diff --git a/api/fetch.go b/api/fetch.go
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/fetch.go
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+package fetch
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+)
+
+func Fetch(url string) (*http.Response, error) {
+	u, err := url.ParseRequestURI(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return http.Get(url)
+}
+
diff --git a/api/server.go b/api/server.go
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/server.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"fetch"
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	r := gin.Default()
+	r.GET("/ping", ping)
+	r.GET("/fetch", fetchRoute)
+	r.Run("localhost:8080")
+}
+
+func fetchRoute(c *gin.Context) {
+	url := c.Query("url")
+	if url == "" {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{
+			"error": "url is required",
+		})
+		return
+	}
+	resp, err := fetch.Fetch(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{
+			"error": err.Error(),
+		})
+		return
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{
+		"status": resp.Status,
+	})
+}
+
+func ping(c *gin.Context) {
+	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{
+		"message": "pong",
+	})
+}