.. NutShell documentation, description

.. _overview:
   
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Overview
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Product requests can be sent to NutShell in three different ways:

#. Using the **command line**, especially for testing. For details, see :ref:`command-line-usage`
#. Most flexibly as a library inside your **Python program**. For details, see :ref:`nutshell-api`
#. Providing access to others via a **Web server**.  For details, see :ref:`http-server`   

These options are illustrated in the image below.

.. image:: img/nutshell-scheme-dot.png