diff --git a/seasoned_api/src/request/request.js b/seasoned_api/src/request/request.js
index e77f016..cdf4fb7 100644
--- a/seasoned_api/src/request/request.js
+++ b/seasoned_api/src/request/request.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class RequestRepository {
   constructor(database) {
     this.database = database || establishedDatabase;
     this.queries = {
-      add: 'insert into request (id,title,year,type) values(?,?,?,?)',
+      add: 'insert into requests (id,title,year,poster_path,background_path,requested_by,ip,user_agent,type) values(?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)',
       fetchAll: 'select * from requests where status != "downloaded" order by date desc LIMIT 25 OFFSET ?*25-25',
       fetchAllSort: `select id, type from request order by ? ?`,
       fetchAllFilter: `select id, type from request where ? is "?"`,
@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@ class RequestRepository {
    * @param {tmdb} tmdb class of movie|show to add
    * @returns {Promise}
    */
-  addTmdb(tmdb) {
+  requestFromTmdb(tmdb, ip, user_agent, user) {
     return Promise.resolve()
     .then(() => this.database.get(this.queries.read, [tmdb.id, tmdb.type]))
     .then(row => assert.equal(row, undefined, 'Id has already been requested'))
-    .then(() => this.database.run(this.queries.add, [tmdb.id, tmdb.title||tmdb.name, tmdb.year, tmdb.type]))
+    .then(() => this.database.run(this.queries.add, [tmdb.id, tmdb.title, tmdb.year, tmdb.poster, tmdb.backdrop, user, ip, user_agent, tmdb.type]))
     .catch((error) => {
       if (error.name === 'AssertionError' || error.message.endsWith('been requested')) {
         throw new Error('This id is already requested', error.message);
diff --git a/seasoned_api/src/webserver/controllers/plex/submitRequest.js b/seasoned_api/src/webserver/controllers/plex/submitRequest.js
index 293d80c..e4d7e78 100644
--- a/seasoned_api/src/webserver/controllers/plex/submitRequest.js
+++ b/seasoned_api/src/webserver/controllers/plex/submitRequest.js
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
-const RequestRepository = require('src/plex/requestRepository.js');
+const configuration = require('src/config/configuration').getInstance()
+const RequestRepository = require('src/request/request');
+const Cache = require('src/tmdb/cache')
+const TMDB = require('src/tmdb/tmdb')
 
-const requestRepository = new RequestRepository();
+const cache = new Cache()
+const tmdb = new TMDB(cache, configuration.get('tmdb', 'apiKey'))
+const request = new RequestRepository()
+
+const tmdbMovieInfo = (id) => {
+  return tmdb.movieInfo(id)
+}
+
+const tmdbShowInfo = (id) => {
+  return tmdb.showInfo(id)
+}
 
 /**
  * Controller: POST a media id to be donwloaded
@@ -8,22 +21,31 @@ const requestRepository = new RequestRepository();
  * @param {Response} res
  * @returns {Callback}
  */
-
 function submitRequestController(req, res) {
-   // This is the id that is the param of the url
-   const id = req.params.mediaId;
-   const type = req.query.type;
-   const ip = req.headers['x-forwarded-for'] || req.connection.remoteAddress;
-   const user_agent = req.headers['user-agent'];
-   const user = req.loggedInUser;
+  // This is the id that is the param of the url
+  const id = req.params.mediaId;
+  const type = req.query.type ? req.query.type.toLowerCase() : undefined
+  const ip = req.headers['x-forwarded-for'] || req.connection.remoteAddress;
+  const user_agent = req.headers['user-agent'];
+  const user = req.loggedInUser;
+  let mediaFunction = undefined
 
-   requestRepository.sendRequest(id, type, ip, user_agent, user)
-      .then(() => {
-         res.send({ success: true, message: 'Media item sucessfully requested!' });
-      })
-      .catch((error) => {
-         res.status(500).send({ success: false, error: error.message });
-      });
+  if (type === 'movie') {
+    console.log('movie')
+    mediaFunction = tmdbMovieInfo
+  } else if (type === 'show') {
+    console.log('show')
+    mediaFunction = tmdbShowInfo
+  } else {
+    res.status(422).send({ success: false, error: 'Incorrect type. Allowed types: "movie" or "show"'})
+  }
+
+  if (mediaFunction === undefined) { res.status(200); return }
+
+  mediaFunction(id)
+    .then(tmdbMedia => request.requestFromTmdb(tmdbMedia, ip, user_agent, user))
+    .then(() => res.send({ success: true, message: 'Media item successfully requested' }))
+    .catch(err => res.status(500).send({ success: false, error: err.message }))
 }
 
 module.exports = submitRequestController;