diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 691037e..89930b5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 .venv/*
+.env
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diff --git a/bscan/connector/__init__.py b/bscan/connector/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
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diff --git a/bscan/connector/__pycache__/paperless.cpython-311.pyc b/bscan/connector/__pycache__/paperless.cpython-311.pyc
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diff --git a/bscan/connector/common.py b/bscan/connector/common.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f13a434
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bscan/connector/common.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+from requests import Response, get, post
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from types import TracebackType
+from typing import IO, Any, Self, final
+
+
+class Connector(ABC):
+    @property
+    @abstractmethod
+    def connected(self) -> bool:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def connect(self) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def disconnect(self) -> None:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    @final
+    def __enter__(self) -> Self:
+        self.connect()
+        return self
+
+    @final
+    def __exit__(
+        self,
+        _exc_type: type[BaseException] | None,
+        _exc_value: BaseException | None,
+        _exc_tb: TracebackType | None,
+    ) -> bool:
+        self.disconnect()
+        return False
+
+
+class RESTConnector(Connector, ABC):
+    url: str
+    port: int
+
+    def post(
+        self,
+        endpoint: str,
+        data: dict[str, Any],
+        files: dict[str, IO] | None = None,
+        header: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+    ) -> Response:
+        return post(
+            f"https://{self.url}:{self.port}/{endpoint}",
+            data=data,
+            files=files,
+            headers=header,
+        )
+
+    def get(self, endpoint: str, data: dict[str, Any]) -> Response:
+        return get(f"https://{self.url}:{self.port}/{endpoint}", params=data)
diff --git a/bscan/connector/paperless.py b/bscan/connector/paperless.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc29a42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bscan/connector/paperless.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+from typing import IO, NotRequired, TypedDict, Unpack
+
+from requests import Response
+from .common import RESTConnector
+
+
+class PaperlessPostDocumentOptions(TypedDict):
+    title: NotRequired[str]
+    created: NotRequired[datetime]
+    correspondent: NotRequired[str]
+    document_type: NotRequired[str]
+    tags: NotRequired[list[str]]
+    archive_serial_number: NotRequired[int]
+
+
+class PaperlessConnection(RESTConnector):
+    url: str
+    port: int
+
+    _token: str | None
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        url: str,
+        port: int,
+        user: str,
+        password: str,
+    ) -> None:
+        self.url = url
+        self.port = port
+        token_response = self.post(
+            "/api/token/",
+            {
+                "username": user,
+                "password": password,
+            },
+        )
+
+        assert token_response.ok, token_response
+
+        self._token = token_response.json()["token"]
+
+    def post_document(
+        self, document: IO, **kwargs: Unpack[PaperlessPostDocumentOptions]
+    ) -> Response:
+        return self.post(
+            "/api/documents/post_document/",
+            files={"document": document},
+            data=dict(**kwargs),
+            header={"Authorization": f"Token {self._token}"},
+        )
+
+    @property
+    def connected(self) -> bool:
+        return bool(self._token)
+
+    def connect(self) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    def disconnect(self) -> None:
+        pass
diff --git a/bscan/connector/scanner.py b/bscan/connector/scanner.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78e1d12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bscan/connector/scanner.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from bscan.connector.common import Connector
+
+
+class HPScannerConnection(Connector):
+    pass
diff --git a/bscan/main.py b/bscan/main.py
index 4693850..85281b4 100644
--- a/bscan/main.py
+++ b/bscan/main.py
@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
+import sane as sane
+
+
 def main() -> None:
-    pass
+    # env_file = Path(__file__).parent.parent / ".env"
+    #
+    # if env_file.exists():
+    #     conf = loads(env_file.read_text())
+    #     user = conf["username"]
+    #     password = conf["password"]
+    # else:
+    #     user = input("paperless user: ")
+    #     password = getpass("paperless password: ")
+    #
+    # pc = PaperlessConnection("papers.acereca.net", 443, user, password)
+    #
+    # doc = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "tests" / "data" / "20230504_FRITZ!Box7590.pdf"
+    #
+    # ret = pc.post_document(document=doc.open(mode="rb"))
+
+    sane.init()
+    print(sane.get_devices())
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index aacdc3b..22bd6a2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 [project]
 name = "bscan"
 version = "0.1.0"
-dependencies = []
+dependencies = [
+  "requests~=2.31",
+  "python-sane~=2.9"
+]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
@@ -18,4 +21,4 @@ requires = [
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
-bscan = "bscan:main/main"
+bscan = "bscan.main:main"
diff --git a/tests/data/20230504_FRITZ!Box7590.pdf b/tests/data/20230504_FRITZ!Box7590.pdf
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