diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 01cad87..41d550c 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ server.post("/regex", bodyParser.json(), function (inReq, inRes)
     Postgres.FirstRow(sql, [JSON.stringify(inReq.body)], inRes);
 });
 
+//takes an ad-hoc regex definition in curly braces
+server.get("/regex_test", bodyParser.json(), function (inReq, inRes)
+{
+    var sql = "SELECT x.message FROM tps.test_regex_recs($1::jsonb) as x(message)";
+    Postgres.FirstRow(sql, [JSON.stringify(inReq.body)], inRes);
+});
+
 //------------------------------------------------------------mappings---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 //list unmapped items flagged to be mapped   ?srce=