**
+- `page` (optional): Page number (default: 1)
+- `limit` (optional): Number of items per page (default: 10)
+
+**Response**
+```json
+{
+    "table": "packages",
+    "total_count": 166459,
+    "page": 1,
+    "limit": 2,
+    "total_pages": 83230,
+    "columns": [
+        ...
+    ],
+    "data": [
+        {
+            "created_at": "2024-12-27 08:04:03.991832",
+            "derived_id": "...",
+            "id": "...",
+            "import_id": "...",
+            "name": "...",
+            "package_manager_id": "...",
+            "readme": "...",
+            "updated_at": "2024-12-27 08:04:03.991832"
+        },
+        ...
+    ]
+}
+```
+
+### Get Table Row By ID
+
+```
+GET /{table}/{id}
+```
+
+Returns a specific row from the table by its UUID.
+
+**Path Parameters**
+- `table`: Name of the table to query
+- `id`: UUID of the row to fetch
+
+**Response**
+```json
+{
+    "created_at": "2024-12-27 08:04:03.991832",
+    "derived_id": "...",
+    "id": "...",
+    "import_id": "...",
+    "name": "...",
+    "package_manager_id": "...",
+    "readme": "...",
+    "updated_at": "2024-12-27 08:04:03.991832"
+}
+```
+
+## Available Tables
+
+The database contains the following tables:
+
+| Table Name | Description |
+| --- | --- |
+| alembic_version | Store the current version of alembic |
+| dependencies | Package dependencies |
+| depends_on_types | Types of package dependencies |
+| licenses | Package licenses |
+| load_history | Load history |
+| package_managers | Package manager information |
+| package_urls | Relationship of packages to URLs |
+| packages | Package metadata |
+| sources | Package manager sources (homebrew, crates, etc.) |
+| url_types | Types of URLs (homepage, repository, etc.) |
+| urls | Actual URLs |
+| user_packages | User-package relationships |
+| user_versions | User-version relationships |
+| users | User (package owner) information |
+| versions | Package versions |
+
+By default, the API will be available at `http://localhost:8080`.