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+### Python port of the hacker-scripts code
+
+
+#### Prerequisites
+
+Apart from setting the environment variables per main README file, install all required libraries (preferably in a virtual environment)
+
+	pip install -r requirements.txt
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+gmail==0.5
+httplib2==0.9.2
+pytz==2015.7
+six==1.10.0
+twilio==4.9.2
+wheel==0.24.0