diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94a25f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/vcs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$" vcs="Git" />
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jsonServer/students.json b/jsonServer/students.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2356bb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jsonServer/students.json
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+{
+  "students": [
+    {
+      "id": "1",
+      "name": "Alice Johnson",
+      "location": "New York",
+      "phone": "+1-555-1234",
+      "courses": [
+        "Python",
+        "JavaScript",
+        "Data Science"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "2",
+      "name": "Bob Smith",
+      "location": "Los Angeles",
+      "phone": "+1-555-5678",
+      "courses": [
+        "Java",
+        "C++",
+        "Machine Learning"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "3",
+      "name": "Charlie Williams",
+      "location": "Chicago",
+      "phone": "+1-555-9101",
+      "courses": [
+        "Python",
+        "React",
+        "Cybersecurity"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "4",
+      "name": "Diana Evans",
+      "location": "Houston",
+      "phone": "+1-555-1122",
+      "courses": [
+        "Ruby",
+        "DevOps",
+        "Cloud Computing"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "5",
+      "name": "Ethan Davis",
+      "location": "San Francisco",
+      "phone": "+1-555-3344",
+      "courses": [
+        "JavaScript",
+        "Node.js",
+        "Web Development"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "6",
+      "name": "Fiona Taylor",
+      "location": "Seattle",
+      "phone": "+1-555-5566",
+      "courses": [
+        "Python",
+        "AI",
+        "Statistics"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "7",
+      "name": "George Harris",
+      "location": "Austin",
+      "phone": "+1-555-7788",
+      "courses": [
+        "Java",
+        "Android Development",
+        "Kotlin"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "8",
+      "name": "Hannah Brown",
+      "location": "Miami",
+      "phone": "+1-555-9900",
+      "courses": [
+        "C#",
+        ".NET",
+        "Software Architecture"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "9",
+      "name": "Ian Clark",
+      "location": "Denver",
+      "phone": "+1-555-4455",
+      "courses": [
+        "C++",
+        "Game Development",
+        "Graphics Programming"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "10",
+      "name": "Jessica Martinez",
+      "location": "Boston",
+      "phone": "+1-555-6677",
+      "courses": [
+        "Python",
+        "Data Analytics",
+        "R Programming"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "a786",
+      "courses": "[SeleniumTesting, DevOps]",
+      "phone": "+1 2019361028",
+      "name": "Zakaria",
+      "location": "Queens"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "49ae",
+      "courses": "[SeleniumTesting, DevOps]",
+      "phone": "+1 2019361028",
+      "name": "Zakaria",
+      "location": "Queens"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "dc1f",
+      "courses": "[SeleniumTesting, DevOps]",
+      "phone": "+1 2019361028",
+      "name": "Zakaria",
+      "location": "Queens"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "8e58",
+      "courses": "[SeleniumTesting, DevOps]",
+      "phone": "+1 2019361028",
+      "name": "Zakaria",
+      "location": "Queens"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "22b2",
+      "courses": [
+        "SeleniumTesting",
+        "DevOps"
+      ],
+      "phone": "+1 2019361028",
+      "name": "Zakaria",
+      "location": "Queens"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "60b3",
+      "courses": [
+        "SeleniumTesting",
+        "DevOps"
+      ],
+      "phone": "+1 2019361028",
+      "name": "Zakaria",
+      "location": "Queens"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "54d0",
+      "courses": [
+        "SeleniumTesting",
+        "DevOps"
+      ],
+      "phone": "+1 2019361028",
+      "name": "Zakaria",
+      "location": "Queens"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "7def",
+      "courses": [
+        "SeleniumTesting",
+        "DevOps"
+      ],
+      "phone": "+1 2019361028",
+      "name": "Zakaria",
+      "location": "Queens"
+    }
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b85344b..8901c74 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@
   <name>restAssured</name>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
 
+
   <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
   </properties>
 
@@ -131,4 +134,14 @@
       <version>5.5.0</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <!-- Surefire Plugin to run tests -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.0.0-M5</version>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/src/test/java/zacksolutions/DayOne/HttpRequest.java b/src/test/java/zacksolutions/DayOne/HttpRequestTest.java
similarity index 61%
rename from src/test/java/zacksolutions/DayOne/HttpRequest.java
rename to src/test/java/zacksolutions/DayOne/HttpRequestTest.java
index d66ab3a..d82d0fb 100644
--- a/src/test/java/zacksolutions/DayOne/HttpRequest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/zacksolutions/DayOne/HttpRequestTest.java
@@ -5,13 +5,12 @@ import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 
 import static io.restassured.RestAssured.*;
-import static io.restassured.matcher.ResponseAwareMatcher.*;
-import static org.hamcrest.Matcher.*;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
-public class HttpRequest {
+public class HttpRequestTest {
   public int id;
   public String job;
+
   @Test(priority = 1)
   void getUser() {
     when()
@@ -21,29 +20,32 @@ public class HttpRequest {
         .body("page", equalTo(2))
         .log().all();
   }
+
   @Test(priority = 2)
-  void createUser(){
-    HashMap<String,String> data = new HashMap<>();
+  void createUser() {
+    HashMap<String, String> data = new HashMap<>();
     data.put("name", "Zakaria");
     data.put("job", "Engineer");
 
-    id = given().contentType("Application/json").body(data).when().post("https://reqres.in/api/users").jsonPath().getInt("id");
+    id = given().contentType("Application/json").body(data).when().post("https://reqres.in/api/users").jsonPath()
+        .getInt("id");
     System.out.println(id);
   }
-  @Test(priority = 3, dependsOnMethods = {"createUser"})
-  void updateUser(){
 
-    HashMap<String,String> data = new HashMap<>();
+  @Test(priority = 3, dependsOnMethods = { "createUser" })
+  void updateUser() {
+
+    HashMap<String, String> data = new HashMap<>();
     data.put("name", "Sami");
     data.put("job", "Engineer/Surgeon");
-     given().contentType("Application/json").body(data).when().put("https://reqres.in/api/users/" + id).then().statusCode(200).log().all();
+    given().contentType("Application/json").body(data).when().put("https://reqres.in/api/users/" + id).then()
+        .statusCode(200).log().all();
   }
+
   @Test(priority = 4)
-  void deleteUser(){
+  void deleteUser() {
     when().delete("https://reqres.in/api/users/" + id).then().statusCode(204).log().all();
     System.out.println("id number: " + id + " is deleted");
   }
 
-
-
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/zacksolutions/DayTwo/PostReqBodyTest.java b/src/test/java/zacksolutions/DayTwo/PostReqBodyTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4221d0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/zacksolutions/DayTwo/PostReqBodyTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package zacksolutions.DayTwo;
+
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static io.restassured.RestAssured.given;
+import static io.restassured.RestAssured.when;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+
+public class PostReqBodyTest {
+  @Test(priority = 1)
+  void getStudents() {
+    String name= when().get("http://127.0.0.1:3000/students/7").jsonPath().getString("name");
+    List<String> courses = new ArrayList<>();
+    courses = when().get("http://127.0.0.1:3000/students/7def").jsonPath().getList("courses");
+    System.out.println("The student name is: " + name + " and skill set is as follow " + courses.get(1));
+  }
+
+  @Test(priority = 2)
+  void postStudent(){
+    //first method to add data using HashMap
+    HashMap data = new HashMap<>();
+    String[] courses = {"SeleniumTesting", "DevOps"};
+
+    data.put("name", "Zakaria");
+    data.put("location", "Queens");
+    data.put("phone", "+1 2019361028");
+    data.put("courses", courses);
+    given().contentType("application/json").body(data)
+            .when().post("http://127.0.0.1:3000/students/")
+            .then().statusCode(201)
+            .body("name", equalTo("Zakaria"))
+            .body("location",equalTo("Queens"))
+            .body("phone", equalTo("+1 2019361028"))
+            .body("courses[0]", equalTo("SeleniumTesting"))
+            .body("courses[1]", equalTo("DevOps")).header("Content-Type", "application/json")
+            .log().all();
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/testNG.xml b/testNG.xml
index e69de29..5a64e73 100644
--- a/testNG.xml
+++ b/testNG.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "http://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd">
+<suite name="All Test Suite" >
+    <test name="RestAssured">
+        <classes>
+            <class name="zacksolutions.DayOne.HttpRequestTest">
+            </class>
+        </classes>
+    </test>
+</suite>
+