diff --git a/melisa/__init__.py b/melisa/__init__.py
index e69de29..3ff722b 100644
--- a/melisa/__init__.py
+++ b/melisa/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from .client import Client
diff --git a/melisa/client.py b/melisa/client.py
index e8a3a3f..a324950 100644
--- a/melisa/client.py
+++ b/melisa/client.py
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ from .models.app import Shard
 from .utils.types import Coro
 
 from .core.http import HTTPClient
+from .core.gateway import GatewayBotInfo
 
 import asyncio
-from typing import Dict
+from typing import Dict, List
 
 
 class Client:
@@ -17,17 +18,25 @@ class Client:
 
         self.loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
 
+        self._gateway_info = self.loop.run_until_complete(self._get_gateway())
+
         self.intents = intents
         self._token = token
 
         self._activity = kwargs.get("activity")
         self._status = kwargs.get("status")
 
+    async def _get_gateway(self):
+        """Get Gateway information"""
+        return GatewayBotInfo.from_dict(await self.http.get("gateway/bot"))
+
     def listen(self, callback: Coro):
         """Method to set the listener.
-        Args:
-            callback (:obj:`function`)
-                Coroutine Callback Function
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        callback (:obj:`function`)
+            Coroutine Callback Function
         """
         if not asyncio.iscoroutinefunction(callback):
             raise TypeError(f"<{callback.__qualname__}> must be a coroutine function")
@@ -43,3 +52,41 @@ class Client:
 
         asyncio.ensure_future(inited_shard.launch(activity=self._activity, status=self._status), loop=self.loop)
         self.loop.run_forever()
+
+    def run_shards(self, num_shards: int, *, shard_ids: List[int] = None):
+        """
+            Run Bot with shards specified by the user.
+
+            Parameters
+            ----------
+            num_shards : :class:`int`
+                The endpoint to send the request to.
+
+            Keyword Arguments:
+
+            shard_ids: Optional[:class:`List[int]`]
+                List of Ids of shards to start.
+        """
+        if not shard_ids:
+            shard_ids = range(num_shards)
+
+        for shard_id in shard_ids:
+            inited_shard = Shard(self, shard_id, num_shards)
+
+            asyncio.ensure_future(inited_shard.launch(activity=self._activity, status=self._status), loop=self.loop)
+        self.loop.run_forever()
+
+    def run_autosharded(self):
+        """
+            Runs the bot with the amount of shards specified by the Discord gateway.
+        """
+        num_shards = self._gateway_info.shards
+        shard_ids = range(num_shards)
+
+        for shard_id in shard_ids:
+            inited_shard = Shard(self, shard_id, num_shards)
+
+            asyncio.ensure_future(inited_shard.launch(activity=self._activity, status=self._status), loop=self.loop)
+        self.loop.run_forever()
+
+
diff --git a/melisa/core/gateway.py b/melisa/core/gateway.py
index 4972869..3f303ca 100644
--- a/melisa/core/gateway.py
+++ b/melisa/core/gateway.py
@@ -2,11 +2,21 @@ import json
 import asyncio
 import zlib
 import time
+from dataclasses import dataclass
 
 import websockets
 
 from ..listeners import listeners
 from ..models.user import BotActivity
+from ..utils import APIObjectBase
+
+
+@dataclass
+class GatewayBotInfo(APIObjectBase):
+    """Gateway info from the `gateway/bot` endpoint"""
+    url: str
+    shards: int
+    session_start_limit: dict
 
 
 class Gateway:
@@ -79,7 +89,7 @@ class Gateway:
                 return
             await asyncio.gather(self.heartbeat(), self.receive())
 
-    async def close(self, code: int = 4000):
+    async def close(self, code: int = 1000):
         await self.websocket.close(code=code)
 
     async def resume(self):
diff --git a/melisa/utils/__init__.py b/melisa/utils/__init__.py
index 5f23682..afc82c3 100644
--- a/melisa/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/melisa/utils/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ from .types import (
 
 from .snowflake import Snowflake
 
+
+from .api_object import APIObjectBase
+
 __all__ = (
     "Coro",
-    "Snowflake"
+    "Snowflake",
+    "APIObjectBase"
 )
diff --git a/melisa/utils/api_object.py b/melisa/utils/api_object.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85de592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/melisa/utils/api_object.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from enum import Enum
+from inspect import getfullargspec
+from typing import (
+    Dict,
+    Union,
+    Generic,
+    TypeVar,
+    Any,
+)
+
+T = TypeVar("T")
+
+
+class APIObjectBase:
+    """
+    Represents an object which has been fetched from the Discord API.
+    """
+
+    _client = None
+
+    @property
+    def _http(self):
+        if not self._client:
+            raise AttributeError("Object is not yet linked to a main client")
+
+        return self._client.http
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_dict(
+        cls: Generic[T], data: Dict[str, Union[str, bool, int, Any]]
+    ) -> T:
+        """
+        Parse an API object from a dictionary.
+        """
+        if isinstance(data, cls):
+            return data
+
+        # noinspection PyArgumentList
+        return cls(
+            **dict(
+                map(
+                    lambda key: (
+                        key,
+                        data[key].value
+                        if isinstance(data[key], Enum)
+                        else data[key],
+                    ),
+                    filter(
+                        lambda object_argument: data.get(object_argument)
+                        is not None,
+                        getfullargspec(cls.__init__).args,
+                    ),
+                )
+            )
+        )