diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7ddf381..4334c55 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 **/*.sw?
 **/node_modules
+data/
+
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..634f4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+  "name": "http_with_persistence",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "description": "GET/POST JSON",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "./node_modules/mocha/bin/mocha test"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/patci/http_with_persistence.git"
+  },
+  "author": "rpatci@gmail.com",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/patci/http_with_persistence/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/patci/http_with_persistence#readme",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "body-parser": "^1.14.1",
+    "express": "^4.13.3"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "chai": "^3.4.1",
+    "chai-http": "^1.0.0",
+    "mocha": "^2.3.3"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37fca89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+var express = require('express');
+var app = express();
+var port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
+var fs = require('fs');
+
+app.post('/note_one', function(req, res, next) {
+  req.on('data', function(data) {
+   var currentData = data.toString();
+   fs.writeFile(__dirname + '/data/note_one.json', currentData, function() {
+   });
+  res.send('file saved!');
+    });
+  });
+
+app.get('/note_one', function(req, res) {
+  fs.readFile(__dirname + '/data/note_one.json', function(err, data) {
+    if (err) return console.log(err);
+    res.send(data.toString());
+  });
+});
+
+app.listen(port, function() {
+  console.log('server up on port ' + port);
+});
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94d8032
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+var chai = require('chai');
+var chaihttp = require('chai-http');
+chai.use(chaihttp);
+var expect = chai.expect;
+var fs = require('fs');
+require(__dirname + '/../server');
+
+describe('this little server of mine', function() {
+  it('should handle a POST request', function(done) {
+    chai.request('localhost:3000')
+    .post('/note_one')
+    .send({'hey': 'itsMeJSON'})
+    .end(function(err, res) {
+      expect(err).to.eql(null);
+      expect(res.status).to.eql(200);
+      done();
+      });
+    });
+  it('should handle a GET request', function() {
+    chai.request('localhost:3000')
+    .get('/note_one')
+    .end(function(err, res) {
+      expect(err).to.eql(null);
+      expect(res.status).to.eql(200);
+    });
+  });
+});