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 # gisapi-sdk-python
 Python SDK for GISAPI.io
+
+## Usage
+Not currently on PyPi (coming soon).
+clone repo into project or download and move gisapi.py file into project. 
+```python
+import gisapi
+
+client = gisapi.GISAPIClient()
+
+# regular search query. returns 200 results
+search_results = client.search_data("Florida")
+
+# returns 200 results from given category
+category_results = client.get_data_by_category("Education and Research")
+```