diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9fc94760d0fd1bdae58711eec2c6c7249e047900
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*pyc
+__pycache__
diff --git a/FeatureExtractionApi.proto b/FeatureExtractionApi.proto
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+syntax = "proto3";
+
+service FeatureExtraction{
+	rpc processVideo (stream Image) returns (Response){}	
+}
+
+message Image {
+	bytes source = 1;
+	string file_name = 2;
+	string timestamp = 3;
+}
+
+message Response{
+	string status = 1;
+}