diff --git a/docs/reference/rest_api_quickstart.md b/docs/reference/rest_api_quickstart.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ced63208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/reference/rest_api_quickstart.md
@@ -0,0 +1,328 @@
+# Quickstart
+
+This guide will walk you through the full sequence of requests to create and publish a record in InvenioRDM, including file uploads. We'll use cURL commands for each step.
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- Access to an InvenioRDM instance (we'll use the InvenioRDM demo instance at <https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch> for this example)
+- An API token for authentication
+- `curl` installed on your machine
+
+### Create a Draft upload
+
+First, create a draft upload with a minimal set of metadata.
+
+```bash
+curl -i -X POST https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records \
+     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+     -H "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
+     -d '
+{
+  "metadata": {
+    "title": "Poltergeist activity readings dataset",
+    "creators": [
+      {
+        "person_or_org": {
+          "given_name": "Josiah",
+          "family_name": "Carberry",
+          "type": "personal",
+          "identifiers": [{"identifier": "0000-0002-1825-0097"}]
+        },
+        "affiliations": [{"name": "Brown University"}]
+      }
+    ],
+    "publisher": "InvenioRDM",
+    "publication_date": "2024-05-14",
+    "resource_type": {"id": "dataset"}
+  }
+}'
+```
+
+```http
+HTTP/1.1 201 CREATED
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "id": "ha4g3-7x208",
+  "is_draft": true,
+  "is_published": false,
+  "status": "draft",
+  "created": "2024-05-14T12:02:42.925027+00:00",
+  "updated": "2024-05-14T12:02:43.001866+00:00",
+  "expires_at": "2024-05-14 12:02:42.925074",
+  "revision_id": 4,
+  "metadata": {
+    "creators": [
+      {
+        "affiliations": [{ "name": "Brown University" }],
+        "person_or_org": {
+          "family_name": "Carberry",
+          "given_name": "Josiah",
+          "type": "personal",
+          "identifiers": [
+            { "identifier": "0000-0002-1825-0097", "scheme": "orcid" }
+          ],
+          "name": "Carberry, Josiah"
+        }
+      }
+    ],
+    "resource_type": {
+      "id": "dataset",
+      "title": { "de": "Datensatz", "en": "Dataset" }
+    },
+    "publication_date": "2024-05-14",
+    "title": "Poltergeist activity readings dataset",
+    "publisher": "InvenioRDM"
+  },
+  "access": {
+    "files": "public",
+    "record": "public",
+    "status": "metadata-only",
+    "embargo": { "reason": null, "active": false }
+  },
+  "parent": {
+    "access": { "links": [], "owned_by": [{ "user": 25 }] },
+    "id": "bhgqt-2ke02",
+    "communities": {}
+  },
+  "versions": { "is_latest_draft": true, "index": 1, "is_latest": false },
+  "files": { "enabled": true, "order": [] },
+  "pids": {},
+  "links": {
+    "self": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/draft",
+    "self_html": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/uploads/ha4g3-7x208",
+    "self_iiif_manifest": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/iiif/draft:ha4g3-7x208/manifest",
+    "self_iiif_sequence": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/iiif/draft:ha4g3-7x208/sequence/default",
+    "files": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/draft/files",
+    "archive": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/draft/files-archive",
+    "record": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208",
+    "record_html": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/records/ha4g3-7x208",
+    "publish": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/draft/actions/publish",
+    "review": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/draft/review",
+    "versions": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/versions",
+    "access_links": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/access/links",
+    "reserve_doi": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/draft/pids/doi",
+    "communities": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/communities",
+    "communities-suggestions": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/communities-suggestions",
+    "requests": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/requests"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+### Upload a file
+
+Initialize the file upload for a `data.csv` file.
+
+```bash
+curl -i -X POST https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/draft/files \
+     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+     -H "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
+     -d '
+[
+  {"key": "data.csv"}
+]'
+```
+
+```http
+HTTP/1.1 201 CREATED
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "enabled": true,
+  "default_preview": null,
+  "order": [],
+  "entries": [
+    {
+      "key": "data.csv",
+      "status": "pending",
+      "created": "2024-05-14T12:14:33.825316+00:00",
+      "updated": "2024-05-14T12:14:33.830465+00:00",
+      "metadata": null,
+      "links": {
+        "self": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/draft/files/data.csv",
+        "content": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/draft/files/data.csv/content",
+        "commit": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/draft/files/data.csv/commit"
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "links": {
+    "self": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/draft/files",
+    "archive": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/draft/files-archive"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Upload the file content.
+
+!!! note
+    Replace `path/to/your/local/file/myfile.txt` with the actual path to the file you want to upload.
+
+```bash
+curl -i -X PUT https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/draft/files/data.csv/content \
+     -H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
+     -H "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
+     --data-binary @path/to/your/local/file/data.csv
+```
+
+```http
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "key": "data.csv",
+  "created": "2024-05-14T12:14:33.825316+00:00",
+  "updated": "2024-05-14T12:14:33.830465+00:00",
+  "status": "pending",
+  "metadata": null,
+  "links": {
+    "self": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/draft/files/data.csv",
+    "content": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/draft/files/data.csv/content",
+    "commit": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/draft/files/data.csv/commit"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Commit the uploaded file.
+
+```bash
+curl -i -X POST https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/draft/files/data.csv/commit \
+     -H "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}"
+```
+
+```http
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "key": "data.csv",
+  "created": "2024-05-14T12:14:33.825316+00:00",
+  "updated": "2024-05-14T12:21:13.496989+00:00",
+  "status": "completed",
+  "metadata": null,
+  "version_id": "a60d5e5b-6a98-4df0-ab3d-833f04942f8c",
+  "file_id": "cba486b9-a910-4f06-aaa3-f6fb8e37e60b",
+  "checksum": "md5:55ec0ec499334e6ad6bf166959d52a1e",
+  "bucket_id": "1bc100b6-8730-4ee3-86ec-4015bb8d8dc3",
+  "storage_class": "L",
+  "size": 124,
+  "mimetype": "text/csv",
+  "links": {
+    "self": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/draft/files/data.csv",
+    "content": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/draft/files/data.csv/content",
+    "commit": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/draft/files/data.csv/commit"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+### Publish the Draft
+
+Finally, publish the draft to make it a public record.
+
+```bash
+curl -i -X POST https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/draft/actions/publish \
+     -H "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}"
+```
+
+```http
+HTTP/1.1 202 ACCEPTED
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "id": "ha4g3-7x208",
+  "is_draft": false,
+  "is_published": true,
+  "status": "published",
+  "created": "2024-05-14T12:22:34.225249+00:00",
+  "updated": "2024-05-14T12:22:34.344048+00:00",
+  "revision_id": 3,
+  "metadata": {
+    "creators": [
+      {
+        "affiliations": [{ "name": "Brown University" }],
+        "person_or_org": {
+          "family_name": "Carberry",
+          "given_name": "Josiah",
+          "type": "personal",
+          "identifiers": [
+            { "identifier": "0000-0002-1825-0097", "scheme": "orcid" }
+          ],
+          "name": "Carberry, Josiah"
+        }
+      }
+    ],
+    "resource_type": {
+      "id": "dataset",
+      "title": { "de": "Datensatz", "en": "Dataset" }
+    },
+    "publication_date": "2024-05-14",
+    "title": "Poltergeist activity readings dataset",
+    "publisher": "InvenioRDM"
+  },
+  "access": {
+    "files": "public",
+    "record": "public",
+    "status": "open",
+    "embargo": { "reason": null, "active": false }
+  },
+  "parent": {
+    "access": { "links": [], "owned_by": [{ "user": 25 }] },
+    "id": "bhgqt-2ke02",
+    "communities": {}
+  },
+  "pids": {
+    "oai": {
+      "identifier": "oai:inveniordm.web.cern.ch:ha4g3-7x208",
+      "provider": "oai"
+    },
+    "doi": {
+      "identifier": "10.81088/ha4g3-7x208",
+      "client": "datacite",
+      "provider": "datacite"
+    }
+  },
+  "versions": { "is_latest_draft": true, "index": 1, "is_latest": true },
+  "files": { "enabled": true, "order": [] },
+  "custom_fields": {},
+  "stats": {
+    "all_versions": {
+      "unique_downloads": 0,
+      "data_volume": 0.0,
+      "downloads": 0,
+      "unique_views": 0,
+      "views": 0
+    },
+    "this_version": {
+      "unique_downloads": 0,
+      "data_volume": 0.0,
+      "downloads": 0,
+      "unique_views": 0,
+      "views": 0
+    }
+  },
+  "links": {
+    "self": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208",
+    "self_html": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/records/ha4g3-7x208",
+    "self_doi": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/doi/10.81088/ha4g3-7x208",
+    "doi": "https://doi.org/10.81088/ha4g3-7x208",
+    "self_iiif_manifest": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/iiif/record:ha4g3-7x208/manifest",
+    "self_iiif_sequence": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/iiif/record:ha4g3-7x208/sequence/default",
+    "files": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/files",
+    "archive": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/files-archive",
+    "latest": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/versions/latest",
+    "latest_html": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/records/ha4g3-7x208/latest",
+    "draft": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/draft",
+    "versions": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/versions",
+    "access_links": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/access/links",
+    "reserve_doi": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/draft/pids/doi",
+    "communities": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/communities",
+    "communities-suggestions": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/communities-suggestions",
+    "requests": "https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/api/records/ha4g3-7x208/requests"
+  },
+}
+```
+
+## Conclusion
+
+You have now completed the full sequence of creating a draft, uploading a file, and publishing a record in InvenioRDM using cURL. You can read individual entries for each entity to learn more about the available fields and options.
+
+Happy uploading! 🎉
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 847e5e94..26c77687 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ theme:
   features:
     - navigation.tabs
     - navigation.footer
+    - content.code.copy
 
 nav:
   - Home: "index.md"
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ nav:
       - Export formats: reference/export_formats.md
       - REST API:
           - Overview: "reference/rest_api_index.md"
+          - Quickstart: "reference/rest_api_quickstart.md"
           - Communities: "reference/rest_api_communities.md"
           - Drafts and Records: "reference/rest_api_drafts_records.md"
           - Groups: "reference/rest_api_groups.md"