Add .gitignore and badges

.gitignore

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+# Compiled source #
+###################
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# Distribution / packaging #
+############################
+build/
+dist/
+*.egg-info/
+*.egg
+
+# Installer logs #
+##################
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports #
+################################
+.tox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+htmlcov
+
+# Sphinx documentation #
+########################
+docs/_build/
+
+# IPython Notebook #
+####################
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# Distutils #
+#############
+MANIFEST
+
+# OS generated files #
+######################
+.DS_Store*
+ehthumbs.db
+Icon?
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Editor Files #
+################
+*~
+*.swp
+
+# IntelliJ specific files/directories #
+#######################################
+.idea
+*.ipr
+*.iws
+*.iml

README.md

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 sevenbridges-python
 ===================
 
+[![PyPI version](https://badge.fury.io/py/sevenbridges-python.svg)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/sevenbridges-python)
+[![Documentation](https://readthedocs.org/projects/sevenbridges-python/badge/?version=latest)](http://sevenbridges-python.readthedocs.org/en/latest/)
+
 sevenbridges-python is a [Python](http://www.python.org/) library that
 provides an interface for [the Seven Bridges
 Platform](https://www.sbgenomics.com/) and [Cancer Genomics