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+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+setup(
+    name="pyderekovecs",
+    version="0.1.0",
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    install_requires=[
+        "requests>=2.25.0",
+        "pandas>=1.2.0",
+    ],
+    author="Marc Kupietz",
+    author_email="kupietz@ids-mannheim.de",
+    description="DeReKoVecs API Client Package in Python",
+    long_description=open("README.md").read(),
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+    url="https://korap.ids-mannheim.de/gerrit/plugins/gitiles/ids-kl/pyderekovecs",
+    classifiers=[
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
+        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    ],
+    python_requires=">=3.6",
+)