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@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Python API
+
+The Python API is a light wrapper of the C API. It creates an object that has [all the C functions](c_api/functions.md):
+
+    from brpy import init_brpy
+    # br_loc is /usr/local/lib by default,
+    # you may change this by passing a different path to the shared objects
+    br = init_brpy(br_loc='/path/to/libopenbr')
+    br.br_initialize_default()
+    img = open('catpic.jpg','rb').read()
+    br.br_set_property('algorithm','MyCatFaceDetectionModel')
+    br.br_set_property('enrollAll','true')
+    tmpl = br.br_load_img(img, len(img))
+    catfaces = br.br_enroll_template(tmpl)
+    print('This pic has %i cats in it!' % br.br_num_templates(catfaces))
+    br.br_free_template(tmpl)
+    br.br_free_template_list(catfaces)
+    br.br_finalize()
+
+To enable the module, add `-DBR_INSTALL_BRPY=ON` to your cmake command (or use the ccmake GUI - highly recommended).
+
+Currently only OS X and Linux are supported.
diff --git a/docs/mkdocs.yml b/docs/mkdocs.yml
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ pages:
 - [api_docs/c_api.md, API Docs, C API]
 - [api_docs/c_api/typedefs.md, C API, Typedefs]
 - [api_docs/c_api/functions.md, C API, Functions]
-
+- [api_docs/python_api.md, API Docs, Python wrapper API]
 - [api_docs/cpp_api.md, API Docs, C++ Plugin API]
 
 # API Functions