social-media/docs/TASKS/development/001-script-testdata-seed.md

Task: Add explicit test data seed script

Goal

Move demo/test data seeding out of API startup and into an explicit script command that can be run intentionally against any configured environment.

Relevant Files

• backend/src/Socialize.Api/Program.cs
• backend/src/Socialize.Api/Infrastructure/TestData/TestDataSeedExtensions.cs
• backend/src/Socialize.Api/appsettings.Development.json
• backend/src/Socialize.Api/appsettings.Production.json
• scripts/seed-testdata.sh

Validation

dotnet build backend/Socialize.slnx
./scripts/seed-testdata.sh