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Document humbug-send and humbugrc in README for API users

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The easiest way to use these API bindings is to base your tools off The easiest way to use these API bindings is to base your tools off
of the example tools under api/examples in this distribution. of the example tools under api/examples in this distribution.
If you place your API key in ~/.humbug-api-key the Python API If you place your API key in `~/.humbugrc` the Python API bindings will
bindings will automatically read it in. You can obtain your Humbug automatically read it in. The format of the config file is as follows:
API key from the Humbug settings page.
[api]
key=<api key from the web interface>
email=<your email address>
You can obtain your Humbug API key from the Humbug settings page.
A typical simple bot sending API messages will look as follows: A typical simple bot sending API messages will look as follows:
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keys: msg, result. For successful calls, result will be "success" and keys: msg, result. For successful calls, result will be "success" and
msg will be the empty string. On error, result will be "error" and msg will be the empty string. On error, result will be "error" and
msg will describe what went wrong. msg will describe what went wrong.
#### Sending messages
You can use the included `api/bin/humbug-send` script to send messages via the
API directly from existing scripts.
humbug-send hamlet@example.com cordelia@example.com -m \
"Conscience doth make cowards of us all."

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; put this file in ~/.humbugrc
[api]
key=<api key from the web interface>
email=<your email address>