diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9a7e686..df2e92d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1715,6 +1715,15 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/aws4/-/aws4-1.8.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-ReZxvNHIOv88FlT7rxcXIIC0fPt4KZqZbOlivyWtXLt8ESx84zd3kMC6iK5jVeS2qt+g7ftS7ye4fi06X5rtRQ=="
     },
+    "axios": {
+      "version": "0.18.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/axios/-/axios-0.18.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-MtU+SFHv3AoRmTts0AB4nXDAUQI=",
+      "requires": {
+        "follow-redirects": "^1.3.0",
+        "is-buffer": "^1.1.5"
+      }
+    },
     "axobject-query": {
       "version": "2.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/axobject-query/-/axobject-query-2.0.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 95c7a0f..b8a6b5f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
+    "axios": "^0.18.0",
     "normalize": "^0.3.1",
     "normalize.css": "^8.0.1",
     "react": "^16.7.0",
diff --git a/src/App.js b/src/App.js
index d268d9d..78d4a4a 100755
--- a/src/App.js
+++ b/src/App.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React, { Component } from 'react';
 import logo from './logo.svg';
 import 'normalize.css';
 import './App.css';
+import api  from './utils/api';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 
 class LocationInput extends Component {
@@ -73,12 +74,13 @@ class App extends Component {
     }
     handleSubmit(location) {
         console.log('location: ' + location);
+
+        api.fetchCurrentWeather(location);
         // this.setState(_ => {
         //
         // });
     }
 
-
     render() {
         return (
             <div className="App">
diff --git a/src/utils/api.js b/src/utils/api.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d15ab45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/api.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+var axios = require('axios');
+
+var apikey = "8fad34166684286360dc6d77073bd5e5";
+var params = "&APPID=" + apikey;
+
+module.exports = {
+    fetchCurrentWeather: function(location) {
+        var link = window.encodeURI("http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=" + location + params);
+        return axios.get(link)
+            .then(function(results) {
+                console.log('results: ' + results);
+                console.log(JSON.stringify(results));
+            });
+    }
+}