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 # API Authentication Example App
+This is a small Pyramid example app that demonstrates how API authentication 
+might be done. 
+
+**NOTE**: The user database is maintained in memory which means every time the
+          server restarts the database will be reset.
+
 
 ## Getting Started
 I highly recommend using either [Conda](http://conda.pydata.org/miniconda.html)