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+# POCloud-Scraper
+Scrape production data from POCloud to push to accounting servers
+
+# Setup
+System variables must be set up for the script to run.
+```
+export HP_SQL_USER="<yourSQLusername>"
+export HP_SQL_PASSWORD="<yourSQLpassword>"
+export HP_SQL_SERVER="<yourSQLserverAddress>"
+export MESHIFY_USERNAME="<yourMeshifyUsername>"
+export MESHIFY_PASSWORD="<yourMeshifyPassword>"
+```
+
+# Usage
+It is useful to run the script and store the output in a log file.
+
+## Test Mode
+The script has a test mode which will only retrieve the data. Test mode will not write date to the database. 
+
+To run the script in test mode:
+```
+python3 henryPetroleumMeshifyAPI.pt True >> output.log
+```
+
+## Normal Mode
+In normal mode, the data will be grabbed from the Meshify API and inserted into the Production database.
+
+To run the script:
+```
+python3 henryPetroleumMeshifyAPI.pt >> output.log
+```
+