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 # asciiwebserv
 
-serve images of your choice via terminal curl to any place you want!!
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+serve images of your choice via terminal curl to any place you want!!
+
+## how to use
+use docker.
+* copy compose.yml from this repo into a folder you want and ```mkdir images``` in same folder.
+* ```docker compose up -d```
+* reverse proxy appropriately.
+* cry.
+
+![example image](https://codeberg.org/gigirassy/asciiwebserv/raw/branch/main/images/Screenshot%20From%202026-02-27%2020-50-23.png)
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