diff --git a/API_mem_usage.py b/API_mem_usage.py
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+++ b/API_mem_usage.py
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+from flask import Flask, jsonify,request
+from db_connect import get_data, get_query
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+
+
+@app.route('/usage', methods=['POST'])
+def get_usage():
+    
+    data = request.get_json()
+    print(data)
+    
+    
+    timestamp = data.get('timestamp')
+    hour = data.get('hour')
+    minute = data.get('minute')
+    second = data.get('second')
+  
+    query=get_query(timestamp, hour, minute, second)
+        
+
+    #print(query)
+    data= get_data(query)
+    if data == []:
+        return "no data available at this time"
+    else:
+        
+        keys = ['id', 'timestamp', 'memory_footprint', 'cpu_usage', 'hour', 'minute', 'second']
+        
+        result = []
+        for sublist in data:
+            dictionary = dict(zip(keys, sublist))
+            result.append(dictionary)
+            
+        print(result)
+            
+        return jsonify(result)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    app.run(port=2910)
diff --git a/db_connect.py b/db_connect.py
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+
+
+import psycopg2
+from psycopg2.extras import RealDictCursor
+import os
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+
+# loading from .env file
+load_dotenv()
+
+db_user=os.getenv('DB_USER')
+db_password=os.getenv('DB_password')
+
+
+
+def db_connect():
+    conn = psycopg2.connect(
+        host='localhost',
+        port='5432',
+        database='db_ushnah',
+        user=db_user,
+        password=db_password
+        )
+    return conn
+
+def get_data(query):
+    conn=db_connect()
+    cursor = conn.cursor()
+    cursor.execute(query)
+    data = cursor.fetchall()
+    print(data)
+    cursor.close()
+    return data
+
+def get_query(timestamp, hour, minute, second):
+    if timestamp is not None:
+        query = f"SELECT * FROM memory_usage WHERE timestamp = '{timestamp}'"
+    else:
+        query = "SELECT * FROM memory_usage WHERE "
+        conditions = []
+
+        if hour is not None:
+            conditions.append(f"hour = {hour}")
+        if minute is not None and hour is None and second is None:
+            conditions.append(f"minute = {minute}")
+        if minute is not None and hour is None and second is not None:
+            conditions.append(f"minute = {minute} and second = {second}")
+        if minute is not None and hour is not None and second is None:
+            conditions.append(f"hour = {hour} and minute = {minute}")
+        if second is not None and hour is None and minute is None:
+            conditions.append(f"second = {second}")
+
+        query += " and ".join(conditions)
+
+    return query
+