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 Analysis Production Data
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-*EXPERIMENTAL* prototype of Python module to fulfill DPA's grand task https://gitlab.cern.ch/lhcb-dpa/project/-/issues/134.
+Programmatic interface to the LHCb experiment Analysis Productions database,
+which allows retrieving information about the samples produced.
+It queries a REST endpoint provided by the web application, and caches the data locally.
 
 Usage
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-The `apd` package is available in the ``lb-conda default`` environment.
+The ``apd`` Python package is available in the ``lb-conda default`` environment.
 
 From Python
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