diff --git a/src/handlers.js b/src/handlers.js
index c598e9a..aeb069a 100644
--- a/src/handlers.js
+++ b/src/handlers.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const fs = require("fs");
 const path = require("path");
 const mime = require("mime-types");
-const request = require("request");
+const requestPkg = require("request");
 const buildPath = function(myPath) {
   return path.join(__dirname, "..", "public", myPath);
 };
@@ -29,17 +29,47 @@ const handler = {
         console.log(error);
         return;
       }
-      response.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type": mime.lookup(request.url)});
+      response.writeHead(200, { "Content-Type": mime.lookup(request.url) });
       response.end(file);
     });
   },
   coordsHandler: function(request, response) {
-      // PLACEHOLDER
-      const latlong = request.url.split("coords/")[1]
-      const lat = latlong.split("&long=")[0].split("=")[1];)
-      const long = latlong.split("&long=")[1];
-      response.writeHead(302, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
-      response.end();
+    const latlong = request.url.split("coords/")[1];
+    const lat = latlong.split("&long=")[0].split("=")[1];
+    const long = latlong.split("&long=")[1];
+    console.log(`lat ${lat} long ${long}`)
+    response.writeHead(302, { "Content-Type": "text/plain" });
+    response.end();
+
+    // NEXT STEPS: 
+    // redirect user to home url, 
+    // send request (using lat and long) to police API,
+    // get results from police
+    // send object of some sorts to client
+
+  },
+  postcodeHandler: function(request, response) {
+    const decoded = decodeURI(request.url);
+    const postcode = decoded.split("postcode/")[1].replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9]/, "");
+
+    // API request to get latitude and longitude from postcodes.io api
+    requestPkg(`https://api.postcodes.io/postcodes/${postcode}`, function(error, response, body){
+        console.log(`error: ${error}`);
+        const statusCode = response.statusCode
+        body = JSON.parse(body);
+        console.log(`lat: ${body.result.latitude}, long: ${body.result.longitude}`);
+    })
+
+    // PLACEHOLDER
+    console.log(`postcode is ${postcode}`);
+    response.writeHead(302, { "Content-Type": "text/plain" });
+    response.end();
+
+    // NEXT STEPS: 
+    // redirect user to home url, 
+    // send request (using lat and long) to police API,
+    // get results from police
+    // send object of some sorts to client
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/routes.js b/src/routes.js
index 60bb7b6..7a0e759 100644
--- a/src/routes.js
+++ b/src/routes.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ const router = (req, res) => {
     handler.publicHandler(req, res);
   } else if (req.url.includes("/coords/")) {
     handler.coordsHandler(req, res);
+  } else if (req.url.includes("/postcode/")) {
+    handler.postcodeHandler(req, res);
   } else {
     // handler.publicHandler(req, res);
     res.writeHead(404, "Content-Type: text/html")