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-# ECSOpenData
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+# ECSOpenData
+
+### This is a work in progress demostration for a combined data management engine
+
+#### To setup the `conda` environment to run the Flask application:
+```
+conda env create -f environment.yml
+```
+Note, that the above is one time step.
+
+#### To run this from the command line:
+```
+# The `conda activate` step only needs to be done once per shell.
+conda activate ecsopendata
+# Start the server
+python ecsopendata/server.py
+# Open a web browser with the following URL: http://127.0.0.1:5000/login
+```
diff --git a/ecsopendata/__init__.py b/ecsopendata/__init__.py
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diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
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+name: ecsopendata
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+  - defaults
+dependencies:
+  - asn1crypto=0.24.0=py37_3
+  - babel=2.6.0=py_1
+  - blinker=1.4=py_1
+  - ca-certificates=2018.8.24=ha4d7672_0
+  - certifi=2018.8.24=py37_1001
+  - cffi=1.11.5=py37h5e8e0c9_1
+  - cryptography=2.3=py37hdffb7b8_0
+  - cryptography-vectors=2.3=py37_1
+  - flask-babelex=0.9.3=py_1
+  - flask-login=0.4.1=py_0
+  - flask-mail=0.9.1=py_2
+  - flask-principal=0.4.0=py_1
+  - flask-script=2.0.6=py_0
+  - flask-security=3.0.0=py_0
+  - flask-wtf=0.14.2=py_1
+  - idna=2.7=py37_2
+  - openssl=1.0.2p=h470a237_0
+  - passlib=1.7.1=py_0
+  - pycparser=2.19=py_0
+  - pytz=2018.5=py_0
+  - six=1.11.0=py37_1
+  - speaklater=1.3=py_3
+  - argon2_cffi=18.3.0=py37h1de35cc_0
+  - bcrypt=3.1.4=py37h1de35cc_0
+  - click=6.7=py37_0
+  - flask=1.0.2=py37_1
+  - itsdangerous=0.24=py37_1
+  - jinja2=2.10=py37_0
+  - libcxx=4.0.1=h579ed51_0
+  - libcxxabi=4.0.1=hebd6815_0
+  - libedit=3.1.20170329=hb402a30_2
+  - libffi=3.2.1=h475c297_4
+  - markupsafe=1.0=py37h1de35cc_1
+  - ncurses=6.1=h0a44026_0
+  - pip=10.0.1=py37_0
+  - python=3.7.0=hc167b69_0
+  - readline=7.0=h1de35cc_5
+  - setuptools=40.2.0=py37_0
+  - sqlite=3.25.2=ha441bb4_0
+  - tk=8.6.8=ha441bb4_0
+  - werkzeug=0.14.1=py37_0
+  - wheel=0.31.1=py37_0
+  - wtforms=2.2.1=py37_0
+  - xz=5.2.4=h1de35cc_4
+  - zlib=1.2.11=hf3cbc9b_2
+  - sqlalchemy=1.2.12=py37h1de35cc_0
+prefix: /Users/matt/miniconda3/envs/ecsopendata
+