diff --git a/lib/client.js b/lib/client.js
index 502bf0d..d2ac7a3 100644
--- a/lib/client.js
+++ b/lib/client.js
@@ -170,6 +170,36 @@ this.CKAN.Client = (function (CKAN, $, _, Backbone, undefined) {
           }, this);
 
       return new CKAN.Model.SearchCollection(models, {total: json.count});
+    },
+
+    // Performs a query on CKAN API.
+    // The `options` argument can contain any keys supported by jQuery.ajax().
+    // In addition it should contain either a url or offset variable. If
+    // offset provided it will be used to construct the full api url by
+    // prepending the endpoint plus 'api' (i.e. offset of '/2/rest/package'
+    // will become '{endpoint}/api/2/rest'.
+    //
+    // The `options.success` method (and any other success callbacks) will
+    // recieve a `SearchCollection` containing `Dataset` models. The method
+    // returns a jqXHR object so that additional callbacks can be registered
+    // with .success() and .error().
+    apiCall: function (options) {
+      options = options || {};
+      // Add additional request options.
+      options = _.extend({}, {
+        url: this.environment('endpoint') + '/api' + options.offset,
+        headers: {
+          'X-CKAN-API-KEY': this.environment('apiKey')
+        }
+      }, options);
+
+      return $.ajax(options);
+    },
+
+    // wrap CKAN /api/storage/auth/form - see http://packages.python.org/ckanext-storage
+    // params and returns value are as for that API
+    // key is file label/path 
+    getStorageAuthForm: function(key, options) {
     }
   });
 
diff --git a/lib/template/resource-upload.js b/lib/template/resource-upload.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d666b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/template/resource-upload.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+CKAN.Templates.resourceUpload = ' \
+  <form action="" \
+    enctype="multipart/form-data" \
+    method="POST"> \
+ \
+    <div class="hidden-inputs"></div> \
+    <dl> \
+      <!--dt> \
+        <label>File name:</label> \
+      </dt> \
+      <dd> \
+        <input type="text" name="key" value="" /> \
+      </dd--> \
+      <dt> \
+        <label>File:</label> \
+      </dt> \
+      <dd> \
+        <input  id="file" name="file" type="file" size="50" /> \
+      </dd> \
+    </dl> \
+    <div class="submit"> \
+      <input type="submit" value="Upload &raquo;" /> \
+    </div> \
+  </form> \
+';
diff --git a/lib/view/resource-upload.js b/lib/view/resource-upload.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..424e398
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/view/resource-upload.js
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+this.CKAN || (this.CKAN = {});
+this.CKAN.View || (this.CKAN.View = {});
+
+(function (CKAN, $, _, Backbone, undefined) {
+  CKAN.View.ResourceUpload = Backbone.View.extend({
+    tagName: 'div',
+
+    // expects a client arguments in its options
+    initialize: function(options) {
+      this.el = $(this.el);
+      this.client = options.client;
+      _.bindAll(this, 'update', 'render');
+    },
+
+    render: function () {
+      this.el.empty();
+      tmplData = {
+      }
+      var tmpl = $.tmpl(CKAN.Templates.resourceUpload, tmplData);
+      this.el.html(tmpl);
+      return this;
+    },
+
+    // update with data from backend storage
+    update: function() {
+      var self = this;
+      var key = 'xyz/abc';
+      this.client.getStorageAuthForm(key, {
+        success: function(data) {
+          _tmpl = '<input type="hidden" name="${name}" value="${value}" />';
+          self.el.find('form').attr('action', data.action);
+          var $hidden = $(self.el.find('form div.hidden-inputs')[0]);
+          $.each(data.fields, function(idx, item) {
+            $hidden.append($.tmpl(_tmpl, item));
+          });
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  });
+
+})(CKAN, $, _, Backbone, undefined);
diff --git a/test/fixtures.js b/test/fixtures.js
index b671e2d..81a95bd 100644
--- a/test/fixtures.js
+++ b/test/fixtures.js
@@ -101,4 +101,31 @@ var datasets = [
       }
     ]
   }
-]
+];
+
+var FIXTURES = {
+  'apiStorageAuthForm': [
+    {
+      "action": "http://ckantest.commondatastorage.googleapis.com/", 
+      "fields": [
+        {
+          "name": "policy", 
+          "value": "eyJleHBpcmF0aW9uIjogIjIwMTEtMDgtMDhUMTA6MTA6MTRaIiwKImNvbmRpdGlvbnMiOiBbeyJidWNrZXQiOiAiY2thbnRlc3QifSx7ImtleSI6ICJ4eXovYWJjIn1dfQ=="
+        }, 
+        {
+          "name": "AWSAccessKeyId", 
+          "value": "GOOGC6OU3AYPNY47B66M"
+        }, 
+        {
+          "name": "signature", 
+          "value": "3lqm6s3tsxlBhTeYfY7kYBGNB+Q="
+        }, 
+        {
+          "name": "key", 
+          "value": "xyz/abc"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+};
+
diff --git a/test/index.html b/test/index.html
index 26b51ff..03acf78 100644
--- a/test/index.html
+++ b/test/index.html
@@ -68,10 +68,15 @@ <h3>Results</h3>
   <script src="../lib/template/dataset-form.js"></script>
   <script src="../lib/template/resource-form.js"></script>
   <script src="../lib/template/resource-view.js"></script>
+
   <script src="../lib/client.js"></script>
   <script src="../lib/model.js"></script>
   <script src="../lib/view.js"></script>
   <script src="../lib/view/dataset-listing.js"></script>
+
+  <script src="../lib/template/resource-upload.js"></script>
+  <script src="../lib/view/resource-upload.js"></script>
+
   <script src="../lib/ui.js"></script>
   <script src="../widgets/search/js/search.js"></script>
 
diff --git a/test/view-test.js b/test/view-test.js
index 5a7e3f2..75dc648 100644
--- a/test/view-test.js
+++ b/test/view-test.js
@@ -100,3 +100,25 @@ test("ResourceEditView", function() {
   equal(url, res.get('url'));
 });
 
+test("ResourceUpload", function() {
+  var client = new CKAN.Client();
+  sinon.stub(client, 'getStorageAuthForm', function(key, options) {
+    options.success(FIXTURES.apiStorageAuthForm[0]);
+  });
+
+  var view = new CKAN.View.ResourceUpload({
+    client: client
+  });
+  var $el = view.render().el;
+  ok($el);
+  $('.fixture').append($el);
+
+  view.update()
+  equals($el.find('form').attr('action'), 'http://ckantest.commondatastorage.googleapis.com/');
+  var expectedFields = ['signature', 'policy'];
+  $.each(expectedFields, function(idx, fieldName) {
+    var _found = $el.find('input[name="' + fieldName + '"]');
+    equals(_found.length, 1, 'Failed to find input ' + fieldName);
+  });
+});
+