diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
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+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
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+name: ci
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+
+  tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ['3.10','3.11','3.12']
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
+        with:
+          version: "0.5.18"
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: uv sync
+
+      - name: Run test suite
+        env:
+          # show timings of tests
+          PYTEST_ADDOPTS: "--durations=0"
+        run: uv run pytest --cov janus_web --cov-append .
+
+      - name: Report coverage to Coveralls
+        uses: coverallsapp/github-action@v2
+        with:
+          parallel: true
+          flag-name: run-${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          file: coverage.xml
+          base-path: api
+
+  coverage:
+    needs: tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Close parallel build
+        uses: coverallsapp/github-action@v2
+        with:
+          parallel-finished: true
+
+  pre-commit:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 15
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
+        with:
+          version: "0.5.18"
+          python-version: "3.12"
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: uv sync
+
+      - name: Run pre-commit
+        run: |
+          uv run pre-commit install
+          uv run pre-commit run --all-files || ( git status --short ; git diff ; exit 1 )
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+__pycache__/
+data/*
+.venv
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
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+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
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+repos:
+- repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+  rev: v4.5.0
+  hooks:
+    - id: end-of-file-fixer
+    - id: mixed-line-ending
+    - id: trailing-whitespace
+    - id: check-json
+
+- repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
+  rev: v0.7.4
+  hooks:
+    - id: ruff
+      args: [ --fix ]
+    - id: ruff-format
+
+- repo: https://github.com/numpy/numpydoc
+  rev: v1.6.0
+  hooks:
+    - id: numpydoc-validation
+      files: ^api/
diff --git a/janus_web/__init__.py b/janus_web/__init__.py
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+++ b/janus_web/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+"""API for janus-core."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from importlib.metadata import version
+
+__version__ = version("janus-web")
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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+++ b/pyproject.toml
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+[project]
+name = "janus-web"
+version = "0.0.1"
+description = "API for janus-core"
+authors = [
+    { name = "Cameron Ball" },
+]
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
+classifiers = [
+    "Programming Language :: Python",
+    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
+    "Natural Language :: English",
+    "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
+]
+readme = "README.md"
+
+dependencies = [
+    "janus-core",
+    "fastapi<1.0.0,>=0.95.0",
+    "uvicorn<1.0.0,>=0.22.0",
+    "python-multipart",
+    "fastapi-cors"
+]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+
+[project.scripts]
+
+[project.urls]
+repository = "https://github.com/stfc/janus-web/"
+documentation = "https://stfc.github.io/janus-web/"
+
+[dependency-groups]
+dev = [
+    "coverage[toml]<8.0.0,>=7.4.1",
+    "pgtest<2.0.0,>=1.3.2",
+    "pytest<9.0,>=8.0",
+    "pytest-cov<5.0.0,>=4.1.0",
+    "tox-uv<2.0,>=1.16.1",
+    "wheel<1.0,>=0.42",
+]
+
+docs = [
+    "furo<2025.0.0,>=2024.1.29",
+    "markupsafe<2.1",
+    "numpydoc<2.0.0,>=1.6.0",
+    "sphinx<8.0.0,>=7.2.6",
+    "sphinxcontrib-contentui<1.0.0,>=0.2.5",
+    "sphinxcontrib-details-directive<1.0,>=0.1",
+    "sphinx-copybutton<1.0.0,>=0.5.2",
+]
+
+pre-commit = [
+    "pre-commit<4.0.0,>=3.6.0",
+    "ruff<1.0.0,>=0.7.4",
+]
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["pdm-backend"]
+build-backend = "pdm.backend"
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+# Configuration for pytest
+python_files = "test_*.py"
+addopts = '--cov-report xml'
+pythonpath = ["."]
+
+[tool.coverage.run]
+# Configuration of coverage.py
+# reporting which lines of your plugin are covered by tests
+source=["janus_web"]
+
+[tool.ruff]
+exclude = ["conf.py"]
+target-version = "py310"
+
+[tool.ruff.lint]
+# Ignore complexity
+ignore = ["C901"]
+select = [
+    # flake8-bugbear
+    "B",
+    # pylint
+    "C", "R",
+    # pydocstyle
+    "D",
+    # pycodestyle
+    "E", "W",
+    # Pyflakes
+    "F", "FA",
+    # pyupgrade
+    "I",
+    # pep8-naming
+    "N",
+    # isort
+    "UP",
+]
+
+[tool.ruff.lint.isort]
+force-sort-within-sections = true
+required-imports = ["from __future__ import annotations"]
+
+[tool.ruff.lint.pydocstyle]
+convention = "numpy"
+
+[tool.ruff.lint.pylint]
+max-args = 10
+
+[tool.ruff.lint.pyupgrade]
+keep-runtime-typing = false
+
+[tool.numpydoc_validation]
+# report on all checks, except the below
+checks = [
+    "all",
+    "EX01",
+    "SA01",
+    "ES01",
+]
+# Don't report on objects that match any of these regex
+exclude = [
+    ".__weakref__$",
+    ".__repr__$",
+]
+
+[tool.uv]
+default-groups = [
+    "dev",
+    "docs",
+    "pre-commit",
+]
diff --git a/tests/test_example.py b/tests/test_example.py
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+++ b/tests/test_example.py
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+"""Example test."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from janus_web import __version__
+
+
+def test_example():
+    """Example test."""
+    print(__version__)
+    assert 1 == (2 / 2)