diff --git a/api/api_redadeg.py b/api/api_redadeg.py
index ca187ef..578786a 100644
--- a/api/api_redadeg.py
+++ b/api/api_redadeg.py
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 
 from flask import Flask
 
+import subprocess
+from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
+from subprocess import check_output
+
+
+
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
@@ -12,6 +18,13 @@ def index():
   return "<h1 style='color:blue'>Ar Redadeg API</h1>"
   pass
 
+
+@app.route("/test/")
+def test():
+  stdout = check_output(['./test.sh']).decode('utf-8')
+  return stdout
+
+
 @app.route("/about/")
 def about():
   return "This is a simple Flask Python application"
diff --git a/api/test.sh b/api/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c3ed9d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+echo "hello from shell script"