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 # booru-api
+
+# default config/secrets file
+
+```ts
+const redisConfig: RedisConfig = {
+	host: "127.0.0.1",
+	port: 6379,
+};
+
+const e621Auth: Record<string, string> = {
+	"User-Agent": "domain/1.0 (by username on e621)",
+	Authorization: "Basic " + btoa("username:password"),
+};
+
+export { e621Auth, redisConfig };
+```
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