From 54b7bb9a5470d855ef05c51fb495243029eea91e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Seymour <imbrianseymour@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 00:09:35 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update readme.md

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 - `lxc/execute [language] [file path] [arg]...`
 
 #### API Usage
+To use the API, it must first be started. To start the API, run the following:
+```
+cd api
+./start
+```
 The Piston API exposes one endpoint at `http://127.0.0.1:2000/execute`.
 This endpoint takes the following JSON payload and expects at least the language and source. If
 source is not provided, a blank file is passed as the source.