VLM API Configuration
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The VLM API presently requires declaration of several values for service identification and data provenance.

.. note::

   Each of these values is **required**, and no default value is provided. AnyVLM will not launch successfully unless they are set from environment variables or a ``.env`` file.

.. list-table::

   * - Name
     - Description
     - Example
   * - ``HANDOVER_TYPE_ID``
     - Unique ID for the dataset or cohort
     - ``"GREGoR-NCH"``
   * - ``HANDOVER_TYPE_LABEL``
     - Description of the dataset or cohort
     - ``"GREGoR AnyVLM Reference"``
   * - ``BEACON_HANDOVER_URL``
     - Homepage or reference for the data
     - ``"https://variants.gregorconsortium.org/"``
   * - ``BEACON_NODE_ID``
     - Unique ID for the service instance
     - ``"org.anyvlm.gregor"``