diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index 70b4cabfe..1123a559e 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,7 @@
 def create_app(test_config=None):
     app = Flask(__name__)
 
+    from .routes import bp
+    app.register_blueprint(bp)
+
     return app
diff --git a/app/routes.py b/app/routes.py
index 8e9dfe684..96afcfda3 100644
--- a/app/routes.py
+++ b/app/routes.py
@@ -1,2 +1,69 @@
-from flask import Blueprint
+from flask import Blueprint, jsonify, abort, make_response
 
+class Planet:
+    def __init__(self, id, name, description, has_moon=None):
+        self.id = id
+        self.name = name
+        self.description = description
+        self.has_moon = has_moon
+
+    def to_json(self):
+        return dict(
+        id = self.id,
+        name = self.name, 
+        description = self.description,
+        has_moon = self.has_moon
+            )
+
+
+planets = [
+    Planet(1, "Mercury", "terrestrial", False),
+    Planet(2, "Jupiter", "gaseous", True),
+    Planet(3, "Earth", "terrestrial", True)
+]
+
+#instantiate blueprint object
+bp = Blueprint("planets_bp",__name__, url_prefix="/planets")
+
+#design endpoint with blueprint tag
+"""..to get all existing planets, so that I can see a list of planets,
+with their id, name, description, and other data of the planet."""
+
+# @bp.route("", methods=["GET"])
+# def list_planets():
+#     list_of_planets = [dict(
+#         id = planet.id,
+#         name = planet.name,
+#         description = planet.description,
+#         has_moon = planet.has_moon,  
+#     ) for planet in planets]
+
+#     return jsonify(list_of_planets)
+
+def validate_planet(planet_id):
+    try:
+        planet_id = int(planet_id)
+    except:
+        abort(make_response({"message":f"planet {planet_id} invalid"}, 400))
+
+    for planet in planets:
+        if planet.id == planet_id:
+            return planet
+
+        abort(make_response({"message":f"planet {planet_id} not found"}, 404))
+
+@bp.route("", methods=["GET"])
+def handle_planets():
+    planet_response = [planet.to_json() for planet in planets]
+
+    return jsonify(planet_response)
+
+@bp.route("/<planet_id>", methods=["GET"])
+def handle_planet(planet_id):
+    planet = validate_planet(planet_id)
+    return jsonify(planet.to_json())
+
+
+# FLASK_ENV=developer flask run
+
+    
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a506b4d12..3697cdc0f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,27 +1,8 @@
-alembic==1.5.4
-autopep8==1.5.5
-blinker==1.4
-certifi==2020.12.5
-chardet==4.0.0
-click==7.1.2
-Flask==1.1.2
-Flask-Migrate==2.6.0
-Flask-SQLAlchemy==2.4.4
-idna==2.10
-itsdangerous==1.1.0
-Jinja2==2.11.3
-Mako==1.1.4
-MarkupSafe==1.1.1
-psycopg2-binary==2.8.6
-pycodestyle==2.6.0
-pytest==6.2.3
-pytest-cov==2.12.1
-python-dateutil==2.8.1
-python-dotenv==0.15.0
-python-editor==1.0.4
-requests==2.25.1
-six==1.15.0
-SQLAlchemy==1.3.23
-toml==0.10.2
-urllib3==1.26.4
-Werkzeug==1.0.1
+attrs==21.4.0
+iniconfig==1.1.1
+packaging==21.3
+pluggy==1.0.0
+py==1.11.0
+pyparsing==3.0.8
+pytest==7.1.2
+tomli==2.0.1