diff --git a/lib/route.rb b/lib/route.rb
index e69de29..be5bee4 100644
--- a/lib/route.rb
+++ b/lib/route.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+class Route
+    attr_reader :routes
+    def initialize()
+        @routes = {}
+    end
+
+    def add_route(input)
+        @routes.merge!(input)
+        p "added successfully, @routes are: #{@routes}"
+    end
+
+    def match_route(input)
+        resource = input.resource
+        if @routes[resource]
+            return @routes[resource]
+        else
+            p "failed to find: #{resource} route"
+        end
+    end
+
+end
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diff --git a/testing.rb b/testing_requests.rb
similarity index 100%
rename from testing.rb
rename to testing_requests.rb
diff --git a/testing_routes.rb b/testing_routes.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ca6a4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing_routes.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+require_relative 'lib/route'
+require_relative 'lib/request'
+
+request_string = File.read('spec/example_requests/get-examples.request.txt')
+route = Route.new
+request = Request.new(request_string)
+
+examples = {"/nopers" => "okidoki"}
+route.add_route(examples)
+p route.match_route(request)
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