diff --git a/ai-conversation/Makefile b/ai-conversation/Makefile
index 1f4f296..29408bf 100644
--- a/ai-conversation/Makefile
+++ b/ai-conversation/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ CC = gcc
 CFLAGS = -Wall -g
 TARGET = audio_capture
 SRC = audio_capture.c
-LIBS = -lavdevice -lavformat -lavcodec -lavutil -lasound
+LIBS = -lavdevice -lavformat -lavcodec -lavutil -lasound -lcurl
 
 $(TARGET): $(SRC)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $(TARGET) $(SRC) $(LIBS)
diff --git a/ai-conversation/audio_capture.c b/ai-conversation/audio_capture.c
index e823048..661fe0b 100644
--- a/ai-conversation/audio_capture.c
+++ b/ai-conversation/audio_capture.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <alsa/asoundlib.h>
 #include <alsa/control.h>
 #include <alsa/pcm.h>
+#include <curl/curl.h>
 
 // NOTE: find this via `arecord -l`
 #define ALSA_MIC_HARDWARE_DEVICE "hw:3"
@@ -13,6 +14,32 @@ void print_pcm_state(snd_pcm_t *pcm_handle) {
     printf("State of pcm handle: %s\n", state_name);
 }
 
+size_t write_callback(void *contents, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userp) {
+    size_t total_size = size * nmemb;
+    printf("%.*s", (int)total_size, (char*)contents);
+    return total_size;
+}
+
+void test_request() {
+  CURL *curl;
+  CURLcode res;
+  curl = curl_easy_init();
+
+  if (curl) {
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://www.google.com");
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, write_callback);
+
+    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+    if (res != CURLE_OK)
+    {
+      fprintf(stderr, "curl failed: %s\n", curl_easy_strerror(res));
+      return;
+    }
+
+    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+  }
+}
+
 int main() {
     snd_pcm_t *pcm_handle = NULL;
 
diff --git a/ai-conversation/compile_commands.json b/ai-conversation/compile_commands.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a40812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ai-conversation/compile_commands.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[
+  {
+    "arguments": [
+      "/usr/bin/gcc",
+      "-c",
+      "-Wall",
+      "-g",
+      "-o",
+      "audio_capture",
+      "audio_capture.c"
+    ],
+    "directory": "/home/talksik/Documents/research_and_development/ai-conversation",
+    "file": "/home/talksik/Documents/research_and_development/ai-conversation/audio_capture.c",
+    "output": "/home/talksik/Documents/research_and_development/ai-conversation/audio_capture"
+  }
+]