diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index a249370555b0f33ad999ad76777532e5ab2ffe51..9c4e1628c3188a5d419fd52bd6535c4202226e0e 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -4,11 +4,16 @@
         {
             "type": "vcs",
             "url": "https://gitlab.version.fz-juelich.de/jards/EventsAPIClient.git"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "vcs",
+            "url": "https://gitlab.version.fz-juelich.de/jards/GCSJARDSAPIClient.git"
         }
     ],
 	"require": {
 		"silex/silex": ">=2.0",
 		"jards/eventsapiclient": "=3.0",
+		"jards/gcsjardsapiclient": "=2.0",
 		"phpmailer/phpmailer": ">=6.0"
 	},
 	"require-dev": {
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 10498c8f4881dd324feba26ba11e72cda5accb25..bfd1678192368509c68c0e41ad7727caf566a76e 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#composer-lock-the-lock-file",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "ab1d79ed4ca1b45fe369574aed53a416",
+    "content-hash": "cdf21b69798ca5f38caf3b3006641ccb",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "jards/eventsapiclient",
@@ -55,6 +55,55 @@
             ],
             "time": "2018-01-16T07:04:14+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "jards/gcsjardsapiclient",
+            "version": "v2.0",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://gitlab.version.fz-juelich.de/jards/GCSJARDSAPIClient.git",
+                "reference": "8cd17ed33e447f6af8adcda2e6bb3269e2587ee8"
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "ext-curl": "*",
+                "ext-json": "*",
+                "ext-mbstring": "*",
+                "php": ">=5.4"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer": "~1.12",
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "~4.8",
+                "satooshi/php-coveralls": "~1.0",
+                "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "~2.6"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "jards\\gcsjardsapiclient\\Swagger\\Client\\": "lib/"
+                }
+            },
+            "autoload-dev": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "jards\\gcsjardsapiclient\\Swagger\\Client\\": "test/"
+                }
+            },
+            "license": [
+                "proprietary"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Swagger and contributors",
+                    "homepage": "https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen"
+                }
+            ],
+            "homepage": "http://swagger.io",
+            "keywords": [
+                "api",
+                "php",
+                "sdk",
+                "swagger"
+            ],
+            "time": "2018-01-22T12:20:35+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "phpmailer/phpmailer",
             "version": "v6.0.1",
diff --git a/configs/gcsjardsapi.conf b/configs/gcsjardsapi.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dbbf6fa0d6a38515aef629e72184ddbd702c575e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/gcsjardsapi.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+;
+; Configuration parameters for accessing the GCS-JARDS API as a client
+;
+;
+
+
+CERTFILE = '/path/to/certificate.crt'
+CERTKEY = '/path/to/certificate.key'
+CERTPASSPHRASE = '--secret--'
+BASEURL = 'https://host/basepath/for/gcsjards/api';
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diff --git a/examples/gcsjards_api_files.php b/examples/gcsjards_api_files.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a8e7aeee7b664715a77542816c8dcc13ee92ed1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/gcsjards_api_files.php
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Federal Republic of Germany.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
+ * OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT
+ * SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
+ * INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+ * PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+ * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+ * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+$conf = parse_ini_file(__DIR__.'/../configs/gcsjardsapi.conf');
+
+$certFile = $conf['CERTFILE'];
+$certKey = $conf['CERTKEY'];
+$certPassphrase = $conf['CERTPASSPHRASE'];
+$baseURL = $conf['BASEURL'];
+
+date_default_timezone_set ( 'Europe/Amsterdam' );
+$apiClient = new \jards\gcsjardsapiclient\Swagger\Client\ApiClient ();
+$apiClient->getConfig ()->setHost ( $baseURL );
+
+if (! empty ( $certFile )) {
+	$apiClient->getConfig ()->setCertificate ( $certFile );
+}
+if (! empty ( $certKey )) {
+	$apiClient->getConfig ()->setCertificateKey ( $certKey );
+}
+if (! empty ( $certPassphrase )) {
+	$apiClient->getConfig ()->setCertificatePassphrase ( $certPassphrase );
+}
+
+$gcsjardsAPI = new \jards\gcsjardsapiclient\Swagger\Client\Api\FilesApi( $apiClient );
+
+$appid = 20394;
+
+try {
+	$files = $gcsjardsAPI->filesAppidGet($appid);
+	
+	var_dump($files);
+	
+	foreach($files as $filetype){
+		/**
+		 * @var SplFileObject $fileObject
+		 */
+		$fileObject = $gcsjardsAPI->filesAppidFileGet($appid, $filetype);
+		$tmpFile = $fileObject->getPathname();
+		$targetfilename = __DIR__.'/'.$filetype.'_'.$appid.'.pdf';
+		copy($tmpFile, $targetfilename);
+		
+		echo "Downloaded $filetype to $targetfilename \n";
+	}
+	
+} catch ( \jards\gcsjardsapiclient\Swagger\Client\ApiException $e ) {
+	var_dump($e);
+	return false;
+}
+
+?>
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