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+## Superseded
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+The Go nftables library is nice, but the Python one allows for native access to the nft JSON representation, avoiding the need for workarounds to replicate functionality of the `nft` commandline. Hence this Go based project is now abandoned in favor of its Python equivalent.
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 # RESTful HTTP API for nftables sets
 
 Early work in progress.