diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# SQLite database
+/Backend/testData.db
+*.db
+
+#Log files for some reason lol
+*.log
+logs/
diff --git a/Backend/Dockerfile b/Backend/Dockerfile
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+# Use Python as the base image
+FROM python:3.8-slim-buster
+
+# Install pip and Python dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip
+
+# Keeps Python from generating .pyc files in the container
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
+
+# Turns off buffering for easier container logging
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
+
+# Set the working directory in the container
+WORKDIR /app
+
+
+# Install pip requirements
+COPY /requirements.txt .
+RUN python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+# Copy main application file
+COPY generateData.py .
+
+# Set the port for the application
+ENV PORT=5000
+EXPOSE 5000
+
+# Command to run the application
+CMD ["python3", "generateData.py"]
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diff --git a/Backend/everythingData.py b/Backend/everythingData.py
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+from contextlib import closing
+import sqlite3
+
+def connect_db():
+    """Establish a connection to the SQLite database."""
+    return sqlite3.connect('/home/sus98/2102/proj/cse2102-fall24-Team51/Backend/testData.db') #this might change
+
+def insert_user(name, age, marital_status, pet_preference):
+    """Insert a new user into the users table."""
+    with closing(connect_db()) as conn, conn:
+        cursor = conn.cursor()
+        cursor.execute(
+            '''INSERT INTO users (name, age, marital_status, pet_preference)
+               VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)''',
+            (name, age, marital_status, pet_preference)
+        )
+        conn.commit()
+        return cursor.lastrowid
+
+def insert_pet(name, age, gender, breed, type, location, picture=None):
+    """Insert a new pet into the pets table."""
+    with closing(connect_db()) as conn, conn:
+        cursor = conn.cursor()
+        cursor.execute(
+            '''INSERT INTO pets (name, age, gender, breed, type, location, picture)
+               VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)''',
+            (name, age, gender, breed, type, location, picture)
+        )
+        conn.commit()
+        return cursor.lastrowid
+
+def fetch_all_pets():
+    """Retrieve all pets from the pets table."""
+    with closing(connect_db()) as conn:
+        cursor = conn.cursor()
+        cursor.execute("SELECT * FROM pets")
+        return cursor.fetchall()
+
+def fetch_user_by_id(user_id):
+    """Retrieve a user by their user_id."""
+    with closing(connect_db()) as conn:
+        cursor = conn.cursor()
+        cursor.execute("SELECT * FROM users WHERE user_id = ?", (user_id,))
+        return cursor.fetchone()
diff --git a/Backend/generateData.py b/Backend/generateData.py
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+'''ONLY USE THIS IF THE DATABASE IS EMPTY. IT'S THE INIT CODE'''
+
+import sqlite3
+from contextlib import closing
+import os
+
+
+
+def populate_test_data(db_path):
+    '''THE ACTUAL FUNCITON'''
+
+    conn = sqlite3.connect(db_path)
+    cursor = conn.cursor()
+
+
+
+    # Create tables
+    cursor.executescript('''
+    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS users (
+        user_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+        name TEXT NOT NULL,
+        age INTEGER,
+        marital_status TEXT,
+        pet_preference TEXT,
+        created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+    );
+
+    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS pets (
+        pet_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+        name TEXT NOT NULL,
+        age INTEGER,
+        gender TEXT CHECK(gender IN ('male', 'female')),
+        breed TEXT,
+        type TEXT CHECK(type IN ('dog', 'cat')),
+        location TEXT,
+        photo_path TEXT,
+        created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+    );
+
+    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS user_tests (
+        test_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+        user_id INTEGER,
+        question TEXT,
+        answer TEXT,
+        FOREIGN KEY (user_id) REFERENCES users(user_id)
+    );
+    ''') #ur welcome :)
+
+
+    # Insert sample users 
+    cursor.executescript('''
+    INSERT INTO users (name, age, marital_status, pet_preference) VALUES 
+    ('Ben Ten', 28, 'single', 'dog'),
+    ('Spongebob Smith', 35, 'married', 'cat'),
+    ('Dipper Pines', 25, 'married', 'any'),
+    ('Emilia Kirej', 20, 'married', 'dog');
+                         
+    ''')
+                         
+    # Insert sample pets
+    cursor.executescript('''
+    INSERT INTO pets (name, age, gender, breed, type, location, photo_path) VALUES 
+    ('Gunner', 9, 'male', 'Golden Retriever', 'dog', 'Myrtle Beach, SC', 'images/gunner.jpg'),
+    ('Lizzie Izzie', 5, 'female', 'Donskoy', 'cat', 'Milford, CT', 'images/lizzie_izzie.jpg'),
+    ('Chuck', 1, 'male', 'Corgi', 'dog', 'Orlando, FL', 'images/chuck.jpg'),
+    ('Monster', 5, 'female', 'Maine Coon', 'cat', 'Houston, TX', 'images/monster.jpg');
+    ''')
+
+    conn.commit()
+    conn.close()
+
+
+
+
+#populate_test_data('/home/sus98/2102/proj/cse2102-fall24-Team51/Backend/testData.db')
+
+
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diff --git a/Backend/requirements.txt b/Backend/requirements.txt
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+Flask==2.0.3
+requests==2.26.0
+pandas==1.3.4
+pytest==7.2.1
+flask_cors==3.0.10
+#Werkzeug==2.1.3
+#pip freeze
+