diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index 77827ab..a5cd927 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ python_version = "3.6"
 "psycopg2-binary" = "*"
 django-heroku = "*"
 gunicorn = "*"
+requests = "*"
 
 
 [dev-packages]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7d59bc9..9d8a014 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@
 ## How to Use
 
 - Configure enviroment variables as follows:
-```
+```bash
 DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:password@localhost:5432/ussd
 PLATFORM_URL=https://ussd.ushahidi.io
+PLATFORM_URL=admin@ushahidi.com
+PLATFORM_URL=*************
 ```
 - Install dependencies using: `pipenv install`
 - Migrate DB using: `python manage.py migrate`
diff --git a/ussd/views.py b/ussd/views.py
index f428776..db03c75 100644
--- a/ussd/views.py
+++ b/ussd/views.py
@@ -1,8 +1,31 @@
 import os
+import json
+import requests
+import urllib.parse
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 
 PLATFORM_URL = os.environ.get('PLATFORM_URL', 'PLATFORM_URL NOT AVAILABLE')
+EMAIL = os.environ.get('PLATFORM_EMAIL', '')
+PASSWORD = os.environ.get('PLATFORM_PASSWORD', '')
+AUTH_URL = urllib.parse.urljoin(PLATFORM_URL, '/oauth/token/')
+ACCESS_TOKEN = None
+
+def get_access_token():
+    payload = {
+        'username': EMAIL,
+        'password': PASSWORD,
+        'client_id': 'ushahidiui',
+        'client_secret': '35e7f0bca957836d05ca0492211b0ac707671261',
+        'scope': '*',
+        'grant_type': 'password'
+    }
+    headers = {
+    'Content-Type': "application/json",
+    }
+    return requests.request('POST', AUTH_URL, data=json.dumps(payload), headers=headers)   
 
 def index(request):
-    return HttpResponse(PLATFORM_URL, content_type="text/plain")
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+    access_token = get_access_token()
+    ACCESS_TOKEN = access_token
+    return HttpResponse(ACCESS_TOKEN, content_type='text/plain')
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