diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b6e47617..715b9467 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.idea
+
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
diff --git a/supabase_py/client.py b/supabase_py/client.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3434b5d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/supabase_py/client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+from typing import Optional
+
+DEFAULT_OPTIONS = {
+    "schema": "public",
+    "auto_refresh_token": True,
+    "persist_session": True,
+    "detect_session_in_url": True,
+    "headers": {},
+}
+
+
+class SupabaseClient:
+    """
+    creates a new client for use in the browser
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, supabase_url, supabase_key, options: Optional[dict] = None):
+        """
+        :param str supabase_url: The unique Supabase URL which is supplied when you create a new project in your
+        project dashboard.
+        :param str supabase_key: The unique Supabase Key which is supplied when you create a new project in your project
+         dashboard.
+        :param dict options: a dictionary of various config for Supabase
+        """
+
+        if not supabase_url:
+            raise Exception("supabase_url is required")
+        if not supabase_key:
+            raise Exception("supabase_key is required")
+
+        settings = {**DEFAULT_OPTIONS, **options}
+        self.rest_url = f"{supabase_url}/rest/v1"
+        self.schema = settings["schema"]
diff --git a/supabase_py/request_builder.py b/supabase_py/request_builder.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b51be55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/supabase_py/request_builder.py
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+from httpx import AsyncClient
+from postgrest_py.request_builder import RequestBuilder
+
+
+class SupabaseRequestBuilder(RequestBuilder):
+    def __init__(self, session: AsyncClient, path: str):
+        super().__init__(session, path)