diff --git a/gaiaapiclient/cone_search.py b/gaiaapiclient/cone_search.py
index cdeb2a8..7d75304 100644
--- a/gaiaapiclient/cone_search.py
+++ b/gaiaapiclient/cone_search.py
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
-# cone_search.py
-# send an api request with the coordinates and search radius to the GaiaDBInterface server to fetch the GAIA sources
+# gaiaapiclient/cone_search.py
+# send an api request with the coordinates and search radius in decimal degrees
+# to the GaiaDBInterface server to fetch the GAIA sources
+
+
+import requests
+
+
+def query(ra, dec, radius):
+    url = "http://localhost:8000/gaiadb/cone_search"
+    params = {
+        'ra' : ra,
+        'dec' : dec,
+        'radius' : radius
+    }
+    response = requests.get(url, params=params)
+    response.raise_for_status
+    data = response.json()
+    return data