diff --git a/backend-services/feed-service/app/controllers/TestController.scala b/backend-services/feed-service/app/controllers/TestController.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cdcb4ea3b91ff9b8a3ff7386a4467b8764555b3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend-services/feed-service/app/controllers/TestController.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package controllers
+
+import javax.inject._
+import play.api.mvc._
+import play.api.libs.json.{JsString, JsArray}
+import play.api.libs.json.JsBoolean
+
+/**
+ * This controller creates an `Action` to handle HTTP requests to the
+ * application's test page.
+ */
+@Singleton
+class TestController @Inject()(val controllerComponents: ControllerComponents) extends BaseController {
+
+    def getFriends() = Action {
+        println("TestController:getFriends")
+        val response = JsArray(
+            Seq(
+                JsString("641128f7e80bcd1ba39d04ae"), 
+                JsString("641128f7e80bcd1ba39d04af"), 
+                JsString("641128f7e80bcd1ba39d04aa")
+            )
+        )
+        
+        Ok(response)
+    }
+
+    def verifyUser() = Action {
+        Ok(JsBoolean(true))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/backend-services/feed-service/conf/routes b/backend-services/feed-service/conf/routes
index e0476f4814c7d61632f58fd9bfe31f75305873e3..86511244002150ea62038e0e871679f7007b498a 100644
--- a/backend-services/feed-service/conf/routes
+++ b/backend-services/feed-service/conf/routes
@@ -20,3 +20,8 @@ POST     /daily/create      controllers.DailyController.create()
 PUT     /daily/like      controllers.DailyController.like()
 
 PUT     /daily/unlike      controllers.DailyController.unlike()
+
+
+GET     /test/getFriends              controllers.TestController.getFriends()
+
+GET     /test/verifyUser              controllers.TestController.verifyUser()