diff --git a/demos/temp_file.py b/demos/temp_file.py
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+++ b/demos/temp_file.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# author:    Adrian Rosebrock
+# website:   http://www.pyimagesearch.com
+
+# USAGE
+# BE SURE TO INSTALL 'imutils' PRIOR TO EXECUTING THIS COMMAND
+# python temp_file.py --image ../demo_images/bridge.jpg 
+
+# import the necessary packages
+from __future__ import print_function
+from imutils.io import TempFile
+import argparse
+import cv2
+
+# construct the argument parser and parse the arguments
+ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+ap.add_argument("-i", "--image", required=True, help="path to input image")
+args = ap.parse_args()
+
+# load the input image
+image = cv2.imread(args.image)
+
+# create a temporary path for the image, then write the image
+# to file
+t = TempFile()
+cv2.imwrite(t.path, image)
+print("[INFO] path: {}".format(t.path))
+
+# delete the file
+t.cleanup()
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diff --git a/imutils/io/__init__.py b/imutils/io/__init__.py
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+++ b/imutils/io/__init__.py
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+# import the necessary packages
+from .tempfile import TempFile
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diff --git a/imutils/io/tempfile.py b/imutils/io/tempfile.py
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+++ b/imutils/io/tempfile.py
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+# import the necessary packages
+import uuid
+import os
+
+class TempFile:
+	def __init__(self, basePath="./", ext=".jpg"):
+		# construct the file path
+		self.path = "{base_path}/{rand}{ext}".format(base_path=basePath, rand=str(uuid.uuid4()),
+			ext=ext)
+
+	def cleanup(self):
+		# remove the file
+		os.remove(self.path)
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ccbdf1a..b73b700 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='imutils',
-    packages=['imutils', 'imutils.video'],
+    packages=['imutils', 'imutils.video', 'imutils.io'],
     version='0.3.4',
     description='A series of convenience functions to make basic image processing functions such as translation, rotation, resizing, skeletonization, displaying Matplotlib images, sorting contours, detecting edges, and much more easier with OpenCV and both Python 2.7 and Python 3.',
     author='Adrian Rosebrock',