diff --git a/app/models/comment.js b/app/models/comment.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..651ae76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/comment.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+//////////////// COMMENT SCHEMA ////////
+
+const mongoose = require('mongoose')
+const Schema = mongoose.Schema
+
+// const commentSchema = require('./comments')
+const commentSchema = new mongoose.Schema(
+    {
+      owner: {
+        type: Schema.Types.ObjectId,
+        ref: 'User',
+        required: true
+      },
+      usercomment: {
+          type: String,
+          
+      }
+    }
+  )
+
+  module.exports = mongoose.model('Comment', commentSchema)
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diff --git a/app/routes/comment_routes.js b/app/routes/comment_routes.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d728da3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/routes/comment_routes.js
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+////////////// Comment Routes /////////
+const express = require('express')
+const passport = require('passport')
+
+const customErrors = require('../../lib/custom_errors')
+const handle404 = customErrors.handle404
+const requireOwnership = customErrors.requireOwnership
+const errors = require('../../lib/custom_errors')
+const removeBlanks = require('../../lib/remove_blank_fields')
+const requireToken = passport.authenticate('bearer', { session: false })
+const router = express.Router()
+const mongoose = require('mongoose')
+const Comment = require(('../models/comment'))
+
+
+
+
+// ---------------- GET INDEX ----------------
+// ROUTES -> /comments/
+
+router.get('/', (req, res, next)=> {
+    Comment.find({})
+        .then(handle404)
+        .then(comment=> {
+            res.json({comment: comment})
+        })
+        .catch(next)
+})
+
+// ---------------- Create Comment ----------------
+// ROUTES -> /comments/:userId
+
+router.post(`/:userId`, (req,res, next)=>{
+    const userId = req.params.userId
+    Comment.create({
+        owner: userId,
+        usercomment: req.body.usercomment
+    })
+    .then(handle404)
+    .then(comment=> {
+        console.log(`CREATED A NEW COMMENT`, comment)
+        res.json({comment: comment})
+    })
+    .catch(next)
+})
+
+//------------ UPDATE Comment ------------------
+// PATCH ROUTES -> /comments/:userId
+
+router.patch('/:commentId', requireToken, removeBlanks, (req, res, next) => {
+    console.log('Comment id: ', req.params.commentId)
+    console.log('req.usercomment: ', req.usercomment)
+    Comment.findById(req.params.commentId) // pass the id of target content
+        .then(handle404)
+        .then((comment) => {
+            console.log('this is the content: ', comment)
+            requireOwnership(req, comment) // check if user owns content
+            // returned updated value of content
+            return comment.updateOne(req.body.comment)
+        })
+        .then(() => 
+        res.sendStatus(204)) // successful 204 on updated 
+        .catch(next)
+  })
+
+//------------ Delete Comment ------------------
+// Delete ROUTES -> /comments/:userId
+
+router.delete('/delete/:id', requireToken, (req, res, next) => {
+    // Need userId to match the owner of the content
+    Comment.findById(req.params.id)
+        .then(handle404)
+        .then((comment) => {
+            // when content is passed, check if token matches that of loggedIn user token
+            // if matched, take content.id, and delete from the database
+            requireOwnership(req, comment)
+            comment.deleteOne()
+        })
+        .then(() => res.sendStatus(204)) // send a 204 <no content> on successful delete
+        .catch(next)
+  })
+
+module.exports = router 
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diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 796b57d..379263b 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const cors = require('cors')
 const followCartRoutes = require('./app/routes/followCart_routes')
 const userRoutes = require('./app/routes/user_routes')
 const contentRouter = require('./app/routes/content_routes')
+const commentRoutes = require('./app/routes/comment_routes')
 
 // require middleware
 const errorHandler = require('./lib/error_handler')
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ app.use(requestLogger)
 // register route files
 app.use('/content', contentRouter)
 app.use(followCartRoutes)
+app.use('comments', commentRoutes)
 app.use(userRoutes)