diff --git a/src/backend/Cargo.toml b/src/backend/Cargo.toml
index 0e5de8e..c28acdb 100644
--- a/src/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ axum = { version = "0.8.1", features = []}
 serde = { version = "1.0.219", features = ["derive"]}
 serde_json = "1.0.140"
 tokio = { version = "1.44.1", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["json"] }
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diff --git a/src/backend/src/main.rs b/src/backend/src/main.rs
index e7f8cbe..63ee385 100644
--- a/src/backend/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/backend/src/main.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 use axum::{
     routing::{get, post},
     Router,
+    response::Json
 };
+use serde_json::Value;
 mod routes;
 
 use routes::{
-    handle_create_name::create_name, handle_formatted_name::formatted_name, handle_name::say_name,
+    handle_create_name::create_name, handle_formatted_name::formatted_name, handle_name::say_name, handle_fetch_weather::handle_request
 };
 const BASE_URL: &str = "0.0.0.0:5000"; // base url for server
 
@@ -16,11 +18,19 @@ async fn main() {
     axum::serve(listener, server()).await.unwrap();
 }
 
+async fn weather_handler() -> Json<Value> {
+    match handle_request().await {
+        Ok(data) => Json(data),  // Return JSON response
+        Err(_) => Json("failed to fetch data".into()),
+    }
+}
+
 // Router
 pub fn server() -> Router {
     return Router::new()
         .route("/", get(|| async { "Hello, World!" }))
         .route("/say-name", get(|| say_name()))
         .route("/json-name", get(|| formatted_name()))
-        .route("/create-name", post(create_name));
+        .route("/create-name", post(create_name))
+        .route("/weather", get(weather_handler));
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/src/routes/handle_fetch_weather.rs b/src/backend/src/routes/handle_fetch_weather.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dea4ad8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/src/routes/handle_fetch_weather.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// use axum::extract::Request as OtherRequest;
+// use std::thread::Builder;
+// use tokio::runtime::Builder;
+// use axum::body::Body;
+
+// pub type Request<T = Body> = Request<T>;
+
+// pub fn handle_request<T>(uri: T) -> Builder {
+//    let request = Request::get(uri)
+//    .body(())
+//    .unwrap();
+
+//    println!("this is the data from the request {}", request)
+// }
+
+
+use reqwest::Error;
+use serde_json::Value;
+
+// #[derive(Debug)]
+// pub struct WeatherDetails {
+//     name: String,
+//     country: String,
+//     region: String,
+//     lat: String,
+//     lon: String,
+//     timezone_id: String,
+//     localtime: String,
+//     localtime_epoch: u32,
+// }
+
+pub async fn handle_request() -> Result<Value, Error> {
+    let weather = reqwest::get("https://api.weatherstack.com/current?access_key=ee70f0af3c7ac89490f38705bbfb87c0&query=kaduna")
+    .await?
+    .json::<Value>()
+    .await?;
+ 
+    println!("data from api_______ {:#?}", weather.get("location"));
+    if let Some(data) = weather.get("location") {
+        println!("__________ {:#?}", data);
+        Ok(data.clone())
+    } else {
+        Ok(Value::Null)
+    }
+    // let weatherDet = 
+ }
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diff --git a/src/backend/src/routes/handle_name.rs b/src/backend/src/routes/handle_name.rs
index 16ece1c..c8236f1 100644
--- a/src/backend/src/routes/handle_name.rs
+++ b/src/backend/src/routes/handle_name.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 pub async fn say_name() -> &'static str {
-    "My name here:!"
+    "My name here:! martin"
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/src/routes/mod.rs b/src/backend/src/routes/mod.rs
index 923855f..9cf8074 100644
--- a/src/backend/src/routes/mod.rs
+++ b/src/backend/src/routes/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 pub mod handle_create_name;
 pub mod handle_formatted_name;
 pub mod handle_name;
+pub mod handle_fetch_weather;
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