diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee6d78d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+const fetch = require("node-fetch");
+
+const marketAPI = "https://www.simcompanies.com/api/v1/market-ticker/";
+
+var date = new Date();
+//don't ask me why, but simcompanies uses yesterday to get the values for today...
+date.setDate(date.getDate() - 1);
+
+const url = marketAPI + date.toISOString() + "/";
+
+//function to get marketprices from API:
+const getData = async url => {
+    var marketData = await fetch(url);
+    if (marketData.status === 200) {
+        marketData = await marketData.text();
+        marketData = await JSON.parse(marketData);
+        return marketData;
+    } else {
+        console.error("fetch returned status code " + marketData.status);
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
+getData(url);
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2d38186..0d42a53 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 {
   "name": "simcompanies-dataminer",
   "version": "0.1.0",
-  "lockfileVersion": 1
+  "lockfileVersion": 1,
+  "requires": true,
+  "dependencies": {
+    "node-fetch": {
+      "version": "2.6.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-8dG4H5ujfvFiqDmVu9fQ5bOHUC15JMjMY/Zumv26oOvvVJjM67KF8koCWIabKQ1GJIa9r2mMZscBq/TbdOcmNA=="
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f350ba1..212b971 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@
   "description": "A small JS-Script to mine some data from the game Sim Companies",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
+    "start": "node index.js",
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
   },
   "author": "Oliver Boehlk",
-  "license": "GPL-3.0"
+  "license": "GPL-3.0",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "node-fetch": "^2.6.0"
+  }
 }