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-# Requirements
-
-- Python3
-- setuptools
-  ```bash
-  pip install setuptools
-  ```
-- setuptools_rust
-  ```bash
-  pip install setuptools_rust
-  ```
-- dateutil
-  ```bash
-  pip install python-dateutil
-  ```
-
-# Installation
-
-From the `languages/python/` directory,
+# Build locally
+## Requirements
 
+- Python 3
+- `maturin` (install with `pip install maturin[patchelf]`)
+- `npm`
+
+## Build
+
+From the root of the repository:
 ```bash
-python3 ./setup.py develop
+npm run schemas # generate schemas.py
+
+cd languages/python/
+maturin develop
 ```
 
-Rename the the resulting `.so` file to `bitwarden_py.so`, if it isn't already there.
+You can now import `BitwardenClient` and `bitwarden_py` in your Python code.
+
+# Use without building locally
+
+```bash
+pip install BitwardenClient
+```
 
 # Run
 
+Set the `BWS_ORG_ID` and `BWS_ACCESS_TOKEN` environment variables to your organization ID and access token, respectively.
+
 ```bash
-python3 ./login.py
+python3 ./example.py
 ```