diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html
index 92b3ca8..0c82b3e 100644
--- a/public/index.html
+++ b/public/index.html
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
     <script src="routes/profil.js"></script>
     <script src="routes/msgCard.js"></script>
     <script src="routes/messageData.js"></script>
+    <script src="routes/tagData.js"></script>
 	<script src="routes/profilCard.js"></script>
 	<script src="routes/profilData.js"></script>
 	<script src="routes/login.js"></script>
diff --git a/public/routes/createMessage.js b/public/routes/createMessage.js
index 2ed475c..9f37a4b 100644
--- a/public/routes/createMessage.js
+++ b/public/routes/createMessage.js
@@ -88,9 +88,35 @@ const CreateMsgRouter = {
 					.indexOf(text.toLowerCase()) >= 0
 			})
         },
+        list_tags: function () {
+                $.ajax({url: "api/tag/ids",method: "GET"})
+                    .done(jd => {
+                        // NICHT SO wg. Vue: _messagelist = jd;
+                        _taglist.splice(0, _taglist.length);
+                        _taglist.push.apply(_taglist, jd);
+                        console.log("tag: jd: " + jd);
+                        for (var e in jd) {
+                            if (!_tags[jd[e]]) {
+                                get_insert_tag(jd[e]);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }).fail(function (e, f, g) {
+                        console.log("err: " + e + f + g);
+                    });
+            }
 	},
 	mounted: function () {
+        this.list_tags();
 		if ($(this).bootstrapMaterialDesign)
 			$(this).bootstrapMaterialDesign();
 	},
 };
+
+function get_insert_tag(id){
+    $.ajax({ url: "api/tag/"+id, method: "GET" }).done(function (tag) {
+        data.push(tag.name);
+        console.log("it worked!");
+    }).fail(function (e, f, g) {
+        console.log("cannot load " + id + ".json: " + e + f + g);
+    })
+}
diff --git a/public/routes/tagData.js b/public/routes/tagData.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ef34ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/routes/tagData.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+_taglist = [];
+_tags = [];
diff --git a/server/dbs.js b/server/dbs.js
index 9be9ebc..b882189 100644
--- a/server/dbs.js
+++ b/server/dbs.js
@@ -87,8 +87,45 @@ const dbs = {
              */
             //put: function(req, res) {},
         },
-        "tag/ids": {},
-        "tag": {},
+        "tag/ids": {
+            /* GET /api/tag/ids [no args]
+             * -> Array of tag schema object ids
+             * Get ALL known tag ids
+             */
+            get: function(req, res) {
+                model.Tags.find({},{_id: true}).exec()
+                    .then(results => {
+                    //selects id from tag:
+                    var parsed = [];
+                    for (var i in results) {
+                        parsed.push (results[i]._id);
+                    }
+                    res.send(parsed);
+                } )
+                .catch(err => {
+                    console.log (err);
+                    res.status(500).json(err);
+                });
+            },
+        },
+        "tag": {
+            params: ":id",
+            /* GET /api/tag/[tag-id]
+             * -> Tag schema
+             * Get a particular tag
+             */
+            get: function(req, res) {
+                model.Tags.findById(req.params.id)                      .exec(function(err, result) {
+                    if (err) {
+                        console.log (err);
+                        res.status(404).json(err);
+                    } else {
+                        //console.log(JSON.stringify(result));
+                        res.json(result);
+                    }
+                });
+            },
+        },
     },
     /* Initialize requirements
      *  - DB connection