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+{
+  "name": "http-proxy-examples",
+  "description": "packages required to run the examples",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "colors": "~0.6.2",
+    "socket.io": "~0.9.16",
+    "socket.io-client": "~0.9.16"
+  }
+}