Add health check API, logging setup, and environment variable support; update requirements and .gitignore

api/health.py

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+from fastapi import APIRouter
+import logging
+
+
+#Logging
+
+logging.basicConfig(
+    filename='api.log',  # Log to a file
+    level=logging.DEBUG,  # Log everything (DEBUG and above)
+    format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s'
+)
+
+logging.info('Application started')
+try:
+    logging.debug('Debug info here')
+except Exception as e:
+    logging.exception('An error occurred')
+
+
+router = APIRouter(prefix="/health", tags=["health"])
+
+
+@router.get("/")
+def health_check():
+    logging.info("get health check request")
+    return {"status": "ok"}