add detailed README install process

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-Python client for the TempoDB API
+# TempoDB Python API Client
+
+The TempoDB Python API Client makes calls to the [TempoDB API](http://tempo-db.com/api/).  The module is available on PyPi as [tempodb](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/tempodb/).
+
+1. Install tempodb
+
+``
+pip install tempodb
+``
+
+1. After installing tempodb, download [tempodb-write-demo.py](https://github.com/tempodb/tempodb-python/blob/master/tempodb/demo/tempodb-write-demo.py).
+
+1. Edit *your-api-key* and *your-api-secret* in tempodb-write-demo.py.
+
+1. Run tempodb-write-demo.py to insert 10 days of test data.
+
+``
+python tempodb-write-demo.py
+``
+
+1. Download [tempodb-read-demo.py](https://github.com/tempodb/tempodb-python/blob/master/tempodb/demo/tempodb-read-demo.py)
+
+1. Edit *your-api-key* and *your-api-secret* in tempodb-read-demo.py.
+
+1. Run tempodb-read-demo.py to read back the data you just wrote in.
+
+``
+python tempodb-read-demo.py
+``
+
+## Available functions
+
+### create_database(*name*)
+
+### get_series()
+
+### read_id(*series_id*, *start*, *end*, *interval (optional)*, *function (optional*)
+
+### read_key(*series_key*, *start*, *end*, *interval (optional)*, *function (optional*)
+
+### write_id(*series_id*, *data*)
+
+### write_key(*series_key*, *data*)
+
+### write_bulk(*data*)