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-server:
-  port: 8080
-  readTimeout: 15s
-  writeTimeout: 15s
-  idleTimeout: 60s
-  basePath: "/api/v1" # Matches OpenAPI server URL
-
-database:
-  url: "postgresql://postgres:@localhost:5433/postgres?sslmode=disable" # Use env vars in prod
-
-jwt:
-  secret: "your-very-secret-key-change-me" # Use env vars in prod
-  expiryMinutes: 60
-  cookieName: "jwt_token"
-  cookieDomain: "localhost" # Set appropriately for your domain
-  cookiePath: "/"
-  cookieSecure: false # Set true if using HTTPS
-  cookieHttpOnly: true
-  cookieSameSite: "Lax" # Lax or Strict
-
-log:
-  level: "debug" # debug, info, warn, error
-  format: "json" # json or text
-
-oauth:
-  google:
-    clientId: "YOUR_GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID" # Use env vars
-    clientSecret: "YOUR_GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET" # Use env vars
-    redirectUrl: "http://localhost:8080/api/v1/auth/google/callback" # Must match Google Console config
-    scopes:
-      - "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.profile"
-      - "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email"
-    stateSecret: "your-oauth-state-secret-change-me" # For signing state cookie
-
-cache:
-  defaultExpiration: 5m
-  cleanupInterval: 10m
-
-storage:
-  local:
-    path: "/"
-  # gcs:
-  #   bucketName: "your-gcs-bucket-name" # Env: STORAGE_GCS_BUCKETNAME
-  #   credentialsFile: "/path/to/gcs-credentials.json" # Env: GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS
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