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+.. _api:
+
+============
+Coverage API
+============
+
+The API to coverage.py is very simple, contained in a single module called
+coverage containing a single class, also called coverage::
+    
+    import coverage
+
+    cov = coverage.coverage()
+    
+Methods on the coverage object correspond to operations available in the
+command line interface.  For example, a simple use would be::
+
+    import coverage
+    
+    cov = coverage.coverage()
+    cov.start()
+    
+    # .. run your code ..
+    
+    cov.stop()
+    cov.save()
+
+
+The coverage module
+-------------------
+
+.. module:: coverage
+
+.. autoclass:: coverage
+    :members: