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-alembic==1.11.1
-APScheduler==3.10.1
-bleach==6.0.0
-cachetools==5.3.1
-fastapi==0.108.0
-GeoAlchemy2==0.14.3
-geojson==3.1.0
-itsdangerous==2.1.2
-loguru==0.7.2
-Markdown==3.4.4
-oauthlib==3.2.2
-pandas>=2.0.2
-pydantic==2.5.3
-pydantic-settings==2.1.0
-python-dateutil==2.8.2
-python-dotenv==1.0.0
-python-slugify==8.0.1
-requests==2.31.0
-requests-oauthlib==1.3.1
-scikit-learn>=1.2.2
-shapely==2.0.1
-SQLAlchemy==2.0.19
-typing-extensions==4.8.0
-uvicorn==0.19.0
-Werkzeug==2.3.6
-asyncpg==0.29.0
-sqlmodel==0.0.16
-
-# Dev dependencies (stuff useful for development)
-black==23.7.0
-coverage==7.2.7
-flake8==6.1.0
-psycopg2-binary>=2.9.6
-pytest==7.4.0
-pyinstrument==4.6.2
-
-# Indirect, but required dependencies (often required for efficient deployments)
-gevent==22.10.2
-greenlet==2.0.2
-gunicorn==20.1.0
-importlib-metadata==6.8.0 # See https://github.com/hotosm/tasking-manager/issues/5395