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-# Cloudflare Workers OpenAPI 3.1
-
-This is a Cloudflare Worker with OpenAPI 3.1 using [itty-router-openapi](https://github.com/cloudflare/itty-router-openapi).
-
-## Getting Started
-1. You'll need Git and Node.js installed.
-2. Then install [wrangler](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/cli-wrangler/install-update)
-3. Clone this project, cd into it and install dependencies with `yarn install`
-4. Run `yarn start` to start a local instance of the API.
-
-## Development
-1. Run `yarn dev` to start a local instance of the API.
-2. Open `http://localhost:9000/` in your browser to see the Swagger interface where you can try the endpoints.
-3. Changes made in the `src/` folder will automatically trigger the server to reload, you only need to refresh the Swagger interface.
-
-## Deployment
-1. Sign up for [Cloudflare Workers](https://workers.dev). The free tier is more than enough for most use cases.
-2. Clone this project, cd into api and install dependencies with `yarn install`
-3. Run `wrangler login` to login to your Cloudflare account in wrangler
-4. Run `wrangler deploy` to publish the API to Cloudflare Workers
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+
+AWESOME PRIVACY API SOURCE
+============================================================================
+
+ABOUT
+-----
+This directory contains the source for the Awesome Privacy API.
+You can use the API to interact with our data programmatically.
+The API is build using Hono, and intended for Cloudflare Workers.
+
+============================================================================
+
+PUBLIC INSTANCE
+---------------
+We have a free, no-auth, CORS-enabled instance which you can use.
+Get started with the Swagger docs at https://api.awesomeprivacy.com
+
+============================================================================
+
+GETTING STARTED
+---------------
+1. You'll first need Git and Node.js installed on your system
+2. Then install wrangler, `npm install wrangler --save-dev`
+3. Download `git clone git@github.com:Lissy93/awesome-privacy.git`
+4. And navigate int the api dir, with `cd awesome-privacy/api`
+5. Install all required dependencies, by running `npm install`
+4. Then run `yarn start` to start a local instance of the API
+
+============================================================================
+
+DEVELOPMENT
+-----------
+1. Run `yarn dev` to start a local instance of the API + Swagger interface
+2. Open `http://localhost:9000` in your browser or with a HTTP client
+3. Make any desired changes in `src/` - the server will automatically reload
+
+============================================================================
+
+DEPLOYMENT
+----------
+1. Sign up for Cloudflare Workers (https://workers.dev) - free tier is fine
+2. Follow the steps in "Getting Started" to setup the project locally
+3. Run `wrangler login` to login to your Cloudflare account in wrangler
+4. Run `wrangler deploy` to publish the API to Cloudflare Workers
+
+============================================================================
+
+LICENSE
+-------
+This project is licensed under MIT, (C) Alicia Sykes <aliciasykes.com> 2024
+See the GitHub repo for more info https://github.com/Lissy93/awesome-privacy
+