diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5792ff9..52d3d1b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -72,3 +72,4 @@ bower.json
 # Ignore pow environment settings
 .powenv
 coverage
+.env
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index f3a9b9b..1756ec2 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ gem 'sdoc', '~> 0.4.0', group: :doc
 # Use active_shipping for shipping amounts
 gem 'active_shipping'
 
+#use dotenv for secrets
+gem 'dotenv-rails'
+
+gem 'responders', '~> 2.0'
+
 # Use ActiveModel has_secure_password
 # gem 'bcrypt', '~> 3.1.7'
 
@@ -41,6 +46,7 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem 'rspec-rails'
   gem 'simplecov', require: false
   gem 'factory_girl_rails'
+
 end
 
 group :development do
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index ab3fff7..b00f61c 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ GEM
     debug_inspector (0.0.2)
     diff-lcs (1.2.5)
     docile (1.1.5)
+    dotenv (2.1.0)
+    dotenv-rails (2.1.0)
+      dotenv (= 2.1.0)
+      railties (>= 4.0, < 5.1)
     erubis (2.7.0)
     execjs (2.6.0)
     factory_girl (4.5.0)
@@ -131,6 +135,8 @@ GEM
     rake (10.5.0)
     rdoc (4.2.1)
       json (~> 1.4)
+    responders (2.1.1)
+      railties (>= 4.2.0, < 5.1)
     rspec-core (3.4.1)
       rspec-support (~> 3.4.0)
     rspec-expectations (3.4.0)
@@ -198,11 +204,13 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   binding_of_caller
   byebug
   coffee-rails (~> 4.1.0)
+  dotenv-rails
   factory_girl_rails
   jbuilder (~> 2.0)
   jquery-rails
   pry-rails
   rails (= 4.2.5)
+  responders (~> 2.0)
   rspec-rails
   sass-rails (~> 5.0)
   sdoc (~> 0.4.0)
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/shipments.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/shipments.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24f83d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/shipments.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Place all the behaviors and hooks related to the matching controller here.
+# All this logic will automatically be available in application.js.
+# You can use CoffeeScript in this file: http://coffeescript.org/
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/shipments.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/shipments.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68e8f86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/shipments.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Place all the styles related to the Shipments controller here.
+// They will automatically be included in application.css.
+// You can use Sass (SCSS) here: http://sass-lang.com/
diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index d83690e..52e0790 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   # Prevent CSRF attacks by raising an exception.
   # For APIs, you may want to use :null_session instead.
-  protect_from_forgery with: :exception
+
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/shipments_controller.rb b/app/controllers/shipments_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44046a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/shipments_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+class ShipmentsController < ApplicationController
+respond_to :json
+
+  def estimate
+    begin
+      weight = (package_params[:weight]).to_i
+      dimensions = [(package_params[:length]).to_i,  (package_params[:width]).to_i,  (package_params[:height]).to_i]
+      package = ActiveShipping::Package.new(weight, dimensions)
+      packages = [package]
+      origin = ActiveShipping::Location.new(origin_params)
+      destination = ActiveShipping::Location.new(destination_params)
+      
+      ups = ups_rates(origin, destination, packages)
+      usps = usps_rates(origin, destination, packages)
+      rates = ups.merge(usps)
+      render :json => rates.as_json, :status => :ok
+    rescue
+      render :json => { error: :bad_data, message: "You must provide valid data for package size, package weight, origin location and destination location." }, status: :bad_request
+    end
+  end
+
+private
+
+  def package_params
+    params.require(:package).permit(:weight, :length, :width, :height)
+  end
+
+  def origin_params
+    params.require(:origin).permit(:country, :state, :province, :city, :zip, :postal_code)
+  end
+
+  def destination_params
+    params.require(:destination).permit(:country, :state, :province, :city, :zip, :postal_code)
+  end
+
+
+  def ups_rates(origin, destination, packages)
+    ups = ActiveShipping::UPS.new(login: ENV['UPS_LOGIN'], password: ENV['UPS_PASSWORD'], key: ENV['UPS_KEY'])
+    response = ups.find_rates(origin, destination, packages)
+
+    ups_rate_response = {}
+    response.rates.sort_by(&:price).each do |rate|
+      ups_rate_response[rate.service_name] = rate.price
+    end
+    return ups_rate_response
+  end
+
+  def usps_rates(origin, destination, packages)
+    usps = ActiveShipping::USPS.new(login: ENV['USPS_USERNAME'])
+    response = usps.find_rates(origin, destination, packages)
+
+    usps_rate_response = {}
+    response.rates.sort_by(&:price).each do |rate|
+      usps_rate_response[rate.service_name] = rate.price
+    end
+    return usps_rate_response
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/app/helpers/shipments_helper.rb b/app/helpers/shipments_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..848b334
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/shipments_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+module ShipmentsHelper
+end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 3f66539..89d574f 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,56 +1,3 @@
 Rails.application.routes.draw do
-  # The priority is based upon order of creation: first created -> highest priority.
-  # See how all your routes lay out with "rake routes".
-
-  # You can have the root of your site routed with "root"
-  # root 'welcome#index'
-
-  # Example of regular route:
-  #   get 'products/:id' => 'catalog#view'
-
-  # Example of named route that can be invoked with purchase_url(id: product.id)
-  #   get 'products/:id/purchase' => 'catalog#purchase', as: :purchase
-
-  # Example resource route (maps HTTP verbs to controller actions automatically):
-  #   resources :products
-
-  # Example resource route with options:
-  #   resources :products do
-  #     member do
-  #       get 'short'
-  #       post 'toggle'
-  #     end
-  #
-  #     collection do
-  #       get 'sold'
-  #     end
-  #   end
-
-  # Example resource route with sub-resources:
-  #   resources :products do
-  #     resources :comments, :sales
-  #     resource :seller
-  #   end
-
-  # Example resource route with more complex sub-resources:
-  #   resources :products do
-  #     resources :comments
-  #     resources :sales do
-  #       get 'recent', on: :collection
-  #     end
-  #   end
-
-  # Example resource route with concerns:
-  #   concern :toggleable do
-  #     post 'toggle'
-  #   end
-  #   resources :posts, concerns: :toggleable
-  #   resources :photos, concerns: :toggleable
-
-  # Example resource route within a namespace:
-  #   namespace :admin do
-  #     # Directs /admin/products/* to Admin::ProductsController
-  #     # (app/controllers/admin/products_controller.rb)
-  #     resources :products
-  #   end
+  post 'estimate' => 'shipments#estimate'
 end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4dfbb16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# encoding: UTF-8
+# This file is auto-generated from the current state of the database. Instead
+# of editing this file, please use the migrations feature of Active Record to
+# incrementally modify your database, and then regenerate this schema definition.
+#
+# Note that this schema.rb definition is the authoritative source for your
+# database schema. If you need to create the application database on another
+# system, you should be using db:schema:load, not running all the migrations
+# from scratch. The latter is a flawed and unsustainable approach (the more migrations
+# you'll amass, the slower it'll run and the greater likelihood for issues).
+#
+# It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
+
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 0) do
+
+end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/shipments_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/shipments_controller_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3702900
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/controllers/shipments_controller_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+require 'pry'
+
+RSpec.describe ShipmentsController, type: :controller do
+  describe "POST 'estimate'" do
+    let(:params) do
+      {origin: {country: 'US',
+                 state: 'CA',
+                 city: 'Beverly Hills',
+                 zip: '90210'},
+
+      destination: {country: 'CA',
+                    province: 'ON',
+                    city: 'Ottawa',
+                    postal_code: 'K1P 1J1'},
+      package: { weight: 100,
+                length: 93,
+                width: 10,
+                height: 10}
+              }
+    end
+
+    it "is successful" do
+      post :estimate, params
+      expect(response.response_code).to eq 200
+    end
+  end
+
+  end
diff --git a/spec/helpers/shipments_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/shipments_helper_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36c5c65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/helpers/shipments_helper_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+# Specs in this file have access to a helper object that includes
+# the ShipmentsHelper. For example:
+#
+# describe ShipmentsHelper do
+#   describe "string concat" do
+#     it "concats two strings with spaces" do
+#       expect(helper.concat_strings("this","that")).to eq("this that")
+#     end
+#   end
+# end
+RSpec.describe ShipmentsHelper, type: :helper do
+  pending "add some examples to (or delete) #{__FILE__}"
+end