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+    Submission Code Server
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+[![pipeline status](https://gitlab.inria.fr/stopcovid19/submission-code-server/badges/develop/pipeline.svg)](https://gitlab.inria.fr/stopcovid19/submission-code-server/-/commits/develop)
+[![Latest Release](https://gitlab.inria.fr/stopcovid19/submission-code-server/-/badges/release.svg)](https://gitlab.inria.fr/stopcovid19/submission-code-server/-/releases)
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+## About
+
+Submission codes are one-time-codes to declare themself ill. 
+
+NOTE: This API is protected and used only by a trusted back-end server over a secure private connection.
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+For more details, [see open api specification](https://gitlab.inria.fr/stopcovid19/submission-code-server/-/blob/develop/src/main/resources/openapi-submission-v1.yml)
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