diff --git a/examples/export_all_sites.py b/examples/export_all_sites.py
index 25ff854..99e868a 100644
--- a/examples/export_all_sites.py
+++ b/examples/export_all_sites.py
@@ -2,20 +2,176 @@
 This will export all bigfix sites to a folder called `export`
 
 This is equivalent of running `python -m besapi export_all_sites`
+
+requires `besapi`, install with command `pip install besapi`
+
+Example Usage:
+python export_all_sites.py -r https://localhost:52311/api -u API_USER -p API_PASSWORD
+
+References:
+- https://developer.bigfix.com/rest-api/api/admin.html
+- https://github.com/jgstew/besapi/blob/master/examples/rest_cmd_args.py
+- https://github.com/jgstew/tools/blob/master/Python/locate_self.py
 """
 
+import argparse
+import getpass
+import logging
+import logging.handlers
 import os
+import platform
+import shutil
+import sys
 
 import besapi
 
+__version__ = "0.0.1"
+verbose = 0
+bes_conn = None
+invoke_folder = None
+
+
+def get_invoke_folder():
+    """Get the folder the script was invoked from
+
+    References:
+    - https://github.com/jgstew/tools/blob/master/Python/locate_self.py
+    """
+    # using logging here won't actually log it to the file:
+
+    if getattr(sys, "frozen", False) and hasattr(sys, "_MEIPASS"):
+        if verbose:
+            print("running in a PyInstaller bundle")
+        invoke_folder = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.executable))
+    else:
+        if verbose:
+            print("running in a normal Python process")
+        invoke_folder = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
+    if verbose:
+        print(f"invoke_folder = {invoke_folder}")
+
+    return invoke_folder
+
+
+def test_file_exists(path):
+    """return true if file exists"""
+
+    if not (os.path.isfile(path) and os.access(path, os.R_OK)):
+        path = os.path.join(invoke_folder, path)
+
+    logging.info("testing if exists: `%s`", path)
+
+    if os.path.isfile(path) and os.access(path, os.R_OK) and os.access(path, os.W_OK):
+        return path
+
+    return False
+
 
 def main():
     """Execution starts here"""
-    print("main()")
-    bes_conn = besapi.besapi.get_bes_conn_using_config_file()
-    bes_conn.login()
+    print("main() start")
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Provde command line arguments for REST URL, username, and password"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-v",
+        "--verbose",
+        help="Set verbose output",
+        required=False,
+        action="count",
+        default=0,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-besserver", "--besserver", help="Specify the BES URL", required=False
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("-r", "--rest-url", help="Specify the REST URL", required=False)
+    parser.add_argument("-u", "--user", help="Specify the username", required=False)
+    parser.add_argument("-p", "--password", help="Specify the password", required=False)
+    parser.add_argument("-d", "--delete", help="delete previous export", required=False, action='store_true')
+    # allow unknown args to be parsed instead of throwing an error:
+    args, _unknown = parser.parse_known_args()
+
+    # allow set global scoped vars
+    global bes_conn, verbose, invoke_folder
+    verbose = args.verbose
+
+    # get folder the script was invoked from:
+    invoke_folder = get_invoke_folder()
+
+    # set different log levels:
+    log_level = logging.INFO
+    if verbose:
+        log_level = logging.INFO
+    if verbose > 1:
+        log_level = logging.DEBUG
+
+    # get path to put log file in:
+    log_filename = os.path.join(invoke_folder, "export_all_sites.log")
+
+    print(f"Log File Path: {log_filename}")
+
+    handlers = [
+        logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(
+            log_filename, maxBytes=5 * 1024 * 1024, backupCount=1
+        )
+    ]
+
+    # log output to console:
+    handlers.append(logging.StreamHandler())
+
+    # setup logging:
+    logging.basicConfig(
+        encoding="utf-8",
+        level=log_level,
+        format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)s:%(message)s",
+        handlers=handlers,
+    )
+    logging.info("----- Starting New Session ------")
+    logging.debug("invoke folder: %s", invoke_folder)
+    logging.debug("Python version: %s", platform.sys.version)
+    logging.debug("BESAPI Module version: %s", besapi.besapi.__version__)
+    logging.debug("this plugin's version: %s", __version__)
+
+    password = args.password
+
+    if not password:
+        logging.warning("Password was not provided, provide REST API password.")
+        print("Password was not provided, provide REST API password.")
+        password = getpass.getpass()
+
+    # process args, setup connection:
+    rest_url = args.rest_url
+
+    # normalize url to https://HostOrIP:52311
+    if rest_url and rest_url.endswith("/api"):
+        rest_url = rest_url.replace("/api", "")
+
+    try:
+        bes_conn = besapi.besapi.BESConnection(args.user, password, rest_url)
+        # bes_conn.login()
+    except (
+        AttributeError,
+        ConnectionRefusedError,
+        besapi.besapi.requests.exceptions.ConnectionError,
+    ):
+        try:
+            # print(args.besserver)
+            bes_conn = besapi.besapi.BESConnection(args.user, password, args.besserver)
+        # handle case where args.besserver is None
+        # AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'startswith'
+        except AttributeError:
+            bes_conn = besapi.besapi.get_bes_conn_using_config_file()
+
+    # if --delete arg used, delete export folder:
+    if args.delete:
+        shutil.rmtree("export", ignore_errors=True)
 
-    os.mkdir("export")
+    try:
+        os.mkdir("export")
+    except FileExistsError:
+        logging.warning("Folder already exists!")
 
     os.chdir("export")