diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/parties_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/parties_controller.rb
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index 8760678..0000000
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/parties_controller.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-class Api::V1::PartiesController < ActionController::API
-    def index
-        parties = Parties.all
-    end
-
-    def create
-    end
-
-    def show
-    end
-
-    def update
-    end
-
-    def destroy
-    end
-end
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diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/party_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/party_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1d90ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/party_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+class Api::V1::PartyController < ActionController::API
+    before_action :set, except: ['create']
+
+    def index
+        parties = Party.all
+    end
+
+    def create
+        @party = Party.new(shortcode: random_string)
+        render :show, status: :created if @party.save!
+    end
+
+    def show
+        ap @party
+        ap @party
+    end
+
+    def update
+    end
+
+    def destroy
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def random_string
+        numChars = 6
+        o = [('a'..'z'), ('A'..'Z'), (0..9)].map(&:to_a).flatten
+        return (0...numChars).map { o[rand(o.length)] }.join
+    end
+
+    def set
+        @party = Party.where(shortcode: params[:id])
+    end
+end
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