diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 0dde707..52263cb 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <div class="browse">
       <div id="search-form">
         <input type="search" placeholder="Search for a title..." id="show-search">
-        <button>submit</button>
+        <button id = "submit-button">submit</button>
       </div>
 
       <select id="show-select">
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@
 
   <script src="js/tv_browser.js"></script>
 </body>
-</html>
+</html>
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diff --git a/js/tv_browser.js b/js/tv_browser.js
index da72d19..01f9556 100644
--- a/js/tv_browser.js
+++ b/js/tv_browser.js
@@ -1,2 +1,46 @@
-// API Docs at:
-// http://www.tvmaze.com/api
+console.log("The script is running");
+
+// this is the url to search from
+var url = "http://api.tvmaze.com/search/shows?q=girls;"
+
+
+// function to run when event is loaded
+var responseGet = function(){
+    // to format strings into objects
+    var response = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
+        // define show from the parsed response
+        var show = response.show
+        console.log(response);
+        console.log(show);
+        // location to display show
+        showDetails = document.querySelector("#show-detail");
+        // display show
+        showDetails.innerText = show;
+}
+
+
+// a function to send the request for the button
+var sendRequest = function(){
+    // define the location of input
+    var input = document.getElementById("show-search")
+    console.log("searching....");
+    // define request into a variable
+    var requestGet = new XMLHttpRequest();
+    console.log("getting request...");
+    // get the request from the global var url
+        requestGet.open("get" , url);
+        console.log("searching the url...")
+        // send the request
+        requestGet.send();
+        console.log("sending request...");
+
+    // add an event
+    requestGet.addEventListener("load", responseGet);
+
+}
+// assign the button from
+var submitButton = document.querySelector("#submit-button");
+
+//create an event click on button
+submitButton.addEventListener("click", sendRequest);
+console.log("The button is listening...")
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