diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index 70b4cabfe..997b22a2d 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,30 @@
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from flask import Flask
+from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
+from flask_migrate import Migrate
+import sqlalchemy
+import os
 
+db = SQLAlchemy()
+migrate = Migrate()
+load_dotenv()
 
 def create_app(test_config=None):
     app = Flask(__name__)
 
+    app.config['SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS']= False
+
+    if test_config is None:
+        app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI']= os.environ.get("SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI")
+    else:
+        app.config["TESTING"] = True
+        app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = os.environ.get("SQLALCHEMY_TEST_DATABASE_URI")
+
+    db.init_app(app)
+    migrate.init_app(app,db)
+    
+    from.models.planet import Planet
+    from.routes import planets_bp
+    app.register_blueprint(planets_bp)
+
     return app
diff --git a/app/models/__init__.py b/app/models/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/app/models/planet.py b/app/models/planet.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de87b2df0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/planet.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+from app import db
+from flask import make_response, abort
+
+
+class Planet (db.Model):
+    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key = True, autoincrement = True)
+    name = db.Column(db.String)
+    color = db.Column(db.String)
+    description = db.Column(db.String)
+
+    def to_dict(self):
+        return({
+            "id": self.id,
+            "name": self.name,
+            "color": self.color,
+            "description": self.description
+        })
+    @classmethod
+    def from_json(cls, req_body):
+        return cls(
+            name = req_body["name"],
+            color = req_body["color"],
+            description = req_body["description"])
+            
+    def update(self, req_body):
+        try:
+            self.name = req_body["name"]
+            self.color = req_body["color"]
+            self.description = req_body["description"]
+        except KeyError as error:
+            raise error
+            
+
+    
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/routes.py b/app/routes.py
index 8e9dfe684..05444812b 100644
--- a/app/routes.py
+++ b/app/routes.py
@@ -1,2 +1,151 @@
-from flask import Blueprint
+from flask import Blueprint, jsonify, abort, make_response, request
+from app.models.planet import Planet
+from app import db
 
+planets_bp = Blueprint("planets_bp", __name__, url_prefix = "/planets")
+
+# HELPER FUNCTION
+def validate_id(class_obj, id):
+    try:
+        object_id = int(id)
+    except:
+        abort(make_response({"message":f"{class_obj} {id} is invalid"}, 400))
+    
+    query_result = class_obj.query.get(object_id)
+    if not query_result:
+        abort(make_response({"message":f"{class_obj} {id} is not found"}, 404))
+
+    return query_result
+
+# CREATE RESOURCE
+@planets_bp.route("", methods = ["POST"])
+def create_planet():
+    request_body = request.get_json()
+    
+    new_planet = Planet.from_json(request_body)
+        
+    db.session.add(new_planet)
+    db.session.commit()
+
+    return make_response(f"Planet {new_planet.name} has been created", 201)
+
+
+# GET ALL RESOURCES
+@planets_bp.route("", methods = ["GET"])
+def get_all_planets():
+    results_list = []
+
+    color_param= request.args.get("color")
+    description_param= request.args.get("description")
+    
+    if color_param:
+        planets = Planet.query.filter_by(color=color_param)
+    elif description_param:
+        planets = Planet.query.filter_by(description=description_param)
+    else:
+        planets = Planet.query.all()
+
+    for planet in planets:
+        results_list.append(planet.to_dict())
+    
+    return jsonify(results_list), 200
+
+
+# GET ALL RESOURCES
+@planets_bp.route("/<planet_id>", methods = ["GET"])
+def get_one_planet(planet_id):
+    planet = validate_id(Planet, planet_id)
+
+    return jsonify(planet.to_dict())
+
+
+# UPDATE RESOURCE
+@planets_bp.route("/<planet_id>", methods = ["PUT"])
+def update_planet(planet_id):
+    planet = validate_id(Planet, planet_id)
+
+    request_body = request.get_json()
+
+    try:
+        planet.update(request_body)
+    except KeyError as error:
+        return make_response({'message': f"Missing attribute: {error}"}, 400)
+
+    db.session.commit()
+
+    return make_response(f"planet {planet_id} successfully updated")
+
+
+# DELETE RESOURCE
+@planets_bp.route("/<planet_id>", methods = ["DELETE"])
+def delete_planet(planet_id):
+    planet = validate_id(Planet, planet_id)
+
+    db.session.delete(planet)
+    db.session.commit()
+
+    return make_response(f"planet #{planet_id} successfully deleted")
+
+
+
+
+
+
+# # class Planet:
+# #     def __init__(self, id, name, color, description):
+# #         self.id = id
+# #         self.name = name
+# #         self.color = color
+# #         self.description = description
+
+# # planets = [
+# #     Planet(1, "Saturn", "yellowish-brown", "Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest planet in our solar system."),
+# #     Planet(2, "Mars", "rusty red", "Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun – a dusty, cold, desert world with a very thin atmosphere."),
+# #     Planet(3, "Jupiter", "beige", "Jupiter is covered in swirling cloud stripes. It has big storms like the Great Red Spot, which has been going for hundreds of years. "),
+# #     Planet(4, "Earth", "blue and green", "Earth is a rocky, terrestrial planet. It has a solid and active surface with mountains, valleys, canyons, plains and so much more."),
+# #     Planet(5, "Venus", "beige", "It’s one of the four inner, terrestrial (or rocky) planets, and it’s often called Earth’s twin because it’s similar in size and density."),
+# #     Planet(6, "Uranus", "blue", "Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun, and has the third-largest diameter in our solar system."),
+# #     Planet(7, "Neptune", "blue", "Dark, cold, and whipped by supersonic winds, ice giant Neptune is the eighth and most distant planet in our solar system"),
+# #     Planet(8, "Pluto", "off-white and light blue", "Pluto is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt, a donut-shaped region of icy bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune."),
+# #     Planet(9, "Mercury", "dark gray", "Mercury—the smallest planet in our solar system and closest to the Sun—is only slightly larger than Earth's Moon.")
+
+
+# # ]
+
+# # planets_bp = Blueprint("planets_bp", __name__, url_prefix = "/planets")
+
+# # @planets_bp.route("", methods = ["GET"])
+# # def get_all_planets():
+# #     planets_response = []
+# #     for planet in planets:
+# #         planets_response.append(
+# #         {"id": planet.id,
+# #             "name": planet.name,
+# #             "color": planet.color,
+# #             "description": planet.description
+#         }
+#         )
+#     return jsonify(planets_response)
+
+
+
+
+# @planets_bp.route("/<id>", methods = ["GET"])
+# def get_one_planet(id):
+    # try:
+    #     planet_id = int(id)
+    # except:
+    #     abort(make_response({"message":f"Planet {id} is invalid"}, 400))
+    
+    # planet = int(id)
+    # for planet in planets:
+    #     if planet.id == planet_id:
+    # planet = validate_planet_id(id)
+    # return (
+    #     {"id": planet.id,
+    #         "name": planet.name,
+    #         "color": planet.color,
+    #         "description": planet.description
+    #     }
+    # )
+        
diff --git a/migrations/README b/migrations/README
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98e4f9c44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Generic single-database configuration.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/migrations/alembic.ini b/migrations/alembic.ini
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8ed4801f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/alembic.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# A generic, single database configuration.
+
+[alembic]
+# template used to generate migration files
+# file_template = %%(rev)s_%%(slug)s
+
+# set to 'true' to run the environment during
+# the 'revision' command, regardless of autogenerate
+# revision_environment = false
+
+
+# Logging configuration
+[loggers]
+keys = root,sqlalchemy,alembic
+
+[handlers]
+keys = console
+
+[formatters]
+keys = generic
+
+[logger_root]
+level = WARN
+handlers = console
+qualname =
+
+[logger_sqlalchemy]
+level = WARN
+handlers =
+qualname = sqlalchemy.engine
+
+[logger_alembic]
+level = INFO
+handlers =
+qualname = alembic
+
+[handler_console]
+class = StreamHandler
+args = (sys.stderr,)
+level = NOTSET
+formatter = generic
+
+[formatter_generic]
+format = %(levelname)-5.5s [%(name)s] %(message)s
+datefmt = %H:%M:%S
diff --git a/migrations/env.py b/migrations/env.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b3fb3353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/env.py
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+from __future__ import with_statement
+
+import logging
+from logging.config import fileConfig
+
+from sqlalchemy import engine_from_config
+from sqlalchemy import pool
+from flask import current_app
+
+from alembic import context
+
+# this is the Alembic Config object, which provides
+# access to the values within the .ini file in use.
+config = context.config
+
+# Interpret the config file for Python logging.
+# This line sets up loggers basically.
+fileConfig(config.config_file_name)
+logger = logging.getLogger('alembic.env')
+
+# add your model's MetaData object here
+# for 'autogenerate' support
+# from myapp import mymodel
+# target_metadata = mymodel.Base.metadata
+config.set_main_option(
+    'sqlalchemy.url',
+    str(current_app.extensions['migrate'].db.engine.url).replace('%', '%%'))
+target_metadata = current_app.extensions['migrate'].db.metadata
+
+# other values from the config, defined by the needs of env.py,
+# can be acquired:
+# my_important_option = config.get_main_option("my_important_option")
+# ... etc.
+
+
+def run_migrations_offline():
+    """Run migrations in 'offline' mode.
+
+    This configures the context with just a URL
+    and not an Engine, though an Engine is acceptable
+    here as well.  By skipping the Engine creation
+    we don't even need a DBAPI to be available.
+
+    Calls to context.execute() here emit the given string to the
+    script output.
+
+    """
+    url = config.get_main_option("sqlalchemy.url")
+    context.configure(
+        url=url, target_metadata=target_metadata, literal_binds=True
+    )
+
+    with context.begin_transaction():
+        context.run_migrations()
+
+
+def run_migrations_online():
+    """Run migrations in 'online' mode.
+
+    In this scenario we need to create an Engine
+    and associate a connection with the context.
+
+    """
+
+    # this callback is used to prevent an auto-migration from being generated
+    # when there are no changes to the schema
+    # reference: http://alembic.zzzcomputing.com/en/latest/cookbook.html
+    def process_revision_directives(context, revision, directives):
+        if getattr(config.cmd_opts, 'autogenerate', False):
+            script = directives[0]
+            if script.upgrade_ops.is_empty():
+                directives[:] = []
+                logger.info('No changes in schema detected.')
+
+    connectable = engine_from_config(
+        config.get_section(config.config_ini_section),
+        prefix='sqlalchemy.',
+        poolclass=pool.NullPool,
+    )
+
+    with connectable.connect() as connection:
+        context.configure(
+            connection=connection,
+            target_metadata=target_metadata,
+            process_revision_directives=process_revision_directives,
+            **current_app.extensions['migrate'].configure_args
+        )
+
+        with context.begin_transaction():
+            context.run_migrations()
+
+
+if context.is_offline_mode():
+    run_migrations_offline()
+else:
+    run_migrations_online()
diff --git a/migrations/script.py.mako b/migrations/script.py.mako
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c0156303
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/script.py.mako
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+"""${message}
+
+Revision ID: ${up_revision}
+Revises: ${down_revision | comma,n}
+Create Date: ${create_date}
+
+"""
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+${imports if imports else ""}
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = ${repr(up_revision)}
+down_revision = ${repr(down_revision)}
+branch_labels = ${repr(branch_labels)}
+depends_on = ${repr(depends_on)}
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    ${upgrades if upgrades else "pass"}
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    ${downgrades if downgrades else "pass"}
diff --git a/migrations/versions/ad0e864a9208_test.py b/migrations/versions/ad0e864a9208_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0fad1e9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/versions/ad0e864a9208_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+"""test
+
+Revision ID: ad0e864a9208
+Revises: 
+Create Date: 2022-10-28 19:20:31.083820
+
+"""
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = 'ad0e864a9208'
+down_revision = None
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.create_table('planet',
+    sa.Column('id', sa.Integer(), autoincrement=True, nullable=False),
+    sa.Column('name', sa.String(), nullable=True),
+    sa.Column('color', sa.String(), nullable=True),
+    sa.Column('description', sa.String(), nullable=True),
+    sa.PrimaryKeyConstraint('id')
+    )
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.drop_table('planet')
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..446942b02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import pytest
+from app import create_app, db
+from app.models.planet import Planet
+from flask.signals import request_finished
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def app():
+    app = create_app({"TESTING": True})
+
+    @request_finished.connect_via(app)
+    def expire_session(send, response, **extra):
+        db.session.remove()
+
+    with app.app_context():
+        db.create_all()
+        yield app
+
+    with app.app_context():
+        db.drop_all()
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def client(app):
+    return app.test_client()
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def one_planet(app):
+    planet = Planet(
+        name = "Uranus",
+        color = "blue",
+        description = "Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun, and has the third-largest diameter in our solar system."
+    )
+    db.session.add(planet)
+    db.session.commit()
+    db.session.refresh(planet, ["id"])
+    return planet
+
diff --git a/tests/test_routes.py b/tests/test_routes.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ba8208cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_routes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+from app.models.planet import Planet
+
+def create_mock_data(client):
+    a = {
+        "name": "foo1",
+        "color": "bar1",
+        "description": "foobar1"
+    }
+
+    b = {
+        "name": "foo2",
+        "color": "bar2",
+        "description": "foobar2"
+    }
+
+    c = {
+        "name": "foo3",
+        "color": "bar3",
+        "description": "foobar3"
+    }
+
+    client.post("/planets", json=a)
+    client.post("/planets", json=b)
+    client.post("/planets", json=c)
+
+def test_get_all_planets_returns_empty_list_when_db_is_empty(client):
+    #act
+    response = client.get("/planets")
+
+    #assert
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.get_json() == []
+
+def test_get_all_planets(client):
+    #act
+    create_mock_data(client)
+    response = client.get("/planets")
+    response_body = response.get_json()
+
+    #assert
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert len(response_body) == 3
+    assert response_body[0]["name"] == "foo1"
+    assert response_body[1]["name"] == "foo2"
+    assert response_body[2]["name"] == "foo3"
+    assert response_body[0]["color"] == "bar1"
+    assert response_body[1]["color"] == "bar2"
+    assert response_body[2]["color"] == "bar3"
+    assert response_body[0]["description"] == "foobar1"
+    assert response_body[1]["description"] == "foobar2"
+    assert response_body[2]["description"] == "foobar3"
+
+def test_get_one_planet_returns_seeded_planet(client, one_planet):
+    #act
+    response = client.get(f"/planets/{one_planet.id}")
+    response_body = response.get_json()
+
+    #assert
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response_body["id"] == one_planet.id
+    assert response_body["name"] == one_planet.name
+    assert response_body["color"] == one_planet.color
+    assert response_body["description"] == one_planet.description
+
+
+def test_get_one_planet_returns_not_found_planet(client, one_planet):
+    #act
+    response = client.get(f"/planets/10")
+    response_body = response.get_json()
+
+    #assert
+    assert response.status_code == 404
+
+
+
+def test_create_planet_can_create_planet_in_empty_db(client):
+    # arrange
+    EXPECTED_PLANET = {
+        "name": "Neptune",
+        "color": "blue",
+        "description": "Dark, cold, and whipped by supersonic winds, ice giant Neptune is the eighth and most distant planet in our solar system"
+    }
+
+    EXPECTED_ID = 1
+
+    # act
+    response = client.post("/planets", json=EXPECTED_PLANET)
+    response_body = response.get_data(as_text=True)
+
+
+    actual_planet = Planet.query.get(EXPECTED_ID)
+
+    # assert
+    assert response.status_code == 201
+    assert response_body == f"Planet {EXPECTED_PLANET['name']} has been created"
+    assert actual_planet.id == EXPECTED_ID
+    assert actual_planet.name == EXPECTED_PLANET["name"]
+    assert actual_planet.color == EXPECTED_PLANET["color"]
+    assert actual_planet.description == EXPECTED_PLANET["description"]