Adding more documentation in the README

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## Contributing to http-two-factor
## Documentation
http-two-factor provides a way to log in using LDAP credentials and TOTP tokens. When the user is logged in,
the server generates a JSON web token with an expiry date that the user must keep in the *access_token* cookie.
### Endpoints
Here are the available endpoints:
| Endpoint | Method | Description |
|-----------------|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| /login | GET | Serve a static webpage for login |
| /logout | GET | Logout the current session if logged in |
| /_auth | GET | Verify whether the user is logged in |
| /_auth | POST | Generate an access token to store in *access_token* cookie |
### Parameters
And the parameters:
| Endpoint | Parameters | Returns |
|--------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| /login | None | Login static page |
| /logout | None | Redirect to *redirect* parameter |
| /_auth (GET) | *access_token* cookie containing the JSON web token | @204 or @401 |
| /_auth (POST) | { password: 'abc', username: 'user', token: '0982'} | @200 with access_token or @401 |
## Contributing to http-two-factor
Follow [contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md) file.
## License
http-2-factor is **licensed** under the **[MIT License]**. The terms of the license are as follows:
The MIT License (MIT)