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diff --git a/DeskHubSharp/BusinessLayer/Request.cs b/DeskHubSharp/BusinessLayer/Request.cs
index 74eebe8..73b1e56 100644
--- a/DeskHubSharp/BusinessLayer/Request.cs
+++ b/DeskHubSharp/BusinessLayer/Request.cs
@@ -1,25 +1,54 @@
-using System;
+using RestSharp;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Mail;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace DeskHubSharp
 {
     class Request
     {
+        // TODO: this is rudimentary, fix it
+        // i.e. try catch statements
+
         private string _apiEndpoint = "https://api.github.com/";
+        private string _query;
 
-        public Request()
+        public Request(string query)
         {
-
+            _query = query;
         }
 
         public void SearchRequest()
         {
+            var client = new RestClient(_apiEndpoint);
 
+            RestRequest requestRepo = new RestRequest($"users//{_query}//repos", Method.GET);
+
+            var response = client.Execute(requestRepo).ToString();
+
+            Deserialize(response);
+
+        }
+
+        public void UserRequest()
+        {
+            var client = new RestClient(_apiEndpoint);
+
+            RestRequest requestUser = new RestRequest($"users//{_query}", Method.GET);
+
+            string response = client.Execute(requestUser).ToString();
+
+            Deserialize(response);
+        }
+
+        private void Deserialize(string response)
+        {
+            var deserialized = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RepoDetail>(response);
         }
 
     }
diff --git a/DeskHubSharp/Models/RepoList.cs b/DeskHubSharp/Models/RepoList.cs
index 42fc2e8..a7a7e59 100644
--- a/DeskHubSharp/Models/RepoList.cs
+++ b/DeskHubSharp/Models/RepoList.cs
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace DeskHubSharp
 {
-    class RepoList
+    class RepoList : ObservableCollection<RepoDetail>
     {
-        // ideas
-        // 1. have a for loop iterate on copies on this one particular file, if possible :p
-        // 2. have the request/reponse go through the DAL/jsondataservice.cs and have it dish out the response that way
-        // to be continued...
+
     }
 }