diff --git a/src/__tests__/mocks/handlers/image.js b/src/__tests__/mocks/handlers/image.js
index cf617467..f0c33fe2 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/mocks/handlers/image.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/mocks/handlers/image.js
@@ -10,6 +10,20 @@ const FavoriteSuccessResponse = {
   status: 200,
 };
 
+export function getHandler(req, res, ctx) {
+  const { id } = req.params;
+  const response = {
+    data: {
+      id,
+      title: 'image-title',
+      description: 'image-description',
+    },
+    success: true,
+    status: 200,
+  };
+  return res(ctx.json(response));
+}
+
 export function postHandler(_req, res, ctx) {
   return res(ctx.json(SuccessResponse));
 }
diff --git a/src/__tests__/mocks/handlers/index.js b/src/__tests__/mocks/handlers/index.js
index d85bf053..012296bd 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/mocks/handlers/index.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/mocks/handlers/index.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export const handlers = [
   rest.get('https://api.imgur.com/3/gallery/:id', gallery.getHandler),
 
   // image
+  rest.get('https://api.imgur.com/3/image/:id', image.getHandler),
   rest.post('https://api.imgur.com/3/image/:id', image.postHandler),
   rest.post(
     'https://api.imgur.com/3/image/:id/favorite',
diff --git a/src/client.ts b/src/client.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec5908b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
+import got, { Options } from 'got';
+import { getAuthorizationHeader, Credentials } from './helpers';
+
+export class ImgurClient extends EventEmitter {
+  constructor(readonly credentials: Credentials) {
+    super();
+  }
+
+  async request(options: Options): Promise<any> {
+    try {
+      return await got(options);
+    } catch (err) {
+      throw new Error(err);
+    }
+  }
+
+  async authorizedRequest(options: Options): Promise<any> {
+    try {
+      const authorization = await getAuthorizationHeader(this);
+      const mergedOptions = got.mergeOptions(options, {
+        headers: { authorization },
+        responseType: 'json',
+        resolveBodyOnly: true,
+      });
+      return await this.request(mergedOptions);
+    } catch (err) {
+      throw new Error(err.message);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/helpers/credentials.ts b/src/helpers/credentials.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7acca632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helpers/credentials.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+export type AccessToken = {
+  accessToken: string;
+};
+
+export type ClientId = {
+  clientId: string;
+};
+
+export type Login = ClientId & {
+  username: string;
+  password: string;
+};
+
+export type Credentials = AccessToken | ClientId | Login;
+
+export function isAccessToken(arg: any): arg is AccessToken {
+  return arg.accessToken !== undefined;
+}
+
+export function isLogin(arg: any): arg is Login {
+  return arg.username !== undefined && arg.password !== undefined;
+}
+
+export function isClientId(arg: any): arg is ClientId {
+  return arg.clientId !== undefined;
+}
diff --git a/src/helpers/endpoints.ts b/src/helpers/endpoints.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7663dcfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helpers/endpoints.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const HOST = 'https://api.imgur.com';
+const API_VERSION = '3';
+const API_BASE = `${HOST}/${API_VERSION}`;
+
+export const AUTHORIZE_ENDPOINT = `${HOST}/oauth2/authorize`;
+
+export const IMAGE_ENDPOINT = `${API_BASE}/image`;
diff --git a/src/helpers/getAuthorizationHeader.test.ts b/src/helpers/getAuthorizationHeader.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..77e916bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helpers/getAuthorizationHeader.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { ImgurClient } from '../client';
+import { getAuthorizationHeader } from './getAuthorizationHeader';
+
+test('returns provided access code in bearer header', async () => {
+  const accessToken = 'abc123';
+  const client = new ImgurClient({ accessToken });
+  const authorizationHeader = await getAuthorizationHeader(client);
+  expect(authorizationHeader).toBe(`Bearer ${accessToken}`);
+});
+
+test('returns provided client id in client id header', async () => {
+  const clientId = 'abc123';
+  const client = new ImgurClient({ clientId });
+  const authorizationHeader = await getAuthorizationHeader(client);
+  expect(authorizationHeader).toBe(`Client-ID ${clientId}`);
+});
+
+test('retrieves access token from imgur via provided username/password/clientid', async () => {
+  const client = new ImgurClient({
+    username: 'fakeusername',
+    password: 'fakepassword',
+    clientId: 'fakeclientd',
+  });
+  const authorizationHeader = await getAuthorizationHeader(client);
+  expect(authorizationHeader).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
+    `"Bearer 123accesstoken456"`
+  );
+});
diff --git a/src/helpers/getAuthorizationHeader.ts b/src/helpers/getAuthorizationHeader.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f7e98f8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helpers/getAuthorizationHeader.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { isAccessToken, isClientId, isLogin } from './credentials';
+import { ImgurClient } from '../client';
+import { AUTHORIZE_ENDPOINT } from '../helpers';
+
+export async function getAuthorizationHeader(client: ImgurClient) {
+  if (isAccessToken(client.credentials)) {
+    return `Bearer ${client.credentials.accessToken}`;
+  }
+
+  if (isClientId(client.credentials) && !isLogin(client.credentials)) {
+    return `Client-ID ${client.credentials.clientId}`;
+  }
+
+  const { clientId, username, password } = client.credentials;
+
+  const options: Record<string, any> = {
+    url: AUTHORIZE_ENDPOINT,
+    searchParams: {
+      client_id: clientId,
+      response_type: 'token',
+    },
+  };
+
+  let response = await client.request(options);
+
+  const cookies = Array.isArray(response.headers['set-cookie'])
+    ? response.headers['set-cookie'][0]
+    : response.headers['set-cookie'];
+  const authorizeToken = cookies.match('(^|;)[s]*authorize_token=([^;]*)')[2];
+
+  options.method = 'POST';
+  options.form = {
+    username,
+    password,
+    allow: authorizeToken,
+  };
+
+  options.followRedirect = false;
+  options.headers = {
+    cookie: `authorize_token=${authorizeToken}`,
+  };
+
+  response = await client.request(options);
+  const location = response.headers.location;
+  const token = JSON.parse(
+    '{"' +
+      decodeURI(location.slice(location.indexOf('#') + 1))
+        .replace(/"/g, '\\"')
+        .replace(/&/g, '","')
+        .replace(/=/g, '":"') +
+      '"}'
+  );
+
+  const accessToken = token.access_token;
+  (client.credentials as any).accessToken = accessToken;
+  return `Bearer ${accessToken}`;
+}
diff --git a/src/helpers/index.ts b/src/helpers/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc08a9f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helpers/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export * from './getAuthorizationHeader';
+export * from './credentials';
+export * from './endpoints';
diff --git a/src/image/getImage.test.ts b/src/image/getImage.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad99f1ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/image/getImage.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { ImgurClient } from '../client';
+import { getImage } from './getImage';
+
+test('returns an image response', async () => {
+  const accessToken = 'abc123';
+  const client = new ImgurClient({ accessToken });
+  const response = await getImage(client, 'CEddrgP');
+  expect(response).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    Object {
+      "data": Object {
+        "description": "image-description",
+        "id": "CEddrgP",
+        "title": "image-title",
+      },
+      "status": 200,
+      "success": true,
+    }
+  `);
+});
diff --git a/src/image/getImage.ts b/src/image/getImage.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..764a6438
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/image/getImage.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import { ImgurClient } from '../client';
+import { IMAGE_ENDPOINT } from '../helpers';
+
+type ImageResponse = {
+  data: {
+    id?: string;
+    title?: string | null;
+    description?: string | null;
+    datetime?: number;
+    type?: string;
+    animated?: boolean;
+    width?: number;
+    height?: number;
+    size?: number;
+    views?: number;
+    bandwidth?: number;
+    vote?: boolean | null;
+    favorite?: boolean;
+    nsfw?: boolean;
+    section?: string | null;
+    account_url?: string | null;
+    account_id?: string | null;
+    is_ad?: boolean;
+    in_most_viral?: boolean;
+    has_sound?: boolean;
+    tags?: string[];
+    ad_type?: number;
+    ad_url?: string;
+    edited?: string;
+    in_gallery?: string;
+    link?: string;
+    ad_config?: {
+      safeFlags?: string[];
+      highRiskFlags?: string[];
+      unsafeFlags?: string[];
+      wallUnsafeFlags?: string[];
+      showsAds?: boolean;
+    };
+  };
+  success: boolean;
+  status: number;
+};
+
+export async function getImage(
+  client: ImgurClient,
+  imageHash: string
+): Promise<ImageResponse> {
+  const url = `${IMAGE_ENDPOINT}/${imageHash}`;
+  return await client.authorizedRequest({ url });
+}
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32d9122f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { ImgurClient } from './client';