diff --git a/src/components/UploadProduct/index.jsx b/src/components/UploadProduct/index.jsx
index 3d9c3d0..67cd95b 100644
--- a/src/components/UploadProduct/index.jsx
+++ b/src/components/UploadProduct/index.jsx
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import usersService from "../../services/UsersService";
 
 export default function UploadProduct() {
   const apiCall = new usersService()
+  const [requestStatus, setRequestStatus] = useState({loading: false, status: null, message: ''}) // DETERMINES THE STATUS OF UPLOAD
+
   // preview modal
   const [previewProductModal, setPreviewProductModal] = useState(false);
   // cancelUploadModal
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ export default function UploadProduct() {
       // most importend
       imgRead.readAsDataURL(e.target.files[0]);
     }
-    if (file) {
+    if (file.length) {
       if (file[0].name) {
         setSelectedFile(file?.[0].name);
         setImgDetails(file?.[0])
@@ -100,7 +102,6 @@ export default function UploadProduct() {
     }
   };
 
-  const [requestStatus, setRequestStatus] = useState({loading: false, status: null, message: ''})
   //FUNCTION TO UPLOAD ITEM
   const uploadItem = () => {
     let errorArr = []
@@ -119,13 +120,6 @@ export default function UploadProduct() {
     // TEST TO SEE IF FIELDS ARE EMPTY
     if(errorArr.length){
       let message = ''
-      // for(let i = 0; i<errorArr.length; i++){
-      //   if(errorArr.includes('img')){
-      //     message+='Please select file to upload'
-      //   }else{
-      //     message+='Item name or decription cannot be empty'
-      //   }
-      // }
       if(errorArr.length == 1 && errorArr.includes('img')){
         message='Please select file to upload'
       }else if (errorArr.length == 1 && !errorArr.includes('img')){
@@ -159,16 +153,25 @@ export default function UploadProduct() {
       // action: 'WRENCHBOARD_RESOURCE_MYFILES',
       action: 11307
     }
-    console.log('TESTING', reqData)
-    setRequestStatus({loading: true, status: null, message: ''})
+    // console.log('TESTING', reqData)
     
     //API CALL TO UPLOAD COMES HERE
-    setTimeout(()=>{
-      setRequestStatus({loading: false, status: true, message: 'Bad'})
-    },3000)
-    setTimeout(()=>{
-      setRequestStatus({loading: false, status: false, message: ''})
-    },7000)
+    setRequestStatus({loading: true, status: null, message: ''}) // SETS REQUEST LOADING TRUE
+    apiCall.sendFiles(reqData).then(res=>{
+      if(res.status != 200 || res.data.internal_return < 0){
+        return setRequestStatus({loading: false, status: false, message: 'Something went wrong, try again'})
+      }
+      setRequestStatus({loading: false, status: true, message: 'Uploaded successfully'})
+      setImg('')
+      setItemName('')
+      setDescription('')
+    }).catch(error=>{
+      setRequestStatus({loading: false, status: false, message: 'Network error, try again'})
+    }).finally(()=>{
+      setTimeout(()=>{
+        setRequestStatus({loading: false, status: false, message: ''})
+      },5000)
+    })
   }
     
   //   drop event