diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Copyright (c) 2015 Alexander Thiemann <mail@athiemann.net>
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+dataurl
+=====
+
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/agrafix/dataurl.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/agrafix/dataurl)
+
+
+## Intro
+
+
+Handle data-urls
+
+
+## Install
+
+* From Source (cabal): `git clone https://github.com/agrafix/dataurl.git && cd dataurl && cabal install`
+* From Source (stack): `git clone https://github.com/agrafix/dataurl.git && cd dataurl && stack build`
+
+
+## Misc
+
+### Supported GHC Versions
+
+* 7.10.2
+
+### License
+
+Released under the MIT license.
+(c) 2015 Alexander Thiemann <mail@athiemann.net>
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Setup.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/dataurl.cabal b/dataurl.cabal
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dataurl.cabal
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+name:                dataurl
+version:             0.1.0.0
+synopsis:            Handle data-urls
+description:         Please see README.md
+homepage:            http://github.com/agrafix/dataurl#readme
+license:             MIT
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Alexander Thiemann <mail@athiemann.net>
+maintainer:          Alexander Thiemann <mail@athiemann.net>
+copyright:           (c) 2015 Alexander Thiemann <mail@athiemann.net>
+category:            Web
+build-type:          Simple
+extra-source-files:
+     README.md
+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+tested-with:         GHC==7.10.2
+
+library
+  hs-source-dirs:      src
+  exposed-modules:     Web.DataUrl
+  build-depends:
+                base >= 4.7 && < 5,
+                attoparsec >=0.12,
+                bytestring >=0.10,
+                base64-bytestring >=1.0,
+                text >=1.2
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+
+test-suite dataurl-test
+  type:                exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  hs-source-dirs:      test
+  main-is:             Test.hs
+  other-modules:       Web.DataUrlTest
+  build-depends:
+                dataurl,
+                HTF >= 0.12,
+                base >= 4.7 && < 5,
+                attoparsec >=0.12,
+                bytestring >=0.10,
+                base64-bytestring >=1.0,
+                text >=1.2
+  ghc-options:         -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+
+source-repository head
+  type:     git
+  location: https://github.com/agrafix/dataurl
diff --git a/src/Web/DataUrl.hs b/src/Web/DataUrl.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Web/DataUrl.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+module Web.DataUrl
+    ( parseDataUrl
+    , DataUrlEnc(..), DataUrl(..)
+    )
+where
+
+import Control.Applicative
+import Control.Monad
+import Data.Attoparsec.Text
+import Data.Char
+import Data.Maybe
+import qualified Data.ByteString as BS
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Base64 as B64
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as BSC
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+import qualified Data.Text.Encoding as T
+
+-- | Source encoding of the data url string
+data DataUrlEnc
+   = DataUrlEncB64
+   | DataUrlEncUrl
+    deriving (Show, Eq)
+
+-- | A parsed data url
+data DataUrl
+   = DataUrl
+   { du_contentType :: !T.Text
+   , du_charset :: !(Maybe T.Text) -- todo: fully strict
+   , du_sourceEncoding :: !DataUrlEnc
+   , du_data :: !BS.ByteString
+   } deriving (Show, Eq)
+
+-- | Parse a data url string
+parseDataUrl :: T.Text -> Either String DataUrl
+parseDataUrl = parseOnly dataUrlP
+
+dataUrlP :: Parser DataUrl
+dataUrlP =
+    do _ <- string "data:"
+       mContentType <-
+           optional $
+           do ct <- fieldContent
+              mCharSet <-
+                  optional (string ";charset=" *> fieldContent)
+              return (ct, mCharSet)
+       isBase64 <-
+           isJust <$>
+           optional (string ";base64")
+       _ <- char ','
+       rawData <- takeWhile1 (const True)
+       endOfInput
+       decodedData <-
+           if isBase64
+           then case B64.decode (T.encodeUtf8 rawData) of
+                  Left err -> fail err
+                  Right val -> return val
+           else case urlDecode (T.unpack rawData) of
+                  Nothing -> fail "Invalid url encoded data"
+                  Just val -> return (BSC.pack val)
+       return
+          DataUrl
+          { du_contentType = maybe "text/plain" fst mContentType
+          , du_charset = join $ fmap snd mContentType
+          , du_sourceEncoding =
+              if isBase64 then DataUrlEncB64 else DataUrlEncUrl
+          , du_data = decodedData
+          }
+    where
+      fieldContent =
+          takeWhile1 (\c -> c /= ';' && c /= ',')
+
+-- hacky piece straight of some internet site :-(
+urlDecode :: String -> Maybe String
+urlDecode [] = Just []
+urlDecode ('%':xs) =
+    case xs of
+      (a:b:xss) ->
+          liftM ((chr . read $ "0x" ++ [a,b]) :) $
+          urlDecode xss
+      _ -> Nothing
+urlDecode ('+':xs) = liftM (' ' :) $ urlDecode xs
+urlDecode (x:xs) = liftM (x :) $ urlDecode xs
diff --git a/test/Test.hs b/test/Test.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Test.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -F -pgmF htfpp #-}
+module Main where
+
+import Test.Framework
+import {-@ HTF_TESTS @-} Web.DataUrlTest
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = htfMain htf_importedTests
diff --git a/test/Web/DataUrlTest.hs b/test/Web/DataUrlTest.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Web/DataUrlTest.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -F -pgmF htfpp #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+module Web.DataUrlTest where
+
+import Web.DataUrl
+
+import Test.Framework
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Base64 as B64
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+import qualified Data.Text.Encoding as T
+
+test_parseDataUrlUrlEnc :: IO ()
+test_parseDataUrlUrlEnc =
+    do x <- assertRight (parseDataUrl inputData)
+       assertEqual expected x
+    where
+      expected =
+          DataUrl
+          { du_contentType = "text/plain"
+          , du_charset = Nothing
+          , du_sourceEncoding = DataUrlEncUrl
+          , du_data = "A brief note"
+          }
+      inputData = "data:,A%20brief%20note"
+
+test_parseDataUrlB64 :: IO ()
+test_parseDataUrlB64 =
+    do x <- assertRight (parseDataUrl inputData)
+       assertEqual expected x
+    where
+      expected =
+          DataUrl
+          { du_contentType = "image/png"
+          , du_charset = Nothing
+          , du_sourceEncoding = DataUrlEncB64
+          , du_data = B64.decodeLenient (T.encodeUtf8 inputB64)
+          }
+      inputB64 =
+          T.concat
+          [ "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAABGdBTUEAALGP"
+          , "C/xhBQAAAAlwSFlzAAALEwAACxMBAJqcGAAAAAd0SU1FB9YGARc5KB0XV+IA"
+          , "AAAddEVYdENvbW1lbnQAQ3JlYXRlZCB3aXRoIFRoZSBHSU1Q72QlbgAAAF1J"
+          , "REFUGNO9zL0NglAAxPEfdLTs4BZM4DIO4C7OwQg2JoQ9LE1exdlYvBBeZ7jq"
+          , "ch9//q1uH4TLzw4d6+ErXMMcXuHWxId3KOETnnXXV6MJpcq2MLaI97CER3N0"
+          , "vr4MkhoXe0rZigAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=="
+          ]
+      inputData =
+          T.concat
+          [ "data:image/png;base64,"
+          , inputB64
+          ]
