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 [![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/implementation/flask-minijson.svg)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/flask-minijson)
 
 An extension for Flask to allow clients to submit data using the
-application/minijson codec
+[minijson](https://github.com/Dronehub/minijson) codec by providing
+a `Content-Type` header of `application/minijson`.
 
 flask-json is required to be initialized before `FlaskMiniJSON`, in such a way: