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-# Niflheim-api
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-### A collection of tools to support the Niflheim-api:
-crawler.py - crawls any nodes it fines via dht.  
-niflheim-api.py - presents the data via an API and Web UI  
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-For installation instructions, you will find them in the README.md in the api folder.