diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4c464fdf..da1d522a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -36,7 +36,12 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
 # Install Node requirements
 COPY ./package.json /app/package.json
-RUN npm install
+
+#this process errored out
+#RUN npm install
+
+# i used this one instead
+RUN apt-get install npm -y
 
 # Copy the contents of the current host directory (i.e., our app code) into
 # the container.
diff --git a/parserator_web/views.py b/parserator_web/views.py
index 0be3f4a9..a3c87f3b 100644
--- a/parserator_web/views.py
+++ b/parserator_web/views.py
@@ -16,9 +16,15 @@ class AddressParse(APIView):
     def get(self, request):
         # TODO: Flesh out this method to parse an address string using the
         # parse() method and return the parsed components to the frontend.
-        return Response({})
+        address_components, address_type = self.parse(request.data.address)
+        return Response({"input_string" : request.data.address,
+                        "address_components" : address_components,
+                            "address_type" : address_type})
+                            
 
     def parse(self, address):
         # TODO: Implement this method to return the parsed components of a
         # given address using usaddress: https://github.com/datamade/usaddress
+        address_components, address_type = usaddress.tag(address)
         return address_components, address_type
+