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/node,macos,vim,git
+
+### Node ###
+# 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
+
+
+
+### 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
+
+
+### Vim ###
+# swap
+[._]*.s[a-w][a-z]
+[._]s[a-w][a-z]
+# session
+Session.vim
+# temporary
+.netrwhist
+*~
+# auto-generated tag files
+tags
+
+
+### Git ###
+*.orig
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+### HTTP Cowsay Project
+
+This is a fun project where you can practice GET and POST requests using HTTPIE and the Cowsay npm package! Woo!
+
+A visualization of the HTTP Cowsay project may be seen below (credit to [Brian Nations](https://github.com/bnates)):
+
+![alt text](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codefellows/seattle-javascript-401d12/master/07-http_and_rest_apis/demo/visualization/http-server.png)
+
+### Get the Project Running
+
+To get this project running, type the following in your command line:
+
+1. `git clone https://github.com/brittdawn/07-vanilla-http-server.git`
+2. `cd 07-vanilla-http-server.git`
+3. `npm i`
+4. `brew install httpie`
+4. `node server.js`
+
+You will now see the phrase "server is up: 3000" if you have not already specified a port number.
+
+### Test the Vanilla HTTP Server
+
+1. Open a new terminal located at the root of this project and type `http localhost:3000/`
+2. You should get a response saying 'hello from my server'
+3. Play with the GET and POST requests below.
+
+### Interacting with HTTP Endpoints
+
+To make an initial GET request, type this in the terminal: `http localhost:3000/cowsay?text=hi`. A cow will appear with a text of hi. If you have made a bad request, a sad Ren will appear. You can change the text to whatever you would like.
+
+To make a POST request, type this in the terminal: `http POST localhost:3000/cowsay text=hello`. You can change the text to whatever you would like.
diff --git a/data.json b/data.json
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+++ b/data.json
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+{
+  "text": "hello"
+}
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');
+const cache = require('gulp-cache');
+const istanbul = require('gulp-istanbul');
+
+gulp.task('pre-test', function() {
+  return gulp.src(['./lib/*.js', './model/*.js', '!node_modules/**'])
+    .pipe(istanbul())
+    .pipe(istanbul.hookRequire());
+});
+
+gulp.task('test', ['pre-test'], function() {
+  gulp.src('./test/*-test.js', { read: false})
+  .pipe(mocha({ report: 'spec'}))
+  .pipe(istanbul.writeReports())
+  .pipe(istanbul.enforceThresholds({thresholds: {global: 90}}));
+});
+
+gulp.task('lint', function() {
+  return 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']);
+
+gulp.task('clear', function (done) {
+  return cache.clearAll(done);
+});
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": "http",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "Fun Cowsay HTTP Lab.",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "keywords": [],
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "cowsay": "^1.1.9",
+    "querystring": "^0.2.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "chai": "^3.5.0",
+    "eslint": "^3.12.1",
+    "gulp": "^3.9.1",
+    "gulp-cache": "^0.4.5",
+    "gulp-eslint": "^3.0.1",
+    "gulp-istanbul": "^1.1.1",
+    "gulp-mocha": "^3.0.1",
+    "mocha": "^3.2.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/server.js 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 || 3000;
+
+const server = http.createServer(function(req, res) {
+  req.url = url.parse(req.url);
+  req.url.query = querystring.parse(req.url.query);
+
+  if (req.url.pathname === '/'){
+    res.writeHead(200, {
+      'Content-Type': 'text/plain'
+    });
+    res.write('hello from my server');
+    return res.end();
+  }
+
+  if (req.method === 'GET' && req.url.pathname === '/cowsay') {
+    try {
+      res.writeHead(200, {
+        'Content-Type': 'text/plain'
+      });
+      res.write(cowsay.say(req.url.query));
+    } catch (err) {
+      res.writeHead(400);
+      res.write(cowsay.think({
+        text: 'Bad Request. Ren is sad. You could try: http localhost:3000/cowsay?text=hi',
+        f: 'ren'
+      }));
+    }
+    return res.end();
+  }
+
+  if(req.method === 'POST' && req.url.pathname === '/cowsay') {
+    parseBody(req, function(err) {
+      if (err) return console.error(err);
+      if(req.body.text) {
+        try {
+          res.writeHead(200,{
+            'Content-Type': 'text/plain'
+          });
+          res.write(cowsay.say({
+            text: req.body.text
+          }));
+          return res.end();
+        } catch (err) {
+          res.writeHead(400);
+          res.write(cowsay.think({
+            text: 'Bad Request. Daemon is happy. Try again.',
+            f: 'daemon'
+          }));
+          return res.end();
+        }
+      }
+      return res.end();
+    });
+  }
+});
+
+server.listen(PORT, () => {
+  console.log('server is up:', PORT);
+});