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 # ShopChest
 ShopChest - Spigot/Bukkit Plugin
 
+## API
+_An official API will be available soon_
+
+To use the API, you need to add the following repository and dependency in your maven project:
+
+```xml
+<repositories>
+  <repository>
+    <id>shopchest-repo</id>
+    <url>https://epicericee.github.io/ShopChest/maven/</url>
+  </repository>
+</repositories>
+
+<dependencies>
+  <dependency>
+    <groupId>de.epiceric</groupId>
+    <artifactId>ShopChest</artifactId>
+    <version>1.8.0</version>
+    <scope>provided</scope>
+  </dependency>
+</dependencies>
+```
+
+## Build
+Clone this repository and use ``mvn clean package`` or ``mvn clean install``.
+After the build succeeded, the ShopChest.jar is found in ``/ShopChest/target/``.
+
 ## Issues
 If you find any issues, please provide them in the Issues Section with a good description of how to reproduce it. If you get any error messages in the console, please also provide them.