diff --git a/src/sec/sec.py b/src/sec/sec.py
index e69de29..499a245 100644
--- a/src/sec/sec.py
+++ b/src/sec/sec.py
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+import json
+import urllib.request as request
+import os
+import configparser
+
+
+class SEC(object):
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._BASEURL: str = "https://api.sec-api.io?token="
+        self._TOKEN: str = ""
+        self.set_token('config' + '/' + 'config.ini')
+        self._API: str = ""
+        self.set_api()
+        self._ticker: str = ""
+        self._year_range: tuple = (2019, 2020)
+        self._filing_type: str = "10-K"
+        self._filings: json = ""
+
+    # get ticker
+    @property
+    def ticker(self) -> str:
+        return self._ticker
+
+    # get year range
+    @property
+    def year_range(self) -> tuple:
+        return self._year_range
+
+    # get filing type
+    @property
+    def filing_type(self) -> str:
+        return self._filing_type
+
+    # get filings
+    @property
+    def filings(self) -> json:
+        return self._filings
+
+    # set ticker
+    @ticker.setter
+    def ticker(self, value: str):
+        self._ticker = value
+
+    # set year range
+    @year_range.setter
+    def year_range(self, value: tuple):
+        self._year_range = value
+
+    # set filing type
+    @filing_type.setter
+    def filing_type(self, value: str):
+        self._filing_type = value
+
+    # set token from config.ini
+    def set_token(self, token_directory):
+        token_full_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../..', token_directory))
+        config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+        config.read(token_full_path)
+        self._TOKEN = config.get('sec-api-trial', 'api_key')
+
+    # set API to base + token
+    def set_api(self):
+        self._API = self._BASEURL + self._TOKEN
+
+    # api request
+    def initiate_request(self):
+        get_request(self._API, self.ticker, self._year_range, self.filing_type)
+
+
+def get_request(api, ticker, year_range, form_type):
+    # TODO: ticker, filledAt, formType, from/size to be passed from SEC.initiate_request like api is
+    payload = {
+        "query": {"query_string": {"query": "ticker:AAPL AND "
+                                            "filedAt:{2019-01-01 TO 2019-12-31} AND formType:\"10-K\""}},
+        "sort": [{"filedAt": {"order": "desc"}}]
+    }
+    jsondata = json.dumps(payload)
+    jsondataasbytes = jsondata.encode('utf-8')
+    req = request.Request(api)
+    req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8')
+    req.add_header('Content-Length', len(jsondataasbytes))
+    response = request.urlopen(req, jsondataasbytes)
+    res_body = response.read()
+    filings = json.loads(res_body.decode("utf-8"))
+    # print(filings)
+
+
+def main():
+    while True:
+        try:
+            # TODO: error checking for ticker/filing_type
+            ticker = input("Enter stock ticker: ")
+            filing_type = input("Enter filing type (eg. 10-K, 10-Q etc.): ")
+            year_start = int(input("Enter start year: "))
+            year_end = int(input("Enter end year: "))
+            break
+        except ValueError as e:
+            print(e)
+    f = SEC()
+    f.ticker = ticker
+    f.year_range = (year_start, year_end)
+    f.filing_type = filing_type
+    f.initiate_request()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()