diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79e4ef8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.gradle
+build/
+
+.idea/
+*.iml
+out/
+
+.poject
+.settings
+.classpath
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23d1907
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Gradle Nexus Staging plugin
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3e07fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
+    }
+    dependencies {
+        classpath 'org.hibernate.build.gradle:gradle-maven-publish-auth:2.0.1'
+        classpath 'com.bmuschko:gradle-nexus-plugin:2.3'
+        classpath 'pl.allegro.tech.build:axion-release-plugin:1.2.0'
+    }
+}
+
+apply plugin: 'groovy'
+apply plugin: 'pl.allegro.tech.build.axion-release'
+apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
+
+project.version = scmVersion.version
+
+sourceCompatibility = 1.6
+
+repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    compile gradleApi()
+    compile localGroovy()
+    compile("org.codehaus.groovy.modules.http-builder:http-builder:0.7.1") {
+        exclude group: 'xerces', module: 'xercesImpl'   //conflicts with xercesImpl from Gradle
+    }
+
+    testCompile('org.spockframework:spock-core:0.7-groovy-2.0') {
+        //groovy 2.3.x is already provided by Gradle itself
+        exclude group: 'org.codehaus.groovy', module: 'groovy-all'
+    }
+    testCompile 'cglib:cglib-nodep:2.2.2'   //for Spying in Spock
+    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.11'
+
+    /*funcT*/testCompile('com.netflix.nebula:nebula-test:2.0.5') {
+        exclude group: 'org.codehaus.groovy', module: 'groovy-all'
+    }
+}
+
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        mavenJava(MavenPublication) {
+            from components.java
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+wrapper {
+    gradleVersion "2.3"
+}
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..931f628
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+group=io.codearte.gradle.nexus
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c97a8bd
Binary files /dev/null and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fcdbb77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#Sun Feb 22 22:00:20 CET 2015
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.2.1-all.zip
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..91a7e26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+##############################################################################
+##
+##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
+##
+##############################################################################
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+
+APP_NAME="Gradle"
+APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
+
+# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
+MAX_FD="maximum"
+
+warn ( ) {
+    echo "$*"
+}
+
+die ( ) {
+    echo
+    echo "$*"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false
+msys=false
+darwin=false
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN* )
+    cygwin=true
+    ;;
+  Darwin* )
+    darwin=true
+    ;;
+  MINGW* )
+    msys=true
+    ;;
+esac
+
+# For Cygwin, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched.
+if $cygwin ; then
+    [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] && JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$JAVA_HOME"`
+fi
+
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+PRG="$0"
+# Need this for relative symlinks.
+while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+        PRG="$link"
+    else
+        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
+    fi
+done
+SAVED="`pwd`"
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >&-
+APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
+cd "$SAVED" >&-
+
+CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+# Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
+if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+        # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+    else
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+    fi
+    if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+else
+    JAVACMD="java"
+    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+fi
+
+# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
+if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" ] ; then
+    MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
+        if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
+            MAX_FD="$MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+        fi
+        ulimit -n $MAX_FD
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD"
+        fi
+    else
+        warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# For Darwin, add options to specify how the application appears in the dock
+if $darwin; then
+    GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin ; then
+    APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+
+    # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
+    ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
+    SEP=""
+    for dir in $ROOTDIRSRAW ; do
+        ROOTDIRS="$ROOTDIRS$SEP$dir"
+        SEP="|"
+    done
+    OURCYGPATTERN="(^($ROOTDIRS))"
+    # Add a user-defined pattern to the cygpath arguments
+    if [ "$GRADLE_CYGPATTERN" != "" ] ; then
+        OURCYGPATTERN="$OURCYGPATTERN|($GRADLE_CYGPATTERN)"
+    fi
+    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
+    i=0
+    for arg in "$@" ; do
+        CHECK=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "$OURCYGPATTERN" -`
+        CHECK2=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "^-"`                                 ### Determine if an option
+
+        if [ $CHECK -ne 0 ] && [ $CHECK2 -eq 0 ] ; then                    ### Added a condition
+            eval `echo args$i`=`cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg"`
+        else
+            eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
+        fi
+        i=$((i+1))
+    done
+    case $i in
+        (0) set -- ;;
+        (1) set -- "$args0" ;;
+        (2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
+        (3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
+        (4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
+        (5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
+        (6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
+        (7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
+        (8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
+        (9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
+    esac
+fi
+
+# Split up the JVM_OPTS And GRADLE_OPTS values into an array, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+function splitJvmOpts() {
+    JVM_OPTS=("$@")
+}
+eval splitJvmOpts $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS
+JVM_OPTS[${#JVM_OPTS[*]}]="-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME"
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "${JVM_OPTS[@]}" -classpath "$CLASSPATH" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$@"
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a0b282
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@rem ##########################################################################
+@rem
+@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
+@rem
+@rem ##########################################################################
+
+@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
+
+set DIRNAME=%~dp0
+if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
+set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
+
+@rem Find java.exe
+if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
+
+set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:findJavaFromJavaHome
+set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
+set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
+
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:init
+@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windowz variants
+
+if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
+if "%@eval[2+2]" == "4" goto 4NT_args
+
+:win9xME_args
+@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
+set _SKIP=2
+
+:win9xME_args_slurp
+if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
+
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
+goto execute
+
+:4NT_args
+@rem Get arguments from the 4NT Shell from JP Software
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%$
+
+:execute
+@rem Setup the command line
+
+set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+@rem Execute Gradle
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+
+:end
+@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+
+:fail
+rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
+rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
+if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
+exit /b 1
+
+:mainEnd
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+
+:omega
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f16803
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+rootProject.name = 'gradle-nexus-staging-plugin'
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/BaseStagingTask.groovy b/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/BaseStagingTask.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6cb0eb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/BaseStagingTask.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package io.codearte.gradle.nexus
+
+import groovy.transform.PackageScope
+import groovyx.net.http.RESTClient
+import io.codearte.gradle.nexus.infra.SimplifiedHttpJsonRestClient
+import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.Optional
+
+abstract class BaseStagingTask extends DefaultTask {
+
+    @Input
+    String nexusUrl
+
+    @Input
+    @Optional
+    String username
+
+    @Input
+    @Optional
+    String password
+
+    @PackageScope
+    SimplifiedHttpJsonRestClient createClient() {
+        new SimplifiedHttpJsonRestClient(new RESTClient(), getUsername(), getPassword())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/GetStagingProfileTask2.groovy b/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/GetStagingProfileTask2.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b3f84a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/GetStagingProfileTask2.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package io.codearte.gradle.nexus
+
+import io.codearte.gradle.nexus.infra.SimplifiedHttpJsonRestClient
+import io.codearte.gradle.nexus.logic.StagingProfileFetcher
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction
+
+class GetStagingProfileTask2 extends BaseStagingTask {
+
+    @TaskAction
+    void doAction() {
+        StagingProfileFetcher stagingProfileFetcher = createFetcherWithGivenClient(createClient())
+        String stagingProfileId = stagingProfileFetcher.getStagingProfileIdForPackageGroup("io.codearte")
+        ext.stagingProfileId = stagingProfileId
+    }
+
+    private StagingProfileFetcher createFetcherWithGivenClient(SimplifiedHttpJsonRestClient client) {
+        return new StagingProfileFetcher(client, nexusUrl)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/NexusStagingExtension.groovy b/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/NexusStagingExtension.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1613003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/NexusStagingExtension.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package io.codearte.gradle.nexus
+
+class NexusStagingExtension {
+
+    String nexusUrl
+    String username
+    String password
+}
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/NexusStagingPlugin.groovy b/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/NexusStagingPlugin.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f72371
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/NexusStagingPlugin.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package io.codearte.gradle.nexus
+
+import io.codearte.gradle.nexus.infra.NexusStagingException
+import org.gradle.api.Plugin
+import org.gradle.api.Project
+
+class NexusStagingPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
+
+    private Project project
+    private NexusStagingExtension extension
+
+    @Override
+    void apply(Project project) {
+        this.project = project
+        this.extension = createExtension(project)
+        createAndConfigureGetStagingProfileTask2(project)
+    }
+
+    NexusStagingExtension createExtension(Project project) {
+        project.extensions.create("nexusStaging", NexusStagingExtension)
+    }
+
+    void createAndConfigureGetStagingProfileTask2(Project project) {
+        GetStagingProfileTask2 task = project.tasks.create("getStagingProfileTask", GetStagingProfileTask2)
+        task.with {
+            description = "TODO getStagingProfileTask"
+            group = "release"
+        }
+        setTaskDefaults(task)
+    }
+
+    void setTaskDefaults(BaseStagingTask task) {
+        task.conventionMapping.with {
+            nexusUrl = { extension.nexusUrl }
+            username = { extension.username }
+            password = { extension.password }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/infra/NexusStagingException.groovy b/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/infra/NexusStagingException.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7018b04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/infra/NexusStagingException.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package io.codearte.gradle.nexus.infra
+
+import groovy.transform.InheritConstructors
+
+@InheritConstructors
+class NexusStagingException extends RuntimeException {
+}
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/infra/SimplifiedHttpJsonRestClient.groovy b/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/infra/SimplifiedHttpJsonRestClient.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62bd43c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/infra/SimplifiedHttpJsonRestClient.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package io.codearte.gradle.nexus.infra
+
+import groovy.json.JsonBuilder
+import groovy.json.JsonOutput
+import groovyx.net.http.ContentType
+import groovyx.net.http.HttpResponseDecorator
+import groovyx.net.http.RESTClient
+
+/**
+ * Specialized REST client to communicate with Nexus.
+ *
+ * Note: The same as RESTClient from HTTP Builder this class is not thread-safe.
+ */
+class SimplifiedHttpJsonRestClient {
+
+    private final RESTClient restClient
+    private final String username
+    private final String password
+    private final Map params
+
+    SimplifiedHttpJsonRestClient(RESTClient restClient, String username, String password) {
+        this.restClient = restClient
+        this.username = username
+        this.password = password
+        params = [:]
+        params.contentType = ContentType.JSON
+    }
+
+    Map get(String uri) {
+        restClient.uri = uri
+        restClient.auth.basic(username, password)   //has to be after URI is set
+        HttpResponseDecorator response = (HttpResponseDecorator)restClient.get(params)
+        println response.data
+        println new JsonBuilder(response.data).toString()
+        return (Map)response.data
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/infra/WrongNumberOfStagingProfiles.groovy b/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/infra/WrongNumberOfStagingProfiles.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a80eb09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/infra/WrongNumberOfStagingProfiles.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package io.codearte.gradle.nexus.infra
+
+class WrongNumberOfStagingProfiles extends NexusStagingException {
+
+    final int numberOfProfiles
+    final String packageGroup
+
+    WrongNumberOfStagingProfiles(int numberOfProfiles, String packageGroup) {
+        super("Wrong number of received staging profiles for '$packageGroup'. Expected 1, received $numberOfProfiles")
+        this.numberOfProfiles = numberOfProfiles
+        this.packageGroup = packageGroup
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/logic/BaseOperationExecuter.groovy b/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/logic/BaseOperationExecuter.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e1c1bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/logic/BaseOperationExecuter.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package io.codearte.gradle.nexus.logic
+
+import io.codearte.gradle.nexus.infra.SimplifiedHttpJsonRestClient
+
+//@TupleConstructor //TODO: Hmm?
+abstract class BaseOperationExecuter {
+
+    protected final SimplifiedHttpJsonRestClient client
+    protected final String nexusUrl
+
+    BaseOperationExecuter(SimplifiedHttpJsonRestClient client, String nexusUrl) {
+        this.client = client
+        this.nexusUrl = nexusUrl
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/logic/StagingProfileFetcher.groovy b/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/logic/StagingProfileFetcher.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd268a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/logic/StagingProfileFetcher.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package io.codearte.gradle.nexus.logic
+
+import groovy.transform.InheritConstructors
+import io.codearte.gradle.nexus.infra.WrongNumberOfStagingProfiles
+
+@InheritConstructors
+class StagingProfileFetcher extends BaseOperationExecuter {
+
+    String getStagingProfileIdForPackageGroup(String packageGroup) {
+        Map responseAsMap = client.get(nexusUrl + "/service/local/staging/profiles")    //TODO: Constant
+        return parseResponseAndGetStagingProfileIdForPackageGroup(responseAsMap, packageGroup)
+    }
+
+    private Object parseResponseAndGetStagingProfileIdForPackageGroup(Map responseAsMap, String packageGroup) {
+        def profileIds = responseAsMap.data.findAll { profile ->
+            profile.name == packageGroup
+        }.collect { profile ->
+            profile.id
+        }
+        if (profileIds.isEmpty() || profileIds.size() > 1) {
+            throw new WrongNumberOfStagingProfiles(profileIds.size(), packageGroup)
+        }
+        return profileIds[0]
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/io.codearte.nexus-staging.properties b/src/main/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/io.codearte.nexus-staging.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f570752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/io.codearte.nexus-staging.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+implementation-class=io.codearte.gradle.nexus.NexusStagingPlugin
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/PasswordUtil.groovy b/src/test/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/PasswordUtil.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb0ab9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/PasswordUtil.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package io.codearte.gradle.nexus
+
+class PasswordUtil {
+
+    //Temporary hack to read nexus password in e2e tests
+    static String tryToReadNexusPassword() {
+        String nexusPass = System.getenv("nexusPassword")
+        if (nexusPass == null) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Nexus password is not set in a system variable")
+        }
+        return nexusPass
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/functional/BaseNexusStagingFunctionalSpec.groovy b/src/test/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/functional/BaseNexusStagingFunctionalSpec.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..908d355
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/functional/BaseNexusStagingFunctionalSpec.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package io.codearte.gradle.nexus.functional
+
+import io.codearte.gradle.nexus.PasswordUtil
+import nebula.test.IntegrationSpec
+
+class BaseNexusStagingFunctionalSpec extends IntegrationSpec {
+
+    protected String nexusPassword
+
+    void setup() {
+        fork = true //to prevent ClassCastException: org.apache.xerces.parsers.XIncludeAwareParserConfiguration cannot be cast to org.apache.xerces.xni.parser.XMLParserConfiguration
+        nexusPassword = PasswordUtil.tryToReadNexusPassword()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/functional/BasicFunctionalSpec.groovy b/src/test/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/functional/BasicFunctionalSpec.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c60f5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/functional/BasicFunctionalSpec.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package io.codearte.gradle.nexus.functional
+
+class BasicFunctionalSpec extends BaseNexusStagingFunctionalSpec {
+
+    def "should run"() {
+        given:
+            buildFile << """
+                apply plugin: 'io.codearte.nexus-staging'
+
+                buildscript {
+                    repositories {
+                        mavenCentral()
+                    }
+                }
+                nexusStaging {
+                    nexusUrl = "https://oss.sonatype.org/"
+                    username = "codearte"
+                    password = '$nexusPassword'
+                }
+            """.stripIndent()
+        when:
+            def result = runTasksSuccessfully('getStagingProfileTask')
+        then:
+            result.wasExecuted(':getStagingProfileTask')
+        and:
+//            println result.standardOutput   //TODO: How to redirect stdout to show on console (works with 2.2.1)
+            result.standardOutput.contains("autoStagingDisabled:false")
+    }
+
+    def "should pass parameter to other task"() {
+        given:
+            buildFile << """
+                apply plugin: 'io.codearte.nexus-staging'
+
+                buildscript {
+                    repositories {
+                        mavenCentral()
+                    }
+                }
+                nexusStaging {
+                    nexusUrl = "https://oss.sonatype.org/"
+                    username = "codearte"
+                    password = '$nexusPassword'
+                }
+                task getValue << {
+                    assert getStagingProfileTask.stagingProfileId == "93c08fdebde1ff"
+                }
+            """.stripIndent()
+        expect:
+            runTasksSuccessfully('getStagingProfileTask', 'getValue')
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/test/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/logic/StagingProfileFetcherSpec.groovy b/src/test/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/logic/StagingProfileFetcherSpec.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21a2992
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/groovy/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/logic/StagingProfileFetcherSpec.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package io.codearte.gradle.nexus.logic
+
+import groovy.json.JsonSlurper
+import groovyx.net.http.RESTClient
+import io.codearte.gradle.nexus.infra.SimplifiedHttpJsonRestClient
+import io.codearte.gradle.nexus.PasswordUtil
+import io.codearte.gradle.nexus.infra.WrongNumberOfStagingProfiles
+import spock.lang.Ignore
+import spock.lang.Specification
+
+class StagingProfileFetcherSpec extends Specification {
+
+    private static final String MOCK_SERVER_HOST = "https://mock.server/"
+    private static final String GET_STAGING_PROFILES_PATH = "/service/local/staging/profiles"
+    private static final String GET_STAGING_PROFILES_FULL_URL = MOCK_SERVER_HOST + GET_STAGING_PROFILES_PATH
+
+    @Ignore
+    def "should getstaging profile id from server e2e"() {
+        given:
+            def client = new SimplifiedHttpJsonRestClient(new RESTClient(), "codearte", PasswordUtil.tryToReadNexusPassword())
+            StagingProfileFetcher fetcher = new StagingProfileFetcher(client, "https://oss.sonatype.org/")
+        when:
+            String stagingProfileId = fetcher.getStagingProfileIdForPackageGroup("io.codearte")
+        then:
+            println stagingProfileId
+            stagingProfileId == "93c08fdebde1ff"
+    }
+
+    def "should get staging profile id from server"() {
+        given:
+            def client = Mock(SimplifiedHttpJsonRestClient)
+            client.get(GET_STAGING_PROFILES_FULL_URL) >> {
+                new JsonSlurper().parse(this.getClass().getResource("2stagingProfilesShrunkResponse.json"))
+            }
+            StagingProfileFetcher fetcher = new StagingProfileFetcher(client, MOCK_SERVER_HOST)
+        when:
+            String stagingProfileId = fetcher.getStagingProfileIdForPackageGroup("io.codearte")
+        then:
+            println stagingProfileId
+            stagingProfileId == "93c08fdebde1ff"
+    }
+
+    def "should throw meaningful exception for not matching profiles for package group"() {
+        given:
+            def client = Mock(SimplifiedHttpJsonRestClient)
+            client.get(GET_STAGING_PROFILES_FULL_URL) >> {
+                [data: [[id: 1, name: "other1"], [id: 2, name: "other2"]]]
+            }
+            StagingProfileFetcher fetcher = new StagingProfileFetcher(client, MOCK_SERVER_HOST)
+        when:
+            fetcher.getStagingProfileIdForPackageGroup("wrongGroup")
+        then:
+            def e = thrown(WrongNumberOfStagingProfiles)
+            e.packageGroup == "wrongGroup"
+            e.numberOfProfiles == 0
+    }
+
+    def "should throw meaningful exception for too many matching profiles for package group"() {
+        given:
+            def client = Mock(SimplifiedHttpJsonRestClient)
+            client.get(GET_STAGING_PROFILES_FULL_URL) >> {
+                [data: [[id: 1, name: "tooMuch"], [id: 2, name: "tooMuch"]]]
+            }
+            StagingProfileFetcher fetcher = new StagingProfileFetcher(client, MOCK_SERVER_HOST)
+        when:
+            fetcher.getStagingProfileIdForPackageGroup("tooMuch")
+        then:
+            def e = thrown(WrongNumberOfStagingProfiles)
+            e.packageGroup == "tooMuch"
+            e.numberOfProfiles == 2
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/logic/2stagingProfilesShrunkResponse.json b/src/test/resources/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/logic/2stagingProfilesShrunkResponse.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82d51cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/io/codearte/gradle/nexus/logic/2stagingProfilesShrunkResponse.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+  "data": [
+    {
+      "deployURI": "https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2",
+      "id": "430bafbe963e40",
+      "inProgress": false,
+      "mode": "BOTH",
+      "name": "eu.codearte",
+      "order": 6445,
+      "promotionTargetRepository": "releases",
+      "repositoryType": "maven2",
+      "resourceURI": "https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/profiles/430bafbe963e40",
+      "targetGroups": ["staging"]
+    },
+    {
+      "deployURI": "https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2",
+      "id": "93c08fdebde1ff",
+      "inProgress": false,
+      "mode": "BOTH",
+      "name": "io.codearte",
+      "order": 8981,
+      "promotionTargetRepository": "releases",
+      "repositoryType": "maven2",
+      "resourceURI": "https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/profiles/93c08fdebde1ff",
+      "targetGroups": ["staging"]
+    }
+  ]
+}