diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c3cbaee..62780e8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,59 +4,59 @@
 # sbt specific
 .cache
 .history
-*/.lib/
-*/dist/*
-*/target/
-*/project/target/*
-*/lib_managed/
-*/src_managed/
-*/project/boot/
-*/project/plugins/project/
+**/.lib/
+**/dist/*
+**/target/
+**/project/target/*
+**/lib_managed/
+**/src_managed/
+**/project/boot/
+**/project/plugins/project/
 
 # Scala-IDE specific
-*/.scala_dependencies
-*/.worksheet
+**/.scala_dependencies
+**/.worksheet
 akka-epl/.idea/
 
 */.idea/
 
 # ENSIME specific
-*/.ensime_cache/
-*/.ensime
-*/ensime.sbt
+**/.ensime_cache/
+**/.ensime
+**/ensime.sbt
 
 
 # react 
 .DS_STORE
-*/node_modules
+**/node_modules
 *~
 *.pyc
 .grunt
-*/_SpecRunner.html
-*/__benchmarks__
-*/build/
-*//remote-repo/
-*/coverage/
-*/.module-cache
-*/*.gem
-*/docs/.bundle
-*/docs/code
-*/docs/_site
-*/docs/.sass-cache
-*/docs/js/*
-*/docs/downloads/*.zip
-*/docs/vendor/bundle
-*/fixtures/dom/public/react-dom.js
-*/fixtures/dom/public/react.js
-*/test/the-files-to-test.generated.js
-*/*.log*
-*/chrome-user-data
-*/*.sublime-project
-*/*.sublime-workspace
-*/.idea
-*/*.iml
+**/_SpecRunner.html
+**/__benchmarks__
+**/build/
+**//remote-repo/
+**/coverage/
+**/.module-cache
+**/*.gem
+**/docs/.bundle
+**/docs/code
+**/docs/_site
+**/docs/.sass-cache
+**/docs/js/*
+**/docs/downloads/*.zip
+**/docs/vendor/bundle
+**/fixtures/dom/public/react-dom.js
+**/fixtures/dom/public/react.js
+**/test/the-files-to-test.generated.js
+**/*.log*
+**/chrome-user-data
+**/*.sublime-project
+**/*.sublime-workspace
+**/.idea
+**/*.iml
 v.vscode
-*/*.swp
-*/*.swo
-*/*react*min*.js
-*/!src/node_modules
\ No newline at end of file
+**/*.swp
+**/*.swo
+**/*react*min*.js
+**/!src/node_modules
diff --git a/akka-epl/project/project/target/config-classes/$731f18e1a71d9df9db04.cache b/akka-epl/project/project/target/config-classes/$731f18e1a71d9df9db04.cache
deleted file mode 100644
index 0bc0f08..0000000
--- a/akka-epl/project/project/target/config-classes/$731f18e1a71d9df9db04.cache
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-sbt.internals.DslEntry
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/akka-epl/src/main/scala/com/epl/akka_v1/Cloudant.scala b/akka-epl/src/main/scala/com/epl/akka_v1/Cloudant.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39e61f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-epl/src/main/scala/com/epl/akka_v1/Cloudant.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package com.epl.akka_v1
+
+object Cloudant {
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+}
diff --git a/akka-epl/src/main/scala/com/epl/akka_v1/HttpClient.scala b/akka-epl/src/main/scala/com/epl/akka_v1/HttpClient.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f4736a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-epl/src/main/scala/com/epl/akka_v1/HttpClient.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package com.epl.akka_v1
+
+import akka.actor.ActorSystem
+import akka.http.scaladsl.Http
+import akka.http.scaladsl.marshalling.Marshal
+import akka.http.scaladsl.model.headers.BasicHttpCredentials
+import akka.http.scaladsl.model.{HttpMethods, HttpRequest, RequestEntity, headers}
+import akka.http.scaladsl.unmarshalling.Unmarshal
+import akka.stream.ActorMaterializer
+import akka.util.ByteString
+import com.epl.akka.DocumentType
+
+import scala.concurrent.Future
+
+object HttpClient {
+
+  implicit val system = ActorSystem()
+  implicit val materializer = ActorMaterializer()
+  implicit val ec = system.dispatcher
+
+  final val config = system.settings.config
+
+  private val authorization = headers.Authorization(BasicHttpCredentials(config.getString("cloudant.username"), config.getString("cloudant.password")))
+
+
+  /**
+    * POST call to Cloudant database API
+    * @param jsonString
+    * @return
+    */
+  def post(jsonString: String): Future[String] = {
+    val responseEntity = for {
+      request <- Marshal(jsonString).to[RequestEntity]
+      response <- Http().singleRequest(HttpRequest(
+        method = HttpMethods.POST,
+        uri = config.getString("cloudant.post_url"),
+        headers = List(authorization),
+        entity = request))
+      entity <- Unmarshal(response.entity).to[ByteString]
+    } yield entity
+
+    responseEntity.mapTo[String]
+
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+    * GET call to Cloudant database API
+    * @param documentType
+    * @return
+    */
+  def get(documentType: DocumentType.Documenttype): Future[String] = {
+    val responseEntity = for {
+      response <- Http().singleRequest(HttpRequest(
+        method = HttpMethods.GET,
+        uri = getUrl(documentType),
+        headers = List(authorization)))
+      entity <- Unmarshal(response.entity).to[ByteString]
+    } yield entity
+
+    responseEntity.mapTo[String]
+
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+    * Get URI based on the type of document requested.
+    * @param documentType
+    * @return
+    */
+  def getUrl(documentType: DocumentType.Documenttype): String ={
+    var url: String = null
+    if(documentType.equals(DocumentType.TeamTable)){
+      url = config.getString("cloudant.get_tables_url")
+    }else if(documentType.equals(DocumentType.Results)){
+      url = config.getString("cloudant.get_results_url")
+    }else{
+      url = config.getString("cloudant.get_fixtures_url")
+    }
+    url
+  }
+
+
+
+}