diff --git a/lib/index.html b/lib/index.html
index 0e97ce8..3e9542b 100644
--- a/lib/index.html
+++ b/lib/index.html
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
             <h1>Random Cat API</h1>
         </header>
         <main>
-            <button class="randomButton">Random Cats! Meow!</button>
-            <div class="randomCat"><img src="" class="randomCatImage"></div>
+            <button id="randomButton">Random Cats! Meow!</button>
+            <div class="randomCat"><img src="" id="randomCatImage"></div>
             <form>
-                <input type="text" class="input" placeholder="Category ID">
-                <button class="searchButton">Find Cats! Meow!</button>
+                <input type="text" id="input" placeholder="Category ID">
+                <button id="searchButton">Find Cats! Meow!</button>
             </form>
             <div class="category-keys">
                 <!-- <h3>Categories</h3> -->
diff --git a/lib/script.js b/lib/script.js
index e69de29..bbbdf47 100644
--- a/lib/script.js
+++ b/lib/script.js
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+const randoLink = 'https://api.thecatapi.com/v1/images/search?api_key=e6f2adcdc125aef38c14ca0be4465d6a75b789e6.rtfd';
+const sortedLink = 'https://api.thecatapi.com/v1/images/search?breed_ids=beng';
+const sortID = 'https://api.thecatapi.com/v1/breeds';
+const randButton = document.getElementById('randomButton');
+const sortedRandomButton = document.getElementById('searchButton');
+const inputFeild = document.getElementById('input');
+let category=[];    //to store whatever is input in the inputfeild
+let idCode=[];      //to store the id's in an array
+let catType=[];     //to store category names
+let idVar;          //what will be added to the URL for sort function to work 
+
+randButton.addEventListener('click', randomCat);
+//sortedRandomButton = document.addEventListener('click', sortedRandomCat)
+
+// sortedRandomButton.addEventListener('click',sortedRandomCat);
+
+
+//fetches random-cat-api link for standard random output.
+function randomCat () {
+fetch(randoLink)
+.then (res=>res.json())
+.then( res => displayCat(res[0].url))
+.catch(err => console.log('unsuccessful', err));
+}
+
+
+//Sets an <img src> to the recieved URL
+function displayCat(imgurl){
+    console.log(typeof(imgurl[0].url));
+   document.getElementById('randomCatImage').src=imgurl;
+} 
+
+
+//what will return the random categorized image
+// function sortedRandomCat(){     
+// fetch(sortedLink)
+// .then(thing=>console.log("success", thing.json()))
+// .catch("somethings wrong");
+// }
+
+
+//fetches all picture attributes from api. used to creat an array of id codes.
+function infoDump(){
+    fetch(sortID)
+    .then((thang => thang.json()))
+    .then(thang =>makeIDarray(thang))
+    .catch(console.log("unsuccessful"));
+}
+
+
+infoDump();
+
+
+//creats an array of id codes used to select the id code for the categories.
+function makeIDarray(something){
+     for(let i=0; i<67; i++){
+        //console.log(something[i].id)
+        idCode.push(something[i].id);
+        
+    }   
+        console.log(idCode);
+        return idCode;
+}
+
+
+//fetches all picture attributes from api. used to create an array of category names.
+function getCategoryArray(){
+
+    fetch(sortID)
+    .then((thangs => thangs.json()))
+    .then(thangs =>makeCategoryArray(thangs))
+    .catch(console.log("unsuccessful"));
+
+}
+
+
+//creates an array of category names. will be used to compare category input to select appropriate id codes.
+function makeCategoryArray(somethang){
+
+    for(let i=0; i<67; i++){
+       //console.log(something[i].name)
+       catType.push(somethang[i].name);
+       
+   }   
+
+   console.log(catType);
+   return catType;
+
+}
+getCategoryArray();
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