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+import requests
+
+# Replace YOUR_API_TOKEN with the API token you are using for authentication
+API_TOKEN = "blunderboard-security-token"
+
+# Set the API endpoint URL
+url = "http://5.75.138.151:5000/api/get_evaluation"
+
+# Set the chess position and search depth
+data = {'position': 'rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1', 'depth': 20}
+
+# Set the API token in the request header
+headers = {'Authorization': API_TOKEN}
+
+# Send a POST request to the API endpoint
+response = requests.post(url, json=data, headers=headers)
+
+# Print the response content from the server
+if response.status_code == 200:
+    print(response.json())
+
+else:
+    print("Error: " + response.json()['error'])
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diff --git a/rest_api.py b/rest_api.py
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+from flask import Flask, request, jsonify
+from stockfish import Stockfish
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+
+# Replace YOUR_API_TOKEN with the API token you want to use for authentication
+API_TOKEN = "blunderboard-security-token"
+
+default_engine_settings = {
+    "Debug Log File": "stocklog.txt",
+    "Contempt": 0,
+    "Min Split Depth": 0,
+    "Threads": 2,
+    # More threads will make the engine stronger, but should be kept at less than
+    # the number of logical processors on your computer.
+    "Ponder": "false",
+    "Hash": 516,
+    # Default size is 16 MB. It's recommended that you increase this value, but keep
+    # it as some power of 2. E.g., if you're fine using 2 GB of RAM, set Hash to
+    # 2048 (11th power of 2).
+    "MultiPV": 1,
+    "Skill Level": 20,
+    "Move Overhead": 10,
+    "Minimum Thinking Time": 5,
+    "Slow Mover": 100,
+    "UCI_Chess960": "false",
+    "UCI_LimitStrength": "false",
+    "UCI_Elo": 1350,
+    # "NNUE": "true", # TODO Find out if NNUE can be used with the python wrapper
+    }
+
+# Create a Stockfish chess engine instance
+engine = Stockfish(path="/usr/bin/stockfish")
+
+# Set the engine settings
+engine.update_engine_parameters(default_engine_settings)
+
+@app.route('/api/get_evaluation', methods=['POST'])
+def get_evaluation():
+    # Get the API token from the request header
+    token = request.headers.get('Authorization')
+
+    # If the API token is not provided or is invalid, return an error
+    if token != API_TOKEN:
+        return jsonify({'error': 'Invalid API token'}), 401
+
+    # Get the current chess position and the desired depth from the request body
+    data = request.get_json()
+    position = data.get('position')
+    depth = data.get('depth')
+
+    # Set the position and search depth in the chess engine
+    engine.set_fen_position(position)
+    engine.set_depth(depth)
+
+    # Get the evaluation in centipawns
+    evaluation = engine.get_evaluation()
+
+    # Return the evaluation to the client
+    return evaluation
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    app.run(host="")
+
+