diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index d837ba0e..6143c31c 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -60,9 +60,11 @@ group :development do
   gem 'pry-rails'
 
   gem 'dotenv-rails'
+  # added token to .env
 end
 
 group :test do
+  gem 'minitest-rails'
   gem 'minitest-spec-rails'
   gem 'minitest-reporters'
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index f80bcea9..51f122f3 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ GEM
     mime-types-data (3.2016.0521)
     mini_portile2 (2.1.0)
     minitest (5.10.1)
+    minitest-rails (3.0.0)
+      minitest (~> 5.8)
+      railties (~> 5.0)
     minitest-reporters (1.1.12)
       ansi
       builder
@@ -205,6 +208,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   jbuilder (~> 2.5)
   jquery-rails
   listen (~> 3.0.5)
+  minitest-rails
   minitest-reporters
   minitest-spec-rails
   pry-rails
diff --git a/app/controllers/movies_controller.rb b/app/controllers/movies_controller.rb
index 362e2791..e619e145 100644
--- a/app/controllers/movies_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/movies_controller.rb
@@ -13,16 +13,37 @@ def index
 
   def show
     render(
-      status: :ok,
-      json: @movie.as_json(
-        only: [:title, :overview, :release_date, :inventory],
-        methods: [:available_inventory]
-        )
-      )
+    status: :ok,
+    json: @movie.as_json(
+    only: [:title, :overview, :release_date, :inventory],
+    methods: [:available_inventory]
+    )
+    )
+  end
+
+  def create
+    existing_movie = Movie.find_by(overview: movie_params[:overview])
+
+    if existing_movie
+      render json: {errors: {movie: ["#{params[:title]} is already in Video Store"]}}
+    else
+      movie = Movie.new(movie_params)
+      movie.inventory = 1;
+      if movie.save
+        render json: movie.as_json, status: :ok
+      else
+        render status: :bad_request, json: {errors: movie.errors.messages}
+      end
+    end
+
   end
 
   private
 
+  def movie_params
+    params.require(:movie).permit(:title, :overview, :release_date, :inventory, :image_url, :external_id)
+  end
+
   def require_movie
     @movie = Movie.find_by(title: params[:title])
     unless @movie
diff --git a/app/models/movie.rb b/app/models/movie.rb
index 0327a4d6..8ef764e5 100644
--- a/app/models/movie.rb
+++ b/app/models/movie.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ class Movie < ApplicationRecord
   has_many :rentals
   has_many :customers, through: :rentals
 
+  validates :title, presence: true
+  # validates :inventory, presence: true, numericality: { only_integer: true }
+  # validates :external_id, uniqueness: true, allow_nil: true
+
   def available_inventory
     self.inventory - Rental.where(movie: self, returned: false).length
   end
@@ -13,7 +17,8 @@ def image_url
     if !orig_value
       MovieWrapper::DEFAULT_IMG_URL
     else
-      MovieWrapper.construct_image_url(orig_value)
+       return orig_value
+      # MovieWrapper.construct_image_url(orig_value)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 54bf033e..8eff1ff6 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   resources :customers, only: [:index]
 
-  resources :movies, only: [:index, :show], param: :title
+  resources :movies, only: [:index, :show, :create], param: :title
 
   post "/rentals/:title/check-out", to: "rentals#check_out", as: "check_out"
   post "/rentals/:title/return", to: "rentals#check_in", as: "check_in"
diff --git a/lib/movie_wrapper.rb b/lib/movie_wrapper.rb
index 7bd05c0e..3774ccb4 100644
--- a/lib/movie_wrapper.rb
+++ b/lib/movie_wrapper.rb
@@ -27,12 +27,17 @@ def self.construct_movie(api_result)
       title: api_result["title"],
       overview: api_result["overview"],
       release_date: api_result["release_date"],
-      image_url: api_result["poster_path"], #(api_result["poster_path"] ? self.construct_image_url(api_result["poster_path"]) : nil),
+       image_url:
+      #  api_result["poster_path"]
+      (api_result["poster_path"] ? self.construct_image_url(api_result["poster_path"]) : nil),
       external_id: api_result["id"])
   end
 
   def self.construct_image_url(img_name)
+    puts "this is " + img_name
     return BASE_IMG_URL + DEFAULT_IMG_SIZE + img_name
+
+
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/test/controllers/movies_controller_test.rb b/test/controllers/movies_controller_test.rb
index 9172cf6e..31e424b6 100644
--- a/test/controllers/movies_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/controllers/movies_controller_test.rb
@@ -75,4 +75,75 @@ class MoviesControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
 
     end
   end
+
+  describe "create" do
+
+    it "affects the model when creating a new movie" do
+      proc {
+        post movies_url, params: {  movie:
+          { title: "Spongebob",
+            overview: "Square Pants",
+            release_date: "2001",
+            inventory: 5,
+            image_url: ""}
+          }
+        }.must_change 'Movie.count', 1
+        must_respond_with :ok
+      end
+
+      it "won't create with missing title" do
+        proc {
+          post movies_url, params: {  movie:
+            {
+              overview: "Square Pants",
+              release_date: "2001",
+              inventory: 5,
+              image_url: ""}
+            }
+          }.must_change 'Movie.count', 0
+          must_respond_with :bad_request
+
+          body = JSON.parse(response.body)
+          body.must_equal "errors" => {
+            "title" => ["can't be blank" ]
+          }
+
+        end
+
+        it "won't create a movie with missing inventory count" do
+
+          proc {
+            post movies_url, params: {  movie:
+              { title: "Movie!",
+                overview: "Square Pants",
+                release_date: "2001",
+                image_url: ""}
+              }
+            }.must_change 'Movie.count', 0
+            must_respond_with :bad_request
+
+            body = JSON.parse(response.body)
+            body.must_equal "errors" => {"inventory"=>["can't be blank", "is not a number"]
+            }
+          end
+
+          it "won't create a movie that already exists" do
+            proc {
+              post movies_url, params: {
+                movie:
+                {
+                  title: movies(:one).title,
+                  overview: movies(:one).overview,
+                  release_date: movies(:one).release_date,
+                  image_url: movies(:one).image_url,
+                  inventory: movies(:one).inventory
+                }
+              }
+            }.must_change 'Movie.count', 0
+
+            body = JSON.parse(response.body)
+            body.must_equal "errors" => {"movie"=>[" is already in Video Store"]
+            }
+          end
+        end
 end
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index 499d175c..48477987 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 ENV['RAILS_ENV'] ||= 'test'
 require File.expand_path('../../config/environment', __FILE__)
 require 'rails/test_help'
+require "minitest/rails"
+require "minitest/reporters"
 
 class ActiveSupport::TestCase
   # Setup all fixtures in test/fixtures/*.yml for all tests in alphabetical order.
   fixtures :all
 
   # Use Minitest Reporters for colored output.
-  Minitest::Reporters.use!
+  Minitest::Reporters.use!(
+    Minitest::Reporters::SpecReporter.new,
+    ENV,
+    Minitest.backtrace_filter
+  )
 
   # Add more helper methods to be used by all tests here...
 end