diff --git a/apps/demo-nextjs-app-router/app/page.tsx b/apps/demo-nextjs-app-router/app/page.tsx
index 2313dd1..56cf998 100644
--- a/apps/demo-nextjs-app-router/app/page.tsx
+++ b/apps/demo-nextjs-app-router/app/page.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type Image = {
   file_size: number;
 };
 type Result = {
-  images: Image[];
+  image: Image;
 };
 // @snippet:end
 
@@ -42,12 +42,13 @@ function Error(props: ErrorProps) {
 }
 
 const DEFAULT_PROMPT =
-  'a city landscape of a cyberpunk metropolis, raining, purple, pink and teal neon lights, highly detailed, uhd';
+  '(masterpiece:1.4), (best quality), (detailed), Medieval village scene with busy streets and castle in the distance';
 
 export default function Home() {
   // @snippet:start("client.ui.state")
   // Input state
   const [prompt, setPrompt] = useState<string>(DEFAULT_PROMPT);
+  const [imageFile, setImageFile] = useState<File | null>(null);
   // Result state
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
   const [error, setError] = useState<Error | null>(null);
@@ -59,7 +60,10 @@ export default function Home() {
     if (!result) {
       return null;
     }
-    return result.images[0];
+    if (result.image) {
+      return result.image;
+    }
+    return null;
   }, [result]);
 
   const reset = () => {
@@ -76,24 +80,27 @@ export default function Home() {
     setLoading(true);
     const start = Date.now();
     try {
-      const result: Result = await fal.subscribe('110602490-lora', {
-        input: {
-          prompt,
-          model_name: 'stabilityai/stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0',
-          image_size: 'square_hd',
-        },
-        pollInterval: 5000, // Default is 1000 (every 1s)
-        logs: true,
-        onQueueUpdate(update) {
-          setElapsedTime(Date.now() - start);
-          if (
-            update.status === 'IN_PROGRESS' ||
-            update.status === 'COMPLETED'
-          ) {
-            setLogs((update.logs || []).map((log) => log.message));
-          }
-        },
-      });
+      const result: Result = await fal.subscribe(
+        '54285744-illusion-diffusion',
+        {
+          input: {
+            prompt,
+            image_url: imageFile,
+            image_size: 'square_hd',
+          },
+          pollInterval: 5000, // Default is 1000 (every 1s)
+          logs: true,
+          onQueueUpdate(update) {
+            setElapsedTime(Date.now() - start);
+            if (
+              update.status === 'IN_PROGRESS' ||
+              update.status === 'COMPLETED'
+            ) {
+              setLogs((update.logs || []).map((log) => log.message));
+            }
+          },
+        }
+      );
       setResult(result);
     } catch (error: any) {
       setError(error);
@@ -109,6 +116,20 @@ export default function Home() {
         <h1 className="text-4xl font-bold mb-8">
           Hello <code className="font-light text-pink-600">fal</code>
         </h1>
+        <div className="text-lg w-full">
+          <label htmlFor="prompt" className="block mb-2 text-current">
+            Image
+          </label>
+          <input
+            className="w-full text-lg p-2 rounded bg-black/10 dark:bg-white/5 border border-black/20 dark:border-white/10"
+            id="image_url"
+            name="image_url"
+            type="file"
+            placeholder="Choose a file"
+            accept="image/*"
+            onChange={(e) => setImageFile(e.target.files?.[0] ?? null)}
+          />
+        </div>
         <div className="text-lg w-full">
           <label htmlFor="prompt" className="block mb-2 text-current">
             Prompt
diff --git a/libs/client/package.json b/libs/client/package.json
index 4c49e5e..1afe92d 100644
--- a/libs/client/package.json
+++ b/libs/client/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@fal-ai/serverless-client",
   "description": "The fal serverless JS/TS client",
-  "version": "0.4.2",
+  "version": "0.5.0",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/libs/client/src/function.ts b/libs/client/src/function.ts
index 9babed3..aba52cb 100644
--- a/libs/client/src/function.ts
+++ b/libs/client/src/function.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { getConfig } from './config';
-import { getUserAgent, isBrowser } from './runtime';
+import { storageImpl } from './storage';
+import { dispatchRequest } from './request';
 import { EnqueueResult, QueueStatus } from './types';
 import { isUUIDv4, isValidUrl } from './utils';
 
@@ -62,7 +63,6 @@ export function buildUrl<Input>(
 
 /**
  * Runs a fal serverless function identified by its `id`.
- * TODO: expand documentation and provide examples
  *
  * @param id the registered function revision id or alias.
  * @returns the remote function output
@@ -71,45 +71,14 @@ export async function run<Input, Output>(
   id: string,
   options: RunOptions<Input> = {}
 ): Promise<Output> {
-  const {
-    credentials: credentialsValue,
-    requestMiddleware,
-    responseHandler,
-  } = getConfig();
-  const method = (options.method ?? 'post').toLowerCase();
-  const userAgent = isBrowser() ? {} : { 'User-Agent': getUserAgent() };
-  const credentials =
-    typeof credentialsValue === 'function'
-      ? credentialsValue()
-      : credentialsValue;
-
-  const { url, headers } = await requestMiddleware({
-    url: buildUrl(id, options),
-  });
-  const authHeader = credentials ? { Authorization: `Key ${credentials}` } : {};
-  if (typeof window !== 'undefined' && credentials) {
-    console.warn(
-      "The fal credentials are exposed in the browser's environment. " +
-        "That's not recommended for production use cases."
-    );
-  }
-  const requestHeaders = {
-    ...authHeader,
-    Accept: 'application/json',
-    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-    ...userAgent,
-    ...(headers ?? {}),
-  } as HeadersInit;
-  const response = await fetch(url, {
-    method,
-    headers: requestHeaders,
-    mode: 'cors',
-    body:
-      method !== 'get' && options.input
-        ? JSON.stringify(options.input)
-        : undefined,
-  });
-  return await responseHandler(response);
+  const input = options.input
+    ? await storageImpl.transformInput(options.input)
+    : options.input;
+  return dispatchRequest<Input, Output>(
+    options.method ?? 'post',
+    buildUrl(id, options),
+    input as Input
+  );
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/libs/client/src/index.ts b/libs/client/src/index.ts
index 14a832b..7d1d611 100644
--- a/libs/client/src/index.ts
+++ b/libs/client/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export { config, getConfig } from './config';
+export { storageImpl as storage } from './storage';
 export { queue, run, subscribe } from './function';
 export { withMiddleware, withProxy } from './middleware';
 export type { RequestMiddleware } from './middleware';
diff --git a/libs/client/src/request.ts b/libs/client/src/request.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf86683
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/client/src/request.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { getConfig } from './config';
+import { getUserAgent, isBrowser } from './runtime';
+
+export async function dispatchRequest<Input, Output>(
+  method: string,
+  targetUrl: string,
+  input: Input
+): Promise<Output> {
+  const {
+    credentials: credentialsValue,
+    requestMiddleware,
+    responseHandler,
+  } = getConfig();
+  const userAgent = isBrowser() ? {} : { 'User-Agent': getUserAgent() };
+  const credentials =
+    typeof credentialsValue === 'function'
+      ? credentialsValue()
+      : credentialsValue;
+
+  const { url, headers } = await requestMiddleware({
+    url: targetUrl,
+  });
+  const authHeader = credentials ? { Authorization: `Key ${credentials}` } : {};
+  if (typeof window !== 'undefined' && credentials) {
+    console.warn(
+      "The fal credentials are exposed in the browser's environment. " +
+        "That's not recommended for production use cases."
+    );
+  }
+  const requestHeaders = {
+    ...authHeader,
+    Accept: 'application/json',
+    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+    ...userAgent,
+    ...(headers ?? {}),
+  } as HeadersInit;
+  const response = await fetch(url, {
+    method,
+    headers: requestHeaders,
+    mode: 'cors',
+    body:
+      method.toLowerCase() !== 'get' && input
+        ? JSON.stringify(input)
+        : undefined,
+  });
+  return await responseHandler(response);
+}
diff --git a/libs/client/src/storage.ts b/libs/client/src/storage.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15bda8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/client/src/storage.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+import { getConfig } from './config';
+import { dispatchRequest } from './request';
+
+/**
+ * File support for the client. This interface establishes the contract for
+ * uploading files to the server and transforming the input to replace file
+ * objects with URLs.
+ */
+export interface StorageSupport {
+  /**
+   * Upload a file to the server. Returns the URL of the uploaded file.
+   * @param file the file to upload
+   * @param options optional parameters, such as custom file name
+   * @returns the URL of the uploaded file
+   */
+  upload: (file: Blob) => Promise<string>;
+
+  /**
+   * Transform the input to replace file objects with URLs. This is used
+   * to transform the input before sending it to the server and ensures
+   * that the server receives URLs instead of file objects.
+   *
+   * @param input the input to transform.
+   * @returns the transformed input.
+   */
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  transformInput: (input: Record<string, any>) => Promise<Record<string, any>>;
+}
+
+function isDataUri(uri: string): boolean {
+  // avoid uri parsing if it doesn't start with data:
+  if (!uri.startsWith('data:')) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  try {
+    const url = new URL(uri);
+    return url.protocol === 'data:';
+  } catch (_) {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+type InitiateUploadResult = {
+  file_url: string;
+  upload_url: string;
+};
+
+type InitiateUploadData = {
+  file_name: string;
+  content_type: string | null;
+};
+
+function getRestApiUrl(): string {
+  const { host } = getConfig();
+  return host.replace('gateway', 'rest');
+}
+
+async function initiateUpload(file: Blob): Promise<InitiateUploadResult> {
+  return await dispatchRequest<InitiateUploadData, InitiateUploadResult>(
+    'POST',
+    `https://${getRestApiUrl()}/storage/upload/initiate`,
+    {
+      file_name: file.name,
+      content_type: file.type || 'application/octet-stream',
+    }
+  );
+}
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+type KeyValuePair = [string, any];
+
+export const storageImpl: StorageSupport = {
+  upload: async (file: Blob) => {
+    const { upload_url: uploadUrl, file_url: url } = await initiateUpload(file);
+    const response = await fetch(uploadUrl, {
+      method: 'PUT',
+      body: file,
+      headers: {
+        'Content-Type': file.type || 'application/octet-stream',
+      },
+    });
+    const { responseHandler } = getConfig();
+    await responseHandler(response);
+    return url;
+  },
+
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  transformInput: async (input: Record<string, any>) => {
+    const promises = Object.entries(input).map(async ([key, value]) => {
+      if (
+        value instanceof Blob ||
+        (typeof value === 'string' && isDataUri(value))
+      ) {
+        let blob = value;
+        // if string is a data uri, convert to blob
+        if (typeof value === 'string' && isDataUri(value)) {
+          const response = await fetch(value);
+          blob = await response.blob();
+        }
+        const url = await storageImpl.upload(blob as Blob);
+        return [key, url];
+      }
+      return [key, value] as KeyValuePair;
+    });
+    const results = await Promise.all(promises);
+    return Object.fromEntries(results);
+  },
+};