diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1a83b3e1..ba427703 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 *.pyc
-Credentials.py
+GithubCredentials.py
 .coverage
diff --git a/IntegrationTest.py b/IntegrationTest.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6fb015cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/IntegrationTest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/env python
+
+import unittest
+
+from github import Github
+import GithubCredentials
+
+class TestCase( unittest.TestCase ):
+    def setUp( self ):
+        self.g = Github( GithubCredentials.login, GithubCredentials.password )
+
+    def testAuthenticatedUser( self ):
+        u = self.g.get_user()
+        self.assertEqual( u.login, "jacquev6" )
+        self.assertEqual( u.name, "Vincent Jacques" )
+
+unittest.main()
diff --git a/github/Github.py b/github/Github.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33286050
--- /dev/null
+++ b/github/Github.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import urllib2
+import json
+import base64
+
+from User import AuthenticatedUser
+
+class Github:
+    def __init__( self, login, password ):
+        self.__login = login
+        self.__password = password
+
+    class _Request( urllib2.Request ):
+        def __init__( self, verb, url, data ):
+            urllib2.Request.__init__( self, url, data )
+            self.__verb = verb
+
+        def get_method( self ):
+            return self.__verb
+
+    def _rawRequest( self, verb, url, data = None ):
+        assert( verb in [ "HEAD", "GET", "POST", "PATCH", "PUT", "DELETE" ] )
+
+        # print verb, url, data
+
+        req = Github._Request( verb, "https://api.github.com" + url, json.dumps( data ) )
+        b64_userpass = base64.b64encode( '%s:%s' % ( self.__login, self.__password ) )
+        b64_userpass = b64_userpass.replace( '\n', '' )
+        req.add_header(
+            "Authorization", "Basic %s" % b64_userpass
+        )
+
+        return json.load( urllib2.urlopen( req ) )
+
+    def get_user( self ):
+        return AuthenticatedUser( self, {}, lazy = True )
diff --git a/github/User.py b/github/User.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c432907
--- /dev/null
+++ b/github/User.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from GithubObject import *
+
+AuthenticatedUser = GithubObject(
+    "AuthenticatedUser",
+    BaseUrl( lambda obj: "/user" ),
+    SimpleScalarAttributes(
+        "login", "id", "avatar_url", "gravatar_id", "url", "name", "company",
+        "blog", "location", "email", "hireable", "bio", "public_repos",
+        "public_gists", "followers", "following", "html_url", "created_at",
+        "type", "total_private_repos", "owned_private_repos", "private_gists",
+        "disk_usage", "collaborators", "plan"
+    ),
+)
diff --git a/github/__init__.py b/github/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..109d6b9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/github/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from Github import Github