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+## Simple wrapper around cdsapi
+
+cdsapi homepage : https://github.com/ecmwf/cdsapi
+
+### How to use the dockerized version ?
+
+1. Write a request in json file – don't forget the file format and name. Eg.
+
+```js
+{
+  "url": "https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api/v2",
+  "uuid": "<user id>",
+  "key": "<user key>",
+  "variable": "reanalysis-era5-pressure-levels",
+  "options": {
+    "variable": "temperature",
+    "pressure_level": "1000",
+    "product_type": "reanalysis",
+    "date": "2017-12-01/2017-12-31",
+    "time": "12:00",
+    "format": "grib"
+  },
+  "filename":"test.grib"
+}
+```
+
+2. Run the command
+
+```sh 
+docker run -it --rm \
+  -v $(pwd)/request.json:/input/request.json \
+  -v $(pwd)/.:/output \
+  <YOUR REPO>/cdsretrieve 
+```
+
+Note : the file will be downloaded in the current folder, if not specified otherwise in the docker command. Inside the container, `/input` folder include the request and `/output` is target folder for the downloaded file.
+
+