diff --git a/gaiaapiclient/__init__.py b/gaiaapiclient/__init__.py
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diff --git a/gaiaapiclient/cone_search.py b/gaiaapiclient/cone_search.py
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+# cone_search.py
+# send an api request with the coordinates and search radius to the GaiaDBInterface server to fetch the GAIA sources
+
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+certifi==2024.8.30
+charset-normalizer==3.3.2
+idna==3.10
+requests==2.32.3
+urllib3==2.2.3
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+# setup.py
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+
+setup(
+    name='gaiaapiclient',
+    version='0.1',
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    install_requires=[],
+)