diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7da3a48..dd1c3d2 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,46 @@
+use std::io::Read;
+
+use chrono::prelude::*;
+
+const TLDR_BASE_URL: &str = "https://tldr.tech/tech";
+
+fn retrieve_tldr_html(date_string: &str) -> String {
+    let complete_url = format!("{}{}", TLDR_BASE_URL, date_string);
+
+    reqwest::blocking::get(complete_url)
+        .unwrap()
+        .text()
+        .unwrap()
+}
+
+// takes a file name and returns the contents of the file as a string
+fn retrieve_local_file(file_name: &str) -> String {
+    println!("reading file {}", file_name);
+
+    let mut file = std::fs::File::open(file_name).unwrap();
+    let mut contents = String::new();
+    file.read_to_string(&mut contents).unwrap();
+
+    contents
+}
 
 fn main() {
-    println!("Hello, world!");
+    println!("hello world");
+
+    // format to 2023-06-05
+    let today = Local::now();
+    let formatted_date = today.format("%Y-%m-%d");
+    println!("fetching tldr for {}", formatted_date);
+
+    //let webpage_contents = retrieve_tldr_html(&formatted_date.to_string());
+    let webpage_contents = retrieve_local_file(&formatted_date.to_string());
+
+    let document = scraper::Html::parse_document(&webpage_contents);
+    let selector = scraper::Selector::parse("h3").unwrap();
+
+    for element in document.select(&selector) {
+        println!("\n");
+
+        println!("{:?}", element.inner_html())
+    }
 }