diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bc8a670..4057214 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-.idea/*
\ No newline at end of file
+.idea/*
+readme/.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index ace00d8..c66fc7a 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ name = "pypi"
 [packages]
 pycurl = "*"
 requests = "*"
+python-dotenv = "*"
 
 [dev-packages]
 
diff --git a/readme/get_docs.py b/readme/get_docs.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..387f097
--- /dev/null
+++ b/readme/get_docs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import requests
+import csv
+import json
+import os
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from datetime import datetime
+
+def get_categories(apikey):
+    response = requests.get("https://dash.readme.com/api/v1/categories", auth=(apikey, ""))
+    return response.json()
+
+def get_docs_for_category(apikey, slug):
+    response = requests.get("https://dash.readme.com/api/v1/categories/{}/docs".format(slug), auth=(apikey, ""))
+    return response.json()
+
+def get_doc(apikey, slug):
+    response = requests.get("https://dash.readme.com/api/v1/docs/{}".format(slug), auth=(apikey, ""))
+    doc = response.json()
+    return doc
+
+def get_docs():
+    load_dotenv()
+    apikey = os.getenv("APIKEY")
+    docs_by_category = get_categories(apikey)
+    for category in docs_by_category:
+        print("**** Category: {} ****".format(category["title"]))
+        category_docs = get_docs_for_category(apikey, category["slug"])
+        category["docs"] = category_docs
+        for doc in category_docs:
+            print("Doc: {}".format(doc["title"]))
+            doc_details = get_doc(apikey, doc["slug"])
+            doc["details"] = doc_details
+            if "children" in doc and len(doc["children"]) > 0:
+                for child_doc in doc["children"]:
+                    print("Child doc: {}".format(child_doc["title"]))
+                    child_doc_details =  get_doc(apikey, child_doc["slug"])
+                    child_doc["details"] = child_doc_details
+
+    # write json data to file
+    # current time
+    ct = datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
+    f = open("{}_readme_docs.json".format(ct), "w")
+    f.write(json.dumps(docs_by_category))
+    f.close()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    get_docs()