853 epic review of ezid api test coverage

.gitignore

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 *\.egg-info/
 \.pytest_cache/
 .eggs/
+venv/

.python-version

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+3.11.10

scripts/.python-version

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+3.11.10

scripts/README.md

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+# Running scripts in this directory
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- You need a version of Python installed, currently the latest version of 3.11 works fine
+  and is the same version that the EZID app uses.  The version installed on the servers
+  is probably fine for using the verify_ezid_status.py script but perhaps not some other scripts.
+- If you need a version locally, you can use [pyenv](https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv) and
+  install by using the instructions at the pyenv link or `brew install pyenv`.
+
+
+```bash
+# install the version of python you desire
+pyenv install 3.11.10
+
+# set the version of python to use
+pyenv local 3.11.10
+
+# create a virtual environment
+python -m venv venv
+
+# activate the virtual environment
+source venv/bin/activate
+
+# install the requirements
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+if coming back later, activate your python version and virtual environment
+```bash
+pyenv local 3.11.10
+source venv/bin/activate
+```
+
+## Running the verify_ezid_status.py script
+
+Use a line like the following (substituting your own values) to run the script and test the api.
+
+```bash
+# Run the test normally with download check and email to user, environments are test/dev/stg/prod
+python verify_ezid_status.py -e <env> -u <user> -p <password> -n <email>
+
+# in some environments dev/test it may be convenient to skip the download check because the daemon is not running
+# the -s or --skip_download_check flag will skip the download check
+python verify_ezid_status.py -e <env> -u <user> -p <password> -s
+```
+
+All tests should pass with an `ok` message if the api is working.

scripts/requirements.txt

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 requests~=2.31.0
 selenium~=4.20.0
+shortuuid~=1.0.13