The Out-Patient Appointment System API is a Ruby on Rails application designed to facilitate the booking of appointments with doctors who practice on a weekly schedule. This README provides an overview of the API and explains how to interact with its endpoints.

• Prerequisites
• Installation
• Usage
  • Doctors Listing
  • Doctor Detail Page
  • Availability
  • Appointment Booking

Before using the API, ensure you have the following installed:

• Ruby
• Ruby on Rails
• SQLite or any other database supported by Rails

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone <repository_url>

2. Navigate into the project directory:

   cd Doctor-Appointment

3. Install dependencies:

   bundle install

4. Set up the database:

   rails db:migrate

To retrieve a list of all doctors:

GET /doctors

To retrieve details of a specific doctor:

GET /doctors/:id

Availability

To retrieve availabilities for a specific doctor on a given date:

GET /doctors/:doctor_id/availabilities?date=<date>

Appointment Booking

To book an appointment with a specific doctor:

POST /doctors/:doctor_id/appointments

Request Body: { "date": "YYYY-MM-DD", "time": "HH:MM:SS", "patient_name": "Patient Name" }