diff --git a/cwautomate/automate.go b/cwautomate/automate.go
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+package cwautomate
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+type SiteCredentials struct {
+	Username string
+	Password string
+}
+
+type Site struct {
+	Site           string
+	Credentials    SiteCredentials
+	CurrentSession *Session
+}
+
+type Session struct {
+	AccessToken         string `json:"AccessToken"`
+	TokenType           string `json:"TokenType"`
+	ExpirationDate      string `json:"ExpirationDate"`
+	UserID              string `json:"UserId"`
+	IsTwoFactorRequired bool   `json:"IsTwoFactorRequired"`
+}
+
+func NewSite(site, username, password string) (*Site, error) {
+	credentials := SiteCredentials{Username: username, Password: password}
+	currentSession := &Session{}
+	automateSite := Site{Site: site, Credentials: credentials, CurrentSession: currentSession}
+
+	err := automateSite.RefreshToken()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to obtain login token using credentials and site provided: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return &automateSite, nil
+}
+
+// RefreshToken is responsible for updating the API token which expires every hour
+func (site *Site) RefreshToken() error {
+	reqBody, err := json.Marshal(site.Credentials)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal site credentials - username '%s': %v", site.Credentials.Username, err)
+	}
+
+	resp, err := http.Post(fmt.Sprintf("%s/cwa/api/v1/apitoken", site.Site), "application/json", bytes.NewReader(reqBody))
+	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("expected http status '200', got '%v'", resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	respBody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not read response body of request")
+	}
+
+	session := &Session{}
+	err = json.Unmarshal(respBody, session)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not unmarshal response body into Session struct: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	site.CurrentSession = session
+
+	return nil
+}