diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2f22d72..07d5730 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /data
 /target
+/venv
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/upload.py b/examples/upload.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba6e516
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/upload.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import requests
+
+with open("./example.jpeg", "rb") as file:
+    image = file.read()
+
+r = requests.post(
+    "http://127.0.0.1:8000/v1/user-profiles",
+    params={"format": "jpeg"},
+    headers={
+        "content-length": str(len(image)),
+        "content-type": "application/octet-stream"
+    },
+    data=image,
+)
+
+r.raise_for_status()
+data = r.json()
+
+print("My image id: {}", data['image_id'])
+print("It took {}s to complete!", data['processing_time'])
+print("And has a checksum of {}!", data['checksum'])