diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index e0667c1..8e07918 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-    "name": "roanokecollege/ethos",
+    "name": "roanoke_college/ethos",
     "description": "Roanoke College custom package for Ethos interactions",
     "type": "library",
     "license": "MIT",
@@ -14,15 +14,17 @@
             "email": "chssmith@roanoke.edu"
         }
     ],
-    "require": {},
+    "require": {
+      "guzzlehttp/guzzle"
+    },
     "extra": {
-	"laravel": {
-	    "providers": [
-		"RoanokeCollege\\Ethos\\ServiceProvider"
-	    ],
-	    "aliases": [
-		"Ethos": "RoanokeCollege\\Ethos\\Facade"
-	    ]
-	}
+    	"laravel": {
+    	    "providers": [
+    		      "RoanokeCollege\\Ethos\\EthosServiceProvider"
+    	    ],
+    	    "aliases": [
+    		      "Ethos": "RoanokeCollege\\Ethos\\Facade"
+    	    ]
+    	}
     }
 }
diff --git a/config/ethos.php b/config/ethos.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d1fa2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/ethos.php
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?php
+  return [
+    "api_key" => env("ETHOS_API_KEY"),
+    "proxy_url" => env("ETHOS_PROXY_URL"),
+    "api_header" => env("ETHOS_API_HEADER", "application/vnd.hedtech.integration.v6+json")
+  ];
diff --git a/src/EthosRequest.php b/src/EthosRequest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9009ace
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/EthosRequest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace RoanokeCollege\Ethos;
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
+use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
+
+class EthosRequest {
+
+  public function __construct () {
+    $this->api_url = config("ethos.proxy_url") . "api/";
+
+    try {
+      $auth_token_response = Http::withToken(config("ethos.api_key"))->post(config("ethos.proxy_url") . "auth");
+      $auth_token_response->throw();
+      $this->auth_token = $auth_token_response->body();
+    } catch (\Exception $e) {
+      $exception = new \Exception("Unable to retrieve authorization token.  Please check your .env vars and try again");
+      throw $exception;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private function generateUrl (string $api_endpoint, string $guid = "") {
+    $url = $this->api_url . $api_endpoint;
+    if (!empty($guid)) {
+      $url .= "/" . $guid;
+    }
+
+    return $url;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get Colleague record of a person by their RCID.
+   * This function gets you a Colleague record by specifying a persons name.  This is most useful for getting a users GUID, but includes other personal data of the user.
+   *
+   * @param string $rcid The RCID of the user the record being requested.
+   * @return object A std_class object with all relevant colleague information for the requested user.
+   **/
+  public function getPersonRecordByRCID (string $rcid): object {
+    return Http::withToken($this->auth_token)->get($this->generateUrl("persons"), ["criteria" => "{'credentials':[{'type':'colleaguePersonId', 'value': '$rcid'}]}"])->object()[0];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get a list of active PERCs for a student by GUID.
+   *
+   * @param string $guid The GUID of the person record we are trying to get the PERCs for.
+   * @return Collection A Laravel Collection of PERC entries for the specified student.
+   **/
+  public function getPersonHoldsByPersonGUID (string $guid): Collection {
+    return collect(Http::withToken($this->auth_token)->get($this->generateUrl("person-holds"), ["person" => $guid])->json());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get a list of active PERCs for a student by RCID.
+   *
+   * @param string $rcid The RCID of the person record we are trying to get the PERCs for.
+   * @return Collection A Laravel collection of active PERC entries for the specified student.
+   **/
+  public function getPersonHoldsByRCID (string $rcid): Collection {
+    $person_record = $this->getPersonRecordByRCID ($rcid);
+    return $this->getPersonHoldsByPersonGUID ($person_record->id);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get a specific PERC for a student by specifying the person-hold-type GUID
+   *
+   * @param string $rcid The RCID of the person record we are checking the PERCs for.
+   * @param string $guid The GUID of the person-hold-type entry of the PERC we are checking for.
+   * @return mixed Null if the student does not have the specified perc active.  Otherwise, an array representing the PERC details.
+   **/
+  public function getPersonHoldByRCIDAndPercGUID (string $rcid, string $guid) {
+    return $this->getPersonHoldsByRCID($rcid)->where("type.detail.id", $guid)->first();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Update a PERC.
+   *
+   * @param array $person_hold an array of attributes to update a hold in colleague.
+   *              MUST HAVE AN id ATTRIBUTE, which is the GUID of the PERC entry to be updated.
+   * @throws Exception If a PERC entry cannot be found for the specified ID.
+   **/
+  public function updatePersonHoldByEntry (array $person_hold) {
+    Http::withToken($this->auth_token)
+          ->withHeaders([
+            "Accept" => config("ethos.api_header"),
+            "Content-Type" => config("ethos.api_header")
+          ])
+          ->withBody(json_encode($person_hold), "text/json")
+          ->put($this->generateUrl("person-holds", $person_hold["id"]))
+          ->throw();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/EthosServiceProvider.php b/src/EthosServiceProvider.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6d6d0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/EthosServiceProvider.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace RoanokeCollege\Ethos;
+
+use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
+
+
+class EthosServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
+{
+    /**
+     * Register services.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function register()
+    {
+        $this->mergeConfigFrom(
+          __DIR__ . "/../config/ethos.php", "ethos"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Bootstrap services.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function boot()
+    {
+      $this->publishes ([
+          __DIR__ . "/../config/ethos.php" => config_path("ethos.php"),
+      ]);
+    }
+}