diff --git a/restAPI/src/main/java/restAPI/simulation_running/SimulationRunningController.java b/restAPI/src/main/java/restAPI/simulation_running/SimulationRunningController.java
index 6423c31a..21a02bcf 100644
--- a/restAPI/src/main/java/restAPI/simulation_running/SimulationRunningController.java
+++ b/restAPI/src/main/java/restAPI/simulation_running/SimulationRunningController.java
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
+import restAPI.util.TempFileUtil;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.io.IOException;
 
 @RestController
 public class SimulationRunningController {
@@ -21,9 +26,30 @@ public SimulationRunningController(SimulationRunningService simulationRunningSer
     }
 
     @PostMapping("/simulate")
-    public ResponseEntity<String> handleSimulationRequest(@RequestBody String request){
+    public ResponseEntity<String> handleSimulationRequest(@RequestBody String request) {
 
         return new ResponseEntity<>("Im a response", HttpStatus.OK);
     }
 
-}
+    @PostMapping("/simulate/upload")
+    public ResponseEntity<String> fileUploading(@RequestParam("file") MultipartFile file) {
+        // Code to save the file to a database or disk
+        return ResponseEntity.ok("Successfully uploaded the file");
+    }
+
+
+    //for uploading the MULTIPLE file to the File system
+    @PostMapping("/multiple/file")
+    public ResponseEntity<String> handleMultipleFilesUpload(@RequestParam("files") MultipartFile[] files)
+            throws IOException {
+        try {
+            Path tmpFolder = TempFileUtil.createDefaultTempDir();
+            Path[] savedFiles = TempFileUtil.saveFiles(files, tmpFolder);
+            return ResponseEntity.ok("Successfully uploaded the file");
+        }
+        catch (Exception e) {
+            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).build();
+        }
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/restAPI/src/main/java/restAPI/simulation_running/SimulationRunningService.java b/restAPI/src/main/java/restAPI/simulation_running/SimulationRunningService.java
index 6c1ca5f4..d8393505 100644
--- a/restAPI/src/main/java/restAPI/simulation_running/SimulationRunningService.java
+++ b/restAPI/src/main/java/restAPI/simulation_running/SimulationRunningService.java
@@ -2,13 +2,20 @@
 
 import cambio.simulator.ExperimentStartupConfig;
 import desmoj.core.simulator.Experiment;
+import jdk.jshell.spi.ExecutionControl;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
+import org.springframework.web.multipart.MaxUploadSizeExceededException;
+import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
 import restAPI.simulation_running.restufl_experiment_creation.RestfulExperimentCreator;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
 @Service
 public class SimulationRunningService {
 
-
+// TODO delete the uploaded temp files after creating the experiments.
+// TODO delete the created output files after saving to DB.
     public Experiment runExperiment(final ExperimentStartupConfig startupConfig) {
         Experiment experiment = new RestfulExperimentCreator().createSimulationExperiment(startupConfig);
         System.out.printf("[INFO] Starting simulation at approximately %s%n", java.time.LocalDateTime.now());
@@ -19,4 +26,6 @@ public Experiment runExperiment(final ExperimentStartupConfig startupConfig) {
 
         return experiment;
     }
+
+
 }
diff --git a/restAPI/src/main/java/restAPI/util/DBConnector.java b/restAPI/src/main/java/restAPI/util/DBConnector.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eae73d07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/restAPI/src/main/java/restAPI/util/DBConnector.java
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package restAPI.util;
+
+public class DBConnector {
+}
diff --git a/restAPI/src/main/java/restAPI/util/TempFileUtil.java b/restAPI/src/main/java/restAPI/util/TempFileUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21815b6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/restAPI/src/main/java/restAPI/util/TempFileUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package restAPI.util;
+
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
+import org.springframework.web.multipart.MaxUploadSizeExceededException;
+import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+
+public class TempFileUtil {
+
+    // Create a new temp file.
+    private static Path createTempFile(Path tmpDir, byte[] content, String prefix) throws IOException {
+        String customFileSuffix = ".json";
+
+        Path tmpFile = Files.createTempFile(tmpDir, prefix, customFileSuffix);
+        return Files.write(tmpFile, content);
+    }
+
+    // TODO: check whether the uploaded file is a json file: String contentType = file.getContentType();
+    // TODO: check the file name for the prefixes.
+    private static Path saveFile(MultipartFile file, Path path) throws Exception {
+        if(file.getOriginalFilename() == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("The uploaded file must have a name that includes the prefix" +
+                    " <architecture_> or <experiment_>.");
+        }
+        String fileName = StringUtils.cleanPath(file.getOriginalFilename());
+
+        try {
+            if(fileName.contains("..")
+                    || !fileName.startsWith("architecture_")
+                    || !fileName.startsWith("experiment_") ) {
+                throw new Exception("Filename contains invalid path sequence " + fileName);
+            } else if (file.isEmpty()) {
+                throw new Exception(String.format("The uploaded file <%s> is empty.", fileName));
+            }
+            byte[] content = file.getBytes();
+            return createTempFile(path, content, fileName);
+        } catch (MaxUploadSizeExceededException e) {
+            throw new MaxUploadSizeExceededException(file.getSize());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new Exception("Could not save File: " + fileName);
+        }
+    }
+    public static Path[] saveFiles(MultipartFile[] files, Path temDir) {
+        Path[] filesPaths = new Path[files.length];
+        int i = 0;
+        Arrays.asList(files).forEach(file -> {
+            try {
+                filesPaths[i] = saveFile(file, temDir);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            }
+        });
+        return filesPaths;
+    }
+
+    // We create a temp directory in the default OS's /tmp folder.
+    public static Path createDefaultTempDir() throws IOException {
+        return Files.createTempDirectory("misim");
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/restAPI/src/main/resources/application.properties b/restAPI/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 8b137891..cc44b068 100644
--- a/restAPI/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/restAPI/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-
+spring.servlet.multipart.file-size-threshold=2KB
+spring.servlet.multipart.max-file-size=50MB
+spring.servlet.multipart.max-request-size=55MB
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