diff --git a/NetrunnerDb.gemspec b/NetrunnerDb.gemspec
index 5ece0c8..bb0d9d1 100644
--- a/NetrunnerDb.gemspec
+++ b/NetrunnerDb.gemspec
@@ -4,25 +4,27 @@ $LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
 require 'NetrunnerDb/version'
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
-  spec.name          = "NetrunnerDb"
+  spec.name          = 'NetrunnerDb'
   spec.version       = NetrunnerDb::VERSION
-  spec.authors       = ["Tommy Parnell"]
-  spec.email         = ["tparnell8@gmail.com"]
+  spec.authors       = ['Tommy Parnell']
+  spec.email         = ['tparnell8@gmail.com']
 
-  if spec.respond_to?(:metadata)
-    spec.metadata['allowed_push_host'] = "TODO: Set to 'http://mygemserver.com' to prevent pushes to rubygems.org, or delete to allow pushes to any server."
-  end
 
-  spec.summary       = %q{TODO: Write a short summary, because Rubygems requires one.}
-  spec.description   = %q{TODO: Write a longer description or delete this line.}
-  spec.homepage      = "TODO: Put your gem's website or public repo URL here."
-  spec.license       = "MIT"
+  spec.summary       = %q{Wrapper over NetrunnerDb API}
+  spec.description   = %q{Wrapper over NetrunnerDb API}
+  spec.homepage      = 'https://github.com/tparnell8/RNetrunnerDb'
+  spec.license       = 'MIT'
 
   spec.files         = `git ls-files -z`.split("\x0").reject { |f| f.match(%r{^(test|spec|features)/}) }
-  spec.bindir        = "exe"
+  spec.bindir        = 'exe'
   spec.executables   = spec.files.grep(%r{^exe/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
-  spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
+  spec.require_paths = ['lib']
 
-  spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 1.8"
-  spec.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 10.0"
+  spec.add_development_dependency 'bundler', '~> 1.8'
+  spec.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 10.0'
+  spec.add_development_dependency "minitest"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "vcr"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "webmock"
+  spec.add_dependency 'faraday'
+  spec.add_dependency 'json'
 end
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e5a0077..94c5a8c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # NetrunnerDb
 
-Welcome to your new gem! In this directory, you'll find the files you need to be able to package up your Ruby library into a gem. Put your Ruby code in the file `lib/NetrunnerDb`. To experiment with that code, run `bin/console` for an interactive prompt.
-
-TODO: Delete this and the text above, and describe your gem
+Simple wrapper over netrunnerDb API
 
 ## Installation
 
@@ -22,7 +20,12 @@ Or install it yourself as:
 
 ## Usage
 
-TODO: Write usage instructions here
+```ruby
+res = NetrunnerDb::HttpHandler.get_cards
+res = NetrunnerDb::HttpHandler.get_card(01001)
+res = NetrunnerDb::HttpHandler.get_sets
+res = NetrunnerDb::HttpHandler.get_set("cc")
+```
 
 ## Development
 
@@ -32,8 +35,14 @@ To install this gem onto your local machine, run `bundle exec rake install`. To
 
 ## Contributing
 
-1. Fork it ( https://github.com/[my-github-username]/NetrunnerDb/fork )
+1. Fork it ( https://github.com/tparnell8/RNetrunnerDb/fork )
 2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b my-new-feature`)
 3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'Add some feature'`)
 4. Push to the branch (`git push origin my-new-feature`)
 5. Create a new Pull Request
+
+## todo
+
+* test things
+* figure out ruby better
+* who knows
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 809eb56..a3b8376 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 require "bundler/gem_tasks"
+require 'rake/testtask'
 
+Rake::TestTask.new do |t|
+  t.pattern = 'test/test_*.rb'
+end
diff --git a/lib/NetrunnerDb.rb b/lib/NetrunnerDb.rb
index 3f7805c..84d90dc 100644
--- a/lib/NetrunnerDb.rb
+++ b/lib/NetrunnerDb.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-require "NetrunnerDb/version"
-
+require 'NetrunnerDb/version'
+require 'NetrunnerDb/http_handler'
 module NetrunnerDb
-  # Your code goes here...
+
 end
diff --git a/lib/NetrunnerDb/http_handler.rb b/lib/NetrunnerDb/http_handler.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5d30be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/NetrunnerDb/http_handler.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+require 'faraday'
+require 'json'
+
+module NetrunnerDb
+  class HttpHandler
+
+    def self.process_request(url_param)
+      response = Faraday.get("http://netrunnerdb.com#{url_param}")
+      nil unless response.env['status'] == 200
+      JSON.parse(response.body)
+    end
+
+    def self.get_sets
+      return HttpHandler.process_request('/api/sets/')
+    end
+    def self.get_cards
+      return HttpHandler.process_request('/api/cards/')
+    end
+    def self.get_set(set_code)
+      return HttpHandler.process_request("/api/set/#{set_code}/")
+    end
+    def self.get_card(card_code)
+      return HttpHandler.process_request("/api/card/#{card_code}/")
+    end
+    def self.get_decklist(decklist_id)
+      return HttpHandler.process_request("/api/decklist/#{decklist_id}/")
+    end
+
+  end
+end
+
diff --git a/lib/NetrunnerDb/version.rb b/lib/NetrunnerDb/version.rb
index bef4a04..d620492 100644
--- a/lib/NetrunnerDb/version.rb
+++ b/lib/NetrunnerDb/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module NetrunnerDb
-  VERSION = "0.1.0"
+  VERSION = '0.1.0'
 end
diff --git a/test/test_NetrunnerDb.rb b/test/test_NetrunnerDb.rb
index 3f2f396..a7e7b42 100644
--- a/test/test_NetrunnerDb.rb
+++ b/test/test_NetrunnerDb.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
-require 'minitest_helper'
+require_relative 'minitest_helper'
 
 class TestNetrunnerDb < Minitest::Test
   def test_that_it_has_a_version_number
     refute_nil ::NetrunnerDb::VERSION
   end
-
-  def test_it_does_something_useful
-    assert false
-  end
+  
 end