diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15de390
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+node_modules
+data
diff --git a/data/data.json b/data/data.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82384e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/data.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"msg":"hi"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
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index 0000000..fdcf6b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+const gulp = require('gulp');
+const eslint = require('gulp-eslint');
+const mocha = require('gulp-mocha');
+const watch = require('gulp-watch');
+
+gulp.task('lint', () => {
+  gulp.src(['./*.js', './test/*.js'])
+        .pipe(eslint({
+          env: [
+            'mocha',
+            'es6'
+          ]
+        }))
+        .pipe(eslint.format());
+});
+
+gulp.task('mocha', () => {
+  return gulp.src('./test/*.js', {
+    read: false
+  })
+        .pipe(mocha({
+          reporter: 'nyan'
+        }));
+});
+
+gulp.task('watch', () => {
+  gulp.watch(['./*.js', './test/*.js' ], ['mocha', 'lint']);
+});
+
+gulp.task('default', ['mocha', 'lint', 'watch']);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3c3f77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "name": "test",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "",
+  "main": "http_test.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "keywords": [],
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "chai": "^3.5.0",
+    "chai-http": "^2.0.1",
+    "gulp": "^3.9.1",
+    "gulp-eslint": "^2.0.0",
+    "gulp-mocha": "^2.2.0",
+    "gulp-watch": "^4.3.5",
+    "mocha": "^2.4.5"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
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index 0000000..ef0e645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const http = require('http');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const stream = require('stream');
+
+
+
+const dir =  __dirname + '/data';
+if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
+  fs.mkdirSync(dir);
+}
+
+http.createServer((req, res) => {
+  if(req.url === '/notes' && req.method === 'GET') {
+    res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
+    let files = fs.readdirSync(dir);
+    res.write(files.toString());
+    return res.end();
+  }
+  if (req.url === '/notes' && req.method === 'POST') {
+    let nextFile = fs.readdirSync(dir).length + 1;
+    const writeToFile = fs.createWriteStream(dir + '/' + nextFile + '.json');
+    req.pipe(writeToFile);
+    res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
+    res.write('saved file ' + nextFile + '.json' + '\n');
+    console.log(nextFile);
+    return res.end();
+  }
+  res.status = 404;
+  return res.end('File not found\n');
+
+}).listen(3000, () => {
+  console.log('server up at 3000');
+});
diff --git a/test/server_test.js b/test/server_test.js
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index 0000000..c710ce7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/server_test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const chai = require('chai');
+const chaiHTTP = require('chai-http');
+const expect = chai.expect;
+chai.use(chaiHTTP);
+const request = chai.request;
+
+require('../server');
+
+describe('persistance tests', () => {
+  it('should do a GET request', (done) => {
+    request('localhost:3000')
+    .get('/notes')
+    .end((err, res) => {
+      expect(err).to.eql(null);
+      expect(res).to.have.status(200);
+      var files = fs.readdirSync(__dirname + '/../data').toString();
+      expect(res.text).to.eql(files);
+    });
+    done();
+  });
+  it('should do a POST request', (done) => {
+    request('localhost:3000')
+      .get('/notes')
+      .end((err, res) => {
+        expect((err, res) => {
+          expect(err).to.eql(null);
+          expect(res).to.have.status(200);
+        })
+      })
+    })
+  })
+});