diff --git a/src/ear.rs b/src/ear.rs
index 1be6571..8afe808 100644
--- a/src/ear.rs
+++ b/src/ear.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+use std::io::{prelude::*, BufReader};
+use std::net::{TcpListener, TcpStream};
+
 pub struct Ear {
     port: u32,
     ip_addr: String,
@@ -11,7 +14,26 @@ impl Ear {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn receive_request(&self) -> String {
-        todo!();
+    pub fn listen(&self) {
+        let listener = TcpListener::bind(format!("{}:{}", self.ip_addr, self.port)).unwrap();
+
+        for stream in listener.incoming() {
+            let stream = stream.unwrap();
+
+            self.receive_request(stream);
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn receive_request(&self, mut stream: TcpStream) -> Vec<String> {
+        let buf_reader = BufReader::new(&mut stream);
+        let http_request: Vec<String> = buf_reader
+            .lines()
+            .map(|result| result.unwrap())
+            .take_while(|line| !line.is_empty())
+            .collect();
+
+        println!("Received request: {:#?}", http_request);
+
+        http_request
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f160105..0a793b9 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ fn main() {
     let listener = Ear::new();
     let sender = Mouth::new();
 
-    let url = listener.receive_request();
+    listener.listen();
+
+    todo!();
+    let url: Vec<String> = vec![];
     let req: String = parse_url(&url); // TODO: update type
     let data: String = get_data(&req); // TODO: update type
     let json_data = transform_to_json(&data);
@@ -20,7 +23,7 @@ fn main() {
     sender.send_data(json_data);
 }
 
-fn parse_url<T>(url: &str) -> T {
+fn parse_url<T>(full_request: &Vec<String>) -> T {
     todo!();
 }