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 libpsl - C library to handle the Public Suffix List
 ===================================================
 
-Find more information [here](http://publicsuffix.org/).
+A "public suffix" is a domain name under which Internet users can directly register own names.
+
+Browsers and other web clients can use it to
+
+- avoid privacy-leaking "supercookies"
+- avoid privacy-leaking "super domain" certificates ([see post from Jeffry Walton](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2014-03/msg00093.html))
+- domain highlighting parts of the domain in a user interface
+- sorting domain lists by site
+
+Libpsl...
+
+- has built-in PSL data for fast access
+- allows to load PSL data from files
+- checks if a given domain is a "public suffix"
+- provides immediate cookie domain verification
+- finds the longest public part of a given domain
+- finds the shortest private part of a given domain
+- works with international domains (UTF-8 and IDNA2008 Punycode)
+- is thread-safe
+
+Find more information about the Publix Suffix List [here](http://publicsuffix.org/).
 
 Download the Public Suffix List [here](https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/raw-file/tip/netwerk/dns/effective_tld_names.dat).
 
+
+API Documentation
+-----------------
+
+You find the current API documentation [here](https://rockdaboot.github.io/libpsl).
+
+
+Quick API example
+-----------------
+
+	#include <stdio.h>
+	#include <libpsl.h>
+
+	int main(int argc, char **argv)
+	{
+		const char *domain = "www.example.com";
+		const char *cookie_domain = ".com";
+		const psl_ctx_t *psl = psl_builtin();
+		int is_public, is_acceptable;
+
+		is_public = psl_is_public_suffix(psl, domain);
+		printf("%s %s a public suffix.\n", domain, is_public ? "is" : "is not");
+
+		is_acceptable = psl_is_cookie_domain_acceptable(psl, domain, cookie_domain);
+		printf("cookie domain '%s' %s acceptable for domain '%s'.\n",
+			cookie_domain, is_acceptable ? "is" : "is not", domain);
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+Command Line Tool
+-----------------
+
+Libpsl comes with a tool 'psl' that gives you access to most of the
+library API via command line.
+
+	$ psl --help
+
+prints the usage.
+
+License
+-------
+
+Libpsl is made available under the terms of the MIT license.<br>
+See the LICENSE file that accompanies this distribution for the full text of the license.
+
+
 Building from git
 -----------------
 
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 		make
 		make check
 
+
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