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+# Auto Archiver API
+
+An api that uses celery workers to process URL archive requests via [bellingcat/auto-archiver](), it allows authentication via Google OAuth Apps an d enables CORS, everything runs on docker but development can be done without docker (except for redis).
+
+
 ## Development
 http://localhost:8004
 
 requires `src/.env`
 
 cd /src
-* `pipenv install --editable ../../auto-archiver`
-* console 1 - `docker compose up  web redis dashboard `
+<!-- * `pipenv install --editable ../../auto-archiver` -->
+* console 1 - `docker compose up redis` optionally add `dashboard` for flower dashboard and `web` if not running uvicorn locally
 * console 2 - `pipenv shell` + `celery worker --app=worker.celery --loglevel=info --logfile=logs/celery_dev.log`
   * `celery --app=worker.celery worker --loglevel=info --logfile=logs/celery_dev.log` celery 5
 * console 3 - `pipenv shell` + `uvicorn main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --reload`
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 ## Release
 Copy `.env` and `src/.env` to deployment, along with the contents of `secrets/` including `secrets/orchestration.yaml`.
 
+Then `docker compose up -d`.
+
+#### updating packages/app
 If pipenv packages are updated: `pipenv lock --requirements -r  > requirements.txt` (manually comment line `-i https://pypi.org/simple`) and then `docker compose down` + `docker compose up --build -d` to build images with new packages.
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