diff --git a/middleware/app_be/services/minioservice.py b/middleware/app_be/services/minioservice.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..992adb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/middleware/app_be/services/minioservice.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import requests
+from django.conf import settings
+
+class MinioService:
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def create_file(filename: str, file: bytes) -> bool:
+        """Create / save (or overwrite) an file on the minio storage.
+
+        :param filename: filename
+        :param file: bytes representation of the file
+        :return: Whether file was successfully uploaded
+        """
+        try:
+            url= settings.AWS_HOST + filename
+            headers = {'Content-Type': 'binary/octet-stream'}
+            r = requests.put(url,data=file,headers=headers)
+            if r.status_code == 200:
+                print("Successfully uploaded a file!")
+            else:
+                print("Something went wrong")
+        except:
+            return False
+        return True
+
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def read_file(filename: str) -> bytes:
+        """Read  file on the minio storage.
+
+        :param filename: filename
+        :return: bytes representation of the file or None on error
+        """
+        file_bytes: bytes
+        try:
+            url = settings.AWS_HOST + filename
+            response = requests.get(url, stream=True)
+            file_bytes=response.content
+        except:
+            print("Error downloading file from minio")
+        return file_bytes
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diff --git a/middleware/app_be/settings.py b/middleware/app_be/settings.py
index a95c2d2..47a9414 100644
--- a/middleware/app_be/settings.py
+++ b/middleware/app_be/settings.py
@@ -220,3 +220,5 @@ DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE = 104857600
 
 DROPBOX_OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN = 'SDt1aqMQg7EAAAAAAAAAARV4CNnOSTjYLc05W2YAxIArG93DnaK9Si9VbwE-aBbQ'
 DROPBOX_IMAGE_FOLDER = '/Apps/AIC Federated Storage Infrastructure/'
+
+AWS_HOST= 'https://aic-fun-bucket-2020.s3.amazonaws.com/'
diff --git a/middleware/app_be/views/rest_api.py b/middleware/app_be/views/rest_api.py
index a46c500..7082b45 100644
--- a/middleware/app_be/views/rest_api.py
+++ b/middleware/app_be/views/rest_api.py
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@ import logging
 import json
 
 from app_be.services.dropboxservice import DropboxService
+from app_be.services.minioservice import MinioService
 from app_be.services.hashservice import create_sha512
 from app_be.services.wrapperservice import WrapperService
 from app_be.views.mongo_db import MongoManager
-
 from django.http import JsonResponse
 from django.http import HttpRequest
-
 from rest_framework.decorators import api_view
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -66,6 +65,8 @@ class ImageEndpoint:
                 del metadata['_id']
 
         dropbox_image_bytes = DropboxService.read_file(metadata['filename'])
+        #minio_image_bytes = MinioService.read_file(metadata['filename'])
+
         if dropbox_image_bytes is None:
             return JsonResponse({'Result': 'Error - could not find image in dropbox.', 'id': identifier}, status=404,
                                 safe=False)
@@ -119,7 +120,8 @@ class ImageEndpoint:
 
         if not DropboxService.create_file(filename, decoded_image):
             print("Could not save image to dropbox")
-
+        if not MinioService.create_file(filename, decoded_image):
+            print("Could not save image to minio")
         return JsonResponse({'id': identifier, 'filename': filename},
                             safe=False)  # 'metadata': metadata response beinhaltet ObjectId welche nicht serializable is?
 
diff --git a/minio_upload/mpv-shot0001.jpg b/minio_upload/mpv-shot0001.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d76097
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diff --git a/minio_upload/upload.py b/minio_upload/upload.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..556f051
--- /dev/null
+++ b/minio_upload/upload.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import requests
+import shutil
+
+host = 'https://aic-fun-bucket-2020.s3.amazonaws.com/'
+remote_filename = 'testing2.jpg'
+
+url = host + remote_filename
+
+local_filename = 'mpv-shot0001.jpg'
+
+headers = {'Content-Type': 'image/jpeg'}
+
+# PUT image named 'mpv-shot0001.jpg' to 'testing2.jpg'
+r = requests.put(url, data=open(local_filename, 'rb'), headers=headers)
+
+if r.status_code == 200:
+    print("Successfully uploaded a file!")
+else:
+    print("Something went wrong")
+    exit()
+
+r = requests.get(url, stream=True)
+if r.status_code == 200:
+    with open('file_downloaded.jpg', 'wb') as f:
+        r.raw.decode_content = True
+        shutil.copyfileobj(r.raw, f)
+        print("Successfully downloaded the file and saved it in 'file_downloaded.jpg'")
+else:
+    print("Something went wrong while downloading the file!")
+    exit()
+    
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