added additional information for the overview

ECN · Mar 29, 2021 · f3b9d67 · f3b9d67
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@@ -9,4 +9,9 @@ In order to function, the backend of Webqueue2 relies primarily on two scripts,
 ### ECNQueue.py
 The `ECNQueue.py` script does all of the data and information parsing. 
 
-Items are currently stored in plain text within text files and all updates to those items are documented directly into those textfiles via the `qcli`. The `ECNQueue.py` script parses these text files and stores all the information regarding the item into a custom `Item` object.
+Items are currently stored in plain text within text files and all updates to those items are documented directly into those textfiles via the `qcli`. The `ECNQueue.py` script parses these text files and stores all the information regarding the item into a custom `Item` object.
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+### api.py
+The `api.py` script does all of the interaction between the front end and the `ECNQueue.py` script.
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+The front end makes requests, which are then routed to the `api.py` script, which are translated to functions within the `ECNQueue.py`. The json that the `ECNQueue.py` script returns is then returned to the `api.py` script which then routes the json to the frontend.