diff --git a/kern/__init__.py b/kern/__init__.py
index dfcffd3..cb94726 100644
--- a/kern/__init__.py
+++ b/kern/__init__.py
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 
 from wasabi import msg
 import pandas as pd
-from kern import authentication, api_calls, settings, exceptions
+from kern import authentication, api_calls, settings, exceptions, util
 from typing import List, Optional, Dict
 import json
+import os.path
 from tqdm import tqdm
 import spacy
 
@@ -127,30 +128,47 @@ def get_record_export(
             msg.good(f"Downloaded export to {download_to}")
         return df
 
-    # TODO: issue #6
-    # def post_file_import(self, upload_from: str):
-    #     upload_from = f"{upload_from}_SCALE"
-    #     file_type = "records"
-    #     import_file_options = None
-    #     config_url = settings.get_config_url()
-    #     config_api_response = api_calls.get_request(config_url, self.session_token)
-    #     endpoint = config_api_response["KERN_S3_ENDPOINT"]
-
-    #     import_url = settings.get_import_url(self.project_id)
-    #     import_api_response = api_calls.post_request(
-    #         import_url,
-    #         {
-    #             "file_name": upload_from,
-    #             "file_type": file_type,
-    #             "import_file_options": import_file_options,
-    #         },
-    #         self.session_token,
-    #     )
-
-    #     credentials = import_api_response["Credentials"]
-    #     access_key = credentials["AccessKeyId"]
-    #     secret_key = credentials["SecretAccessKey"]
-    #     session_token = credentials["SessionToken"]
-
-    #     upload_task_id = import_api_response["uploadTaskId"]
-    #     return endpoint, access_key, secret_key, session_token, upload_task_id
+    def post_file_import(self, path: str) -> bool:
+        if not os.path.exists(path):
+            raise Exception(f"Given filepath is not valid. Path: {path}")
+        last_path_part = path.split("/")[-1]
+        file_name = f"{last_path_part}_SCALE"
+        file_type = "records"
+        import_file_options = ""
+
+        # config
+        config_url = settings.get_base_config(self.project_id)
+        config_api_response = api_calls.get_request(
+            config_url,
+            self.session_token,
+        )
+        endpoint = config_api_response.get("KERN_S3_ENDPOINT")
+
+        # credentials
+        credentials_url = settings.get_import_url(self.project_id)
+        credentials_api_response = api_calls.post_request(
+            credentials_url,
+            {
+                "file_name": file_name,
+                "file_type": file_type,
+                "import_file_options": import_file_options,
+            },
+            self.session_token,
+        )
+        credentials = credentials_api_response["Credentials"]
+        access_key = credentials["AccessKeyId"]
+        secret_key = credentials["SecretAccessKey"]
+        session_token = credentials["SessionToken"]
+        upload_task_id = credentials_api_response["uploadTaskId"]
+        bucket = credentials_api_response["bucket"]
+        success = util.s3_upload(
+            access_key,
+            secret_key,
+            session_token,
+            bucket,
+            endpoint,
+            upload_task_id,
+            path,
+            file_name,
+        )
+        return True if success else False
diff --git a/kern/settings.py b/kern/settings.py
index 8ff12f5..0adcb50 100644
--- a/kern/settings.py
+++ b/kern/settings.py
@@ -42,3 +42,7 @@ def get_export_url(project_id: str) -> str:
 
 def get_import_url(project_id: str) -> str:
     return f"{get_project_url(project_id)}/import"
+
+
+def get_base_config(project_id: str) -> str:
+    return f"{get_project_url(project_id)}/import/base_config"
diff --git a/kern/util.py b/kern/util.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1130996
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kern/util.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import boto3
+from botocore.client import Config
+
+
+def s3_upload(
+    access_key: str,
+    secret_key: str,
+    aws_session_token: str,
+    target_bucket: str,
+    url: str,
+    upload_task_id: str,
+    file_path: str,
+    file_name: str,
+) -> bool:
+    """
+    Connects to the object storage with temporary credentials generated for the
+    given user_id, project_id and bucket
+    """
+    s3 = boto3.resource(
+        "s3",
+        endpoint_url=url,
+        aws_access_key_id=access_key,
+        aws_secret_access_key=secret_key,
+        aws_session_token=aws_session_token,
+        config=Config(signature_version="s3v4"),
+        region_name="us-east-1",
+    )
+    s3_object = s3.Object(target_bucket, f"{upload_task_id}/{file_name}")
+    with open(file_path, "rb") as file:
+        s3_object.put(Body=file)
+    return True
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a0c2849..24d47e6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ backcall==0.2.0
 beautifulsoup4==4.11.1
 black==22.3.0
 bleach==5.0.0
+boto3==1.24.26
+botocore==1.27.26
 certifi==2021.10.8
 cffi==1.15.0
 charset-normalizer==2.0.12
@@ -31,7 +33,6 @@ jupyter-console==6.4.3
 jupyter-core==4.10.0
 jupyterlab-pygments==0.2.2
 jupyterlab-widgets==1.1.0
-kern-python-client @ file:///Users/jhoetter/repos/kern-python
 MarkupSafe==2.1.1
 matplotlib-inline==0.1.3
 minio==7.1.8
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ requests==2.27.1
 Send2Trash==1.8.0
 six==1.16.0
 soupsieve==2.3.2.post1
+spacy==3.3.1
 stack-data==0.2.0
 terminado==0.15.0
 tinycss2==1.1.1