diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index 11228d6c..5882a6b2 100755
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {readFileSync} from 'fs';
 import {join} from 'path';
 import {URL} from 'url';
 import {copy} from './copy';
+import {indexSamples} from './e2e';
 import {HttpClient} from './httpClient';
 
 const logger = new Logger();
@@ -31,6 +32,27 @@ process.on('unhandledRejection', (error) => {
   logger.error('unhandledRejection', error);
 });
 
+commander
+  .command('e2e <to>')
+  .description('Run in end to end test mode. Indexing all test files from @openstapp/core to the backend')
+  .option('-s --samples [path]', 'Path to @openstapp/core test files', './node_modules/@openstapps/core/test/resources')
+  .action((to, e2eCommand) => {
+    // validate url
+    try {
+      to = (new URL(to)).toString();
+    } catch (err) {
+      logger.error('expected parameter "to" to be valid url', err);
+      e2eCommand.outputHelp();
+      process.exit(-1);
+    }
+
+    actionDone = true;
+
+    indexSamples(client, {to: to, samples: e2eCommand.samples}).then(() => {
+      logger.ok('Done');
+    });
+  });
+
 commander
   .command('copy <type> <from> <to> <batchSize>')
   .version(pkgJson.version)
diff --git a/src/e2e.ts b/src/e2e.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eed7cec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/e2e.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 StApps
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation, version 3.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+import {SCThings} from '@openstapps/core';
+import {readdir, readFile} from 'fs';
+import {join} from 'path';
+import {promisify} from 'util';
+import {Bulk} from './bulk';
+import {ConnectorClient} from './connectorClient';
+import {HttpClientInterface} from './httpClientInterface';
+
+/**
+ * Options to set up indexing core test files to backend
+ */
+export interface E2EOptions {
+  /**
+   * File path of the directory containing core test files
+   */
+  samples: string;
+
+  /**
+   * URL of the backend to index to
+   */
+  to: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Function to add all the SCThings that getItemsFromSamples() returns to the backend
+ * 
+ * @param client HTTP client
+ * @param options Map of options
+ */
+export async function indexSamples(client: HttpClientInterface, options: E2EOptions): Promise<void> {
+  const api = new ConnectorClient(client, options.to);
+
+  const items = await getItemsFromSamples(options.samples);
+
+  if (items.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error('Could not index samples. None were retrived from the file system.');
+  }
+
+  items.sort((a, b) => (a.type.localeCompare(b.type)));
+
+  let currentBulkType;
+  let currentBulk: Bulk<SCThings> | undefined;
+
+  try {
+    // Add items depending on their type property with one type per bulk
+    for (const item of items) {
+      if (currentBulkType !== item.type) {
+        if (typeof currentBulk !== 'undefined') {
+          await currentBulk.done();
+        }
+        currentBulk = await api.bulk(item.type, 'stapps-core-sample-data');
+        currentBulkType = item.type;
+      }
+      await currentBulk!.add(item);
+    }
+    // close the last open bulk
+    if (typeof currentBulk !== 'undefined') {
+      await currentBulk.done();
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    throw err;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get all SCThings from the predefined core test json files
+ *
+ * @param samplesDirectory Filepath to the directory containing to the core test json files
+ * @returns an Array of all the SCThings specified for test usage
+ */
+export async function getItemsFromSamples<T extends SCThings>(samplesDirectory: string): Promise<T[]> {
+  const readDirPromised = promisify(readdir);
+  const readFilePromised = promisify(readFile);
+
+  const things: T[] = [];
+  try {
+    const fileNames = await readDirPromised(samplesDirectory);
+    for (const fileName of fileNames) {
+      const filePath = join(samplesDirectory, fileName);
+      const fileContent = await readFilePromised(filePath, {encoding: 'utf8'});
+      const schemaObject = JSON.parse(fileContent);
+      if (schemaObject.errorNames.length === 0 && typeof schemaObject.instance.type === 'string') {
+        things.push(schemaObject.instance);
+      }
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    return error;
+  }
+  return things;
+}