diff --git a/app/conf/api.py b/app/conf/api.py
index d5c30c1..189e6e9 100644
--- a/app/conf/api.py
+++ b/app/conf/api.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 from django.urls import path
 
-from search.api.views import SearchApi
+from search.api.views import SearchApi, HintApi
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    path("search", SearchApi.as_view(), name="search_api")
+    path("search", SearchApi.as_view(), name="search_api"),
+    path("hint", HintApi.as_view(), name="hint api")
 ]
diff --git a/app/search/api/serializers.py b/app/search/api/serializers.py
index 0671e5e..f40723e 100644
--- a/app/search/api/serializers.py
+++ b/app/search/api/serializers.py
@@ -19,3 +19,15 @@ class ResponseSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
 
     def update(self, instance, validated_data):
         raise NotImplemented
+
+
+class HintRequestSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    content = serializers.CharField()
+
+    def create(self, validated_data):
+        raise NotImplemented
+
+
+class HintResponseSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    type = serializers.CharField()
+    content = serializers.CharField()
diff --git a/app/search/api/views.py b/app/search/api/views.py
index 12d54a3..952a655 100644
--- a/app/search/api/views.py
+++ b/app/search/api/views.py
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ from drf_yasg.utils import swagger_auto_schema
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.views import APIView
+from search.api.serializers import HintRequestSerializer
 
-from search.api.serializers import SearchSerializer, ResponseSerializer
+from search.api.serializers import SearchSerializer, ResponseSerializer, HintResponseSerializer
 from search.services.search import process_string
 
 user_response = openapi.Response("search results", ResponseSerializer)
-
+hint_response = openapi.Response("hints", HintResponseSerializer)
 
 class SearchApi(APIView):
     @swagger_auto_schema(request_body=SearchSerializer, responses={200: user_response})
@@ -18,3 +19,17 @@ class SearchApi(APIView):
         return Response(
             process_string(serializer.data["body"]), status=status.HTTP_200_OK
         )
+
+
+class HintApi(APIView):
+    @swagger_auto_schema(request_body=HintRequestSerializer, responses={200: hint_response})
+    def post(self, request, format=None):
+        serializer = HintRequestSerializer(data=request.data)
+        serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
+        return Response(
+            {
+                'type': 'category',
+                'value': serializer.data['content']
+            },
+            status=status.HTTP_200_OK   
+        )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/search/services/search.py b/app/search/services/search.py
index f8dc801..5ebf07e 100644
--- a/app/search/services/search.py
+++ b/app/search/services/search.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from search.models import Product
+from typing import List
 
 
-def process_string(text: str) -> [dict]:
+def process_string(text: str) -> List[dict]:
     return [x.serialize_self() for x in Product.objects.filter(name__contains=text)[5:]]
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 51f028d..6da3976 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ djangorestframework==3.14.0
 Django==4.0.8
 django-cors-headers==3.13.0
 django-environ==0.9.0
-"drf-yasg[validation]"
+drf-yasg[validation]
 typing-extensions
 Pillow==9.2.0