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+ML-Ops Demo/Assignment
+This repository contains code which demonstrates ML-Ops using a FastAPI application which predicts the flower class using the IRIS dataset (https://scikit-learn.org/stable/auto_examples/datasets/plot_iris_dataset.html)
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+Running Instructions
+Create a fork of the repo using the fork button.
+Clone your fork using git clone https://www.github.com/<your-username>/mlops-iris.git
+Install dependencies using pip3 install requirements.txt
+Run application using python3 main.py
+Run tests using pytest
+CI/CD
+build (test) for all the pull requests
+build (test) and upload_zip for all pushes
+Assignment Tasks
+Change this README to add your name here: . Add and commit changes to a new branch and create a pull request ONLY TO YOUR OWN FORK to see the CI/CD build happening. If the build succeeds, merge the pull request with master and see the CI/CD upload_zip take place.
+Add 2 more unit tests of your choice to test_app.py and make sure they are passing.
+Add one more classifier to startup and use only the one with better accuracy.
+Add the attribute timestamp to the response and return the current time with it.