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--- a/.gitignore
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 *.sql
 /integrationtests/test-profile/custom/other/cert/
 src/doc/_apidoc/
-start_caosdb_docker.sh
\ No newline at end of file
+start_caosdb_docker.sh
+src/doc/_apidoc
diff --git a/src/doc/_apidoc/modules.rst b/src/doc/_apidoc/modules.rst
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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-newcrawler
-==========
-
-.. toctree::
-   :maxdepth: 4
-
-   newcrawler
diff --git a/src/doc/_apidoc/newcrawler.converters.rst b/src/doc/_apidoc/newcrawler.converters.rst
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--- a/src/doc/_apidoc/newcrawler.converters.rst
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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-newcrawler.converters module
-============================
-
-.. automodule:: newcrawler.converters
-   :members:
-   :undoc-members:
-   :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/src/doc/_apidoc/newcrawler.crawl.rst b/src/doc/_apidoc/newcrawler.crawl.rst
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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-newcrawler.crawl module
-=======================
-
-.. automodule:: newcrawler.crawl
-   :members:
-   :undoc-members:
-   :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/src/doc/_apidoc/newcrawler.identifiable_adapters.rst b/src/doc/_apidoc/newcrawler.identifiable_adapters.rst
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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-newcrawler.identifiable\_adapters module
-========================================
-
-.. automodule:: newcrawler.identifiable_adapters
-   :members:
-   :undoc-members:
-   :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/src/doc/_apidoc/newcrawler.identified_cache.rst b/src/doc/_apidoc/newcrawler.identified_cache.rst
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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-newcrawler.identified\_cache module
-===================================
-
-.. automodule:: newcrawler.identified_cache
-   :members:
-   :undoc-members:
-   :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/src/doc/_apidoc/newcrawler.rst b/src/doc/_apidoc/newcrawler.rst
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-newcrawler package
-==================
-
-Submodules
-----------
-
-.. toctree::
-   :maxdepth: 4
-
-   newcrawler.converters
-   newcrawler.crawl
-   newcrawler.identifiable_adapters
-   newcrawler.identified_cache
-   newcrawler.stores
-   newcrawler.structure_elements
-   newcrawler.utils
-
-Module contents
----------------
-
-.. automodule:: newcrawler
-   :members:
-   :undoc-members:
-   :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/src/doc/_apidoc/newcrawler.stores.rst b/src/doc/_apidoc/newcrawler.stores.rst
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--- a/src/doc/_apidoc/newcrawler.stores.rst
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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-newcrawler.stores module
-========================
-
-.. automodule:: newcrawler.stores
-   :members:
-   :undoc-members:
-   :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/src/doc/_apidoc/newcrawler.structure_elements.rst b/src/doc/_apidoc/newcrawler.structure_elements.rst
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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-newcrawler.structure\_elements module
-=====================================
-
-.. automodule:: newcrawler.structure_elements
-   :members:
-   :undoc-members:
-   :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/src/doc/_apidoc/newcrawler.utils.rst b/src/doc/_apidoc/newcrawler.utils.rst
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--- a/src/doc/_apidoc/newcrawler.utils.rst
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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-newcrawler.utils module
-=======================
-
-.. automodule:: newcrawler.utils
-   :members:
-   :undoc-members:
-   :show-inheritance: