diff --git a/api/.gitignore b/api/.gitignore
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-# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
-__pycache__/
-*.pyc
-*.py[cod]
-*$py.class
-
-# C extensions
-*.so
-
-# Distribution / packaging
-.Python
-build/
-develop-eggs/
-dist/
-downloads/
-eggs/
-.eggs/
-lib/
-lib64/
-parts/
-sdist/
-var/
-wheels/
-share/python-wheels/
-*.egg-info/
-.installed.cfg
-*.egg
-MANIFEST
-
-# PyInstaller
-#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
-#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
-*.manifest
-*.spec
-
-# Installer logs
-pip-log.txt
-pip-delete-this-directory.txt
-
-# Unit test / coverage reports
-htmlcov/
-.tox/
-.nox/
-.coverage
-.coverage.*
-.cache
-nosetests.xml
-coverage.xml
-*.cover
-*.py,cover
-.hypothesis/
-.pytest_cache/
-cover/
-
-# Translations
-*.mo
-*.pot
-
-# Django stuff:
-*.log
-local_settings.py
-db.sqlite3
-db.sqlite3-journal
-/_data/
-
-# Flask stuff:
-instance/
-.webassets-cache
-
-# Scrapy stuff:
-.scrapy
-
-# Sphinx documentation
-docs/_build/
-
-# PyBuilder
-.pybuilder/
-target/
-
-# Jupyter Notebook
-.ipynb_checkpoints
-
-# IPython
-profile_default/
-ipython_config.py
-
-# pyenv
-#   For a library or package, you might want to ignore these files since the code is
-#   intended to run in multiple environments; otherwise, check them in:
-# .python-version
-
-# pipenv
-#   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
-#   However, in case of collaboration, if having platform-specific dependencies or dependencies
-#   having no cross-platform support, pipenv may install dependencies that don't work, or not
-#   install all needed dependencies.
-#Pipfile.lock
-
-# poetry
-#   Similar to Pipfile.lock, it is generally recommended to include poetry.lock in version control.
-#   This is especially recommended for binary packages to ensure reproducibility, and is more
-#   commonly ignored for libraries.
-#   https://python-poetry.org/docs/basic-usage/#commit-your-poetrylock-file-to-version-control
-#poetry.lock
-
-# pdm
-#   Similar to Pipfile.lock, it is generally recommended to include pdm.lock in version control.
-#pdm.lock
-#   pdm stores project-wide configurations in .pdm.toml, but it is recommended to not include it
-#   in version control.
-#   https://pdm.fming.dev/latest/usage/project/#working-with-version-control
-.pdm.toml
-.pdm-python
-.pdm-build/
-
-# PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow and github.com/pdm-project/pdm
-__pypackages__/
-
-# Celery stuff
-celerybeat-schedule
-celerybeat.pid
-
-# SageMath parsed files
-*.sage.py
-
-# Environments
-.env
-*.env
-.venv
-env/
-venv/
-ENV/
-env.bak/
-venv.bak/
-
-# Spyder project settings
-.spyderproject
-.spyproject
-
-# Rope project settings
-.ropeproject
-
-# mkdocs documentation
-/site
-
-# mypy
-.mypy_cache/
-.dmypy.json
-dmypy.json
-
-# Pyre type checker
-.pyre/
-
-# pytype static type analyzer
-.pytype/
-
-# Cython debug symbols
-cython_debug/
-
-# PyCharm
-#  JetBrains specific template is maintained in a separate JetBrains.gitignore that can
-#  be found at https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/JetBrains.gitignore
-#  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
-#  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
-.idea/
-
-# VSCode
-.vscode/
diff --git a/api/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/api/.pre-commit-config.yaml
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-repos:
-  ## GENERAL
-  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.6.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: check-merge-conflict
-      - id: check-yaml
-        args: ["--unsafe"]
-      - id: check-json
-      - id: end-of-file-fixer
-      - id: trailing-whitespace
-      - id: no-commit-to-branch
-      - id: pretty-format-json
-        args: ["--autofix", "--no-sort-keys", "--no-ensure-ascii"]
-        exclude: 'src/backend/api/fixtures/dev/.*\.json$'
-
-  ## TOML
-  - repo: https://github.com/macisamuele/language-formatters-pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v2.13.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: pretty-format-toml
-        args: [--autofix]
-        files: pyproject.toml
-
-  ## BASH
-  - repo: https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck-precommit
-    rev: v0.10.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: shellcheck
-        exclude: contrib
-  ## PYTHON
-  - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    # Ruff version.
-    rev: v0.5.0
-    hooks:
-      # Run the linter.
-      - id: ruff
-        args: [ --fix ]
-      # Run the formatter.
-      - id: ruff-format
-
-  - repo: https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry
-    rev: 1.8.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: poetry-check
-        args: ["--directory=src"]
-      - id: poetry-lock
-        args: ["--no-update", "--directory=src"]
-
-  - repo: https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint
-    rev: v2.13.0-beta
-    hooks:
-      - id: hadolint
-        args: ["--ignore=DL3013", "Dockerfile"]
-
-  - repo: local
-    hooks:
-      - id: pylint
-        name: pylint
-        entry: bash -c 'poetry run pylint --disable=W,C,R,E -j 0 -rn -sn src/'
-        language: system
-        files: '.*\.py'
-
-      - id: trufflehog
-        name: TruffleHog
-        description: Detect secrets in your data.
-        entry: bash -c 'trufflehog --no-update git file://. --only-verified --fail'
-        # For running trufflehog in docker, use the following entry instead:
-        # entry: bash -c 'docker run -v "$(pwd):/workdir" -i --rm trufflesecurity/trufflehog:latest git file:///workdir --only-verified --fail'
-        language: system
-        stages: ["commit", "push"]
-
-      - id: bandit
-        name: bandit
-        description: "Bandit is a tool for finding common security issues in Python code"
-        entry: bash -c 'poetry run bandit -q -lll -x '*_test.py,./contrib/,./.venv/' -r .'
-        language: system
-        files: '.*\.py'
-
-      - id: safety
-        name: safety
-        description: "Safety is a tool that checks your installed dependencies for known security vulnerabilities"
-        entry: bash -c 'poetry run safety check --ignore 70612,66963,74429'
-        language: system
-
-      - id: vulture
-        name: vulture
-        description: "Vulture finds unused code in Python programs."
-        entry: bash -c 'poetry run vulture --exclude "contrib,.venv,tests,conftest.py" --min-confidence 100 .'
-        language: system
-        files: '.*\.py'