Some formatting for examples

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# flake8: noqa: F841
+"""
+A simple example using requests-cache with [httpbin](https://httpbin.org)
+"""
+import time
+
+from requests_cache import CachedSession
+
+
+def main():
+    session = CachedSession('example_cache', backend='sqlite')
+
+    # The real request will only be made once; afterward, the cached response is used
+    for i in range(5):
+        response = session.get('http://httpbin.org/get')
+
+    # This is more obvious when calling a slow endpoint
+    for i in range(5):
+        response = session.get('http://httpbin.org/delay/2')
+
+    # Caching can be disabled if we want to get a fresh page and not cache it
+    with session.cache_disabled():
+        print(session.get('http://httpbin.org/ip').text)
+
+    # Get some debugging info about the cache
+    print(session.cache)
+    print('Cached URLS:', list(session.cache.urls))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    t = time.time()
+    main()
+    print('Elapsed: %.3f seconds' % (time.time() - t))