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+# Message-DB-py
+
+Message-DB-py is a Python interface to the MessageDB event store and message store, designed for easy integration into
+Python applications.
+
+[![Build Status](https://github.com/subhashb/message-db-py/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/subhashb/message-db-py/actions)
+[![Code Coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/subhashb/message-db-py/graph/badge.svg?token=QMNUSLN2OM)](https://codecov.io/gh/subhashb/message-db-py)
+[![Python Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/message-db-py.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/message-db-py/)
+[![PyPI version](https://badge.fury.io/py/message-db-py.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/message-db-py/)
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+
+## Installation
+
+Use pip to install:
+
+```shell
+$ pip install message-db-py
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+Here's a quick example of how to publish and read messages using Message-DB-py:
+
+```python
+from message_db.client import MessageDB
+
+# Initialize the database connection
+mdb = MessageDB("your_connection_string")
+
+# Write a message
+mdb.write("your_stream_name", "your_message_type", {"data": "value"})
+
+# Read a message
+message = mdb.read_last_message("your_stream_name")
+print(message)
+```
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-Message-DB-py
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-
-Message-DB-py is a Python interface to the MessageDB event store and message store, designed for easy integration into
-Python applications.
-
-.. image:: https://github.com/subhashb/message-db-py/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=main
-    :target: https://github.com/subhashb/message-db-py/actions
-    :alt: Build Status
-.. image:: https://codecov.io/gh/subhashb/message-db-py/graph/badge.svg?token=QMNUSLN2OM 
-    :target: https://codecov.io/gh/subhashb/message-db-py
-    :alt: Code Coverage
-.. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/message-db-py.svg
-    :target: https://pypi.org/project/message-db-py/
-    :alt: Python Version
-.. image:: https://badge.fury.io/py/message-db-py.svg
-    :target: https://pypi.org/project/message-db-py/
-    :alt: PyPI version
-.. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg
-    :target: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
-    :alt: License
-
-Installation
-============
-
-Use pip to install:
-
-.. code-block:: shell
-
-    pip install message-db-py
-
-Usage
-=====
-
-Here's a quick example of how to publish and read messages using Message-DB-py:
-
-.. code-block:: python
-
-    from message_db.client import MessageDB
-
-    # Initialize the database connection
-    mdb = MessageDB("your_connection_string")
-
-    # Write a message
-    mdb.write("your_stream_name", "your_message_type", {"data": "value"})
-
-    # Read a message
-    message = mdb.read_last_message("your_stream_name")
-    print(message)