diff --git a/app/controllers/answers_controller.rb b/app/controllers/answers_controller.rb
index a657eb5..e7165d2 100644
--- a/app/controllers/answers_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/answers_controller.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
         { msg: _('There is no plan with id %{id} for which to create or update an answer') %{ :id => p_params[:plan_id] }})
       return
     end
+    q = Question.find(p_params[:question_id])
 
     Answer.transaction do
       begin
@@ -28,6 +29,9 @@
         if p_params[:question_option_ids].present?
           @answer.touch() # Saves the record with the updated_at set to the current time. Needed if only answer.question_options is updated
         end
+        if q.question_format.rda_metadata?
+          a.update_answer_hash(JSON.parse(params[:standards]), p_params[:text])
+        end
       rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
         @answer = Answer.new(p_params.merge({ user_id: current_user.id }))
         @answer.lock_version = 1
diff --git a/app/controllers/question_formats_controller.rb b/app/controllers/question_formats_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ced3624
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/question_formats_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class QuestionFormatsController < ApplicationController
+  # do we need authorizaton on this? it will only return the URL for the rda api
+  # down the line we will add more methods for other external api's
+  def rda_api_address
+    render json: {
+      'url' => QuestionFormat.rda_metadata.first.description
+    }.to_json
+  end
+
+end