diff --git a/src/invoice2data/__init__.py b/src/invoice2data/__init__.py
index d6a0cc0d..3d88e595 100644
--- a/src/invoice2data/__init__.py
+++ b/src/invoice2data/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 from .main import extract_data  # noqa: F401
+from .main import Invoice2Data  # noqa: F401
diff --git a/src/invoice2data/main.py b/src/invoice2data/main.py
index c322b179..2803fc49 100644
--- a/src/invoice2data/main.py
+++ b/src/invoice2data/main.py
@@ -37,6 +37,19 @@
 output_mapping = {"csv": to_csv, "json": to_json, "xml": to_xml, "none": None}
 
 
+class Invoice2Data:
+    def __init__(self, load_built_in_templates=True):
+        self.templates = []
+        if load_built_in_templates:
+            self.templates += read_templates()
+
+    def read_templates(self, path):
+        self.templates += read_templates(os.path.abspath(path))
+
+    def extract_data(self, path, input_module=None):
+        return extract_data(path, self.templates, input_module)
+
+
 def extract_data(invoicefile, templates=None, input_module=None):
     """Extracts structured data from PDF/image invoices.