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+# RailTrail POI Backup
+
+This application creates and restores backups of the Points of Interest that are
+present in RailTrail. To do that, it simulates a client and requests a list of
+all Points of Interest.
+
+## Requirements
+
+This tool is written in Python. The minimum supported Python version is 3.10.
+To install the required libraries, execute `pip install -r requirements.txt`.
+We recommend that you do that in a [virtual environment](https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html).
+
+## Usage
+
+### Backup
+
+To create a backup, simply run `python src/main.py backup <backup_file.json>`,
+where ``<backup_file.json>`` is the name of the file where the backup should be
+written to. If the filename is not present, the backup will be written to the
+standard output instead.
+
+This will ask you for the backend URI, and a username and password. You can also
+provide these values by command line arguments. Remember that providing a password
+this way has security implications.
+
+For a full reference of valid command line options, run `python src/main.py backup --help`.
+
+### Restore
+
+To restore a backup, simply run `python src/main.py restore <backup_file.json>`,
+where ``<backup_file.json>`` is the name of the file where the backup should be
+read from. If the filename is not present, the program will attempt to read from
+stdin instead.
+
+This will ask you for the backend URI, and a username and password. You can also
+provide these values by command line arguments. Remember that providing a password
+this way has security implications.
+
+For a full reference of valid command line options, run `python src/main.py restore --help`.
diff --git a/poi-backup-and-restore/src/main.py b/poi-backup-and-restore/src/main.py
index cd08eb9..fafc2ab 100644
--- a/poi-backup-and-restore/src/main.py
+++ b/poi-backup-and-restore/src/main.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def backup(
     )],
     username: Annotated[str, typer.Option(prompt=True)],
     password: Annotated[str, typer.Option(prompt=True, hide_input=True)],
-    indent: Optional[int] = None,
+    indent:  Annotated[Optional[int], typer.Option(help="The number of spaces that the produced JSON should be indented by. Will activate pretty printing of the JSON when present")] = None,
     file: Annotated[Optional[str], typer.Argument(
         show_default="STDOUT")] = None
 ):
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ def restore(
     file: Annotated[Optional[str], typer.Argument(
         show_default="STDIN")] = None
 ):
+    """
+    Restores a backup of POIs to a given instance of RailTrail
+    """
     source_file = open(file, 'r', encoding='utf8') if file else stdin
     with source_file:
         data = BackupFormat.model_validate_json(source_file.read())
diff --git a/poi-backup-and-restore/src/model.py b/poi-backup-and-restore/src/model.py
index 16c48ea..25b53ff 100644
--- a/poi-backup-and-restore/src/model.py
+++ b/poi-backup-and-restore/src/model.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from enum import IntEnum
-from typing import Annotated
+from typing_extensions import Annotated
 from annotated_types import Interval
 from pydantic import BaseModel, NonNegativeInt, StrictBool