From 9d16ac4a196d12b016bbc08483aa883af841a8ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leon Overweel <l.overweel@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2017 18:27:14 +0100
Subject: Add introduction to README

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 README.md | 4 +++-
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 # OpenDC Web Server
 
+The OpenDC web server is the bridge between OpenDC's frontend and database. It is built with Flask/SocketIO in Python and implements the OpenAPI-compliant [OpenDC API specification](https://github.com/tudelft-atlarge/opendc/blob/master/opendc-api-spec.json).
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 ## Setup
 
 The following steps will guide you through setting up the OpenDC web server locally for development. To test individual endpoints, edit `static/index.html`. This guide was tested and developed on Windows 10.
@@ -43,4 +45,4 @@ Run the server.
 
 ```bash
 python opendc-web-server/main.py config.json
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+```
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