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 ```
 
+## Quick-Start Example - File Uploader
+
+### FileUploader.hs
+``` haskell
+#!/usr/bin/env stack
+-- stack --resolver lts-6.27 runghc --package minio-hs --package optparse-applicative --package filepath
+
+{-# Language OverloadedStrings, ScopedTypeVariables #-}
+import Network.Minio
+
+import Control.Monad.Catch (catch)
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class (liftIO)
+import Options.Applicative
+import Prelude
+import System.FilePath.Posix
+import Data.Text (pack)
+
+-- | The following example uses minio's play server at
+-- https://play.minio.io:9000.  The endpoint and associated
+-- credentials are provided via the libary constant,
+--
+-- > minioPlayCI :: ConnectInfo
+--
+
+-- optparse-applicative package based command-line parsing.
+fileNameOpts :: Parser FilePath
+fileNameOpts = strOption
+               (long "filename"
+                <> metavar "FILENAME"
+                <> help "Name of file to upload to AWS S3 or a Minio server")
+
+cmdParser = info
+            (helper <*> fileNameOpts)
+            (fullDesc
+             <> progDesc "FileUploader"
+             <> header
+             "FileUploader - a simple file-uploader program using minio-hs")
+
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = do
+  let bucket = "my-bucket"
+
+  -- Parse command line argument, namely --filename.
+  filepath <- execParser cmdParser
+  let object = pack $ takeBaseName filepath
+
+  res <- runResourceT $ runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
+    -- Make a bucket; catch bucket already exists exception if thrown.
+    catch
+      (makeBucket bucket Nothing)
+      (\(_ :: MError) -> liftIO $ putStrLn "Bucket already exists, proceeding with upload file.")
+
+    -- Upload filepath to bucket; object is derived from filepath.
+    fPutObject bucket object filepath
+
+  case res of
+    Left e -> putStrLn $ "file upload failed due to " ++ (show e)
+    Right () -> putStrLn "file upload succeeded."
+```
+
+### Run fileuploader
+
+``` sh
+./FileUploader.hs --filename "path/to/my/file"
+
+```
+
 ## Contribute
 
 [Contributors Guide](https://github.com/minio/minio-hs/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
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+#!/usr/bin/env stack
+-- stack --resolver lts-6.27 runghc --package minio-hs --package optparse-applicative --package filepath
+
+{-# Language OverloadedStrings, ScopedTypeVariables #-}
+import Network.Minio
+
+import Control.Monad.Catch (catch)
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class (liftIO)
+import Options.Applicative
+import Prelude
+import System.FilePath.Posix
+import Data.Text (pack)
+
+-- | The following example uses minio's play server at
+-- https://play.minio.io:9000.  The endpoint and associated
+-- credentials are provided via the libary constant,
+--
+-- > minioPlayCI :: ConnectInfo
+--
+
+-- optparse-applicative package based command-line parsing.
+fileNameOpts :: Parser FilePath
+fileNameOpts = strOption
+               (long "filename"
+                <> metavar "FILENAME"
+                <> help "Name of file to upload to AWS S3 or a Minio server")
+
+cmdParser = info
+            (helper <*> fileNameOpts)
+            (fullDesc
+             <> progDesc "FileUploader"
+             <> header
+             "FileUploader - a simple file-uploader program using minio-hs")
+
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = do
+  let bucket = "my-bucket"
+
+  -- Parse command line argument, namely --filename.
+  filepath <- execParser cmdParser
+  let object = pack $ takeBaseName filepath
+
+  res <- runResourceT $ runMinio minioPlayCI $ do
+    -- Make a bucket; catch bucket already exists exception if thrown.
+    catch
+      (makeBucket bucket Nothing)
+      (\(_ :: MError) -> liftIO $ putStrLn "Bucket already exists, proceeding with upload file.")
+
+    -- Upload filepath to bucket; object is derived from filepath.
+    fPutObject bucket object filepath
+
+  case res of
+    Left e -> putStrLn $ "file upload failed due to " ++ (show e)
+    Right () -> putStrLn "file upload succeeded."