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 *.json
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-*.pem
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@@ -1 +1,17 @@
-[![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/psf/black)
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+[![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/psf/black)
+
+## Running the project locally
+- Activate a virtual environment
+```bash
+source venv/bin/activate
+```
+
+- Install requirements
+```bash
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+- Run the project
+```bash
+flask run
+```
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+- Install [nginx](https://nginx.org/en/linux_packages.html#Ubuntu)
+
+- The application runs on a docker image, so we run
+```bash
+sudo docker run -d
+```
+
+- Install ```Gunicorn```
+
+- Edit the ```/etc/nginx/sites-available/default``` file,  to:
+```bash
+
+```
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