diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e66b056..37d7e73 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 node_modules
 .env
-build
-dist
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index f8c5796..47e8563 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,13 +1,38 @@
+const config = require('./utils/config')
 const express = require('express')
+const app = express()
 const cors = require('cors')
+const mongoose = require('mongoose')
 
-const app = express()
+const blogSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
+  title: String,
+  author: String,
+  url: String,
+  likes: Number,
+})
+
+const Blog = mongoose.model('Blog', blogSchema)
+
+mongoose.connect(config.MONGODB_URI)
+
+app.use(cors())
+app.use(express.json())
+
+app.get('/api/blogs', (request, response) => {
+  Blog.find({}).then((blogs) => {
+    response.json(blogs)
+  })
+})
+
+app.post('/api/blogs', (request, response) => {
+  const blog = new Blog(request.body)
 
-app.get('/', (request, response) => {
-  response.send('<h1>Hello World!</h1>')
+  blog.save().then((result) => {
+    response.status(201).json(result)
+  })
 })
 
-const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3001
+const PORT = config.PORT
 app.listen(PORT, () => {
   console.log(`Server running on port ${PORT}`)
 })
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 4c65923..cc4e65c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "cors": "2.8.5",
+        "dotenv": "16.3.1",
         "express": "4.18.2",
         "mongoose": "7.5.0"
       },
@@ -614,6 +615,17 @@
         "node": ">=6.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/dotenv": {
+      "version": "16.3.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dotenv/-/dotenv-16.3.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-IPzF4w4/Rd94bA9imS68tZBaYyBWSCE47V1RGuMrB94iyTOIEwRmVL2x/4An+6mETpLrKJ5hQkB8W4kFAadeIQ==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=12"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv?sponsor=1"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/ee-first": {
       "version": "1.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ee-first/-/ee-first-1.1.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7a9afc9..bcd455a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/patchamama/fullstackopen-part4-bloglist#readme",
   "dependencies": {
     "cors": "2.8.5",
+    "dotenv": "16.3.1",
     "express": "4.18.2",
     "mongoose": "7.5.0"
   },
diff --git a/requests/create_blog_entry.rest b/requests/create_blog_entry.rest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2baaf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requests/create_blog_entry.rest
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+POST http://localhost:3003/api/blogs
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "title": "Test of blog title",
+  "author": "Test of blog author",
+  "url": "Test of blog url",
+  "likes": 0
+}
+
+###
+GET http://localhost:3003/api/blogs/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/utils/config.js b/utils/config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1189e9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+require('dotenv').config()
+
+const PORT = process.env.PORT
+const MONGODB_URI = process.env.MONGODB_URI
+
+module.exports = {
+  MONGODB_URI,
+  PORT,
+}