diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 /.next/
 /out/
 
+/api/.env
+
 # production
 /build
 
diff --git a/api/__init__.py b/api/__init__.py
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diff --git a/api/index.py b/api/index.py
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+++ b/api/index.py
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, UploadFile, File, Form, Depends
+from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
+import os
+import tempfile
+import base64
+from google import genai
+from google.genai import types
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from typing import Optional
+import shutil
+import json
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
+from sqlalchemy.future import select
+from sqlalchemy import desc
+
+# Import database models
+from .logic.database import get_db, VideoAnalysis, init_db
+
+# Import Pydantic models
+from .logic.models import MealPlan
+
+GEMINI_API_KEY = os.getenv("GEMINI_API_KEY", None)
+
+# Load environment variables
+load_dotenv()
+
+# Configure Gemini API
+
+app = FastAPI(title="Vercel FastAPI")
+
+# Add CORS middleware
+app.add_middleware(
+    CORSMiddleware,
+    allow_origins=["*"],
+    allow_credentials=True,
+    allow_methods=["*"],
+    allow_headers=["*"],
+)
+
+# Initialize database tables on startup
+@app.on_event("startup")
+async def startup_db_client():
+    await init_db()
+
+@app.get("/")
+async def root():
+    return {"message": "Welcome to FastAPI on Vercel!"}
+
+
+@app.get("/hello")
+async def hello():
+    return {"message": "Hello World"}
+
+
+@app.post("/analyze-video", response_model=MealPlan)
+async def analyze_video(
+    video: UploadFile = File(...),
+    db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db),
+):
+    if not GEMINI_API_KEY:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail="Gemini API key not configured")
+
+    if not video.content_type or not video.content_type.startswith("video/"):
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="File must be a video")
+
+    # Save uploaded file temporarily
+    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
+        delete=False, suffix=os.path.splitext(video.filename)[1]
+    ) as temp_video:
+        shutil.copyfileobj(video.file, temp_video)
+        temp_video_path = temp_video.name
+        
+
+   
+    # Initialize Gemini client
+    client = genai.Client(api_key=GEMINI_API_KEY)
+    
+    # Read the video file and encode it
+    with open(temp_video_path, "rb") as f:
+        video_bytes = f.read()
+        video_base64 = base64.b64encode(video_bytes).decode("utf-8")
+    
+    # Define the output structure - now in the prompt
+    prompt = """
+    Analyze this video showing food items and create a meal plan.
+    
+    Based on the food items visible in the video, generate:
+    1. Recipes with detailed ingredients and instructions for the meal plans. Meal plans should be for the whole week. Monday to Sunday.
+    2. A complete shopping list with all required ingredients for the meal plans if you don't have the ingredients in your kitchen. Which are not in the video.
+    
+    """
+    
+    # Create content with video data
+    contents = [
+        types.Content(
+            role="user",
+            parts=[
+                types.Part.from_text(text=prompt),
+                types.Part(
+                    inline_data=types.Blob(
+                        mime_type=video.content_type,
+                        data=video_bytes
+                    )
+                ),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]
+    
+    # Generate content with temperature=0 and JSON response type
+    response = client.models.generate_content(
+        model="gemini-2.0-flash",
+        contents=contents,
+        config=types.GenerateContentConfig(
+            response_mime_type="application/json",
+            temperature=0,
+            response_schema=MealPlan
+        )
+    )
+
+        
+    # Check if analysis already exists
+    result = await db.execute(
+        select(VideoAnalysis).order_by(desc(VideoAnalysis.created_at)).limit(1)
+    )
+    existing_analysis = result.scalars().first()
+    
+    # If analysis exists, delete it
+    if existing_analysis:
+        await db.delete(existing_analysis)
+        await db.commit()
+    
+    # Create new analysis
+    analysis = VideoAnalysis(
+        filename=video.filename,
+        content_type=video.content_type,
+        prompt=prompt,
+        analysis_text=response.parsed.model_dump_json(),
+    )
+    
+    db.add(analysis)
+    await db.commit()
+    await db.refresh(analysis)
+
+    if os.path.exists(temp_video_path):
+        os.unlink(temp_video_path)
+    
+    return response.parsed
+
+
+        
+
+
+@app.get("/analysis", response_model=MealPlan)
+async def get_latest_analysis(db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db)):
+    """Get the most recent video analysis"""
+    result = await db.execute(
+        select(VideoAnalysis).order_by(desc(VideoAnalysis.created_at)).limit(1)
+    )
+    analysis = result.scalars().first()
+
+    if not analysis:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="No analysis found")
+
+    # Return the analysis_text directly which contains the meal plan
+    return analysis.analysis_text
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diff --git a/api/logic/create_tables.py b/api/logic/create_tables.py
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index 0000000..c34e2e4
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+++ b/api/logic/create_tables.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import asyncio
+from api.logic.database import init_db
+
+async def create_tables():
+    """Initialize the database tables."""
+    print("Creating database tables...")
+    await init_db()
+    print("Database tables created successfully!")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(create_tables()) 
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diff --git a/api/logic/database.py b/api/logic/database.py
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+++ b/api/logic/database.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import create_async_engine, AsyncSession
+from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker, declarative_base
+from sqlalchemy import Column, Integer, String, Text, DateTime, JSON
+import os
+from datetime import datetime
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+load_dotenv()
+
+DATABASE_URL = os.getenv("DATABASE_URL")
+if not DATABASE_URL:
+    DATABASE_URL = "sqlite+aiosqlite:///./test.db"  # Fallback for development
+
+# Create async engine
+engine = create_async_engine(DATABASE_URL, echo=True)
+async_session = sessionmaker(engine, class_=AsyncSession, expire_on_commit=False)
+
+Base = declarative_base()
+
+
+class VideoAnalysis(Base):
+    __tablename__ = "video_analyses"
+
+    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True, index=True)
+    filename = Column(String(255), nullable=False)
+    content_type = Column(String(100), nullable=False)
+    prompt = Column(Text, nullable=True)
+    analysis_text = Column(JSON, nullable=False)
+    created_at = Column(DateTime, default=datetime.utcnow)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return f"<VideoAnalysis {self.id}: {self.filename}>"
+
+
+async def get_db():
+    """Dependency for getting async DB session"""
+    async with async_session() as session:
+        try:
+            yield session
+        finally:
+            await session.close()
+
+
+async def init_db():
+    """Initialize the database with tables"""
+    async with engine.begin() as conn:
+        await conn.run_sync(Base.metadata.create_all)
diff --git a/api/logic/models.py b/api/logic/models.py
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index 0000000..065a74f
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+++ b/api/logic/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+from datetime import datetime
+from typing import Optional, List
+
+
+class VideoAnalysisBase(BaseModel):
+    """Base model for video analysis data"""
+
+    filename: str
+    content_type: str
+    prompt: Optional[str] = None
+
+
+class VideoAnalysisCreate(VideoAnalysisBase):
+    """Model for creating a video analysis"""
+
+    analysis_text: str
+
+
+class VideoAnalysisResponse(VideoAnalysisBase):
+    """Model for returning a video analysis"""
+
+    id: int
+    analysis_text: str
+    created_at: datetime
+
+    class Config:
+        from_attributes = (
+            True  # Enables ORM mode (renamed from orm_mode in Pydantic v2)
+        )
+
+
+class VideoAnalysisList(BaseModel):
+    """Model for returning a list of video analyses"""
+
+    items: list[VideoAnalysisResponse]
+    count: int
+
+
+# Meal planning models
+class Ingredient(BaseModel):
+    name: str
+    quantity: float
+    unit: str
+
+
+class Recipe(BaseModel):
+    name: str
+    ingredients: List[Ingredient]
+    instructions: List[str]
+
+
+class ShoppingList(BaseModel):
+    items: List[Ingredient]
+
+
+class DayMeal(BaseModel):
+    day: str  # Monday, Tuesday, etc.
+    breakfast: Optional[str] = None
+    lunch: Optional[str] = None  
+    dinner: Optional[str] = None
+    recipe_refs: List[str] = []  # References to recipes by name
+
+
+class MealPlan(BaseModel):
+    shopping_list: ShoppingList
+    recipes: List[Recipe]
+    days: List[DayMeal] = []  # Weekly meal plan organized by days
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6f344e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+services:
+  postgres:
+    image: postgres:15
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: user
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password
+      POSTGRES_DB: dbname
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
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diff --git a/next.config.mjs b/next.config.mjs
index db42585..b44df68 100644
--- a/next.config.mjs
+++ b/next.config.mjs
@@ -27,6 +27,31 @@ const nextConfig = {
     parallelServerBuildTraces: true,
     parallelServerCompiles: true,
   },
+  rewrites: async () => {
+    return [
+      {
+        source: "/api/:path*",
+        destination:
+          process.env.NODE_ENV === "development"
+            ? "http://127.0.0.1:8000/:path*"
+            : "/api/",
+      },
+      {
+        source: "/docs",
+        destination:
+          process.env.NODE_ENV === "development"
+            ? "http://127.0.0.1:8000/docs"
+            : "/api/docs",
+      },
+      {
+        source: "/openapi.json",
+        destination:
+          process.env.NODE_ENV === "development"
+            ? "http://127.0.0.1:8000/openapi.json"
+            : "/api/openapi.json",
+      },
+    ];
+  },
 }
 
 if (userConfig) {
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+fastapi==0.104.1
+uvicorn==0.23.2
+mangum==0.17.0
+pydantic==2.4.2
+python-multipart==0.0.6
+google-generativeai==0.3.1
+python-dotenv==1.0.0
+sqlalchemy==2.0.23
+psycopg2-binary==2.9.9
+asyncpg==0.28.0
+aiosqlite==0.19.0
+google-genai
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