diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 3cf3719..e2ef9a4 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ endif
 
 LFLAGS = 
 DEPS = builder.h ipfs_node.h
-OBJS = builder.o daemon.o null.o ping.o bootstrap.o ipfs_node.o api.o client_api.o
+OBJS = builder.o daemon.o null.o ping.o bootstrap.o ipfs_node.o api.o client_api.o http_request.o
 
 %.o: %.c $(DEPS)
 	$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(CFLAGS)
diff --git a/core/api.c b/core/api.c
index ae6075f..fb9099c 100644
--- a/core/api.c
+++ b/core/api.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "libp2p/utils/logger.h"
 #include "ipfs/core/api.h"
 #include "ipfs/importer/exporter.h"
+#include "ipfs/core/http_request.h"
 
 pthread_mutex_t conns_lock;
 int conns_count;
@@ -419,6 +420,7 @@ void *api_connection_thread (void *ptr)
 			goto quit;
 		}
 
+		struct HttpRequest* http_request = ipfs_core_http_request_new();
 		if (strcmp(buf + req.method, "GET")==0) {
 			char *path;
 			unsigned char *obj;
@@ -440,6 +442,7 @@ void *api_connection_thread (void *ptr)
 					write_cstr (s, HTTP_500);
 				}
 			} else {
+				//TODO: build http_request here
 				path = req.buf + req.path;
 
 				if (get_object(params->this_node, path, &obj, &size)) {
@@ -454,6 +457,7 @@ void *api_connection_thread (void *ptr)
 			}
 		} else if (strcmp(buf + req.method, "POST")==0) {
 			// TODO: Handle gzip/json POST requests.
+			// TODO: build http_request here
 
 			p = header_value_cmp(&req, "Content-Type:", "multipart/form-data;");
 			if (p) {
@@ -499,12 +503,18 @@ void *api_connection_thread (void *ptr)
 			req.buf+req.method, req.buf+req.path, req.buf+req.http_ver,
 			req.buf+req.header, req.body_size);
 
+			char* response_text = NULL;
+			if (!ipfs_core_http_request_process(http_request, &response_text)) {
+				libp2p_logger_error("api", "ipfs_core_http_request_process returned false.\n");
+				// TODO: Handle this condition
+			}
+
 			snprintf(resp, sizeof(resp), "%s 200 OK\r\n" \
 			"Content-Type: application/json\r\n"
 			"Server: c-ipfs/0.0.0-dev\r\n"
 			"X-Chunked-Output: 1\r\n"
 			"Connection: close\r\n"
-			"Transfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n\r\n", req.buf + req.http_ver);
+			"Transfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n\r\n%s", req.buf + req.http_ver, response_text);
 			write_str (s, resp);
 			libp2p_logger_error("api", "resp = {\n%s\n}\n", resp);
 		} else {
diff --git a/core/http_request.c b/core/http_request.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..679b0bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/http_request.c
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "libp2p/utils/vector.h"
+#include "ipfs/core/http_request.h"
+
+/**
+ * Handles HttpRequest and HttpParam
+ */
+
+/***
+ * Build a new HttpRequest
+ * @returns the newly allocated HttpRequest struct
+ */
+struct HttpRequest* ipfs_core_http_request_new() {
+	struct HttpRequest* result = (struct HttpRequest*) malloc(sizeof(struct HttpRequest));
+	if (result != NULL) {
+		result->command = NULL;
+		result->sub_command = NULL;
+		result->params = libp2p_utils_vector_new(1);
+		result->arguments = libp2p_utils_vector_new(1);
+	}
+	return result;
+}
+
+/***
+ * Clean up resources of a HttpRequest struct
+ * @param request the struct to destroy
+ */
+void ipfs_core_http_request_free(struct HttpRequest* request) {
+	if (request != NULL) {
+		if (request->command != NULL)
+			free(request->command);
+		if (request->sub_command != NULL)
+			free(request->sub_command);
+		if (request->params != NULL) {
+			for(int i = 0; i < request->params->total; i++) {
+				struct HttpParam* curr_param = (struct HttpParam*) libp2p_utils_vector_get(request->params, i);
+				ipfs_core_http_param_free(curr_param);
+			}
+			libp2p_utils_vector_free(request->params);
+		}
+		if (request->arguments != NULL) {
+			for(int i = 0; i < request->arguments->total; i++) {
+				free((char*)libp2p_utils_vector_get(request->arguments, i));
+			}
+			libp2p_utils_vector_free(request->arguments);
+		}
+		free(request);
+	}
+}
+
+/***
+ * Build a new HttpParam
+ * @returns a newly allocated HttpParam struct
+ */
+struct HttpParam* ipfs_core_http_param_new() {
+	struct HttpParam* param = (struct HttpParam*) malloc(sizeof(struct HttpParam));
+	if (param != NULL) {
+		param->name = NULL;
+		param->value = NULL;
+	}
+	return param;
+}
+
+/***
+ * Clean up resources allocated by a HttpParam struct
+ * @param param the struct to destroy
+ */
+void ipfs_core_http_param_free(struct HttpParam* param) {
+	if (param != NULL) {
+		if (param->name != NULL)
+			free(param->name);
+		if (param->value != NULL)
+			free(param->value);
+		free(param);
+	}
+}
+
+/***
+ * Process the parameters passed in from an http request
+ * @param request the request
+ * @param response the response
+ * @returns true(1) on success, false(0) otherwise.
+ */
+int ipfs_core_http_request_process(struct HttpRequest* request, char** response) {
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/include/ipfs/core/http_request.h b/include/ipfs/core/http_request.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e2dca4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/ipfs/core/http_request.h
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#pragma once
+
+/***
+ * A name/value pair of http parameters
+ */
+struct HttpParam {
+	char* name; // the name of the parameter
+	char* value; // the value of the parameter
+};
+
+/**
+ * A struct to help with incoming http requests
+ */
+struct HttpRequest {
+	char* command; // the command
+	char* sub_command; // the sub command
+	struct Libp2pVector* params; // a collection of HttpParam structs
+	struct Libp2pVector* arguments; // a collection of chars that are arguments
+};
+
+/***
+ * Build a new HttpRequest
+ * @returns the newly allocated HttpRequest struct
+ */
+struct HttpRequest* ipfs_core_http_request_new();
+
+/***
+ * Clean up resources of a HttpRequest struct
+ * @param request the struct to destroy
+ */
+void ipfs_core_http_request_free(struct HttpRequest* request);
+
+/***
+ * Build a new HttpParam
+ * @returns a newly allocated HttpParam struct
+ */
+struct HttpParam* ipfs_core_http_param_new();
+
+/***
+ * Clean up resources allocated by a HttpParam struct
+ * @param param the struct to destroy
+ */
+void ipfs_core_http_param_free(struct HttpParam* param);
+
+/***
+ * Process the parameters passed in from an http request
+ * @param request the request
+ * @param response the response
+ * @returns true(1) on success, false(0) otherwise.
+ */
+int ipfs_core_http_request_process(struct HttpRequest* request, char** response);
diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index b946c2b..66a4fca 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ DEPS = cmd/ipfs/test_init.h repo/test_repo_bootstrap_peers.h repo/test_repo_conf
 OBJS = testit.o test_helper.o \
 	../blocks/block.o ../blocks/blockstore.o \
 	../cid/cid.o \
+	../cmd/cli.o \
 	../cmd/ipfs/init.o \
 	../commands/argument.o ../commands/command_option.o ../commands/command.o ../commands/cli/parse.o \
 	../core/*.o \
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ OBJS = testit.o test_helper.o \
 	../namesys/pb.o \
 	../namesys/publisher.o \
 	../namesys/resolver.o \
+	../namesys/name.o \
 	../repo/init.o \
 	../repo/fsrepo/*.o \
 	../repo/config/*.o \
diff --git a/test/core/test_api.h b/test/core/test_api.h
index 40c298a..9e3decc 100644
--- a/test/core/test_api.h
+++ b/test/core/test_api.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "ipfs/core/daemon.h"
 #include "ipfs/importer/exporter.h"
 #include "ipfs/importer/importer.h"
+#include "ipfs/namesys/name.h"
 
 int test_core_api_startup_shutdown() {
 	char* repo_path = "/tmp/ipfs_1/.ipfs";
@@ -127,3 +128,84 @@ int test_core_api_object_cat() {
 		pthread_join(daemon_thread2, NULL);
 	return retVal;
 }
+
+int test_core_api_name_resolve() {
+	int retVal = 0;
+	pthread_t daemon_thread1;
+	pthread_t daemon_thread2;
+	int thread_started1 = 0;
+	int thread_started2 = 0;
+	char* ipfs_path1 = "/tmp/ipfs_1";
+	char* config_file1 = "config.test1";
+	char* ipfs_path2 = "/tmp/ipfs_2";
+	char* config_file2 = "config.test2";
+	struct FSRepo* fs_repo = NULL;
+	char hash[256] = "";
+	char peer_id1[256] = "";
+	char* publish_args[] = {"ipfs", "--config", ipfs_path1, "name", "publish", hash };
+	char* resolve_args[] = {"ipfs", "--config", ipfs_path2, "name", "resolve", peer_id1 };
+	struct CliArguments* args = NULL;
+
+	// build 2 repos... repo 1
+	if (!drop_build_open_repo(ipfs_path1, &fs_repo, config_file1)) {
+		ipfs_repo_fsrepo_free(fs_repo);
+		libp2p_logger_error("test_api", "Unable to drop and build repository at %s\n", ipfs_path1);
+		goto exit;
+	}
+	sprintf(peer_id1, "/ipns/%s", fs_repo->config->identity->peer->id);
+	ipfs_repo_fsrepo_free(fs_repo);
+	// build 2 repos... repo 2
+	if (!drop_build_open_repo(ipfs_path2, &fs_repo, config_file2)) {
+		ipfs_repo_fsrepo_free(fs_repo);
+		libp2p_logger_error("test_api", "Unable to drop and build repository at %s\n", ipfs_path2);
+		goto exit;
+	}
+	libp2p_logger_debug("test_api", "Changed the server id to %s.\n", fs_repo->config->identity->peer->id);
+	ipfs_repo_fsrepo_free(fs_repo);
+
+	// add a file to the first repo
+	uint8_t *bytes = (unsigned char*)"hello, world!\n";
+	char* filename = "test1.txt";
+	create_file(filename, bytes, strlen((char*)bytes));
+	struct HashtableNode* node;
+	size_t bytes_written;
+	struct IpfsNode *local_node = NULL;
+	pthread_t api_pth = 0;
+	ipfs_node_offline_new(ipfs_path1, &local_node);
+	ipfs_import_file(NULL, filename, &node, local_node, &bytes_written, 0);
+	memset(hash, 0, 256);
+	ipfs_cid_hash_to_base58(node->hash, node->hash_size, (unsigned char*)hash, 256);
+	ipfs_node_free(&api_pth, local_node);
+	ipfs_hashtable_node_free(node);
+
+	// publish name on server 1
+	args = cli_arguments_new(6, publish_args);
+	ipfs_name(args);
+	cli_arguments_free(args);
+	args = NULL;
+
+	libp2p_logger_debug("test_api", "*** Firing up daemons ***\n");
+	pthread_create(&daemon_thread1, NULL, test_daemon_start, (void*)ipfs_path1);
+	thread_started1 = 1;
+	pthread_create(&daemon_thread2, NULL, test_daemon_start, (void*)ipfs_path2);
+	thread_started2 = 1;
+
+	sleep(3);
+
+	// use a client of server2 to to ask for the "name resolve" on server 1
+	args = cli_arguments_new(6, resolve_args);
+	if (ipfs_name(args) == 0) {
+		goto exit;
+	}
+
+	retVal = 1;
+	exit:
+	cli_arguments_free(args);
+	ipfs_daemon_stop();
+	if (thread_started1)
+		pthread_join(daemon_thread1, NULL);
+	if (thread_started2)
+		pthread_join(daemon_thread2, NULL);
+	return retVal;
+
+}