diff --git a/src/client.c b/src/client.c
index 5246a49..0f05364 100644
--- a/src/client.c
+++ b/src/client.c
@@ -45,9 +45,62 @@ urlinfo_t *parse_url(char *url)
     6. Overwrite the colon with a '\0' so that we are just left with the hostname.
   */
 
-  ///////////////////
-  // IMPLEMENT ME! //
-  ///////////////////
+  // Check the if the URL contains HTTP
+  if (strstr(url, "http://")) 
+  {
+    // If URL contains 'http://'
+    hostname = strdup(url + 7);
+
+  } 
+  else if (strstr(url, "https://")) 
+  {
+    // If URL contains 'https://'
+    hostname = strdup(url + 8);
+
+  } 
+  else
+   {
+    // If URL does not contain any HTTP
+    hostname = strdup(url);
+  }
+
+  // Set the path
+  // If the hostname contains a /, set the path = /
+  if (strchr(hostname, '/')) 
+  {
+    path = strchr(hostname, '/') + 1;
+
+    *(path - 1) = NULL;
+  }
+   else 
+  {
+    path = '/';
+  }
+
+  // Set the port
+  // If the hostname contains a :, set the port to the number after
+  if (strchr(hostname, ':')) 
+  {
+    port = strchr(hostname, ':') + 1;
+
+    *(port - 1) = NULL;
+  } 
+  else 
+  {
+    char buffer[3];
+
+    sprintf(buffer, "%i", 80);
+
+    port = buffer;
+  }
+
+  // Set the properties in the urlinfo
+
+  urlinfo->hostname = hostname;
+
+  urlinfo->path = strdup(path);
+
+  urlinfo->port = strdup(port);
 
   return urlinfo;
 }
@@ -68,9 +121,19 @@ int send_request(int fd, char *hostname, char *port, char *path)
   char request[max_request_size];
   int rv;
 
-  ///////////////////
-  // IMPLEMENT ME! //
-  ///////////////////
+  // get request length
+  int request_length = sprintf(
+    request,
+    "GET /%s HTTP/1.1\n"
+    "HOST: %s:%s\n"
+    "Connection: close\n"
+    "\n",
+    path,
+    hostname,
+    port
+  );
+
+  rv = send(fd, request, request_length, 0);
 
   return 0;
 }
@@ -80,7 +143,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   int sockfd, numbytes;  
   char buf[BUFSIZE];
 
-  if (argc != 2) {
+  if (argc != 2)
+  {
     fprintf(stderr,"usage: client HOSTNAME:PORT/PATH\n");
     exit(1);
   }
@@ -93,9 +157,21 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     5. Clean up any allocated memory and open file descriptors.
   */
 
-  ///////////////////
-  // IMPLEMENT ME! //
-  ///////////////////
+ // get struct values
+  urlinfo_t *u = parse_url(argv[1]); 
+
+  // get socket int val
+  sockfd = get_socket(u->hostname, u->port); 
+
+  // pass struct and socket values to send_request
+  send_request(sockfd, u->hostname, u->port, u->path); 
+
+  while((numbytes = recv(sockfd, buf, BUFSIZE - 1, 0)) > 0){
+    printf("%s\n", buf);
+  }
+
+  free(u);
+  close(sockfd);
 
   return 0;
 }