diff --git a/controllers/users.js b/controllers/users.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6794297
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/users.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+const users = require("../data/index")
+const sampleUser = require('../data/sampleUser.js')
+
+const listUsers = (req, res) => {
+    return res.json(users)
+}
+
+const showUser = (req, res) => {
+    let userId = req.params.id - 1
+    if (users[userId]){
+        return res.json(users[userId])
+    } 
+    else {
+        return res.status(400).send("Couldn't find requested user.")
+    }
+}
+
+const createUser = (req, res) => {
+    sampleUser.id = users.length + 1
+    users.push(sampleUser)
+    return res.json(users[users.length])
+}
+
+const updateUser = (req, res) => {
+    let userId = req.params.id - 1
+    if (users[userId]){
+      users[userId].name = sampleUser.name
+      return res.json(users[userId])
+    } 
+    else {
+      return res.status(400).send("Couldn't find requested user.")
+    }
+  }
+
+  const deleteUser = (req, res) => {
+    let userId = req.params.id - 1
+    if (users[userId]){
+      users[userId].isActive = false
+      res.send("User has been deleted.") 
+    } 
+    else {
+      return res.status(400).send("Couldn't find requested user.")
+    }  
+  }
+
+  module.exports = {listUsers, showUser, createUser, updateUser, deleteUser}
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index e9537d2..d70e49c 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 const express = require('express')
 const app = express()
 const port = process.env.PORT || 4000
+const bodyParser = require('body-parser')
 
+app.use(bodyParser.json())
 app.get('/', (req, res) => res.send('default route'))
 
 app.listen(port, () => {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e572a2b..4ef13b4 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -756,7 +756,8 @@
         },
         "ansi-regex": {
           "version": "2.1.1",
-          "bundled": true
+          "bundled": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "aproba": {
           "version": "1.2.0",
@@ -774,11 +775,13 @@
         },
         "balanced-match": {
           "version": "1.0.0",
-          "bundled": true
+          "bundled": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "brace-expansion": {
           "version": "1.1.11",
           "bundled": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "balanced-match": "^1.0.0",
             "concat-map": "0.0.1"
@@ -791,15 +794,18 @@
         },
         "code-point-at": {
           "version": "1.1.0",
-          "bundled": true
+          "bundled": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "concat-map": {
           "version": "0.0.1",
-          "bundled": true
+          "bundled": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "console-control-strings": {
           "version": "1.1.0",
-          "bundled": true
+          "bundled": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "core-util-is": {
           "version": "1.0.2",
@@ -902,7 +908,8 @@
         },
         "inherits": {
           "version": "2.0.3",
-          "bundled": true
+          "bundled": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "ini": {
           "version": "1.3.5",
@@ -912,6 +919,7 @@
         "is-fullwidth-code-point": {
           "version": "1.0.0",
           "bundled": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "number-is-nan": "^1.0.0"
           }
@@ -924,17 +932,20 @@
         "minimatch": {
           "version": "3.0.4",
           "bundled": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "brace-expansion": "^1.1.7"
           }
         },
         "minimist": {
           "version": "0.0.8",
-          "bundled": true
+          "bundled": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "minipass": {
           "version": "2.3.5",
           "bundled": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "safe-buffer": "^5.1.2",
             "yallist": "^3.0.0"
@@ -951,6 +962,7 @@
         "mkdirp": {
           "version": "0.5.1",
           "bundled": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "minimist": "0.0.8"
           }
@@ -1023,7 +1035,8 @@
         },
         "number-is-nan": {
           "version": "1.0.1",
-          "bundled": true
+          "bundled": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "object-assign": {
           "version": "4.1.1",
@@ -1033,6 +1046,7 @@
         "once": {
           "version": "1.4.0",
           "bundled": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "wrappy": "1"
           }
@@ -1108,7 +1122,8 @@
         },
         "safe-buffer": {
           "version": "5.1.2",
-          "bundled": true
+          "bundled": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "safer-buffer": {
           "version": "2.1.2",
@@ -1138,6 +1153,7 @@
         "string-width": {
           "version": "1.0.2",
           "bundled": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "code-point-at": "^1.0.0",
             "is-fullwidth-code-point": "^1.0.0",
@@ -1155,6 +1171,7 @@
         "strip-ansi": {
           "version": "3.0.1",
           "bundled": true,
+          "optional": true,
           "requires": {
             "ansi-regex": "^2.0.0"
           }
@@ -1193,11 +1210,13 @@
         },
         "wrappy": {
           "version": "1.0.2",
-          "bundled": true
+          "bundled": true,
+          "optional": true
         },
         "yallist": {
           "version": "3.0.3",
-          "bundled": true
+          "bundled": true,
+          "optional": true
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/routes/users.js b/routes/users.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d4aeb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/users.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+const express = require('express')
+const router = express.Router()
+const usersController = require('../controllers/users')
+
+router.get('/users', usersController.listUsers)
+router.get('/users/:id', usersController.showUser)
+router.post('/users', usersController.createUser)
+router.put('/users/:id', usersController.updateUser)
+router.delete('/users/:id', usersController.deleteUser)
+
+module.exports = router
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