diff --git a/chiv.go b/chiv.go
index d8278f9..1a45ab6 100644
--- a/chiv.go
+++ b/chiv.go
@@ -1,10 +1,81 @@
+// Package chiv archives arbitrarily large relational database tables to Amazon S3.
 package chiv
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/s3/s3manager"
 )
 
-func Archive(uploader *s3manager.Uploader) {
+type Archiver struct {
+	db     *sql.DB
+	s3     *s3manager.Uploader
+	format Format // TODO WithFormat(Format) Option
+	// TODO other options like batch size... in bytes or rows?
+}
+
+type Option func(*Archiver)
+
+type Format int
+
+const (
+	CSV Format = iota
+	JSON
+)
+
+const (
+	DefaultFormat = CSV
+)
+
+// NewArchiver constructs an Archiver with the given database connection, S3 uploader and options.
+func NewArchiver(db *sql.DB, s3 *s3manager.Uploader, options ...Option) *Archiver {
+	a := Archiver{
+		db:     db,
+		s3:     s3,
+		format: DefaultFormat,
+	}
+
+	for _, option := range options {
+		option(&a)
+	}
+
+	return &a
+}
+
+// Archive a database table to S3.
+func (a *Archiver) Archive(table string, options ...Option) error {
+	return a.ArchiveWithContext(context.Background(), table, options...)
+}
+
+// Archive a database table to S3 with context.
+func (a *Archiver) ArchiveWithContext(ctx context.Context, table string, options ...Option) error {
+	archiver := archiver{
+		db:     a.db, // TODO do these need to be top level or use archiver.config.db and archiver.config.s3?
+		s3:     a.s3,
+		ctx:    ctx,
+		config: a,
+	}
+
+	for _, option := range options {
+		option(archiver.config)
+	}
+
+	return archiver.archive(table)
+}
+
+type archiver struct {
+	db     *sql.DB
+	s3     *s3manager.Uploader
+	ctx    context.Context
+	config *Archiver
+}
+
+func (a *archiver) archive(table string) error {
+
+	// TODO the work
+	// 		db cursor selecting: ???
+	// 		s3 streaming: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/code-samples/latest/catalog/go-s3-upload_arbitrary_sized_stream.go.html
 
-	//https://docs.aws.amazon.com/code-samples/latest/catalog/go-s3-upload_arbitrary_sized_stream.go.html
+	return nil // TODO return size or some other info along w/ error?
 }
diff --git a/chiv_test.go b/chiv_test.go
index a4444d9..586731f 100644
--- a/chiv_test.go
+++ b/chiv_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// Package chiv_test includes integration tests external to package chiv
+// and relies on external services postgres and s3 (localstack) via CodeShip.
 package chiv_test
 
 import (
@@ -9,4 +11,4 @@ import (
 func TestArchive(t *testing.T) {
 	chiv.Archive()
 	t.Log("test test test")
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}