diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
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+{
+  "rules": {
+    "no-console": "off",
+    "indent": [ "error", 2 ],
+    "quotes": [ "error", "single" ],
+    "semi": ["error", "always"],
+    "linebreak-style": [ "error", "unix" ]
+  },
+  "env": {
+    "es6": true,
+    "node": true,
+    "mocha": true,
+    "jasmine": true
+  },
+  "ecmaFeatures": {
+    "modules": true,
+    "experimentalObjectRestSpread": true,
+    "impliedStrict": true
+  },
+  "extends": "eslint:recommended"
+}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# Created by https://www.gitignore.io/api/macos,node,vim,linux
+
+### macOS ###
+*.DS_Store
+.AppleDouble
+.LSOverride
+
+# Icon must end with two \r
+Icon
+# Thumbnails
+._*
+# Files that might appear in the root of a volume
+.DocumentRevisions-V100
+.fseventsd
+.Spotlight-V100
+.TemporaryItems
+.Trashes
+.VolumeIcon.icns
+.com.apple.timemachine.donotpresent
+# Directories potentially created on remote AFP share
+.AppleDB
+.AppleDesktop
+Network Trash Folder
+Temporary Items
+.apdisk
+
+
+### Node ###
+node_modules
+# Logs
+logs
+*.log
+npm-debug.log*
+
+# Runtime data
+pids
+*.pid
+*.seed
+*.pid.lock
+
+# Directory for instrumented libs generated by jscoverage/JSCover
+lib-cov
+
+# Coverage directory used by tools like istanbul
+coverage
+
+# nyc test coverage
+.nyc_output
+
+# Grunt intermediate storage (http://gruntjs.com/creating-plugins#storing-task-files)
+.grunt
+
+# node-waf configuration
+.lock-wscript
+
+# Compiled binary addons (http://nodejs.org/api/addons.html)
+build/Release
+
+# Dependency directories
+node_modules
+jspm_packages
+
+# Optional npm cache directory
+.npm
+
+# Optional eslint cache
+.eslintcache
+
+# Optional REPL history
+.node_repl_history
+
+# Output of 'npm pack'
+*.tgz
+
+# Yarn Integrity file
+.yarn-integrity
+
+
+
+### Vim ###
+# swap
+[._]*.s[a-w][a-z]
+[._]s[a-w][a-z]
+# session
+Session.vim
+# temporary
+.netrwhist
+*~
+# auto-generated tag files
+tags
+
+
+### Linux ###
+
+# temporary files which can be created if a process still has a handle open of a deleted file
+.fuse_hidden*
+
+# KDE directory preferences
+.directory
+
+# Linux trash folder which might appear on any partition or disk
+.Trash-*
+
+# .nfs files are created when an open file is removed but is still being accessed
+.nfs*
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+**Documentation for Cowsay API, a demonstration of a basic Node HTTP server**
+
+Use query strings to have the cow repeat the text you enter. This documentation assumes you are using a Mac and have httpie installed.
+
+* To run this app, clone down the repo and run npm i to install the dependencies. In a terminal window in the root directory of the app, type `node server.js`.
+
+* In a separate terminal window (location for this window doesn't matter), and type `http :8000/` or `http POST :8000/`. You will get a welcome message printed in the terminal and an http response with 200-OK status code.
+
+* Let's make a request to the /cowsay route. type `http :8000/cowsay`. You should get a cow printed in your response with a speech balloon saying "Welcome to Cowville."
+
+* You can make the cow say anything you want by simply adding a query string to the end of the url, with 'text' as the key. For example, if you type `http :8000/cowsay?text=cows+say+mooooo` or `http POST :8000/cowsay?text=cows+say+mooooo`, your cow will say "cows say mooooo". The plus signs in the query string indicate spaces.
+
+* if you try to submit `http POST :8000/cowsay`, your cow will give you a bad request response, accompanied by a 400 error status code.
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
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+++ b/gulpfile.js
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+'use strict';
+
+const gulp = require('gulp');
+const eslint = require('gulp-eslint');
+const mocha = require('gulp-mocha');
+
+gulp.task('test', function() {
+  gulp.src('./test/*-test.js', { read: false })
+  .pipe(mocha({ reporter: 'spec' }));
+});
+
+gulp.task('lint', function() {
+  gulp.src(['**/*.js', '!node_modules'])
+  .pipe(eslint())
+  .pipe(eslint.format())
+  .pipe(eslint.failAfterError());
+});
+
+gulp.task('dev', function() {
+  gulp.watch(['**/*.js', '!node_modules'], ['lint', 'test']);
+});
+
+gulp.task('default', ['dev']);
diff --git a/lib/parse-body.js b/lib/parse-body.js
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+++ b/lib/parse-body.js
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+'use strict';
+
+module.exports = function(req, callback) {
+  req.body = '';
+
+  req.on('data', function(data) {
+    req.body += data.toString();
+  });
+
+  req.on('end', function() {
+    try {
+      req.body = JSON.parse(req.body);
+      callback(null, req.body);
+    } catch (err) {
+      callback(err);
+    }
+  });
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+++ b/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "07-vanilla-http-server",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/maschigokae/07-vanilla-http-server.git"
+  },
+  "keywords": [],
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/maschigokae/07-vanilla-http-server/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/maschigokae/07-vanilla-http-server#readme",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "cowsay": "^1.1.9"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
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+++ b/server.js
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+'use strict';
+
+const http = require('http');
+const url = require('url');
+const querystring = require('querystring');
+const cowsay = require('cowsay');
+const parseBody = require('./lib/parse-body.js');
+const PORT = process.env.PORT || 8000;
+
+const server = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
+
+  req.url = url.parse(req.url);
+  req.url.query = querystring.parse(req.url.query);
+
+  // REQUESTS TO ROOT URL
+  if (req.method === 'POST' && req.url.pathname === '/') {
+    console.log('successful request to home');
+    res.writeHead(200,
+      {
+        'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
+      }
+    );
+    res.write('hello from my server!');
+    res.end();
+  }
+
+  if (req.method === 'GET' && req.url.pathname === '/') {
+    console.log('successful request to home');
+    res.writeHead(200,
+      {
+        'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
+      }
+    );
+    res.write('hello from my server!');
+    res.end();
+  }
+
+  // REQUESTS TO COWSAY URL
+  if (req.method === 'GET' && req.url.pathname === '/cowsay' && !req.url.query.text) {
+    res.writeHead(200,
+      {
+        'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
+      }
+    );
+    console.log('get request to cowsay');
+    res.write(cowsay.say({text: 'hello from cowville'}));
+    res.end();
+  }
+
+  if (req.method === 'GET' && req.url.pathname === '/cowsay' && req.url.query.text) {
+    res.writeHead(200,
+      {
+        'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
+      }
+    );
+    res.write(cowsay.say({text: req.url.query.text}));
+    res.end();
+  }
+
+  if (req.method === 'POST' && req.url.pathname === '/cowsay' && req.url.query.text) {
+    parseBody(req, function(err) {
+      console.log(`POST request body: ${req.url.query.text}`);
+      res.writeHead(200,
+        {
+          'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
+        }
+      );
+      res.write(cowsay.say({text: req.url.query.text}));
+      res.end();
+    });
+  }
+
+  if (req.method === 'POST' && req.url.pathname === '/cowsay' && !req.url.query.text) {
+    parseBody(req, function(err) {
+      res.writeHead(400);
+      res.write(cowsay.say({text: 'BAD REQUEST.'}));
+      res.end();
+    });
+  }
+});
+
+server.listen(PORT, () => {
+  console.log(`SERVER RUNNING ON PORT ${PORT}.`);
+});