diff --git a/src/app.js b/src/app.js
index feaf0e2..e4aa940 100644
--- a/src/app.js
+++ b/src/app.js
@@ -28,12 +28,15 @@ var upload = require('./routes/uploadfile.js');
 app.use(upload);
 
 //test route for development
-var test = require('./routes/test.js')
-app.use('/test', test)
+var test = require('./routes/test.js');
+app.use('/test', test);
 
 //routes to convert audio/video/image files to mp3/mp4/jpg
-var convert = require('./routes/convert.js')
-app.use('/convert', convert)
+var convert = require('./routes/convert.js');
+app.use('/convert', convert);
+
+var extract = require('./routes/extract.js');
+app.use('/video/extract', extract);
 
 
 require('express-readme')(app, {
diff --git a/src/routes/extract.js b/src/routes/extract.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcbe3d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/extract.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+var express = require('express')
+const fs = require('fs');
+const ffmpeg = require('fluent-ffmpeg');
+
+var router = express.Router()
+const logger = require('../utils/logger.js')
+
+
+//routes for /video/extract
+//extracts audio from video
+//extracts images from vide
+router.post('/audio', function (req, res,next) {
+
+    res.locals.conversion="audio"
+    res.locals.format="wav"
+    return extract(req,res,next);
+});
+
+router.post('/images', function (req, res,next) {
+
+    res.locals.conversion="images"
+    res.locals.format="png"
+    return extract(req,res,next);
+});
+
+// extract audio or images from video
+function extract(req,res,next) {
+    let msg="Not yet implemented.";
+    logger.error(msg);
+    let err = new Error(msg);
+    err.statusCode = 500;
+    next(err);
+
+}
+
+module.exports = router
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