diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index 84bf161..83c1bcc 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,14 @@ use crate::endpoints::adding_files::{
     DeleteFilesRequest, UnarchiveFiles, UnarchiveFilesRequest, UndeleteFiles, UndeleteFilesRequest,
 };
 use crate::endpoints::adding_tags::{AddTags, AddTagsRequest, CleanTags, CleanTagsResponse};
+use crate::endpoints::common::{FileIdentifier, FileRecord};
+use crate::endpoints::searching_and_fetching_files::{
+    FileMetadata, FileMetadataResponse, FileSearchLocation, GetFile, SearchFiles,
+    SearchFilesResponse,
+};
 use crate::endpoints::Endpoint;
 use crate::error::{Error, Result};
-use crate::utils::string_list_to_json_array;
+use crate::utils::{number_list_to_json_array, string_list_to_json_array};
 use reqwest::Response;
 use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 use serde::Serialize;
@@ -32,11 +37,8 @@ impl Client {
         })
     }
 
-    /// Starts a get request to the path associated with the return type
-    async fn get_and_parse<E: Endpoint, Q: Serialize + ?Sized>(
-        &mut self,
-        query: &Q,
-    ) -> Result<E::Response> {
+    /// Starts a get request to the path
+    async fn get<E: Endpoint, Q: Serialize + ?Sized>(&mut self, query: &Q) -> Result<Response> {
         let response = self
             .inner
             .get(format!("{}/{}", self.base_url, E::get_path()))
@@ -44,12 +46,21 @@ impl Client {
             .query(query)
             .send()
             .await?;
-        let response = Self::extract_error(response).await?;
+
+        Self::extract_error(response).await
+    }
+
+    /// Starts a get request to the path associated with the Endpoint Type
+    async fn get_and_parse<E: Endpoint, Q: Serialize + ?Sized>(
+        &mut self,
+        query: &Q,
+    ) -> Result<E::Response> {
+        let response = self.get::<E, Q>(query).await?;
 
         Self::extract_content(response).await
     }
 
-    /// Stats a post request to the path associated with the return type
+    /// Stats a post request to the path associated with the Endpoint Type
     async fn post<E: Endpoint>(&mut self, body: E::Request) -> Result<Response> {
         let response = self
             .inner
@@ -179,4 +190,55 @@ impl Client {
 
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    /// Searches for files in the inbox, the archive or both
+    pub async fn search_files(
+        &mut self,
+        tags: Vec<String>,
+        location: FileSearchLocation,
+    ) -> Result<SearchFilesResponse> {
+        self.get_and_parse::<SearchFiles, [(&str, String)]>(&[
+            ("tags", string_list_to_json_array(tags)),
+            ("system_inbox", location.is_inbox().to_string()),
+            ("system_archive", location.is_archive().to_string()),
+        ])
+        .await
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the metadata for a given list of file_ids or hashes
+    pub async fn get_file_metadata(
+        &mut self,
+        file_ids: Vec<u64>,
+        hashes: Vec<String>,
+    ) -> Result<FileMetadataResponse> {
+        self.get_and_parse::<FileMetadata, [(&str, String)]>(&[
+            ("file_ids", number_list_to_json_array(file_ids)),
+            ("hashes", string_list_to_json_array(hashes)),
+        ])
+        .await
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the bytes of a file from hydrus
+    pub async fn get_file(&mut self, id: FileIdentifier) -> Result<FileRecord> {
+        let response = match id {
+            FileIdentifier::ID(id) => {
+                self.get::<GetFile, [(&str, u64)]>(&[("file_id", id)])
+                    .await?
+            }
+            FileIdentifier::Hash(hash) => {
+                self.get::<GetFile, [(&str, String)]>(&[("hash", hash)])
+                    .await?
+            }
+        };
+        let mime_type = response
+            .headers()
+            .get("mime-type")
+            .cloned()
+            .map(|h| h.to_str().unwrap().to_string())
+            .unwrap_or("image/jpeg".into());
+
+        let bytes = response.bytes().await?.to_vec();
+
+        Ok(FileRecord { bytes, mime_type })
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/endpoints/common.rs b/src/endpoints/common.rs
index 3e35771..b4e5862 100644
--- a/src/endpoints/common.rs
+++ b/src/endpoints/common.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct BasicServiceInfo {
     pub name: String,
@@ -8,3 +10,34 @@ pub struct BasicServiceInfo {
 pub struct BasicHashList {
     pub hashes: Vec<String>,
 }
+
+#[derive(Clone, Default, Deserialize)]
+pub struct FileMetadataInfo {
+    pub file_id: u64,
+    pub hash: String,
+    pub size: u64,
+    pub mime: String,
+    pub ext: String,
+    pub width: u32,
+    pub height: u32,
+    pub duration: Option<u64>,
+    pub has_audio: bool,
+    pub num_frames: Option<u16>,
+    pub num_words: Option<u64>,
+    pub is_inbox: bool,
+    pub is_local: bool,
+    pub is_trashed: bool,
+    pub known_urls: Vec<String>,
+    pub service_names_to_statuses_to_tags: HashMap<String, HashMap<String, Vec<String>>>,
+    pub service_names_to_statuses_to_display_tags: HashMap<String, HashMap<String, Vec<String>>>,
+}
+
+pub enum FileIdentifier {
+    ID(u64),
+    Hash(String),
+}
+
+pub struct FileRecord {
+    pub bytes: Vec<u8>,
+    pub mime_type: String,
+}
diff --git a/src/endpoints/mod.rs b/src/endpoints/mod.rs
index e71c3c8..4adb327 100644
--- a/src/endpoints/mod.rs
+++ b/src/endpoints/mod.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ pub mod access_management;
 pub mod adding_files;
 pub mod adding_tags;
 pub mod common;
+pub mod searching_and_fetching_files;
 
 pub trait Endpoint {
     type Request: Serialize;
diff --git a/src/endpoints/searching_and_fetching_files.rs b/src/endpoints/searching_and_fetching_files.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa07178
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/endpoints/searching_and_fetching_files.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+use crate::endpoints::common::FileMetadataInfo;
+use crate::endpoints::Endpoint;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
+pub struct SearchFilesResponse {
+    pub file_ids: Vec<u64>,
+}
+
+pub enum FileSearchLocation {
+    All,
+    Inbox,
+    Archive,
+}
+
+impl FileSearchLocation {
+    pub fn is_inbox(&self) -> bool {
+        if let &Self::Inbox = &self {
+            true
+        } else {
+            self.is_all()
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_all(&self) -> bool {
+        if let &Self::All = &self {
+            true
+        } else {
+            false
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_archive(&self) -> bool {
+        if let &Self::Archive = &self {
+            true
+        } else {
+            self.is_all()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct SearchFiles;
+
+impl Endpoint for SearchFiles {
+    type Request = ();
+    type Response = SearchFilesResponse;
+
+    fn get_path() -> String {
+        String::from("get_files/search_files")
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Default, Deserialize)]
+pub struct FileMetadataResponse {
+    metadata: Vec<FileMetadataInfo>,
+}
+
+pub struct FileMetadata;
+
+impl Endpoint for FileMetadata {
+    type Request = ();
+    type Response = FileMetadataResponse;
+
+    fn get_path() -> String {
+        String::from("get_files/file_metadata")
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct GetFile;
+
+impl Endpoint for GetFile {
+    type Request = ();
+    type Response = ();
+
+    fn get_path() -> String {
+        String::from("get_files/file")
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 6764298..a62cf9d 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ extern crate serde_derive;
 
 pub mod client;
 pub mod endpoints;
-mod error;
+pub mod error;
 pub(crate) mod utils;
 
 pub use client::Client;
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 729d068..da0e527 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
 pub fn string_list_to_json_array(l: Vec<String>) -> String {
     format!("[\"{}\"]", l.join("\",\""))
 }
+
+pub fn number_list_to_json_array<T: ToString>(l: Vec<T>) -> String {
+    format!(
+        "[{}]",
+        l.into_iter().fold(String::from(""), |acc, val| format!(
+            "{},{}",
+            acc,
+            val.to_string()
+        ))
+    )
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_searching_and_fetching_files.rs b/tests/test_searching_and_fetching_files.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3403579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_searching_and_fetching_files.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+use hydrus_api::endpoints::common::FileIdentifier;
+use hydrus_api::endpoints::searching_and_fetching_files::FileSearchLocation;
+
+mod common;
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn is_searches_files() {
+    let mut client = common::get_client();
+    client
+        .search_files(vec!["beach".to_string()], FileSearchLocation::Archive)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn it_fetches_file_metadata() {
+    let mut client = common::get_client();
+    client
+        .get_file_metadata(
+            vec![],
+            vec!["0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000".to_string()],
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn it_fetches_single_files() {
+    let mut client = common::get_client();
+    let response = client
+        .get_file(FileIdentifier::Hash(
+            "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000".to_string(),
+        ))
+        .await;
+
+    assert!(response.is_err()); // can't find the file
+}