diff --git a/app/Helpers/helpers.php b/app/Helpers/helpers.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..880f13c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Helpers/helpers.php
@@ -0,0 +1,274 @@
+<?php
+
+if (!function_exists('urlGenerator')) {
+    /**
+     * @return \Laravel\Lumen\Routing\UrlGenerator
+     */
+    function urlGenerator()
+    {
+        return new \Laravel\Lumen\Routing\UrlGenerator(app());
+    }
+}
+
+if (!function_exists('asset')) {
+    /**
+     * @param $path
+     * @param bool $secured
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    function asset($path, $secured = false)
+    {
+        return urlGenerator()->asset($path, $secured);
+    }
+}
+
+if (!function_exists('config_path')) {
+    /**
+     * Return the path to config files
+     * @param null $path
+     * @return string
+     */
+    function config_path($path = null)
+    {
+        return app()->getConfigurationPath(rtrim($path, ".php"));
+    }
+}
+
+if (!function_exists('public_path')) {
+
+    /**
+     * Return the path to public dir
+     * @param null $path
+     * @return string
+     */
+    function public_path($path = null)
+    {
+        return rtrim(app()->basePath('public/' . $path), '/');
+    }
+}
+
+if (!function_exists('storage_path')) {
+
+    /**
+     * Return the path to storage dir
+     * @param null $path
+     * @return string
+     */
+    function storage_path($path = null)
+    {
+        return app()->storagePath($path);
+    }
+}
+
+if (!function_exists('database_path')) {
+
+    /**
+     * Return the path to database dir
+     * @param null $path
+     * @return string
+     */
+    function database_path($path = null)
+    {
+        return app()->databasePath($path);
+    }
+}
+
+if (!function_exists('resource_path')) {
+
+    /**
+     * Return the path to resource dir
+     * @param null $path
+     * @return string
+     */
+    function resource_path($path = null)
+    {
+        return app()->resourcePath($path);
+    }
+}
+
+//if (!function_exists('lang_path')) {
+//
+//    /**
+//     * Return the path to lang dir
+//     * @param null $str
+//     * @return string
+//     */
+//    function lang_path($path = null)
+//    {
+//        return app()->getLanguagePath($path);
+//    }
+//}
+
+if (!function_exists('asset')) {
+    /**
+     * Generate an asset path for the application.
+     *
+     * @param string $path
+     * @param bool $secure
+     * @return string
+     */
+    function asset($path, $secure = null)
+    {
+        return app('url')->asset($path, $secure);
+    }
+}
+
+if (!function_exists('elixir')) {
+    /**
+     * Get the path to a versioned Elixir file.
+     *
+     * @param string $file
+     * @return string
+     */
+    function elixir($file)
+    {
+        static $manifest = null;
+        if (is_null($manifest)) {
+            $manifest = json_decode(file_get_contents(public_path() . '/build/rev-manifest.json'), true);
+        }
+        if (isset($manifest[$file])) {
+            return '/build/' . $manifest[$file];
+        }
+        throw new InvalidArgumentException("File {$file} not defined in asset manifest.");
+    }
+}
+
+if (!function_exists('auth')) {
+    /**
+     * Get the available auth instance.
+     *
+     * @return \Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Guard
+     */
+    function auth()
+    {
+        return app('Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Guard');
+    }
+}
+
+if (!function_exists('bcrypt')) {
+    /**
+     * Hash the given value.
+     *
+     * @param string $value
+     * @param array $options
+     * @return string
+     */
+    function bcrypt($value, $options = array())
+    {
+        return app('hash')->make($value, $options);
+    }
+}
+
+if (!function_exists('redirect')) {
+    /**
+     * Get an instance of the redirector.
+     *
+     * @param string|null $to
+     * @param int $status
+     * @param array $headers
+     * @param bool $secure
+     * @return \Illuminate\Routing\Redirector|\Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse
+     */
+    function redirect($to = null, $status = 302, $headers = array(), $secure = null)
+    {
+        if (is_null($to)) return app('redirect');
+        return app('redirect')->to($to, $status, $headers, $secure);
+    }
+}
+
+if (!function_exists('response')) {
+    /**
+     * Return a new response from the application.
+     *
+     * @param string $content
+     * @param int $status
+     * @param array $headers
+     * @return \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response|\Illuminate\Contracts\Routing\ResponseFactory
+     */
+    function response($content = '', $status = 200, array $headers = array())
+    {
+        $factory = app('Illuminate\Contracts\Routing\ResponseFactory');
+        if (func_num_args() === 0) {
+            return $factory;
+        }
+        return $factory->make($content, $status, $headers);
+    }
+}
+
+if (!function_exists('secure_asset')) {
+    /**
+     * Generate an asset path for the application.
+     *
+     * @param string $path
+     * @return string
+     */
+    function secure_asset($path)
+    {
+        return asset($path, true);
+    }
+}
+
+if (!function_exists('secure_url')) {
+    /**
+     * Generate a HTTPS url for the application.
+     *
+     * @param string $path
+     * @param mixed $parameters
+     * @return string
+     */
+    function secure_url($path, $parameters = array())
+    {
+        return url($path, $parameters, true);
+    }
+}
+
+
+if (!function_exists('session')) {
+    /**
+     * Get / set the specified session value.
+     *
+     * If an array is passed as the key, we will assume you want to set an array of values.
+     *
+     * @param array|string $key
+     * @param mixed $default
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    function session($key = null, $default = null)
+    {
+        if (is_null($key)) return app('session');
+        if (is_array($key)) return app('session')->put($key);
+        return app('session')->get($key, $default);
+    }
+}
+
+
+if (!function_exists('cookie')) {
+    /**
+     * Create a new cookie instance.
+     *
+     * @param string $name
+     * @param string $value
+     * @param int $minutes
+     * @param string $path
+     * @param string $domain
+     * @param bool $secure
+     * @param bool $httpOnly
+     * @return \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Cookie
+     */
+    function cookie($name = null, $value = null, $minutes = 0, $path = null, $domain = null, $secure = false, $httpOnly = true)
+    {
+        $cookie = app('Illuminate\Contracts\Cookie\Factory');
+        if (is_null($name)) {
+            return $cookie;
+        }
+        return $cookie->make($name, $value, $minutes, $path, $domain, $secure, $httpOnly);
+    }
+}
+
+if (!function_exists('remove_special_characters')){
+    function remove_special_characters($word)
+    {
+        return preg_replace("/\s+/u", " ",$word);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 61f4e70..161d524 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
             "Database\\Seeders\\": "database/seeders/"
         },
         "files": [
+            "app/Helpers/helpers.php",
             "app/Helpers/utils.php"
         ]
     },