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/osx,linux,windows,node
+
+### OSX ###
+*.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
+
+
+### 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*
+
+
+### Windows ###
+# Windows image file caches
+Thumbs.db
+ehthumbs.db
+
+# Folder config file
+Desktop.ini
+
+# Recycle Bin used on file shares
+$RECYCLE.BIN/
+
+# Windows Installer files
+*.cab
+*.msi
+*.msm
+*.msp
+
+# Windows shortcuts
+*.lnk
+
+
+### 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
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# Vanilla HTTP server
+
+## General description
+
+This is a basic server app that a developer can access using GET and POST requests. The server will send responses to a developer notifying them of the request status.
+
+## How do I use this app?
+
+* Clone this repo and run the command `npm i` in your terminal to install all of the dependencies, including the cowsay API that embeds a server response in a cow illustration.
+
+* You will also need to run the command `brew install httpie`. For this app, the requests used in the terminal are formatted via HTTPie CLI.
+
+* Open 2 panes in your terminal to see how you, as the developer, can communicate with this server.
+
+* Be sure that you are in the root of the repo directory before attempting to initiate the port to the server. To do this, run `node server.js` in the first terminal pane.
+  * `server running:` followed by your PORT number should be logged in the terminal
+
+### GET requests
+  * **i.e.** 200 OK request: `http localhost:8000/cowsay text=='message'`
+    * You should receive a cowsay response with your embedded message.
+  * **i.e.** 200 OK request: `http localhost:8000`
+    * You should receive a response of `hello from my server!`.
+  * **i.e.** 400 BAD request: `http localhost:8000/cowsay text: 'message'`
+    * You should receive a cowsay response with a 'bad request' message.
+
+### POST requests
+  * **i.e.** 200 OK request: `http POST localhost:8000/cowsay text=message` OR `http POST localhost:8000/cowsay text='post request works'`
+    * You should receive a cowsay response with your embedded message.
+  * **i.e.** 400 BAD request: `http POST localhost:8000/cowsay` (no message attached to POST)
+    * You should receive a cowsay response with a 'bad request' message.
+
+GET and POST request commands should be ran in the second terminal pane. Notice that a GET request requires only 1 `=` while a POST request requires `==`. This is the proper HTTPie format for those requests.
diff --git a/gulpfile.js 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(){
+  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']);
diff --git a/lib/parse-body.js b/lib/parse-body.js
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+'use strict';
+
+//exporting contents of module
+module.exports = function(req, callback) {
+  req.body = '';
+
+  //accumulating data into the 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": "gulpfile.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
+    "start": "node server.js"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/kcirekcom/07-vanilla-http-server.git"
+  },
+  "keywords": [],
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/kcirekcom/07-vanilla-http-server/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/kcirekcom/07-vanilla-http-server#readme",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "cowsay": "^1.1.9"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "chai": "^3.5.0",
+    "gulp": "^3.9.1",
+    "gulp-eslint": "^3.0.1",
+    "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.method === 'POST') {
+    parseBody(req, function(err) {
+      if (err) console.error(err);
+      console.log('POST request body:', req.body);
+      if(req.url.pathname === '/cowsay' && req.body.text !== undefined) {
+        res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
+        res.end(cowsay.say({text: req.body.text.trim()}));
+      }
+      if(req.url.pathname === '/cowsay' && req.body.text === undefined) {
+        res.writeHead(400, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
+        res.end(cowsay.say({text: 'bad request'}));
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  if (req.method === 'GET' && req.url.pathname === '/') {
+    res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
+    res.end('hello from my server!');
+  }
+
+  if (req.method === 'GET' && req.url.pathname === '/cowsay' && req.url.query.text !== undefined) {
+    res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
+    res.end(cowsay.say({text: req.url.query.text.trim()}));
+  }
+
+  if (req.method === 'GET' && req.url.pathname === '/cowsay' && req.url.query.text === undefined) {
+    res.writeHead(400, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
+    res.end(cowsay.say({text: 'bad request'}));
+  }
+});
+
+server.listen(PORT, () => {
+  console.log('server running:', PORT);
+});