diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 38f7d31..71e3b6e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ urls.db
 .profile
 .bashrc
 .bash*
+.sqlite_history
diff --git a/__pycache__/webapp.cpython-310.pyc b/__pycache__/webapp.cpython-310.pyc
index 9315ea0..b3389f7 100644
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diff --git a/__pycache__/wsgi.cpython-310.pyc b/__pycache__/wsgi.cpython-310.pyc
index b133b6b..316705a 100644
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diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..cc3417b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+test lol
diff --git a/webapp.py b/webapp.py
index a39860f..2fb0b50 100644
--- a/webapp.py
+++ b/webapp.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from flask import Flask, request, redirect, render_template, jsonify, url_for
 from flask_caching import Cache
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
 import os
 import json
 import random
@@ -7,10 +8,12 @@
 import sqlite3
 from flask_restful import Api
 
+load_dotenv()
+
 app = Flask(__name__, subdomain_matching=True)
-cache = Cache()
 app.config['SERVER_NAME'] = os.getenv("SERVER_NAME")
 app.config['APIENDPOINT'] = os.getenv("APIENDPOINT")
+cache = Cache()
 api = Api(app)
 shortened_urls = {}
 
@@ -41,19 +44,21 @@ def generate_short_url(length=6):
     short_url = "".join(random.choice(chars) for _ in range(length))
     return short_url
 
-@app.route("/", methods=["GET", "POST"])
-def index():
+
+@app.route('/shorten_url', methods=['POST'])
+def shorten_url():
+    data = request.get_json()
+    long_url = data['long_url']
+    short_url = generate_short_url()
     conn = get_db_connection()
-    if request.method == "POST":
-        long_url = request.form['long_url']
-        short_url = generate_short_url()
-        conn.execute('INSERT INTO urls (short_url, long_url) VALUES (?, ?)',
-                     (short_url, long_url))
-        conn.commit()
-        conn.close()
-        return render_template("short_url.html", short_url=url_for('redirect_url', short_url=short_url, _external=True))
-    else:
-        return render_template("index.html")
+    conn.execute('INSERT INTO urls (short_url, long_url) VALUES (?, ?)',
+                 (short_url, long_url))
+    conn.commit()
+    conn.close()
+    return jsonify(short_url=url_for('redirect_url', short_url=short_url, _external=True, _scheme='https'))
+
+#curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"long_url":"http://youtube.com"}' https://api.fwd2.app/shorten_url
+#{"short_url":"https://localhost/3lupAP"}
 
 @cache.cached(timeout=60)
 @app.route("/<short_url>")
@@ -80,4 +85,4 @@ def api_ip_endpoint():
 create_table()
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    app.run()
\ No newline at end of file
+    app.run()