diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 133e6be..d2e98b3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ share/python-wheels/
 *.egg
 MANIFEST
 
+secrets
+secrets/*
+
 # PyInstaller
 #  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
 #  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
@@ -136,7 +139,8 @@ dmypy.json
 .LSOverride
 
 # Icon must end with two \r
-Icon

+Icon
+
 
 # Thumbnails
 ._*
@@ -156,4 +160,3 @@ Icon
 Network Trash Folder
 Temporary Items
 .apdisk
-
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89e1616
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "python.pythonPath": "/Users/max/Desktop/ICL-IoT-Weather/venv/bin/python3.7",
+    "python.linting.pylintEnabled": false,
+    "python.linting.flake8Enabled": true,
+    "python.linting.enabled": true
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git "a/Icon\r" "b/Icon\r"
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/playground.py b/playground.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc389e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playground.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+from firebase_admin import credentials, firestore, initialize_app
+from requests import get as api_get
+
+cert_path = "secrets/icl-iot-weather-firebase-adminsdk-d2a8f-577125a0ff.json"
+cred = credentials.Certificate(cert_path)
+initialize_app(cred)
+
+firestore_db = firestore.client()
+
+
+#firestore_db.collection(u'songs').add({'song': 'Imagine', 'artist': 'John Lennon'}
+with open("secrets/weather_api_key.txt", "r") as api_key_file:
+    api_key = api_key_file.read()
+
+request_endpoint = "api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather"
+request_city = "London"
+
+request_url = f"https://{request_endpoint}?q={request_city}&appid={api_key}"
+print(request_url)
+
+api_rsp = api_get(request_url)
+print(api_rsp.text)
+
+# snapshots = list(firestore_db.collection(u'weather_data').get())
+# for snapshot in snapshots:
+#     print(snapshot.to_dict())