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-runtime: python
-env: flex
-entrypoint: gunicorn -b :$PORT main:app
-
-runtime_config:
-  python_version: 3
-
-# This sample incurs costs to run on the App Engine flexible environment.
-# The settings below are to reduce costs during testing and are not appropriate
-# for production use. For more information, see:
-# https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/flexible/python/configuring-your-app-with-app-yaml
-manual_scaling:
-  instances: 1
-resources:
-  cpu: 1
-  memory_gb: 0.5
-  disk_size_gb: 10
-
-env_variables:
-  file: ${file(./deploy/private_env)}
-  MONGODB_URI: file.MONGODB_URI
-  DATABASE_NAME: private.MONGODB_URI
-  DEV_TOKEN: private.DEV_TOKEN
-  CLIENT_ID: private.CLIENT_ID
-  CLIENT_SECRET:  private.CLIENT_SECRET
-  PIAZZA_EMAIL: private.PIAZZA_EMAIL
-  PIAZZA_PASSWORD: private.PIAZZA_PASSWORD
-  SQL_DATABASE_URL: private.SQL_DATABASE_URL
-
-  FLASK_APP: app.py
-  OK_SERVER: https://okpy.org
-  OK_MODE: authenticate
-  TESTING_OK_ID: lejRej
-  TRANSCRIPTION_MODE: api
-  OAUTHLIB_INSECURE_TRANSPORT: 1
-  FLASK_DEBUG: 1
-  HERMES_UI_URL: http://localhost:3000