diff --git a/database/__init__.py b/database/__init__.py
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diff --git a/database/database.py b/database/database.py
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+from sqlalchemy import Column, Boolean, Float, String, Integer, ForeignKey, Table, func, ForeignKeyConstraint
+import sqlalchemy
+from sqlalchemy.orm import declarative_base, relationship, load_only
+
+# TODO read sensitive data from environment file or similar
+SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL = "postgresql://artnet_editor:G606Rm9sFEXe6wfTLxVu@127.0.0.1/artnet"
+engine = sqlalchemy.create_engine(SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL, echo=True)
+SessionLocal = sqlalchemy.orm.sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=False, bind=engine)
+
+
+Base = sqlalchemy.orm.declarative_base()
+
+
+art_tag_table = Table('art_tag', Base.metadata,
+                          Column('art_id', Integer, ForeignKey('art.id')),
+                          Column('tag_id', Integer, ForeignKey('tag.tag_id')))
+artist_topic_table = Table('artist_topic', Base.metadata,
+                           Column('artist_id', Integer, ForeignKey('artist.id')),
+                           Column('topic_id', Integer, ForeignKey('topic.id')))
+
+
+class DBPresence(Base):
+    __tablename__ = "presence"
+
+    name = Column(String(20), primary_key=True)
+    domain = Column(String(20), primary_key=True)
+    link = Column(String, nullable=True)
+    artist_id = Column(Integer, ForeignKey('artist.id'), nullable=False, index=True)
+
+    artist = relationship("DBArtist", backref='presences', foreign_keys=[artist_id])
+    #artists = relationship('DBArtist', foreign_keys='DBArtist.id', back_populates="presences")
+    arts = relationship("DBArt", secondary="art_author", viewonly=True)
+
+
+class DBArt(Base):
+    __tablename__ = 'art'
+
+    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True, index=True)
+    md5_hash = Column(String(32), nullable=False, unique=True)
+    path = Column(String, nullable=False, unique=True)
+    title = Column(String, nullable=True)
+    link = Column(String, nullable=True)
+
+    tags = relationship("DBTag", secondary=art_tag_table, back_populates="art")
+    presences = relationship("DBPresence", secondary="art_author", viewonly=True)
+
+
+class DBArtPresence(Base):
+    __tablename__ = "art_author"
+
+    presence_name = Column(String(20), primary_key=True)
+    presence_domain = Column(String(20), primary_key=True)
+    art_id = Column(Integer, ForeignKey(DBArt.id), primary_key=True)
+
+    __table_args__ = (
+        ForeignKeyConstraint(
+            ["presence_name", "presence_domain"],
+            ["presence.name", "presence.domain"]
+        ),
+    )
+
+
+class DBArtist(Base):
+    __tablename__ = "artist"
+
+    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
+    description = Column(String, nullable=True)
+
+    topics = relationship("DBTopic", secondary="artist_topic", back_populates="artists")
+
+
+class DBTopic(Base):  # as of now unused
+    __tablename__ = "topic"
+
+    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
+    name = Column(String(20), unique=True, nullable=False)
+    description = Column(String)
+
+    artists = relationship("DBArtist", secondary="artist_topic", back_populates="topics")
+
+
+class DBTagCategory(Base):
+    __tablename__ = "tag_category"
+
+    category_id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
+    name = Column(String(20), nullable=False)
+
+
+class DBTag(Base):
+    __tablename__ = "tag"
+
+    tag_id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
+    name = Column(String(50), unique=True)
+    description = Column(String)
+    category_id = Column(Integer, ForeignKey('tag_category.category_id'))
+
+    category = relationship("DBTagCategory", backref='tags', foreign_keys=[category_id])
+    art = relationship("DBArt", secondary=art_tag_table, back_populates="tags")
+
+
+Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine)
+
+
+class Database:
+
+    def __get_db(self) -> sqlalchemy.orm.Session:
+        db = SessionLocal()
+        try:
+            return db
+        finally:
+            db.close()
+
+# Art
+
+    def get_art_by_id(self, art_id: int):
+        return self.__get_db().query(DBArt).where(DBArt.id == art_id).first()
+
+    def get_art_by_hash(self, md5_hash: str):
+        return self.__get_db().query(DBArt).filter(func.lower(DBArt.md5_hash) == md5_hash.lower()).first()
+
+    def update_art_by_id(self, art_id: int, title: str, authors: list, path: str, tags: list, link: str,
+                         md5_hash: str):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def update_art_by_hash(self, md5_hash: str, title: str, authors: list, path: str, tags: list, link: str):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def delete_art_by_id(self, art_id: int):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def delete_art_by_hash(self, md5_hash: str):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    # Art -> Presences
+
+    def get_art_presences_by_id(self, art_id: int):
+        result = self.__get_db().query(DBArtPresence).filter(DBArtPresence.art_id == art_id).all()
+        return result
+
+    def get_art_presences_by_hash(self, md5_hash: str):
+        result = self.__get_db().query(DBArtPresence).join(DBArt).filter(DBArt.md5_hash == md5_hash).all()
+        return result
+
+    def update_art_presences_by_id(self, art_id: int, presences: list):  # presences = [("name", "domain"),(...)]
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def update_art_presences_by_hash(self, md5_hash: int,
+                                     presences: list):  # presences = [("name", "domain"),(...)]
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def delete_art_presences_by_id(self, art_id: int, presence_name: str, presence_domain: str):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def delete_art_presences_by_hash(self, md5_hash: str, presence_name: str, presence_domain: str):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    # Presence
+
+    def get_presence(self, name: str, domain: str) -> DBPresence:
+        result = self.__get_db().query(DBPresence)\
+            .filter(func.lower(DBPresence.name) == name.lower() and
+                    func.lower(DBPresence.domain) == domain.lower()).first()
+        return result
+
+    def update_presence(self, name: str, domain: str, artist_id: int, link: str):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def delete_presence(self, name: str, domain: str):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    # Artist -> Presence
+
+    def get_artist_presences(self, artist_id: int):
+        result = self.__get_db().query(DBPresence).filter(DBPresence.artist_id == artist_id).all()
+        return result
+
+    # Artist
+
+    def get_artist(self, artist_id: int):
+        result = self.__get_db().query(DBArtist).where(DBArtist.id == artist_id).first()
+        return result
+
+    def update_artist(self, artist_id: int, name: str):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def delete_artist(self, artist_id: int):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    # Topic
+
+    def get_topic_by_id(self, id: int):
+        result = self.__get_db().query(DBTopic).filter(DBTopic.id == id).first()
+        return result
+
+    def get_topic_by_name(self, name: str):
+        result = self.__get_db().query(DBTopic).filter(func.lower(DBTopic.name) == name.lower()).first()
+        return result
+
+    def update_topic(self, name: str, description: str):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def delete_topic(self, name: str):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    # Artist -> Topic
+
+    def get_artist_topics(self, artist_id: int):
+        result = self.__get_db().query(DBTopic).filter(DBTopic.artists.any(id=artist_id)).all()
+        return result
+
+    def update_artist_topics(self, artist_id: int, topic_ids: list):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def delete_artist_topics(self, artist_id: int, topic_ids: list):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    # Topic -> Artist
+
+    def get_topic_artists(self, topic_id: int):
+        result = self.__get_db().query(DBArtist).filter(DBArtist.topics.any(id=topic_id)).all()
+        return result
+
+    def update_topic_artists(self, topic_id: int, artists: list):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def delete_topic_artists(self, topic_id: int):  # deletes only the connections, not the artists
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    # Tag
+
+    def get_tag_by_id(self, tag_id: int):
+        result = self.__get_db().query(DBTag).where(tag_id == DBTag.tag_id).first()
+        return result
+
+    def get_tag_by_name(self, name: str):
+        result = self.__get_db().query(DBTag).filter(func.lower(DBTag.name) == name.lower()).first()
+        return result
+
+    def update_tag(self, tag_id: int, name: str, description: str, category: str):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def delete_tag(self, tag_id: int):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def search_tag_by_name_fuzzy(self, search: str) -> list:  # return a list of tags fitting the fuzzy name search
+        result = self.__get_db().query(DBTag).filter(DBTag.name.ilike("%{}%".format(search)))\
+            .options(load_only("tag_id", "name")).all()
+        return result
+
+    # Tag -> Art
+
+    def get_tag_art(self, tag_id: int):
+        result = self.__get_db().query(DBArt).filter(DBArt.tags.any(tag_id=tag_id)).all()
+        return result
+
+    def update_tag_art(self, tag_id: int):  # is this useful?
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def delete_tag_art(self):  # deletes only the connections, not the art
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    # Category -> Tag
+
+    def get_category_tags(self, category_id: int):
+        result = self.__get_db().query(DBTag).where(DBTag.category_id == category_id).all()
+        return result
+
+    def update_category_tags(self, category_id: int, tags: list):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def delete_category_tags(self, category_id: int):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    # Category
+
+    def get_category_by_id(self, category_id: int):
+        result = self.__get_db().query(DBTagCategory).where(DBTagCategory.category_id == category_id).first()
+        return result
+
+    def get_category_by_name(self, category: str):
+        result = self.__get_db().query(DBTagCategory).filter(func.lower(DBTagCategory.name) == category.lower()).first()
+        return result
+
+    def update_category(self, category_id: int):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def delete_category(self, category_id: int):
+        raise NotImplementedError
diff --git a/database/models.py b/database/models.py
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+from pydantic import BaseModel
+from typing import List, Optional
+
+
+class Art(BaseModel):
+    id: int
+    hash: str
+    path: str
+    title: Optional[str] = None
+    link: Optional[str] = None
+
+    class Config:
+        orm_mode = True
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
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+from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException
+import uvicorn
+
+from database.database import Database
+
+app = FastAPI()
+db = Database()
+
+
+@app.get("/artnet/metadata/art")
+async def art(id: int = None, hash: str = None, tag_id: int = None):
+    if id is None and hash is None and tag_id is None:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=406, detail="requires id or hash param")
+
+    result = None
+    if id is not None:
+        result = db.get_art_by_id(id)
+    elif hash is not None:
+        result = db.get_art_by_hash(hash)
+    elif tag_id is not None:
+        result = db.get_tag_art(tag_id)
+
+    if result is not None:
+        return result
+    raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Art was not found!")
+
+
+@app.get("/artnet/metadata/presence")
+async def presence(name: str = None, domain: str = None, artist_id: int = None, art_id: int = None,
+                   art_md5: str = None):
+    if name is None and domain is None and artist_id is None and art_id is None and art_md5 is None:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=406, detail="You must query with at least one parameter!")
+
+    result = None
+    if artist_id is not None and name is None and domain is None:
+        result = db.get_artist_presences(artist_id)
+
+    elif art_id is not None and name is None and domain is None:
+        result = db.get_art_presences_by_id(art_id)
+
+    elif art_md5 is not None and name is None and domain is None:
+        result = db.get_art_presences_by_hash(art_md5)
+
+    elif name is not None and domain is not None:
+        result = db.get_presence(name, domain)
+
+    if result is not None:
+        return result
+    raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Presence was not found!")
+
+
+@app.get("/artnet/metadata/artist")
+async def artist(id: int = None, topic_id: int = None):
+    if id is None and topic_id is None:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=406)
+
+    result = None
+    if id is not None:
+        result = db.get_artist(id)
+    elif topic_id is not None:
+        result = db.get_topic_artists(topic_id)
+    if result is not None:
+        return result
+    raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Artist was not found!")
+
+
+@app.get("/artnet/metadata/topic")
+async def topic(name: str = None, id: int = None, artist_id: int = None):
+    if name is None and id is None and artist_id is None:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=406)
+
+    result = None
+    if name is not None or id is not None:
+        if id is not None:
+            result = db.get_topic_by_id(id)
+        elif name is not None:
+            result = db.get_topic_by_name(name)
+
+    elif artist_id is not None:
+        result = db.get_artist_topics(artist_id)
+
+    if result is not None:
+        return result
+    raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Topic was not found!")
+
+
+@app.get("/artnet/metadata/tag")
+async def tag(id: int = None, name: str = None, fuzzy: bool = False, category: int = None):
+    if id is None and name is None and category is None:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=406)
+
+    result = None
+    if fuzzy:
+        if name is not None:
+            result = db.search_tag_by_name_fuzzy(name)
+            if result is not None:
+                return result
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="No matching tag found!")
+    else:
+        if id is not None:
+            result = db.get_tag_by_id(id)
+        elif name is not None:
+            result = db.get_tag_by_name(name)
+        elif category is not None:
+            result = db.get_category_tags(category)
+
+        if result is not None:
+            return result
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Tag was not found!")
+
+
+@app.get("/artnet/metadata/category")
+async def category(name: str = None, id: int = None):
+    if name is None and id is None:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=406)
+
+    result = None
+    if id is not None:
+        result = db.get_category_by_id(id)
+    elif name is not None:
+        result = db.get_category_by_name(name)
+
+    if result is not None:
+        return result
+    raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Category not found!")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    uvicorn.run(app, host="127.0.0.1", port=8000)