diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/node_modules
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
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+++ b/gulpfile.js
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+'use strict';
+
+const gulp = require('gulp');
+const mocha = require('gulp-mocha');
+const lint = require('gulp-eslint');
+const opts = {
+  'extends': 'eslint:recommended',
+  'ecmaFeatures': {
+    'modules': true
+  },
+  'rules': {
+    'no-alert': 0,
+    'no-bitwise': 0,
+    'camelcase': 1,
+    'no-console': 1,
+    'curly': 1,
+    'eqeqeq': 0,
+    'no-eq-null': 0,
+    'guard-for-in': 1,
+    'no-empty': 1,
+    'no-use-before-define': 0,
+    'no-obj-calls': 2,
+    'no-unused-vars': 0,
+    'new-cap': 1,
+    'no-shadow': 0,
+    'strict': 1,
+    'no-invalid-regexp': 2,
+    'comma-dangle': 2,
+    'no-undef': 1,
+    'no-new': 1,
+    'no-extra-semi': 1,
+    'no-debugger': 2,
+    'no-caller': 1,
+    'semi': 1,
+    'quotes': 0,
+    'no-unreachable': 2
+  },
+  'globals': {
+    '$': false
+  },
+  'env': {
+    'node': true,
+    'es6': true
+  }
+};
+
+gulp.task('linter' , () => {
+  return gulp.src('./**/*.js')
+    .pipe(lint(opts))
+    .pipe(lint.format());
+});
+
+gulp.task('tests', () => {
+  return gulp.src('./test/http_test.js', {read: false})
+    .pipe(mocha({reporter: 'spec'}));
+});
+
+gulp.task('watch', () => {
+  gulp.watch('./test/http_test.js', ['linter', 'tests']);
+  gulp.watch('./**/*.js', ['linter']);
+});
+
+gulp.task('default', ['watch', 'linter', 'tests'], () => {
+  console.log('All tasks completed successfully');
+});
diff --git a/http_server.js b/http_server.js
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+++ b/http_server.js
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+'use strict';
+const http = require('http');
+
+http.createServer((req, res) => {
+  if (req.url === '/time') {
+    let date = new Date();
+    res.write('Current date: ' + date.toString() + '\n');
+    return res.end();
+  }
+
+  if (req.method === 'GET' && req.url.indexOf('/greet/') !== -1) {
+    let name = req.url.split('/').pop();
+    res.write('Hello ' + name);
+    return res.end();
+  }
+
+  if (req.method === 'POST' && req.url === '/greet') {
+    let body = '';
+    req.on('data', (data) => {
+      body += data.toString();
+    req.on('end', () => {
+      res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'});
+      let name = JSON.parse(body).name;
+      res.write('Name sent: ' + name);
+      return res.end();
+      })
+    });
+  }
+
+ else {
+   res.writeHead(404, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'});
+   res.write('NOT FOUND');
+   res.end();
+ }
+}).listen(3000, () => {
+  console.log('listening');
+});
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+++ b/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "stefanie-hansen",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "##Description",
+  "main": "gulpfile.js",
+  "directories": {
+    "test": "test"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/stefuhnee/basic_http_server.git"
+  },
+  "keywords": [],
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/stefuhnee/basic_http_server/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/stefuhnee/basic_http_server#readme",
+  "dependencies": {},
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "chai": "^3.5.0",
+    "chai-http": "^2.0.1",
+    "gulp": "^3.9.1",
+    "gulp-eslint": "^2.0.0",
+    "gulp-mocha": "^2.2.0",
+    "mocha": "^2.4.5",
+    "moment": "^2.13.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/http_test.js b/test/http_test.js
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+++ b/test/http_test.js
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+'use strict';
+
+const chai = require('chai');
+const expect = require('chai').expect;
+const chaiHTTP = require('chai-http');
+chai.use(chaiHTTP);
+const request = chai.request;
+const moment = require('moment');
+require('../http_server.js');
+
+describe('HTTP server tests', () => {
+  it('should respond to a request with a url ending in /date with the current date', (done) => {
+    request('localhost:3000')
+      .get('/time')
+      .end((err, res) => {
+        expect(err).to.eql(null);
+        expect(res).to.have.status(200);
+        let dateString = res.text.split(':').slice(1).join('').trim();
+        expect(moment(dateString, 'ddd MMM DD YYYY HH:mm:ss').isValid()).to.eql(true);
+        done();
+      });
+  });
+  it('should respond to a GET request to /greet/* with a greeting including the single-word string at the end of the path', (done) => {
+    request('localhost:3000')
+      .get('/greet/test')
+      .end((err, res) => {
+        expect(err).to.eql(null);
+        expect(res).to.have.status(200);
+        expect(res.text).to.eql('Hello test');
+        done();
+      });
+  });
+  it('should respond to a POST request to /greet by recognizing the JSON object and writing it back to the server', (done) => {
+    request('localhost:3000')
+      .post('/greet')
+      .set('Content-Type', 'application/json')
+      .send({"name":"test"})
+      .end((err, res) => {
+        expect(err).to.eql(null);
+        expect(res).to.have.status(200);
+        expect(res).to.have.header('Content-Type', 'text/html');
+        expect(res.text).to.eql('Name sent: test');
+        done();
+      });
+  });
+  it('should respond to any other paths with an error', (done) => {
+    request('localhost:3000')
+      .get('/random')
+      .end((err, res) => {
+        expect(res).to.have.status(404);
+        expect(res.text).to.eql('NOT FOUND');
+        done();
+      });
+  });
+});