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@@ -8,3 +8,60 @@ Generally the app should be ran through a docker container or docker-compose fil
 the `./docker` folder.
 
 Images get built in the `CI` environment when a tag is pushed to the repository.
+
+### Getting Started
+
+When the application is first launched an admin user should be created in the running container.
+Attach to the container using `docker exec` or `docker compose exec`, then run:
+
+```
+./App generate-admin --username "admin" --password "super-secret --confirmPassword "super-secret"
+```
+
+You can then login and generate user, employees, vendors, etc.
+
+After the setup has been completed, then you should generate a mock purchase order and set the `id`
+to the value you would like new purchase orders to start from. This should be done through calling
+the api, as the web interface does not allow users to enter an id value.
+
+#### Example
+
+These examples use `httpie`, note the port is used for local development, in a production
+environment you would just use the FQDN of where the application is running.
+
+**Login**
+
+```
+http :8080/api/v1/login username="admin" password="super-secret" \
+    | jq '.["token"]' \
+    | pbcopy
+```
+
+**Set the token as environment variable**
+
+```
+export API_TOKEN=<clipboard contents>
+```
+
+**Get the employees to copy an id to use for the purchase order**
+
+```
+http -A bearer -a "$API_TOKEN" :8080/api/v1/employees
+```
+
+**Get the vendor branches to copy an id to use for the purchase order**
+
+```
+http -A bearer -a "$API_TOKEN" :8080/api/v1/vendors/branches
+```
+
+**Generate first po**
+
+```
+http -A bearer -a "$API_TOKEN" :8080/api/v1/purchase-orders \
+    id:="60000" \
+    materials="Test" \
+    customer="Testy McTestface" \
+    createdForID="<employee-id>"
+    vendorBranchID="<vendor-branch-id>"
+```