diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7bbc71c..4956e1a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -99,3 +99,6 @@ ENV/
 
 # mypy
 .mypy_cache/
+
+.idea/
+*.iml
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2841b71..16d4a3d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,3 +5,29 @@ Coming soon... this is where our officially supported SDK for Python is going to
 
 ## Developers... we need you!
 We need some help fleshing out this repo. If you're a Python dev with experience building PyPI-compatible libraries and web API wrappers, we're offering a reward of $250 to help us get started. For more info please email support@newsapi.org, or dive right in and send us a pull request.
+
+
+# Usage
+```
+import newsapi
+newsapi.API_KEY = '<API Key>'
+
+# list of all sources
+newsapi.Sources().list()
+
+# list of American sources
+newsapi.Sources().list(country='us')
+
+# list of American Gaming sources
+newsapi.Sources().list(**{'country': 'us', 'category': 'gaming'})
+
+# Same pattern for TopHeadlines and Everything
+
+newsapi.TopHeadlines().list()
+newsapi.TopHeadlines().list(arg1=..., arg2=...)
+newsapi.TopHeadlines().list(**{'arg1':..., 'arg2':...})
+
+newsapi.Everything().list()
+newsapi.Everything().list(arg1=..., arg2=...)
+newsapi.Everything().list(**{'arg1':..., 'arg2':...})
+```
diff --git a/newsapi/__init__.py b/newsapi/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e63e4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsapi/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+API_KEY = None
+API_URL_BASE = 'https://newsapi.org/v2/'
+
+from . resources import TopHeadlines, Everything, Sources
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diff --git a/newsapi/client.py b/newsapi/client.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0c8187
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsapi/client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import requests
+
+from .errors import NewsAPIError
+
+
+class Client:
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._session = requests.Session()
+
+        from newsapi import API_KEY
+        self._api_key = API_KEY
+        self._session.headers.update({'Authorization': self._api_key})
+
+        from newsapi import API_URL_BASE
+        self._api_url_base = API_URL_BASE
+
+    def get(self, endpoint, params):
+        resp = self._session.get(self._api_url_base + endpoint, params=params)
+        try:
+            resp.raise_for_status()
+            return resp.json()
+        except requests.exceptions.HTTPError:
+            raise NewsAPIError(resp.json())
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diff --git a/newsapi/errors.py b/newsapi/errors.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d87fb74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsapi/errors.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class NewsAPIError(Exception):
+
+    def __init__(self,  response_json, *args, **kwargs):
+        message = '{code} : {message}'.format(**response_json)
+        super().__init__(message, *args, **kwargs)
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diff --git a/newsapi/resources.py b/newsapi/resources.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71bfefc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsapi/resources.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+from .client import Client
+
+
+class BaseResource:
+
+    endpoint = None
+    item = None
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.client = Client()
+
+    def list(self, **params):
+        return self.client.get(self.endpoint, params)[self.item]
+
+
+class TopHeadlines(BaseResource):
+
+    endpoint = 'top-headlines'
+    item = 'articles'
+
+
+class Everything(BaseResource):
+
+    endpoint = 'everything'
+    item = 'articles'
+
+
+class Sources(BaseResource):
+
+    endpoint = 'sources'
+    item = 'sources'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3740f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+install_reqs = [
+    'requests',
+]
+
+setup(
+    name='newsapi',
+    version='0.0.0',
+    description='Python client for the News-API REST API',
+    author='James Christopher',
+    author_email='jcahall@washington.edu',
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    classifiers=[
+        'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
+        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
+        'Natural Language :: English',
+        'Operating System :: OS Independent',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
+        'Programming Language :: Python',
+        'Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP',
+    ],
+    url='https://github.com/News-API-gh/News-API-python',
+    install_requires=install_reqs,
+)
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