diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index d5c7affd..d837ba0e 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ gem 'jbuilder', '~> 2.5'
 
 gem 'will_paginate'
 
+gem 'rack-cors', :require => 'rack/cors'
+
 group :development, :test do
   # Call 'byebug' anywhere in the code to stop execution and get a debugger console
   gem 'byebug', platform: :mri
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index b39604fa..f80bcea9 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ GEM
       pry (>= 0.9.10)
     puma (3.6.2)
     rack (2.0.1)
+    rack-cors (0.4.1)
     rack-test (0.6.3)
       rack (>= 1.0)
     rails (5.0.1)
@@ -208,6 +209,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   minitest-spec-rails
   pry-rails
   puma (~> 3.0)
+  rack-cors
   rails (~> 5.0.1)
   sass-rails (~> 5.0)
   spring
diff --git a/app/controllers/movies_controller.rb b/app/controllers/movies_controller.rb
index 362e2791..6e10d8a7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/movies_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/movies_controller.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
+# require 'movie_wrapper'
 class MoviesController < ApplicationController
   before_action :require_movie, only: [:show]
 
   def index
     if params[:query]
+      puts "about to call Movie Wrapper"
       data = MovieWrapper.search(params[:query])
     else
+      puts "about to show all movies in rails db"
       data = Movie.all
     end
 
@@ -21,6 +24,37 @@ def show
       )
   end
 
+  def create
+    p "in the create method of rails API"
+
+    movie = Movie.new(
+      title: params[:title],
+      overview: params[:overview],
+      release_date: params[:release_date],
+      image_url: params[:image_url],
+      inventory: 1
+    )
+
+    if movie.save
+      p "movie is in database"
+      render :json => movie.to_json, :status => :ok
+    end
+  end
+
+  # def create
+  #   pet = Pet.new(
+  #     name: params[:name],
+  #     age: params[:age],
+  #     breed: params[:breed],
+  #     about: params[:about],
+  #     vaccinated: params[:vaccinated]
+  #   )
+  #
+  #   if pet.save
+  #     render :json => pet.to_json, :status => :ok
+  #   end
+  # end
+
   private
 
   def require_movie
diff --git a/app/serializers/movie_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/movie_serializer.rb
index 8a1cdc35..c1871302 100644
--- a/app/serializers/movie_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/movie_serializer.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class MovieSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
   attribute :id, if: -> { object.id != nil }
 
-  attributes :title, :overview, :release_date, :image_url, :external_id
+  attributes :title, :overview, :release_date, :image_url, :external_id, :inventory
 end
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 2ac21a62..9f8a6f91 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ class Application < Rails::Application
     #this loads everything in the lib folder automatically
     config.eager_load_paths << Rails.root.join('lib')
 
-    config.action_dispatch.default_headers = {
-      'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' => 'http://localhost:8081',
-      'Access-Control-Request-Method' => %w{GET POST OPTIONS}.join(",")
-    }
+    config.middleware.insert_before 0, Rack::Cors do
+      allow do
+        origins '*'
+        resource '*', :headers => :any, :methods => [:get, :post, :put, :delete, :options]
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 54bf033e..954e941d 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
   resources :movies, only: [:index, :show], param: :title
 
+  post "/movies", to: "movies#create", as: "add_movie"
+
   post "/rentals/:title/check-out", to: "rentals#check_out", as: "check_out"
   post "/rentals/:title/return", to: "rentals#check_in", as: "check_in"
   get "/rentals/overdue", to: "rentals#overdue", as: "overdue"
diff --git a/lib/movie_wrapper.rb b/lib/movie_wrapper.rb
index 7bd05c0e..0e0c2b62 100644
--- a/lib/movie_wrapper.rb
+++ b/lib/movie_wrapper.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# require 'httparty'
+
 class MovieWrapper
   BASE_URL = "https://api.themoviedb.org/3/"
   KEY = ENV["MOVIEDB_KEY"]
@@ -8,8 +10,9 @@ class MovieWrapper
 
   def self.search(query)
     url = BASE_URL + "search/movie?api_key=" + KEY + "&query=" + query
-    # puts url
+
     response =  HTTParty.get(url)
+
     if response["total_results"] == 0
       return []
     else
@@ -18,6 +21,8 @@ def self.search(query)
       end
       return movies
     end
+
+    puts "end of search of movieWrapper"
   end
 
   private