diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 42355f0..b332bda 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 require('dotenv').config()
 const express = require('express')
 const app = express()
+const bodyParser = require('body-parser')
 const slackv1Router = require('./routes/slackv1-router')
 const {PORT} = process.env
 
+app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended:false}))
 app.use('/slack/v1',slackv1Router)
 
 app.listen(PORT, () => console.log(`server running on port: ${PORT}`))
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1bcb71a..0b0a86f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "start:dev": "nodemon index.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "body-parser": "^1.18.3",
     "dotenv": "^6.0.0",
     "express": "^4.16.3"
   },
diff --git a/routes/slackv1-router.js b/routes/slackv1-router.js
index b4d1e6c..044942a 100644
--- a/routes/slackv1-router.js
+++ b/routes/slackv1-router.js
@@ -2,7 +2,16 @@ const express = require('express')
 const slackv1Router = express.Router()
 
 slackv1Router.post('/sassy', (req,res) => {
-  res.send('hello')
-})
+  const {text} = req.body
+  // 1. trim outside whitespace
+  // 2. capitalize
+  // 3. split by internal whitespace
+  // 4. append 👏🏾 to the end of each work
+  // 5. join back together
+
+  const  clapbackText = text.trim().toUpperCase().split(' ').map(word => `${word} :clap::skin-tone-5:`).join(' ')
+  console.log(clapbackText)
+  res.status(200).send(clapbackText)
+}) 
 
 module.exports = slackv1Router
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diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c01dd38..36c916e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -118,6 +118,21 @@ body-parser@1.18.2:
     raw-body "2.3.2"
     type-is "~1.6.15"
 
+body-parser@^1.18.3:
+  version "1.18.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/body-parser/-/body-parser-1.18.3.tgz#5b292198ffdd553b3a0f20ded0592b956955c8b4"
+  dependencies:
+    bytes "3.0.0"
+    content-type "~1.0.4"
+    debug "2.6.9"
+    depd "~1.1.2"
+    http-errors "~1.6.3"
+    iconv-lite "0.4.23"
+    on-finished "~2.3.0"
+    qs "6.5.2"
+    raw-body "2.3.3"
+    type-is "~1.6.16"
+
 boxen@^1.2.1:
   version "1.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/boxen/-/boxen-1.3.0.tgz#55c6c39a8ba58d9c61ad22cd877532deb665a20b"
@@ -675,7 +690,7 @@ http-errors@1.6.2:
     setprototypeof "1.0.3"
     statuses ">= 1.3.1 < 2"
 
-http-errors@~1.6.2:
+http-errors@1.6.3, http-errors@~1.6.2, http-errors@~1.6.3:
   version "1.6.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/http-errors/-/http-errors-1.6.3.tgz#8b55680bb4be283a0b5bf4ea2e38580be1d9320d"
   dependencies:
@@ -688,7 +703,7 @@ iconv-lite@0.4.19:
   version "0.4.19"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/iconv-lite/-/iconv-lite-0.4.19.tgz#f7468f60135f5e5dad3399c0a81be9a1603a082b"
 
-iconv-lite@^0.4.4:
+iconv-lite@0.4.23, iconv-lite@^0.4.4:
   version "0.4.23"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/iconv-lite/-/iconv-lite-0.4.23.tgz#297871f63be507adcfbfca715d0cd0eed84e9a63"
   dependencies:
@@ -1302,6 +1317,10 @@ qs@6.5.1:
   version "6.5.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/qs/-/qs-6.5.1.tgz#349cdf6eef89ec45c12d7d5eb3fc0c870343a6d8"
 
+qs@6.5.2:
+  version "6.5.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/qs/-/qs-6.5.2.tgz#cb3ae806e8740444584ef154ce8ee98d403f3e36"
+
 range-parser@~1.2.0:
   version "1.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/range-parser/-/range-parser-1.2.0.tgz#f49be6b487894ddc40dcc94a322f611092e00d5e"
@@ -1315,6 +1334,15 @@ raw-body@2.3.2:
     iconv-lite "0.4.19"
     unpipe "1.0.0"
 
+raw-body@2.3.3:
+  version "2.3.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/raw-body/-/raw-body-2.3.3.tgz#1b324ece6b5706e153855bc1148c65bb7f6ea0c3"
+  dependencies:
+    bytes "3.0.0"
+    http-errors "1.6.3"
+    iconv-lite "0.4.23"
+    unpipe "1.0.0"
+
 rc@^1.0.1, rc@^1.1.6, rc@^1.2.7:
   version "1.2.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rc/-/rc-1.2.8.tgz#cd924bf5200a075b83c188cd6b9e211b7fc0d3ed"