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+alembic==1.0.0
+boto3==1.9.44
+botocore==1.12.119
+connexion==1.5.2
+cryptography==2.3.1
+dcplib>=2.0.0
+jsonschema==2.6.0
+psycopg2-binary==2.7.5
+PyJWT==1.6.4
+requests==2.20.0
+s3transfer<0.3.0,>=0.2.0
+SQLAlchemy==1.3.2
+tenacity==5.0.2
+zipp>=3.19.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability