diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bda9ca3..883be13 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,3 +14,15 @@ This extension adds a tab for [CLIP Interrogator](https://github.com/pharmapsych
 * Paste `https://github.com/pharmapsychotic/clip-interrogator-ext` and click Install
 * Check in your terminal window if there are any errors (if so let me know!)
 * Restart the Web UI and you should see a new **Interrogator** tab
+
+
+## API
+
+The CLIP Interrogator exposes a simple API to interact with the extension which is 
+documented on the /docs page under /interrogator/* (using --api flag when starting the Web UI)
+* /interrogator/models
+  * lists all available models for interrogation
+* /interrogator/prompt
+  * returns a prompt for the given image, model and mode
+* /interrogator/analyze
+  * returns a list of words and their scores for the given image, model
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diff --git a/scripts/clip_interrogator_ext.py b/scripts/clip_interrogator_ext.py
index 71245a3..c04c33e 100644
--- a/scripts/clip_interrogator_ext.py
+++ b/scripts/clip_interrogator_ext.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import gradio as gr
 import open_clip
 import os
 import torch
+import base64
 
 from PIL import Image
 
@@ -11,7 +12,12 @@ from clip_interrogator import Config, Interrogator
 
 from modules import devices, lowvram, script_callbacks, shared
 
-__version__ = '0.1.5'
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from fastapi.exceptions import HTTPException
+from io import BytesIO
+
+__version__ = "0.1.6"
 
 ci = None
 low_vram = False
@@ -296,4 +302,72 @@ def add_tab():
 
     return [(ui, "Interrogator", "interrogator")]
 
+# decode_base64_to_image from modules/api/api.py, could be imported from there
+def decode_base64_to_image(encoding):
+    if encoding.startswith("data:image/"):
+        encoding = encoding.split(";")[1].split(",")[1]
+    try:
+        image = Image.open(BytesIO(base64.b64decode(encoding)))
+        return image
+    except Exception as e:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail="Invalid encoded image") from e
+
+class InterrogatorAnalyzeRequest(BaseModel):
+    image: str = Field(
+        default="",
+        title="Image",
+        description="Image to work on, must be a Base64 string containing the image's data.",
+    )
+    clip_model_name: str = Field(
+        default="ViT-L-14/openai",
+        title="Model",
+        description="The interrogate model used. See the models endpoint for a list of available models.",
+    )
+
+class InterrogatorPromptRequest(InterrogatorAnalyzeRequest):
+    mode: str = Field(
+        default="fast",
+        title="Mode",
+        description="The mode used to generate the prompt. Can be one of: best, fast, classic, negative.",
+    )
+
+def mount_interrogator_api(_: gr.Blocks, app: FastAPI):
+    @app.get("/interrogator/models")
+    async def get_models():
+        return ["/".join(x) for x in open_clip.list_pretrained()]
+
+    @app.post("/interrogator/prompt")
+    async def get_prompt(analyzereq: InterrogatorPromptRequest):
+        image_b64 = analyzereq.image
+        if image_b64 is None:
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Image not found")
+
+        img = decode_base64_to_image(image_b64)
+        prompt = image_to_prompt(img, analyzereq.mode, analyzereq.clip_model_name)
+        return {"prompt": prompt}
+
+    @app.post("/interrogator/analyze")
+    async def analyze(analyzereq: InterrogatorAnalyzeRequest):
+        image_b64 = analyzereq.image
+        if image_b64 is None:
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Image not found")
+
+        img = decode_base64_to_image(image_b64)
+        (
+            medium_ranks,
+            artist_ranks,
+            movement_ranks,
+            trending_ranks,
+            flavor_ranks,
+        ) = image_analysis(img, analyzereq.clip_model_name)
+        return {
+            "medium": medium_ranks,
+            "artist": artist_ranks,
+            "movement": movement_ranks,
+            "trending": trending_ranks,
+            "flavor": flavor_ranks,
+        }
+
+
+script_callbacks.on_app_started(mount_interrogator_api)
 script_callbacks.on_ui_tabs(add_tab)