diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index bc1eb1e..93ffb77 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ This directory contains various code snippets to provide examples of how a devel
 * `create_smb_timemachine_share.py` - this script provides a very basic example of how to create a new ZFS dataset
   and share that can be used as a MacOS time machine target.
 
+* `two_factor_challenge_response_auth.py` - this script provides an example of how to perform two-factor authentication
+  through the python API client using pytotp.
+
 ## Helpful Links
 
 <a href="https://truenas.com">
diff --git a/examples/two_factor_challenge_response_auth.py b/examples/two_factor_challenge_response_auth.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de391ea
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+++ b/examples/two_factor_challenge_response_auth.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# import pyotp
+#
+# This is just to bypass CI for the api_tests repo
+# obviously, you shouldn't ignore import errors for
+# things that are critical to your program's success
+
+import truenas_api_client
+
+from getpass import getpass
+
+interactive = False
+TOTP_INTERVAL = 30
+TOTP_DIGITS = 6
+TOTP_FILE = "doesnotexist"
+USERNAME = "myusername"
+PASSWORD = "mypassword"
+
+
+def get_totp_secret() -> str:
+    """ This assumes the TOTP secret is written somewhere on client """
+    with open(TOTP_FILE, 'r') as f:
+        return f.read()
+
+
+def get_2fa_token(secret: str) -> str:
+    # return pyotp.TOTP(secret, interval=TOTP_INTERVAL, digits=TOTP_DIGITS).now()
+    raise RuntimeError("You copy-pasted a script without reading it :)")
+
+
+def authenticate_client(c: truenas_api_client.Client) -> bool:
+    resp = c.call("auth.login_ex", {
+        "mechanism": "PASSWORD_PLAIN",
+        "username": USERNAME,
+        "password": PASSWORD
+    })
+
+    match resp["response_type"]:
+        case "SUCCESS":
+            # two-factor auth not configured for account
+            return True
+        case "AUTH_ERR":
+            # Bad username or password
+            return False
+        case "OTP_REQUIRED":
+            # two-factor is configured for account
+
+            if interactive:
+                # getpass() is here as example of how to prompt for password in script
+                # This of course shouldn't be done if script isn't interactive.
+                otp_token = getpass()
+            else:
+                otp_token = get_2fa_token(secret)
+
+            resp = c.call("auth.login_ex_continue", {
+                "mechanism": "OTP_TOKEN",
+                "otp_token": otp_token
+            })
+
+            # For interactive session the `auth.login_ex_continue` may
+            # reply with OTP_REQUIRED again if the user fat-fingered input
+            # since this is machine input no amount of attempts will succeed
+            return resp["response_type"] == "SUCCESS"
+        case _:
+            raise ValueError(f'{resp["response_type"]}: Unexpected response type')
+
+
+if not interactive:
+    secret = get_totp_secret()
+
+with truenas_api_client.Client("wss://example.internal/api/current") as c:
+    # Authenticate using some pre-existing API key
+    assert authenticate_client(c)