@@ 51,9 51,18 @@ This will do the following steps:
1. Create the directory for storing data called `data`.
1. Create the python virtual environment if it's not created yet and install all the dependencies.
+Then, you should [get an API key from NASA][api-request] and copy it in the corresponding section of `config.cfg`.
+
+Then, you can run a test version of the state of the bot with
+
+ $ ./start.sh
+
+You can change the date of the APOD it downloads directly in `api.py`.
+
[etiquette]: https://man.sr.ht/lists.sr.ht/etiquette.md
[mailing-list]: mailto:~josealberto4444/apodnasabot@lists.sr.ht
+[api-request]: https://api.nasa.gov/index.html#apply-for-an-api-key