diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
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+++ b/server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import os
+import flask
+import requests
+
+import google.oauth2.credentials
+import google_auth_oauthlib.flow
+import googleapiclient.discovery
+
+# This variable specifies the name of a file that contains the OAuth 2.0
+# information for this application, including its client_id and client_secret.
+CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE = "client_secret.json"
+
+# This OAuth 2.0 access scope allows for full read/write access to the
+# authenticated user's account and requires requests to use an SSL connection.
+SCOPES = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.readonly']
+API_SERVICE_NAME = 'drive'
+API_VERSION = 'v2'
+
+app = flask.Flask(__name__)
+# Note: A secret key is included in the sample so that it works.
+# If you use this code in your application, replace this with a truly secret
+# key. See https://flask.palletsprojects.com/quickstart/#sessions.
+app.secret_key = 'REPLACE ME - this value is here as a placeholder.'
+
+
+@app.route('/')
+def index():
+  return print_index_table()
+
+
+@app.route('/test')
+def test_api_request():
+  if 'credentials' not in flask.session:
+    return flask.redirect('authorize')
+
+  # Load credentials from the session.
+  credentials = google.oauth2.credentials.Credentials(
+      **flask.session['credentials'])
+
+  drive = googleapiclient.discovery.build(
+      API_SERVICE_NAME, API_VERSION, credentials=credentials)
+
+  files = drive.files().list().execute()
+
+  # Save credentials back to session in case access token was refreshed.
+  # ACTION ITEM: In a production app, you likely want to save these
+  #              credentials in a persistent database instead.
+  flask.session['credentials'] = credentials_to_dict(credentials)
+
+  return flask.jsonify(**files)
+
+
+@app.route('/authorize')
+def authorize():
+  # Create flow instance to manage the OAuth 2.0 Authorization Grant Flow steps.
+  flow = google_auth_oauthlib.flow.Flow.from_client_secrets_file(
+      CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE, scopes=SCOPES)
+
+  # The URI created here must exactly match one of the authorized redirect URIs
+  # for the OAuth 2.0 client, which you configured in the API Console. If this
+  # value doesn't match an authorized URI, you will get a 'redirect_uri_mismatch'
+  # error.
+  flow.redirect_uri = flask.url_for('oauth2callback', _external=True)
+
+  authorization_url, state = flow.authorization_url(
+      # Enable offline access so that you can refresh an access token without
+      # re-prompting the user for permission. Recommended for web server apps.
+      access_type='offline',
+      # Enable incremental authorization. Recommended as a best practice.
+      include_granted_scopes='true')
+
+  # Store the state so the callback can verify the auth server response.
+  flask.session['state'] = state
+
+  return flask.redirect(authorization_url)
+
+
+@app.route('/oauth2callback')
+def oauth2callback():
+  # Specify the state when creating the flow in the callback so that it can
+  # verified in the authorization server response.
+  state = flask.session['state']
+
+  flow = google_auth_oauthlib.flow.Flow.from_client_secrets_file(
+      CLIENT_SECRETS_FILE, scopes=SCOPES, state=state)
+  flow.redirect_uri = flask.url_for('oauth2callback', _external=True)
+
+  # Use the authorization server's response to fetch the OAuth 2.0 tokens.
+  authorization_response = flask.request.url
+  flow.fetch_token(authorization_response=authorization_response)
+
+  # Store credentials in the session.
+  # ACTION ITEM: In a production app, you likely want to save these
+  #              credentials in a persistent database instead.
+  credentials = flow.credentials
+  flask.session['credentials'] = credentials_to_dict(credentials)
+
+  return flask.redirect(flask.url_for('test_api_request'))
+
+
+@app.route('/revoke')
+def revoke():
+  if 'credentials' not in flask.session:
+    return ('You need to <a href="/authorize">authorize</a> before ' +
+            'testing the code to revoke credentials.')
+
+  credentials = google.oauth2.credentials.Credentials(
+    **flask.session['credentials'])
+
+  revoke = requests.post('https://oauth2.googleapis.com/revoke',
+      params={'token': credentials.token},
+      headers = {'content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'})
+
+  status_code = getattr(revoke, 'status_code')
+  if status_code == 200:
+    return('Credentials successfully revoked.' + print_index_table())
+  else:
+    return('An error occurred.' + print_index_table())
+
+
+@app.route('/clear')
+def clear_credentials():
+  if 'credentials' in flask.session:
+    del flask.session['credentials']
+  return ('Credentials have been cleared.<br><br>' +
+          print_index_table())
+
+
+def credentials_to_dict(credentials):
+  return {'token': credentials.token,
+          'refresh_token': credentials.refresh_token,
+          'token_uri': credentials.token_uri,
+          'client_id': credentials.client_id,
+          'client_secret': credentials.client_secret,
+          'scopes': credentials.scopes}
+
+def print_index_table():
+  return ('<table>' +
+          '<tr><td><a href="/test">Test an API request</a></td>' +
+          '<td>Submit an API request and see a formatted JSON response. ' +
+          '    Go through the authorization flow if there are no stored ' +
+          '    credentials for the user.</td></tr>' +
+          '<tr><td><a href="/authorize">Test the auth flow directly</a></td>' +
+          '<td>Go directly to the authorization flow. If there are stored ' +
+          '    credentials, you still might not be prompted to reauthorize ' +
+          '    the application.</td></tr>' +
+          '<tr><td><a href="/revoke">Revoke current credentials</a></td>' +
+          '<td>Revoke the access token associated with the current user ' +
+          '    session. After revoking credentials, if you go to the test ' +
+          '    page, you should see an <code>invalid_grant</code> error.' +
+          '</td></tr>' +
+          '<tr><td><a href="/clear">Clear Flask session credentials</a></td>' +
+          '<td>Clear the access token currently stored in the user session. ' +
+          '    After clearing the token, if you <a href="/test">test the ' +
+          '    API request</a> again, you should go back to the auth flow.' +
+          '</td></tr></table>')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  # When running locally, disable OAuthlib's HTTPs verification.
+  # ACTION ITEM for developers:
+  #     When running in production *do not* leave this option enabled.
+  os.environ['OAUTHLIB_INSECURE_TRANSPORT'] = '1'
+
+  # Specify a hostname and port that are set as a valid redirect URI
+  # for your API project in the Google API Console.
+  app.run('192.168.68.103.xip.io', 1234 , debug=True)
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diff --git a/website.py b/website.py
index b62478a..5cbf26c 100644
--- a/website.py
+++ b/website.py
@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
 from google.oauth2 import id_token
 from google.auth.transport import requests
 
+import pickle
+import os.path
+from googleapiclient.discovery import build
+
 from http.server import HTTPServer, SimpleHTTPRequestHandler, BaseHTTPRequestHandler
 import socketserver
 import logging
 import json
 
+# some_file.py
+import sys
+# insert at 1, 0 is the script path (or '' in REPL)
+sys.path.insert(1, '../calenderwatch_server/')
+
+
 Handler = SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
 
 class S(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
@@ -27,7 +37,8 @@ class S(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         print("in post method")
         self.data_string = self.rfile.read(int(self.headers['Content-Length']))
         print('checking client id')
-        checkClientId(self.data_string)
+        if checkClientId(self.data_string):
+            getApiAuth(self.data_string)
         self.send_response(200)
         self.end_headers()
         self.wfile.write("Hello".encode('utf-8'))
@@ -66,10 +77,24 @@ def checkClientId(token):
         # ID token is valid. Get the user's Google Account ID from the decoded token.
         userid = idinfo['sub']
         print(f"valid user id: {userid}")
+        return True
     except ValueError:
         # ID token is invalid
         print('invalid token')
-        pass
+        return False
+    
+
+def getApiAuth(token):
+
+    with open('client_secret.json', 'r') as json_file:
+        clientSecret = json.load(json_file)
+        CLIENT_ID = clientSecret["web"]["client_id"]
+        # Specify the CLIENT_ID of the app that accesses the backend:
+        idinfo = id_token.verify_oauth2_token(token, requests.Request(), CLIENT_ID)
+
+    # creds = pickle.load(idinfo)
+
+    service = build('calendar', 'v3', credentials=idinfo)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     from sys import argv
@@ -77,4 +102,4 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     if len(argv) == 2:
         run(port=int(argv[1]))
     else:
-        run()
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+        run()