diff --git a/src/api/recording.ts b/src/api/recording.ts
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+++ b/src/api/recording.ts
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+import { AxiosResponse } from "axios";
+
+const axios = require('axios').default;
+
+
+export const startRecording = async() : Promise<string> => {
+  try {
+    const response = await axios.get('http://localhost:8080/record/start')
+    if (response.status === 200) {
+        return response.data;
+    } else {
+        throw new Error('Couldn\'t start recording');
+    }
+  } catch(error: any) {
+    return '';
+  }
+};
+