diff --git a/server/controllers/api/apiRoom.js b/server/controllers/api/apiRoom.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..819cacc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/controllers/api/apiRoom.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// const roomQueries = require('../../data/queries/room');
+
+const roomIndex = async (req, res, next) => {
+  try {
+    // TODO eventually add check for user's private rooms
+    
+
+    res.status(200).json({rooms: [{id: 1, name: 'main', description: 'A general place to play Go'}]})
+  }
+
+  catch (err) {
+    res.status(500).json(err);
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  roomIndex
+}
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diff --git a/server/routes/api.js b/server/routes/api.js
index db73972..ac8c265 100644
--- a/server/routes/api.js
+++ b/server/routes/api.js
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 const express = require('express');
 const router = express.Router();
 const apiIndexController = require('../controllers/api/apiIndex');
+const apiRoomRouter = require('./api/room');
+
+router.use('/rooms', apiRoomRouter);
 
 router.get('/', apiIndexController.apiIndex);
 
diff --git a/server/routes/api/room.js b/server/routes/api/room.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f8e56c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/routes/api/room.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const express = require('express');
+const router = express.Router();
+const apiRoomController = require('../../controllers/api/apiRoom');
+
+router.get('/', apiRoomController.roomIndex);
+
+module.exports = router;
diff --git a/server/test/room/api.room.spec.js b/server/test/room/api.room.spec.js
index 24dab35..048760b 100644
--- a/server/test/room/api.room.spec.js
+++ b/server/test/room/api.room.spec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 const apiRoomSpec = (chai, knex, server) => {
+  const roomEndpoint = '/api/v1/rooms';
+  const publicRooms = {rooms: [{id: 1, name: 'main', description: 'A general place to play Go'}]};
   
   it('seeded rooms should be present in db', done => {
     knex('room').where('id', 1).orWhere('id', 2).select('name').then(roomResults => {
@@ -8,7 +10,7 @@ const apiRoomSpec = (chai, knex, server) => {
 
   it('request to api rooms should return 200', done => {
     chai.request(server)
-    .get('api/v1/rooms')
+    .get(roomEndpoint)
     .end((err,res)=> {
       if(err) done(err);
       res.should.status(200);
@@ -16,15 +18,15 @@ const apiRoomSpec = (chai, knex, server) => {
     });
   })
 
-  // it('request to api rooms should return all public rooms', done => {
-  //   chai.request(server)
-  //   .get('api/v1/rooms')
-  //   .end((err,res)=> {
-  //     if(err) done(err);
-  //     res.body.should.have.property('rooms');
-  //     done();
-  //   });
-  // })
+  it('request to api rooms should return all public rooms', done => {
+    chai.request(server)
+    .get(roomEndpoint)
+    .end((err,res)=> {
+      if(err) done(err);
+      res.body.should.eql(publicRooms);
+      done();
+    });
+  })
 }
 
 module.exports = apiRoomSpec;
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