Update README.md to enhance installation instructions and usage examples for CloudProxy as a Python package. Include details on prerequisites, installation methods, and environment variable setup.

.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml

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+name: Publish Python Package
+
+# This workflow is automatically triggered when a GitHub release is created
+# by the main.yml workflow. This ensures that the PyPI package is published
+# with the same version as the Docker image and GitHub release.
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [created]
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.x'
+    - name: Set version from tag
+      run: |
+        # Extract version from the GitHub release tag (remove 'v' prefix if present)
+        # This tag is created by the main.yml workflow
+        VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
+        VERSION=${VERSION#v}
+        echo "RELEASE_VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "Using version: $VERSION from GitHub release"
+    - name: Update version in pyproject.toml
+      run: |
+        # Use sed to update the version in pyproject.toml to match the GitHub release
+        sed -i "s/version = \"[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\"/version = \"$RELEASE_VERSION\"/" pyproject.toml
+        cat pyproject.toml | grep version
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install build twine
+    - name: Build and publish
+      env:
+        TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.PYPI_USERNAME }}
+        TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
+      run: |
+        python -m build
+        twine check dist/*
+        twine upload dist/* 

MANIFEST.in

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+include LICENSE
+include README.md
+include cloudproxy/providers/user_data.sh
+recursive-exclude cloudproxy-ui *
+recursive-exclude tests *
+recursive-exclude docs *
+recursive-exclude .github *
+recursive-exclude venv *
+recursive-exclude __pycache__ *
+recursive-exclude .pytest_cache * 

README.md

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 ### Prerequisites
 
-All you need is:
-* Docker
+You can use CloudProxy in two ways:
+
+1. **Docker (recommended for running the service)**
+   * Docker installed on your system
+
+2. **Python Package (for development or integration)**
+   * Python 3.9 or higher
 
 ### Installation
 
+#### As a Python Package
+
+CloudProxy is available as a Python package that you can install directly from PyPI:
+
+```bash
+pip install cloudproxy
+```
+
+Or install from source:
+
+```bash
+# Clone the repository
+git clone https://github.com/claffin/cloudproxy.git
+cd cloudproxy
+
+# Install in development mode
+pip install -e .
+
+# Or build and install
+pip install build
+python -m build
+pip install dist/cloudproxy-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl
+```
+
+Once installed, you can import and use CloudProxy in your Python applications:
+
+```python
+from cloudproxy.providers import manager
+import cloudproxy.main as cloudproxy
+
+# Setup your environment variables first
+# Start the CloudProxy service
+cloudproxy.start()
+```
+
 #### Environment variables:
 
 Basic authentication is used for proxy access. Configure via environment variables:
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 my_request = requests.get("https://api.ipify.org", proxies=proxies)
 ```
 
+For more detailed examples of using CloudProxy as a Python package, see the [Python Package Usage Guide](docs/python-package-usage.md).
+
 ## Multi-Account Provider Support
 
 CloudProxy now supports multiple accounts per provider, allowing you to:

cloudproxy/__main__.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+from cloudproxy.main import start
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    start()