diff --git a/hello/views.py b/hello/views.py
index c2480724b..ca9792952 100644
--- a/hello/views.py
+++ b/hello/views.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import requests
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.http import HttpResponse
 
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0692d0eee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# For testing and development
+
+# For the application
+django
+gunicorn
+django-heroku
+requests
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4af6a3765..8134858fc 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,37 @@
-django
-gunicorn
-django-heroku
\ No newline at end of file
+#
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with python 3.9
+# To update, run:
+#
+#    pip-compile
+#
+asgiref==3.5.2
+    # via django
+certifi==2022.5.18.1
+    # via requests
+charset-normalizer==2.0.12
+    # via requests
+dj-database-url==0.5.0
+    # via django-heroku
+django==4.0.4
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements.in
+    #   django-heroku
+django-heroku==0.3.1
+    # via -r requirements.in
+gunicorn==20.1.0
+    # via -r requirements.in
+idna==3.3
+    # via requests
+psycopg2==2.9.3
+    # via django-heroku
+requests==2.27.1
+    # via -r requirements.in
+sqlparse==0.4.2
+    # via django
+urllib3==1.26.9
+    # via requests
+whitenoise==6.1.0
+    # via django-heroku
+
+# The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
+# setuptools