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-[![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/pyDataverse.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/pyDataverse/) [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/gdcc/pyDataverse.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/gdcc/pyDataverse) [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/gdcc/pyDataverse/badge.svg)](https://coveralls.io/github/gdcc/pyDataverse) [![Documentation Status](https://readthedocs.org/projects/pydataverse/badge/?version=latest)](https://pydataverse.readthedocs.io/en/latest) ![PyPI - Python Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/pydataverse.svg) [![GitHub](https://img.shields.io/github/license/gdcc/pydataverse.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) [![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/psf/black) [![Gitter chat](https://badges.gitter.im/gdcc/gitter.png)](https://gitter.im/gdcc/pyDataverse)
+[![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/pyDataverse.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/pyDataverse/) [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/gdcc/pyDataverse.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/gdcc/pyDataverse) [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/gdcc/pyDataverse/badge.svg)](https://coveralls.io/github/gdcc/pyDataverse) [![Documentation Status](https://readthedocs.org/projects/pydataverse/badge/?version=latest)](https://pydataverse.readthedocs.io/en/latest) ![PyPI - Python Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/pydataverse.svg) [![GitHub](https://img.shields.io/github/license/gdcc/pydataverse.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) [![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/psf/black)
 
 # pyDataverse
 
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 `GitHub repo <https://github.com/gdcc/pyDataverse>`_.
 
 
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-The easiest and fastest way to get directly in touch with us, is our
-chat-channel on `Gitter <https://gitter.im/gdcc/pyDataverse>`_.
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