diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/signaling-server.js b/app/assets/javascripts/signaling-server.js
index b77bc6e..25db06a 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/signaling-server.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/signaling-server.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ let localstream;
 
 window.onload = () => {
   currentUser = document.getElementById("current-user").innerHTML;
+  console.log(currentUser)
   localVideo = document.getElementById("local-video");
   remoteVideoContainer = document.getElementById("remote-video-container");
 };
@@ -40,17 +41,49 @@ document.onreadystatechange = async () => {
   }
 };
 
+// find chatroom
+// const handleJoinSession = async () => {
+//   App.session = await App.cable.subscriptions.create("VideoSessionChannel", {
+//     connected: () => {
+//       broadcastData({
+//         type: JOIN_ROOM,
+//         from: currentUser
+//       });
+//     },
+//     received: data => {
+//       console.log("received", data);
+//       if (data.from === currentUser) return;
+//       switch (data.type) {
+//         case JOIN_ROOM:
+//           return joinRoom(data);
+//         case EXCHANGE:
+//           if (data.to !== currentUser) return;
+//           return exchange(data);
+//         case REMOVE_USER:
+//           return removeUser(data);
+//         default:
+//           return;
+//       }
+//     }
+//   });
+// };
+const chatroomId = document.getElementById('chatroom-hook').dataset["chatroomId"]
 
 const handleJoinSession = async () => {
-  App.session = await App.cable.subscriptions.create("VideoSessionChannel", {
+  App['chatroom' + chatroomId] = await App.cable.subscriptions.create({
+    channel: "ChatRoomsChannel",
+    room: chatroomId
+  }, {
     connected: () => {
+      console.log(chatroomId)
       broadcastData({
         type: JOIN_ROOM,
-        from: currentUser
+        from: currentUser,
+        room: chatroomId
       });
     },
     received: data => {
-      console.log("received", data);
+      console.log(data)
       if (data.from === currentUser) return;
       switch (data.type) {
         case JOIN_ROOM:
@@ -88,7 +121,6 @@ const joinRoom = data => {
 };
 
 const removeUser = data => {
-  console.log("removing user", data.from);
   let video = document.getElementById(`remoteVideoContainer+${data.from}`);
   video && video.remove();
   delete pcPeers[data.from];
@@ -96,18 +128,21 @@ const removeUser = data => {
 
 
 const broadcastData = data => {
-  fetch("sessions", {
+  if (data.type === EXCHANGE) {
+    console.log("yayyy")
+  }
+  fetch("chat_room_sessions", {
     method: "POST",
     body: JSON.stringify(data),
-    headers: { "content-type": "application/json" }
+    headers: { "content-type": "application/json", "X-CSRF-Token": document.querySelector('meta[name=csrf-token]').content }
   });
 };
 
 const createPC = (userId, isOffer) => {
   let pc = new RTCPeerConnection(ice);
+  let test = userId
   pcPeers[userId] = pc;
   pc.addStream(localstream);
-
   if (isOffer) {
     pc
       .createOffer()
@@ -117,7 +152,8 @@ const createPC = (userId, isOffer) => {
           type: EXCHANGE,
           from: currentUser,
           to: userId,
-          sdp: JSON.stringify(pc.localDescription)
+          sdp: JSON.stringify(pc.localDescription),
+          room: chatroomId
         });
       })
       .catch(logError);
@@ -129,7 +165,8 @@ const createPC = (userId, isOffer) => {
         type: EXCHANGE,
         from: currentUser,
         to: userId,
-        candidate: JSON.stringify(event.candidate)
+        candidate: JSON.stringify(event.candidate),
+        room: chatroomId
       });
     }
   };
@@ -186,7 +223,8 @@ const exchange = data => {
               type: EXCHANGE,
               from: currentUser,
               to: data.from,
-              sdp: JSON.stringify(pc.localDescription)
+              sdp: JSON.stringify(pc.localDescription),
+              room: chatroomId
             });
           });
         }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/_contacts.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/_contacts.scss
index cb071eb..b1de415 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/_contacts.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/_contacts.scss
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ a:hover {
       color: $icon;
       font-size: 25px;
     }
+    button {
+      height: 0;
+      width: 0;
+    }
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/app/channels/chat_rooms_channel.rb b/app/channels/chat_rooms_channel.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20b3201
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/channels/chat_rooms_channel.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class ChatRoomsChannel < ApplicationCable::Channel
+  def subscribed
+    stream_from "chat_room_#{params[:room]}"
+  end
+
+  def unsubscribed
+    # Any cleanup needed when channel is unsubscribed
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/channels/notifications_channel.rb b/app/channels/notifications_channel.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad0ec43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/channels/notifications_channel.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class NotificationsChannel < ApplicationCable::Channel
+  def subscribed
+    stream_from "notifications"
+  end
+
+  def unsubscribed
+    # Any cleanup needed when channel is unsubscribed
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/controllers/chat_rooms_controller.rb b/app/controllers/chat_rooms_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37b681c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/chat_rooms_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+class ChatRoomsController < ApplicationController
+
+  def show
+    @chat_room = ChatRoom.find(params[:id])
+  end
+
+  def create
+    #  HTTP status code 200 with an empty body
+    head :no_content
+    puts ">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>11123213213213123213"
+    puts params
+    puts ">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>11123213213213123213"
+
+    ActionCable.server.broadcast "chat_room_#{params[:room]}", session_params
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def session_params
+    # SDP = Session description protocol (codec info from client)
+    # Candidate = ICE candidates (e.g. TURN and STUN server)
+    params.permit(:type, :from, :to, :sdp, :candidate, :room)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb
index 8aa4a2a..efd5757 100644
--- a/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 class PagesController < ApplicationController
   # skip_before_action :authenticate_user!, only: [:call]
+  skip_before_action :verify_authenticity_token
 
   def call
   end
@@ -9,4 +10,63 @@ class PagesController < ApplicationController
 
   def home
   end
+
+  def cable_testing
+    chatroom = 'chat_room_' + params[:chat_room_id]
+    puts params
+    ActionCable.server.broadcast(chatroom, { message: 'test' })
+    head :ok
+  end
+
+  def establish_call
+    head :ok
+    puts "params: #{params}"
+    chat_room = ChatRoom.create!
+    puts "Created chat room with id: #{chat_room.id}"
+    chat_room_participation = ChatRoomParticipation.create!(chat_room: chat_room, user: current_user)
+    puts "Created chat room participation with user: #{current_user.email} assigned to chat_room #{chat_room.id}"
+    puts "Subscribed user to chat room"
+
+    contact = User.find(params[:contact_id])
+    request = Request.create!(chat_room: chat_room, user: contact)
+    puts "Made a request to call #{contact.email}"
+    ActionCable.server.broadcast('notifications', {
+      message: {
+        user_id: contact.id,
+        chat_room_id: chat_room.id
+      }
+    })
+
+  end
+
+  def accept_call
+    puts "-----------------------------------------"
+    puts params
+    puts "IT WORKED"
+    chat_room = ChatRoom.find(params[:chat_room_id])
+    request = Request.where("user_id = ? AND chat_room_id = ?", current_user.id, chat_room.id)
+
+    request[0].accepted = true
+    puts "create new chat room participation"
+    chat_room_participation = ChatRoomParticipation.create!(chat_room: chat_room, user: current_user)
+    puts "Created chat room participation with user: #{current_user.email} assigned to chat_room #{chat_room.id}"
+
+    other_caller = chat_room.users.find { |u| u != current_user } # remember to update this later
+    puts ">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>..HHHHHHHHH"
+    puts other_caller
+    puts ">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>..HHHHHHHHH"
+    # redirect caller to chat room
+    ActionCable.server.broadcast('notifications', {
+      head: 302, # redirection code, just to make it clear what you're doing
+      path: chat_room_path(chat_room), # you'll need to use url_helpers, so include them in your file
+      body: { caller: other_caller.id }
+      }
+      # other_caller, # or however you identify your subscriber
+    )
+    # redirect callee to chat room
+    redirect_to chat_room_path(chat_room)
+    # broadcast another message to caller
+    # head: 302
+
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb b/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccb6cb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class RequestsController < ApplicationController
+
+  def accept
+
+    # Create new Chat Room
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/javascript/packs/application.js b/app/javascript/packs/application.js
index 01dfd79..7eb9154 100644
--- a/app/javascript/packs/application.js
+++ b/app/javascript/packs/application.js
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 import "bootstrap";
+
diff --git a/app/javascript/packs/chatrooms.js b/app/javascript/packs/chatrooms.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46b193b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/packs/chatrooms.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import ActionCable from 'actioncable'
+
+// create App object with key cable == new cosumer
+(function() {
+  window.App || (window.App = {});
+
+  App.cable = ActionCable.createConsumer();
+
+}).call(this);
+
+// find chatroom id
+const chatroomId = document.getElementById('chatroom-hook').dataset["chatroomId"]
+
+// create subsciptions
+App['chatroom' + chatroomId] = App.cable.subscriptions.create({
+  channel: 'ChatRoomsChannel',
+  room: chatroomId
+}, {
+  connected: () => {
+  },
+  received: data => {
+  }
+})
+
+// Testing ActionCable
+const testBtn = document.getElementById('test-btn')
+testBtn.addEventListener('click', event => {
+  fetch(`/chat_rooms/${chatroomId}/cable_testing` , {
+    method: 'POST',
+    body: JSON.stringify({})
+  })
+})
+
+
+
diff --git a/app/javascript/packs/notifications.js b/app/javascript/packs/notifications.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cff3892
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/packs/notifications.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import ActionCable from 'actioncable'
+
+// create App object with key cable == new cosumer
+(function() {
+  window.App || (window.App = {});
+
+  App.cable = ActionCable.createConsumer();
+
+}).call(this);
+
+
+const userId = parseInt(document.getElementById("my-user-id").dataset["userId"])
+let chatRoomId = null
+
+
+App.cable.subscriptions.create({
+  channel: 'NotificationsChannel'
+}, {
+  connected: () => {
+    console.log('Connected to NotificationsChannel')
+  },
+  received: data => {
+    // console.log(data["message"]["user_id"])
+    // console.log(userId)
+    console.log("received broadcast")
+    // console.log(data.body)
+    if (data.head === 302 && data.body["caller"] === userId && data.path ) {
+      window.location.pathname = data.path
+    } else if (data["message"]["user_id"] === userId) {
+      console.log("TRIGGER MODAL")
+      const acceptButton = document.getElementById('accept-button')
+      acceptButton.style.display = "block"
+      // const receiveCall = document.getElementById('receive-call')
+      // receiveCall.dataset.toggle = 'modal'
+      // receiveCall.dataset.target ='#calleeModal'
+      // console.log(receiveCall)
+
+      // const calleeModal = document.getElementById('calleeModal')
+      // calleeModal.modal("show")
+      chatRoomId = data["message"]["chat_room_id"]
+      console.log(`user with id: ${userId} needs to subscribe to chatroom ${[chatRoomId]}`)
+    } else {
+      console.log(data)
+    }
+
+
+  }
+})
+
+
+const acceptButton = document.getElementById('accept-button')
+
+acceptButton.addEventListener('click', event => {
+  // event.preventDefault()
+  document.getElementById('chat-room-id').value = chatRoomId
+})
diff --git a/app/models/chat_room.rb b/app/models/chat_room.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4ac46b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/chat_room.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class ChatRoom < ApplicationRecord
+  has_many :chat_room_participations
+  has_many :users, through: :chat_room_participations
+  has_many :requests
+end
diff --git a/app/models/chat_room_participation.rb b/app/models/chat_room_participation.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86931ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/chat_room_participation.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+class ChatRoomParticipation < ApplicationRecord
+  belongs_to :user
+  belongs_to :chat_room
+end
diff --git a/app/models/connection.rb b/app/models/connection.rb
index 0028286..f66456a 100644
--- a/app/models/connection.rb
+++ b/app/models/connection.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class Connection < ApplicationRecord
 
   def create_inverted_connection
     unless Connection.where('user_id = ? and contact_id = ?', self.contact.id, self.user.id).length > 0
-      Connection.create!(user: self.contact, contact: self.user)
+      inverted = Connection.create!(user: self.contact, contact: self.user)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/request.rb b/app/models/request.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2857ced
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/request.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+class Request < ApplicationRecord
+  belongs_to :user
+  belongs_to :chat_room
+end
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 265a42b..6043bee 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
          :recoverable, :rememberable, :validatable
 
   has_many :connections
+  has_many :chat_room_participations
+  has_many :chat_rooms, through: :chat_room_participations
+  has_many :requests
 
   mount_uploader :photo, PhotoUploader
 
diff --git a/app/views/chat_rooms/show.html.erb b/app/views/chat_rooms/show.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f6f6f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/chat_rooms/show.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<button onclick="handleJoinSession()" data-room="<%= @chat_room.id %>">Join Room</button>
+
+<h1 style="color: white;">This is chatroom #<%= @chat_room.id %></h1>
+<div id="chatroom-hook" data-chatroom-id='<%= @chat_room.id %>'></div>
+
+<button id="test-btn">Test Connection</button>
+<div class="call-container">
+  <div id="remote-video-container">
+    <div id="video_overlays">
+      <video id="local-video" autoplay></video>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+<div>
+  <span class="text-color" style="display:none">Random User ID:</span>
+  <span id="current-user" class="text-color" style="display:none"><%= current_user.id %></span>
+</div>
+
+
+<%= javascript_pack_tag 'chatrooms' %>
diff --git a/app/views/pages/_contact.html.erb b/app/views/pages/_contact.html.erb
index 4c33e80..08f0a36 100644
--- a/app/views/pages/_contact.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/pages/_contact.html.erb
@@ -1,18 +1,30 @@
+<%
+def hello_world
+  puts "Hello World"
+end
+%>
+
 <div class="card">
   <div class="info">
     <img src="https://kitt.lewagon.com/placeholder/users/ssaunier" alt="" class="profile img-circle" width=65>
     <div class="text text-color">
-      <p>FirstName LastName</p>
+      <% if contact.nil? || contact.nil? %> <!-- REPLACE WITH FIRST NAME AND LAST NAME -->
+        <p><%= contact.email %></p>
+      <% else %>
+        <p><%= contact.email %></p>
+        <!-- <p><%#= contact.first_name %> <%#= contact.last_name %></p> -->
+      <% end %>
       <p class="darker">Last call: <%= Time.now %></p>
     </div>
   </div>
-  <div class="call">
-    <%= link_to "#", 'data-toggle':"modal", 'data-target':"#myModal" do  %>
+  <div class="call" data-user-id="<%= contact.id %>">
+    <%= link_to establish_call_path(contact.id), 'data-toggle':"modal", 'data-target':"#myModal" do  %>
       <i class="fas fa-phone"></i>
     <% end %>
   </div>
 </div>
 
+
 <!-- Modal -->
 <div class="modal fade" id="myModal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="myModalLabel" aria-hidden="true">
   <div class="vertical-alignment-helper">
@@ -27,7 +39,17 @@
               <img src="https://kitt.lewagon.com/placeholder/users/ssaunier" alt="" class="profile img-circle" width=150>
               <div class="modal-text">
                 <h4 class="modal-title" id="myModalLabel">Calling</h4>
-                <h4><strong>FirstName LastName</strong></h4>
+                <h4>
+                  <strong>
+                    <!-- REPLACE WITH FIRST NAME AND LAST NAME -->
+                    <% if contact.nil? || contact.nil? %>
+                      <p><%= contact.email %></p>
+                    <% else %>
+                      <p><%= contact.email %></p>
+                      <!-- <p><%#= contact.first_name %> <%#= contact.last_name %></p> -->
+                    <% end %>
+                  </strong>
+                </h4>
               </div>
             </div>
           </div>
diff --git a/app/views/pages/call.html.erb b/app/views/pages/call.html.erb
index 700efaa..9776324 100644
--- a/app/views/pages/call.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/pages/call.html.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-
+<!--
 <div class="call-container">
   <div id="remote-video-container">
     <div id="video_overlays">
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     </div>
   </div>
 </div>
-
+ -->
 
 
 
diff --git a/app/views/pages/index.html.erb b/app/views/pages/index.html.erb
index 45289dd..a7c5547 100644
--- a/app/views/pages/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/pages/index.html.erb
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
   <div class="contacts-container text-color">
     <div class="contacts half">
       <h2>Contacts</h2>
-      <% 5.times do %>
-        <%= render "pages/contact" %>
+      <% current_user.contacts.each do |contact| %>
+        <%= render "pages/contact", contact: contact %>
       <% end %>
     </div>
     <div class="video-feed half">
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@
   </div>
 </div>
 
-
+<div id="my-user-id" data-user-id="<%= current_user.id %>"></div>
+
+<form action="/accept_call" method="post">
+  <input type="hidden" id="chat-room-id" name="chat_room_id" value=""/>
+  <input type="submit" id="accept-button" class="btn btn-primary" id="accept-button" style="display: none;" value="ACCEPT CALL"/>
+</form>
+
+<%= javascript_pack_tag 'notifications' %>
 
 
diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index c90a719..b3051b4 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ Rails.application.configure do
   # Mount Action Cable outside main process or domain
   # config.action_cable.mount_path = nil
   config.action_cable.url = 'wss://polyglot-173.herokuapp.com/cable'
-  config.action_cable.allowed_request_origins = [ '*' ]
+  config.action_cable.allowed_request_origins = [ 'https://polyglot-173.herokuapp.com/' ]
 
   # Force all access to the app over SSL, use Strict-Transport-Security, and use secure cookies.
-  # config.force_ssl = true
+  config.force_ssl = true
 
   # Use the lowest log level to ensure availability of diagnostic information
   # when problems arise.
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 84772b8..a888321 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Rails.application.routes.draw do
-  get 'video_sessions/create'
+
   devise_for :users, path: '', path_names: { sign_out: 'logout'}
   devise_scope :user do
     get '/logout', to: 'devise/sessions#destroy'
@@ -15,9 +15,22 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
 
   get '/call', to: 'pages#call'
 
+  get '/establish_call/:contact_id', to: 'pages#establish_call', as: 'establish_call'
+
+  post '/accept_call', to: 'pages#accept_call', as: 'accept_call/'
+
+  patch '/accept_call/:request_id', to: 'requests#update', as: 'update_request'
+
   get '/contacts', to: 'pages#index'
   post '/sessions', to: 'video_sessions#create'
 
+  post '/chat_rooms/chat_room_sessions', to: 'chat_rooms#create'
+
+  resources :chat_rooms, only: [ :show ] do
+    # testing action cable
+    post '/cable_testing', to: 'pages#cable_testing'
+  end
+
   mount ActionCable.server, at: '/cable'
   # For details on the DSL available within this file, see http://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html
   get '/home', to: 'pages#home'
diff --git a/db/migrate/20180829122818_create_chat_rooms.rb b/db/migrate/20180829122818_create_chat_rooms.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a142563
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20180829122818_create_chat_rooms.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+class CreateChatRooms < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.2]
+  def change
+    create_table :chat_rooms do |t|
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20180829122930_create_chat_room_participations.rb b/db/migrate/20180829122930_create_chat_room_participations.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34739cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20180829122930_create_chat_room_participations.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class CreateChatRoomParticipations < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.2]
+  def change
+    create_table :chat_room_participations do |t|
+      t.references :user, foreign_key: true
+      t.references :chat_room, foreign_key: true
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20180829123049_create_requests.rb b/db/migrate/20180829123049_create_requests.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2417469
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20180829123049_create_requests.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+class CreateRequests < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.2]
+  def change
+    create_table :requests do |t|
+      t.references :user, foreign_key: true
+      t.references :chat_room, foreign_key: true
+      t.boolean :accepted
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20180829123204_change_column_in_requests.rb b/db/migrate/20180829123204_change_column_in_requests.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87166c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20180829123204_change_column_in_requests.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class ChangeColumnInRequests < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.2]
+  def change
+    change_column :requests, :accepted, :boolean, default: false
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 3502be3..c2540bf 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,11 +10,25 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2018_08_29_105638) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2018_08_29_123204) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
 
+  create_table "chat_room_participations", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.bigint "user_id"
+    t.bigint "chat_room_id"
+    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
+    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
+    t.index ["chat_room_id"], name: "index_chat_room_participations_on_chat_room_id"
+    t.index ["user_id"], name: "index_chat_room_participations_on_user_id"
+  end
+
+  create_table "chat_rooms", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
+    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
+  end
+
   create_table "connections", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.bigint "user_id"
     t.bigint "contact_id"
@@ -22,6 +36,16 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2018_08_29_105638) do
     t.index ["user_id"], name: "index_connections_on_user_id"
   end
 
+  create_table "requests", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.bigint "user_id"
+    t.bigint "chat_room_id"
+    t.boolean "accepted", default: false
+    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
+    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
+    t.index ["chat_room_id"], name: "index_requests_on_chat_room_id"
+    t.index ["user_id"], name: "index_requests_on_user_id"
+  end
+
   create_table "users", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string "email", default: "", null: false
     t.string "encrypted_password", default: "", null: false
@@ -37,6 +61,10 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2018_08_29_105638) do
     t.index ["reset_password_token"], name: "index_users_on_reset_password_token", unique: true
   end
 
+  add_foreign_key "chat_room_participations", "chat_rooms"
+  add_foreign_key "chat_room_participations", "users"
   add_foreign_key "connections", "users"
   add_foreign_key "connections", "users", column: "contact_id"
+  add_foreign_key "requests", "chat_rooms"
+  add_foreign_key "requests", "users"
 end
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 33c9f0a..4a85cda 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
     "@rails/webpacker": "3.5",
+    "actioncable": "^5.2.1",
     "bootstrap": "3",
     "jquery": "^3.3.1"
   },
diff --git a/test/controllers/chat_rooms_controller_test.rb b/test/controllers/chat_rooms_controller_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f545e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/controllers/chat_rooms_controller_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class ChatRoomsControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
+  # test "the truth" do
+  #   assert true
+  # end
+end
diff --git a/test/controllers/requests_controller_test.rb b/test/controllers/requests_controller_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..309c8e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/controllers/requests_controller_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class RequestsControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
+  # test "the truth" do
+  #   assert true
+  # end
+end
diff --git a/test/models/chat_room_participation_test.rb b/test/models/chat_room_participation_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd70bc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/models/chat_room_participation_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class ChatRoomParticipationTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+  # test "the truth" do
+  #   assert true
+  # end
+end
diff --git a/test/models/chat_room_test.rb b/test/models/chat_room_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c621386
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/models/chat_room_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class ChatRoomTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+  # test "the truth" do
+  #   assert true
+  # end
+end
diff --git a/test/models/request_test.rb b/test/models/request_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9f95ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/models/request_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class RequestTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+  # test "the truth" do
+  #   assert true
+  # end
+end
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index f8773a2..907dbe7 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ acorn@^5.0.0:
   version "5.7.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/acorn/-/acorn-5.7.2.tgz#91fa871883485d06708800318404e72bfb26dcc5"
 
+actioncable@^5.2.1:
+  version "5.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/actioncable/-/actioncable-5.2.1.tgz#615428a8a302cec55117d9049f0fd7952011c962"
+
 ajv-keywords@^3.1.0:
   version "3.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ajv-keywords/-/ajv-keywords-3.2.0.tgz#e86b819c602cf8821ad637413698f1dec021847a"