diff --git a/src/api/index.php b/src/api/index.php
index 0b100d3..8510f90 100644
--- a/src/api/index.php
+++ b/src/api/index.php
@@ -23,16 +23,36 @@ $app->setBasePath("/api");
 
 $timelineData = new TimelineData();
 
-$app->get("/timelineData", function (Request $request, Response $response)
+$app->get("/timelineData/{timeline}", function (Request $request, Response $response, array $args)
 {
     global $timelineData;
+    $json = $result = "";
     
-    $result = $timelineData->getTimelineData();
+    //check if route is available if it is get the data 
+    //otherwise return an error
+    if($args["timeline"] == "edu")
+    {
+        $result = $timelineData->getEduData();
+    }
+    else if($args["timeline"] == "work")
+    {
+        $result = $timelineData->getWorkData();
+    }
+    else 
+    {
+        $result = array("errorMessage" => "Error, timeline data not found");
+    }
     
     $json = json_encode($result);
-    
+
     $response->getBody()->write($json);
     
+    //if it is an error give a 404 code since it can't find the data
+    if(array_key_exists(“errorMessage”, $result))
+    {
+        $response = $response->withStatus(404);
+    }
+    //use content type json to indicate json data on frontend.
     return $response->withHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
 });
 
diff --git a/src/api/timelineData.php b/src/api/timelineData.php
index fa9ce5b..f302187 100644
--- a/src/api/timelineData.php
+++ b/src/api/timelineData.php
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ require_once "./config.php";
 
 class TimelineData
 {
-    function getTimelineData()
+    function getEduData()
     {
         $conn = dbConn();
-        $stmt = $conn->prepare("SELECT * FROM timeline;"); 
+        $stmt = $conn->prepare("SELECT * FROM edu;"); 
         $stmt->execute();
 
         // set the resulting array to associative
@@ -18,8 +18,28 @@ class TimelineData
         }
         else 
         {
-            return array("errorMessage" => "Error timeline data not found");
+            return array("errorMessage" => "Error, edu data not found");
         }
-          
     }
+    
+    function getWorkData()
+    {
+        $conn = dbConn();
+        $stmt = $conn->prepare("SELECT * FROM work;"); 
+        $stmt->execute();
+
+        // set the resulting array to associative
+        $result = $stmt->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+        
+        if ($result)
+        {
+            return $result;
+        }
+        else 
+        {
+            return array("errorMessage" => "Error, work data not found");
+        }
+    }
+    
+    
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/js/main.js b/src/js/main.js
index dc653c2..0ba92e8 100644
--- a/src/js/main.js
+++ b/src/js/main.js
@@ -104,11 +104,11 @@ function StartTextAnimation(i)
 
 function getTimelineData()
 {
-	fetch("/api/timelineData").then(res =>
+	fetch("/api/timelineData/edu").then(res =>
 	{
 		res.json().then(json =>
 		{
-			console.log(JSON.parse(json));
+			json
 		})
 	});
 }