diff --git a/webserver.py b/webserver.py
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--- a/webserver.py
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@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-from flask import Flask
-from flask import render_template
-from flask import request
-from diagrams import Generators,Generator,Example
-import os
-from flask.helpers import send_from_directory
-import argparse
-import sys
-
-scriptdir=os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-app = Flask(__name__,static_url_path='',static_folder=scriptdir+'/../web', template_folder=scriptdir+'/../templates')
-
-@app.route('/')
-def home():
-		return index()
-
-def index(err=None,gen='dot',source="",message="",genResult=None):
-		""" render index page with the given parameters"""
-		return render_template('index.html',gen=gen,gens=Generators.generators(),err=err, message=message, source=source,genResult=genResult)
-
-@app.route('/example/<generator>')
-def example(generator):
-		""" get the given example generator """
-		txt=Example.get(generator)
-		return txt
-
-@app.route('/check/<generator>')
-def check(generator):
-		gen=Generators.get(generator)
-		if gen is not None:
-				return gen.getHtmlInfo()
-		else:
-				return "%s is not a valid generator" % generator
-
-@app.route('/render/<outputType>/<crc32>', methods=['GET'])
-def render(outputType,crc32):
-		# allow extension ending for direct rendering e.g. in wikis
-		ext="."+outputType
-		if crc32.endswith(ext):
-				crc32=crc32[:-len(ext)]
-		outputDirectory=Generator.getOutputDirectory()
-		filename="%s.%s" % (crc32,outputType)
-		#print ("outputDirectory %s\nfilename %s" % (outputDirectory, filename), file=sys.stderr)
-		return send_from_directory(outputDirectory, filename)
-
-@app.route('/render', methods=['POST'])
-def renderForWikiExtension():
-		""" endpoint for diagrams extension"""
-		source=request.form.get('source')
-		renderer=request.form.get('renderer')
-		types=request.form.get('types')
-		ip=request.remote_addr
-		generator=request.form.get('generator')
-		gen=Generators.get(generator)
-		#print ("generator %s\nsource %s\nrenderer %s\ntypes %s" % (generator, source, renderer, types), file=sys.stderr)
-		result=gen.generate(generator,source,'png',renderer)
-		json=result.asJson(request.base_url)
-		return json
-
-
-@app.route('/diagrams', methods=['GET', 'POST']) #allow both GET and POST requests
-def form_example():
-		err=None
-		genResult=None
-		message=""
-		source=None
-		gen=None
-		if request.method == 'POST':
-				try:
-						source = request.form.get('source')
-						alias=request.form.get('generator')
-						generatorId=Generators.generatorIdForAlias(alias)
-						outputType=request.form.get(generatorId+'-output')
-						gen=Generators.get(generatorId)
-						if gen is None:
-								raise Exception("invalid generator %s",generatorId)
-						genResult=gen.generate(alias,source,outputType,useCached=True)
-						if not genResult.isValid():
-								raise Exception("could not generate %s for %s",outputType,generatorId)
-				except Exception as ex:
-						err=ex
-		return index(err=err, message=message,source=source,gen=gen,genResult=genResult)
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-		parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Diagrams rendering webservice")
-		parser.add_argument('--debug',
-																 action='store_true',
-																 help="run in debug mode")
-		parser.add_argument('--port',
-																 type=int,
-																 default=5003,
-																 help="the port to use")
-		parser.add_argument('--host',
-																 default="0.0.0.0",
-																 help="the host to serve for")
-		args=parser.parse_args(sys.argv[1:])
-		app.run(debug=args.debug,port=args.port,host=args.host)