diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3aba5c79..a5347f45 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+- Test data contract against dataframes / temporary views (#175)
+
 ## [0.10.6] - 2024-05-29
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 03cd82a2..34822d25 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ Supported server types:
 - [azure](#azure)
 - [databricks](#databricks)
 - [databricks (programmatic)](#databricks-programmatic)
+- [dataframr (programmatic)](#dataframe-programmatic)
 - [snowflake](#snowflake)
 - [kafka](#kafka)
 - [postgres](#postgres)
@@ -459,6 +460,41 @@ run = data_contract.test()
 run.result
 ```
 
+### Dataframe (programmatic)
+
+Works with Spark DataFrames.
+DataFrames need to be created as named temporary views.
+Multiple temporary views are suppored if your data contract contains multiple models.
+
+Testing DataFrames is useful to test your datasets in a pipeline before writing them to a data source.
+
+#### Example
+
+datacontract.yaml
+```yaml
+servers:
+  production:
+    type: dataframe
+models:
+  my_table: # corresponds to a temporary view
+    type: table
+    fields: ...
+```
+
+Example code
+```python
+from datacontract.data_contract import DataContract
+
+df.createOrReplaceTempView("my_table")
+
+data_contract = DataContract(
+  data_contract_file="datacontract.yaml",
+  spark=spark,
+)
+run = data_contract.test()
+assert run.result == "passed"
+```
+
 
 ### Snowflake
 
diff --git a/datacontract/data_contract.py b/datacontract/data_contract.py
index 2a019384..fa38fe4f 100644
--- a/datacontract/data_contract.py
+++ b/datacontract/data_contract.py
@@ -218,10 +218,13 @@ def test(self) -> Run:
                 run.outputPortId = server.outputPortId
                 run.server = server_name
 
-                # 5. check server is supported type
-                # 6. check server credentials are complete
+                # TODO check server is supported type for nicer error messages
+
+                # TODO check server credentials are complete for nicer error messages
+
                 if server.format == "json" and server.type != "kafka":
                     check_jsonschema(run, data_contract, server)
+
                 check_soda_execute(run, data_contract, server, self._spark, tmp_dir)
 
         except DataContractException as e:
diff --git a/datacontract/engines/soda/check_soda_execute.py b/datacontract/engines/soda/check_soda_execute.py
index 1d2e4a8a..0e5bce30 100644
--- a/datacontract/engines/soda/check_soda_execute.py
+++ b/datacontract/engines/soda/check_soda_execute.py
@@ -64,6 +64,15 @@ def check_soda_execute(
             soda_configuration_str = to_databricks_soda_configuration(server)
             scan.add_configuration_yaml_str(soda_configuration_str)
             scan.set_data_source_name(server.type)
+    elif server.type == "dataframe":
+        if spark is None:
+            run.log_warn("Server type dataframe only works with the Python library and requires a Spark session, "
+                         "please provide one with the DataContract class")
+            return
+        else:
+            logging.info("Use Spark to connect to data source")
+            scan.add_spark_session(spark, data_source_name="datacontract-cli")
+            scan.set_data_source_name("datacontract-cli")
     elif server.type == "kafka":
         if spark is None:
             spark = create_spark_session(tmp_dir)
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/dataframe/datacontract.yaml b/tests/fixtures/dataframe/datacontract.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..041d867c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/dataframe/datacontract.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+dataContractSpecification: 0.9.3
+id: dataframetest
+info:
+  title: dataframetest
+  version: 0.0.1
+  owner: my-domain-team
+servers:
+  unittest:
+    type: dataframe
+models:
+  my_table:
+    type: table
+    fields:
+      field_one:
+        type: varchar
+        required: true
+        unique: true
+        pattern: "[A-Za-z]{2}-\\d{3}-[A-Za-z]{2}$"
+      field_two:
+        type: int
+        minimum: 10
+      field_three:
+        type: timestamp
diff --git a/tests/test_test_dataframe.py b/tests/test_test_dataframe.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3bd837a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_test_dataframe.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import logging
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from pyspark.sql import SparkSession, Row
+from pyspark.sql.types import StructType, StructField, StringType, IntegerType, TimestampType
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from datacontract.data_contract import DataContract
+
+# logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, force=True)
+
+datacontract = "fixtures/dataframe/datacontract.yaml"
+
+load_dotenv(override=True)
+
+
+def test_test_dataframe(tmp_path: Path):
+    spark = _create_spark_session(tmp_dir=str(tmp_path))
+    _prepare_dataframe(spark)
+    data_contract = DataContract(
+        data_contract_file=datacontract,
+        spark=spark,
+    )
+
+    run = data_contract.test()
+
+    print(run.pretty())
+    assert run.result == "passed"
+    assert all(check.result == "passed" for check in run.checks)
+
+
+def _prepare_dataframe(spark):
+    schema = StructType([
+        StructField("field_one", StringType(), nullable=False),
+        StructField("field_two", IntegerType(), nullable=True),
+        StructField("field_three", TimestampType(), nullable=True)
+    ])
+    data = [
+        Row(field_one="AB-123-CD", field_two=15,
+            field_three=datetime.strptime("2024-01-01 12:00:00", "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")),
+        Row(field_one="XY-456-ZZ", field_two=20,
+            field_three=datetime.strptime("2024-02-01 12:00:00", "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"))
+    ]
+    # Create DataFrame
+    df = spark.createDataFrame(data, schema=schema)
+    # Create temporary view
+    # Name must match the model name in the data contract
+    df.createOrReplaceTempView("my_table")
+
+
+def _create_spark_session(tmp_dir: str) -> SparkSession:
+    """Create and configure a Spark session."""
+    spark = (
+        SparkSession.builder.appName("datacontract")
+        .config("spark.sql.warehouse.dir", f"{tmp_dir}/spark-warehouse")
+        .config("spark.streaming.stopGracefullyOnShutdown", "true")
+        .getOrCreate()
+    )
+    spark.sparkContext.setLogLevel("WARN")
+    print(f"Using PySpark version {spark.version}")
+    return spark