diff --git a/structures/structures.go b/structures/structures.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..894b35a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/structures/structures.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package structures
+
+type Response struct {
+	Url     string
+	Content []byte
+	Err     error
+}
+
+type Request struct {
+	Url      string
+	Response chan Response
+}
diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
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index 0000000..74a44aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/utils.go
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+package utils
+
+import (
+	"net/url"
+)
+
+// IsValidUrl tests a string to determine if it is a well-structured url or not.
+func IsValidUrl(toTest string) bool {
+	_, err := url.ParseRequestURI(toTest)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	u, err := url.Parse(toTest)
+	if err != nil || u.Scheme == "" || u.Host == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/webserver/webserver.go b/webserver/webserver.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f201a59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webserver/webserver.go
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+package webserver
+
+import (
+	"gitlab.com/saburly/kiviscraplib/structures"
+	"gitlab.com/saburly/kiviscraplib/utils"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+)
+
+var requests chan<- structures.Request
+
+func ServeHTTP(queue chan<- structures.Request, end chan<- string) {
+	requests = queue
+	http.HandleFunc("/", httpHandler)
+	err := http.ListenAndServe("127.0.0.1:1337", nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		end <- "http server"
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func httpHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+
+	query := r.URL.Query()
+	api_key, present := query["api_key"]
+	if !present || len(api_key) == 0 {
+		respondWithError(w, 400, "api_key is missing")
+		return
+	}
+
+	// todo:  do more for the authentication / authorization
+	if api_key[0] != "b8be5a3b639d465039e8fbe7582270a7" {
+		respondWithError(w, 401, "api_key is wrong")
+		return
+	}
+
+	url, present := query["url"]
+	if !present || len(url) == 0 {
+		respondWithError(w, 400, "url is missing")
+		return
+	}
+
+	if !utils.IsValidUrl(url[0]) {
+		respondWithError(w, 401, "url is malformed")
+		return
+	}
+
+	request := structures.Request{
+		Url:      url[0],
+		Response: make(chan structures.Response),
+	}
+
+	requests <- request
+
+	log.Printf("request from %s: %s %q", r.RemoteAddr, r.Method, r.URL)
+	log.Printf("waiting for response")
+
+	// todo: put timeout in ENV variable
+	timeout := make(chan bool, 1)
+	go func() {
+		time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
+		timeout <- true
+	}()
+
+	timeoutResponse := false
+	response := structures.Response{}
+
+	select {
+	case response = <-request.Response:
+		timeoutResponse = false
+	case <-timeout:
+		timeoutResponse = true
+	}
+
+	if timeoutResponse {
+		log.Printf("response timed out")
+		respondWithError(w, 500, "fetching timeout")
+		return
+	}
+
+	if response.Err != nil {
+		log.Printf("error with responding")
+		respondWithError(w, 500, "error fetching")
+		return
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("response successful!")
+	respondWithContent(w, response.Content)
+}
+
+func respondWithError(w http.ResponseWriter, status int, message string) {
+	w.WriteHeader(status)
+	w.Write([]byte(message))
+}
+
+func respondWithContent(w http.ResponseWriter, content []byte) {
+	w.WriteHeader(200)
+	w.Write(content)
+}