diff --git a/api/db.py b/api/db.py
index 04bf230..e0584cb 100644
--- a/api/db.py
+++ b/api/db.py
@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
 import redis
 
-# connection string and initialization
 redis_url = 'redis://default:redispw@localhost:32768'
 r = redis.StrictRedis.from_url(redis_url)
 
-#test the connection
-r.set('hello', 'world')
+'''r.set('hello', 'world')
 value = r.get('hello')
-print(value)
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+print(value)'''
+
+
+class DB:
+
+    def getEntry(self, tiploc):
+        return r.hget("tiploc", tiploc)
+    
+    def getHash(self, tiploc):
+        response = r.hgetall("tiploc:"+tiploc)
+        response = {a.decode(): response[a].decode() for a in response}
+        return response
+
diff --git a/api/endpoints.py b/api/endpoints.py
index 8cf1267..79f66e2 100644
--- a/api/endpoints.py
+++ b/api/endpoints.py
@@ -1,11 +1,22 @@
 from typing import *
 import flask
+import db
 
 class Endpoints:
+    #db: db.DB
 
     def __init__(self, app: flask.Flask):
         app.add_url_rule("/hello", view_func=self.hello, methods=["GET"])
+        app.add_url_rule("/getHash", view_func=self.getHash, methods=["GET"])
     
 
     def hello(self):
-        return "Hello world!"
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+        return "Hello world!"
+    
+    #test
+    '''def getHash(self):
+        return db.r.hget("tiploc:BHAMNWS", "description")'''
+    
+    def getHash(self):
+        tiploc = "BHAMNWS"
+        return flask.jsonify(db.DB.getHash(self, tiploc))
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