diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5ceb386..3a28a0e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 venv
+api_key
diff --git a/data.py b/data.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7002f5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+from PIL import Image
+from openai import OpenAI
+import pytesseract as OCR
+import os
+
+OCR.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = r"/usr/local/bin/tesseract"
+
+client = OpenAI(
+	api_key = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY"),
+)
+
+def app():
+	# data shit --> where does it come from???
+	data = OCR.image_to_string("input.png")
+	print(data)
+
+	complete = client.chat.completions.create(
+		model="gpt-3.5-turbo",
+		messages = [
+		{
+			"role": "user",
+			"content": "parse the following data in JSON format: ${data}",
+		}
+	])
+
+	print(complete.choices[0].message.content)
+
+app()
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..356c1c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+export OPENAI_API_KEY="$(cat api_key)"
+
+python3 main.py