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@@ -30,7 +30,92 @@ dashboard, please contact your Optimizely account executive.
 Using the SDK
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-See the Optimizely `Full Stack documentation`_ to learn how to
+You can initialize the Optimizely instance in three ways: with a datafile, by providing an `sdk_key`, or by providing a `ConfigManager`_. Each method is described below. 
+
+1. Initialize Optimizely with a datafile. This datafile will be used as
+   ProjectConfig throughout the life of Optimizely instance.
+   ::
+
+      optimizely.Optimizely(
+        datafile
+      )
+
+2. Initialize Optimizely by providing an 'sdk_key'. This will initialize
+   a PollingConfigManager that makes an HTTP GET request to the URL (formed 
+    using your provided `sdk key` and the default datafile CDN URL
+   template) to asynchronously download the project datafile at regular
+   intervals and update ProjectConfig when a new datafile is recieved. A
+   hard-coded datafile can also be provided along with the `sdk_key` that
+   will be used initially before any update.
+   ::
+
+      optimizely.Optimizely(
+        sdk_key='put_your_sdk_key_here'
+      )
+
+3. Initialize Optimizely by providing a ConfigManager that implements `BaseConfigManager`_. You may use our `PollingConfigManager` as needed.
+   ::
+
+      optimizely.Optimizely(
+        config_manager=custom_config_manager
+      )
+
+PollingConfigManager
+''''''''''''''''''''
+
+The `PollingConfigManager` asynchronously polls for datafiles from a
+specified URL at regular intervals by making HTTP requests.
+
+polling_config_manager = PollingConfigManager( sdk_key=None,
+datafile=None, update_interval=None, url=None, url_template=None,
+logger=None, error_handler=None, notification_center=None,
+skip_json_validation=False )
+
+**Note**: You must provide either the `sdk_key` or URL. If you provide both, the URL takes precedence.
+
+**sdk_key** The `sdk_key` is used to compose the outbound HTTP request to
+the default datafile location on the Optimizely CDN.
+
+**datafile** You can provide an initial datafile to bootstrap the
+``ProjectConfigManager`` so that it can be used immediately. The initial
+datafile also serves as a fallback datafile if HTTP connection cannot be
+established. The initial datafile will be discarded after the first
+successful datafile poll.
+
+**update_interval** The update_interval is used to specify a fixed delay
+in seconds between consecutive HTTP requests for the datafile.
+
+**url_template** A string with placeholder ``{sdk_key}`` can be provided
+so that this template along with the provided `sdk key` is used to form
+the target URL.
+
+You may also provide your own logger, error_handler, or
+notification_center.
+
+Advanced configuration
+''''''''''''''''''''''         
+
+The following properties can be set to override the default
+configurations for `PollingConfigManager`.
+
+================ ======================================================== =====================================================================================
+**PropertyName** **Default Value**                                        **Description**
+================ ======================================================== =====================================================================================
+update_interval  5 minutes                                                Fixed delay between fetches for the datafile
+sdk_key          None                                                     Optimizely project SDK key
+url              None                                                     URL override location used to specify custom HTTP source for the Optimizely datafile
+url_template     https://cdn.optimizely.com/datafiles/{sdk_key}.json      Parameterized datafile URL by SDK key
+datafile         None                                                     Initial datafile, typically sourced from a local cached source
+================ ======================================================== =====================================================================================
+
+A notification signal will be triggered whenever a *new* datafile is
+fetched and Project Config is updated. To subscribe to these
+notifications, use:
+
+``notification_center.add_notification_listener(NotificationTypes.OPTIMIZELY_CONFIG_UPDATE, update_callback)``
+
+
+For Further details see the Optimizely `Full Stack documentation`_ to learn how to
 set up your first Python project and use the SDK.
 
 Development
@@ -123,6 +208,8 @@ Please see `CONTRIBUTING`_.
 .. _Full Stack documentation: https://docs.developers.optimizely.com/full-stack/docs
 .. _Rollouts documentation: https://docs.developers.optimizely.com/rollouts/docs
 .. _CONTRIBUTING: CONTRIBUTING.rst
+.. _ConfigManager: https://github.com/optimizely/python-sdk/tree/master/optimizely/config_manager.py
+.. _BaseConfigManager: https://github.com/optimizely/python-sdk/tree/master/optimizely/config_manager.py#L32
 
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