diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ ORCID middleware to enable our researchers to designate GW as a trusted partner
 
 1. Set up Python 3 virtual environment.
 2. `pip install -r requirements.txt`
-3. In `test_server.py`, populate the Client ID and Client Secret fields in the `app.config` definitions.
-4. From the command line, `export FLASK_APP=test_server.py`
-5. `flask run --host=0.0.0.0` (to listen on all public IP addresses)
+3. Copy the example configuration file and edit it to provide sensitive keys, including the SERVER_KEY, ORCID client ID and ORCID client secret. \
+ `cp example.config.py config.py`
+4. From the command line: \
+ `export FLASK_APP=orcidflask` \
+ `export ORCIDFLASK_SETTINGS=/path/to/config.py`
+5. `flask run --host=0.0.0.0` (to listen on all public IP addresses) \ 
+ To specify a port: `flask run --host=0.0.0.0 --port=8080`
diff --git a/example.config.py b/example.config.py
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+++ b/example.config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SECRET_KEY = b''
+CLIENT_ID = ''
+CLIENT_SECRET = ''
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diff --git a/orcidflask/__init__.py b/orcidflask/__init__.py
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+++ b/orcidflask/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+from flask import Flask, session, request, url_for, redirect
+import requests
+from requests.exceptions import HTTPError
+
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+# load default configs from default_settings.py
+app.config.from_object('orcidflask.default_settings')
+# load sensitive config settings 
+app.config.from_envvar('ORCIDFLASK_SETTINGS')
+app.config['orcid_auth_url'] = 'https://sandbox.orcid.org/oauth/authorize?client_id={orcid_client_id}&response_type=code&scope=/read-limited /activities/update /person/update&redirect_uri={redirect_uri}'
+app.config['orcid_token_url'] = 'https://sandbox.orcid.org/oauth/token'
+
+
+@app.route('/')
+def index():
+    '''
+    Should render homepage and if behind SSO, retrieve netID from SAML and store in a session variable.
+    See the example here: https://github.com/onelogin/python3-saml/blob/master/demo-flask/index.py
+    '''
+    # TO DO: Add template with button to take user to the ORCID authorization site
+    # TO DO: Capture SAML identifier in session object
+    return redirect(app.config['orcid_auth_url'].format(orcid_client_id=app.config['CLIENT_ID'], 
+                                                        redirect_uri=url_for('orcid_redirect', 
+                                                        _external=True)))
+
+@app.route('/orcid-redirect')
+def orcid_redirect():
+    '''
+    Redirect route that retrieves the one-time code from ORCID after user logs in and approves.
+    '''
+    # TO DO: Check for error/access denied
+    orcid_code = request.args.get('code')
+    headers = {'Accept': 'application/json',
+                'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}
+    try:
+        response = requests.post(app.config['orcid_token_url'], 
+                                headers=headers, 
+                                data=prepare_token_payload(orcid_code))
+        response.raise_for_status()
+    except HTTPError as e:
+        # TO DO: handle HTTP errors
+        raise
+    orcid_auth = response.json()
+    print(orcid_auth)
+    # TO DO: Retrieve SAML identifier from session object
+    # TO DO: Save to data store
+    # TO DO: return success template
+    return "Successfully authorized!"
+
+
+def prepare_token_payload(code: str):
+    '''
+    :param code: the code returned from ORCID after the user authorizes our application.
+    '''
+    return  {'client_id': app.config['CLIENT_ID'],
+            'client_secret': app.config['CLIENT_SECRET'],
+            'grant_type': 'authorization_code',
+            'code': code,
+            'redirect_uri': url_for('orcid_redirect', _external=True)}
+
diff --git a/orcidflask/default_settings.py b/orcidflask/default_settings.py
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+++ b/orcidflask/default_settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DEBUG = True
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