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 # Corpus-Web-Services
 
 Java-based application to make calls to [Corpus Services](https://gitlab.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/corpus-services/corpus-services)
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+## Requirements 
+
+Currently tested with
+- Java 11
+- Maven 3.8
+
+## Build and run
+- cd lib
+- bash install_corpus_services_jar.sh
+- cd ..
+- mvn clean compile exec:java
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-You need to download and install corpus-services to be able to run the
-corpus-web-services. The code is availble here: https://gitlab.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/corpus-services/corpus-services
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-After generating the jar (by running mvn compile test assembly:single) place
-it here and run install_corpus_services_jar.sh
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