diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ed367e8..e832dc4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,3 +26,8 @@ node_modules
 
 # Optional REPL history
 .node_repl_history
+
+#rest_api folder cache and DS_Store
+rest_api/__pycache__
+rest_api/.DS_Store
+rest_api/templates/.DS_Store
diff --git a/CREATE b/CREATE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/rest_api/models.py b/rest_api/models.py
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index 0000000..ef5b396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rest_api/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+from restful import db
+
+
+class Backpagecontent(db.Model):
+    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
+    backpagepostid = db.Column('backpagepostid', db.Integer, db.ForeignKey('backpagepost.id'), unique=True)
+    title = db.Column('title', db.Text(120))
+    body = db.Column('body', db.Unicode)
+    textsearch = db.Column('textsearch', db.String(80))
+
+
+class Backpageemail(db.Model):
+    backpagepostid = db.Column('backpagepostid', db.Integer, primary_key=True)
+    email = db.Column('name', db.String(30))
+
+
+class Backpageentities(db.Model):
+    enitity_id = db.Column('enitity_id', db.Integer, primary_key=True)
+    backpagepostid = db.Column('backpagepostid', db.Integer)
+
+
+class Backpagephone(db.Model):
+    backpagepostid = db.Column('backpagepostid', db.Integer, db.ForeignKey('backpagepost.id'), primary_key=True, )
+    number = db.Column('number', db.String(20))
+
+
+class Backpagepost(db.Model):
+    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
+    pageid = db.Column('pageid', db.Integer, unique=True)
+    oid = db.Column('oid', db.Integer)
+    posterage = db.Column('posterage', db.SmallInteger)
+    postdate = db.Column('postdate', db.DateTime(timezone=True))
+    phone = db.relationship('Backpagephone', backref='backpagepost', lazy='dynamic')
+    content = db.relationship("Backpagecontent", backref='backpagepost', lazy='dynamic')
+
+
+class Backpagesite(db.Model):
+    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
+    name = db.Column('name', db.String(120))
+
+
+class Crawler(db.Model):
+    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
+    name = db.Column('name', db.String(32))
+    version = db.Column('version', db.VARCHAR)
+
diff --git a/rest_api/restful.py b/rest_api/restful.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..296035a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rest_api/restful.py
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+from flask import Flask, jsonify, request, render_template
+from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
+from healthcheck import HealthCheck, EnvironmentDump
+from models import *
+import requests 
+import json
+import re
+
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = "postgresql://localhost:5432/crawler"
+app.config['SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS'] = False
+
+db = SQLAlchemy(app)
+
+
+# wrap the flask app and give a heathcheck url to make sure DB is ok
+health = HealthCheck(app, "/healthcheck")
+
+def health_database_status():
+    is_database_working = True
+    output = 'database is ok'
+
+    try:
+        session = db.session()
+        session.execute('SELECT * from backpageemail')
+    except Exception as e:
+        output = str(e)
+        is_database_working = False
+
+    print (output)
+    return is_database_working, output
+
+
+health_database_status()
+
+
+@app.route('/', methods=['GET'])
+def test():
+	return jsonify({'message': 'It works!'})
+
+
+# Backpagecontent table API endpoints with integer params and text search - returns title, body, postid
+@app.route('/api/backpage/content/<int:backpage_content_id>', methods=['GET'])
+def get_content(backpage_content_id):
+    contents = (Backpagecontent.query.filter_by(id=backpage_content_id).all())
+
+    return jsonify({'data': [
+        dict(id=c.id, postId=c.backpagepostid, title=c.title, number=phonenumber.number)
+        for c in contents
+    ]})
+
+
+@app.route('/api/backpage/content/q=<search>', methods=['GET'])
+def get_search_results(search):
+    contents = (Backpagecontent.query.filter(Backpagecontent.title.contains(search)).all())
+
+    return jsonify({'data': [
+        dict(id=c.id, postId=c.backpagepostid, title=c.title)
+        for c in contents if re.search(r'\b' + search + r'\b', c.title) 
+    ]})
+
+
+# Backpagesite table endpoints - returns all cities in table
+@app.route('/api/backpage/cities/', methods=['GET'])
+def get_all_cities():
+    cities = (Backpagesite.query.all())
+    # In case we want only names without id's 
+    citynames = [c.name for c in cities]
+
+    return jsonify({'data': [
+        dict(id=c.id, city=c.name)
+        for c in cities
+    ]})
+
+
+@app.route('/api/backpage/cities/q=<testsearch>', methods=['GET'])
+def search(testsearch):
+    cities = (Backpagesite.query.all())
+    citynames = [c.name for c in cities]
+
+    return jsonify({'data': [
+        dict(id=c.id, city=c.name)
+        for c in cities if testsearch in c.name
+    ]})
+
+
+# Backpagephone table endpoints - returns phone numbers and postids 
+@app.route('/api/backpage/phone/', methods=['GET'])
+def get_all_numbers():
+    numbers = (Backpagephone.query.all())
+
+    return jsonify({'data': [
+        dict(backpagepostid=n.backpagepostid, number=n.number)
+        for n in numbers
+    ]})
+
+
+@app.route('/api/backpage/phone/<int:backpagepost_id>', methods=['GET'])
+def get_number(backpagepost_id):
+    numbers = (Backpagephone.query.filter_by(backpagepostid=backpagepost_id).all())
+
+    return jsonify({'numbers': [n.number for n in numbers]})
+
+
+@app.route('/api/backpage/phone/<string:number>', methods=['GET'])
+def getid_from_number(number):
+    ids = (Backpagephone.query.filter_by(number=number).all())
+
+    return jsonify({'backpagepost_ids': [i.backpagepostid for i in ids]})
+
+
+# Backpageemail endpoints - returrns emails and post ids
+@app.route('/api/backpage/email/<int:backpagepost_id>', methods=['GET'])
+def get_email(backpagepost_id):
+    emails = (Backpageemail.query.filter_by(backpagepostid=backpagepost_id).all())
+
+    return jsonify({'Emails': [i.email for i in emails]})
+
+
+@app.route('/api/backpage/email/<string:email>', methods=['GET'])
+def getid_from_mail(email):
+    ids = (Backpageemail.query.filter_by(email=email).all())
+
+    return jsonify({'backpagepost_ids': [i.backpagepostid for i in ids]})
+
+
+# Backpagepost, Backpagephone and Backpagecontent tables joined at this endpoint
+@app.route('/api/backpage/<int:backpagepost_id>/title', methods=['GET'])
+def get_title_withID(backpagepost_id):
+    numbers = (Backpagephone.query.filter_by(backpagepostid=backpagepost_id).all())
+
+    # import pdb; pdb.set_trace()
+    return jsonify({'numbers': [content.title for n in numbers for content in n.backpagepost.content.all()]})
+
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	app.run(debug=True, port = 8000)
diff --git a/rest_api/templates/index.html b/rest_api/templates/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6fcfbb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rest_api/templates/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <title>Database API</title>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    
+  </body>
+</html>
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