From e581c4b1aa804863cf6a8665770221ed81dbe41a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan Orth <alan.orth@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 09:50:30 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] README.md: Improve documentation

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 README.md | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d11fd4f..65354df 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,8 +21,19 @@ Set up the environment variables for Solr and PostgreSQL:
     $ export DATABASE_USER=dspacestatistics
     $ export DATABASE_PASS=dspacestatistics
     $ export DATABASE_HOST=localhost
+
+Index the Solr statistics core to populate the PostgreSQL database:
+
+    $ ./indexer.py
+
+Run the REST API:
+
     $ gunicorn app:api
 
+Test to see if there are any statistics:
+
+    $ curl 'http://localhost:8000/items?limit=1'
+
 ## Deployment
 There are example systemd service and timer units in the `contrib` directory.