diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fcb366c..fd77b69 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@
 !Makefile
 !README.md
 !requirements.txt
-!sql_api.py.py
-!/tmp/
-/tmp/*
+!sql_api.py
 !twitter_api.py
 !twitter_stream_answers.py
 !twitterbot.py
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diff --git a/sql_api.py b/sql_api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f3fbde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql_api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import os
+import sqlite3
+
+class DB:
+    def __init__(self, db_file='db.sqlite3', tables={'usernames': 't_username TEXT PRIMARY KEY, m_username TEXT', 'queue': 't_username TEXT PRIMARY KEY, tweet_id INTEGER, timestamp INTEGER'}):
+        self.database = sqlite3.connect(f"{os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))}/{db_file}")
+        self.cursor = self.database.cursor()
+        for table, structure in tables.items():
+            self.cursor.execute(f'CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS {table}({structure})')
+
+    def select(self, sql):
+        """Returns a list of dicts from DB."""
+        self.database.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
+        things = self.database.execute(sql).fetchall()
+        unpacked = [{k: item[k] for k in item.keys()} for item in things]
+        return unpacked
+
+    def commit(self, sql):
+        """ Inserts from a query. """
+        self.cursor.execute(sql)
+        self.database.commit()
+
+        
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