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+import sys
+import time
+from src.api.api_main import start_api_server
+from src.backend.backend_main import start_backend_process
+import config as config
+
+DELAY_API_SERVER_START = 60 # 1 min
+
+def convert_to_dict(module):
+    context = {}
+    for setting in dir(module):
+        if not setting.startswith("__"):
+            context[setting] = getattr(module, setting)
+    return context
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    
+    # parse the config file into dict
+    _config = convert_to_dict(config)
+    
+    # start the backend process (token scanner). pass reset=True if --reset is in command-line args
+    if "--reset" in sys.argv or "-r" in sys.argv:
+        start_backend_process(config=_config, reset=True)
+    else:
+        start_backend_process(config=_config)
+    
+    # sleep until backend is started, so that API server can function correctly (TODO: sleep until backend process returns some flag indicating its started)
+    time.sleep(DELAY_API_SERVER_START)
+    
+    # start the API server
+    start_api_server(config=_config)