diff --git a/app/Helpers/StatsHelper.php b/app/Helpers/StatsHelper.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93d5bbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Helpers/StatsHelper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+<?php
+namespace App\Helpers;
+use App\Models\Click;
+use App\Models\Link;
+
+use Carbon\Carbon;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+
+class StatsHelper {
+    function __construct($link_id, $left_bound, $right_bound) {
+        $this->link_id = $link_id;
+        $this->left_bound_parsed = Carbon::parse($left_bound);
+        $this->right_bound_parsed = Carbon::parse($right_bound);
+
+        if (!$this->left_bound_parsed->lte($this->right_bound_parsed)) {
+            // If left bound is not less than or equal to right bound
+            throw new Exception('Invalid bounds.');
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function getBaseRows() {
+        /**
+        * Fetches base rows given left date bound, right date bound, and link id
+        *
+        * @param integer $link_id
+        * @param string $left_bound
+        * @param string $right_bound
+        *
+        * @return DB rows
+        */
+
+        return DB::table('clicks')
+            ->where('link_id', $this->link_id)
+            ->where('created_at', '>=', $this->left_bound_parsed)
+            ->where('created_at', '<=', $this->right_bound_parsed);
+    }
+
+    public function getDayStats() {
+        // Return stats by day from the last 30 days
+        // date => x
+        // clicks => y
+        $stats = $this->getBaseRows()
+            ->select(DB::raw("DATE_FORMAT(created_at, '%Y-%m-%d') AS x, count(*) AS y"))
+            ->groupBy(DB::raw("DATE_FORMAT(created_at, '%Y-%m-%d')"))
+            ->orderBy('x', 'asc')
+            ->get();
+
+        return $stats;
+    }
+
+    public function getCountryStats() {
+        $stats = $this->getBaseRows()
+            ->select(DB::raw("country AS label, count(*) AS clicks"))
+            ->groupBy('country')
+            ->orderBy('clicks', 'desc')
+            ->get();
+
+        return $stats;
+    }
+
+    public function getRefererStats() {
+        $stats = $this->getBaseRows()
+            ->select(DB::raw("COALESCE(referer_host, 'Direct') as label, count(*) as clicks"))
+            ->groupBy('referer_host')
+            ->orderBy('clicks', 'desc')
+            ->get();
+
+        return $stats;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Helpers/UserHelper.php b/app/Helpers/UserHelper.php
index 70efe1b..9b85fca 100644
--- a/app/Helpers/UserHelper.php
+++ b/app/Helpers/UserHelper.php
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ class UserHelper {
 
     public static function resetRecoveryKey($username) {
         $recovery_key = CryptoHelper::generateRandomHex(50);
-
         $user = self::getUserByUsername($username);
 
         if (!$user) {
@@ -72,7 +71,6 @@ class UserHelper {
 
     public static function userResetKeyCorrect($username, $recovery_key, $inactive=false) {
         // Given a username and a recovery key, return true if they match.
-
         $user = self::getUserByUsername($username, $inactive);
 
         if ($user) {
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiAnalyticsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiAnalyticsController.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..478dddd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiAnalyticsController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+namespace App\Http\Controllers\Api;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+
+// use App\Factories\LinkFactory;
+use App\Helpers\LinkHelper;
+use App\Helpers\StatsHelper;
+
+class ApiLinkController extends ApiController {
+    public function lookupLinkAnalytics (Request $request) {
+        $response_type = $request->input('response_type');
+        $user = self::getApiUserInfo($request);
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/StatsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/StatsController.php
index 58d5ed6..7657962 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/StatsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/StatsController.php
@@ -6,53 +6,17 @@ use Carbon\Carbon;
 
 use App\Models\Link;
 use App\Models\Clicks;
+use App\Helpers\StatsHelper;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 
 class StatsController extends Controller {
     const DAYS_TO_FETCH = 30;
 
-    private function getBaseRows($link_id) {
-        // Get past month rows
-        return DB::table('clicks')
-            ->where('link_id', $link_id)
-            ->where('created_at', '>=', Carbon::now()->subDays(self::DAYS_TO_FETCH));
-    }
-
-    private function getDayStats($link_id) {
-        // Return stats by day from the last 30 days
-        // date => x
-        // clicks => y
-        $stats = $this->getBaseRows($link_id)
-            ->select(DB::raw("DATE_FORMAT(created_at, '%Y-%m-%d') AS x, count(*) AS y"))
-            ->groupBy(DB::raw("DATE_FORMAT(created_at, '%Y-%m-%d')"))
-            ->orderBy('x', 'asc')
-            ->get();
-
-        return $stats;
-    }
-
-    private function getCountryStats($link_id) {
-        $stats = $this->getBaseRows($link_id)
-            ->select(DB::raw("country AS label, count(*) AS clicks"))
-            ->groupBy('country')
-            ->orderBy('clicks', 'desc')
-            ->get();
-
-        return $stats;
-    }
-
-    private function getRefererStats($link_id) {
-        $stats = $this->getBaseRows($link_id)
-            ->select(DB::raw("COALESCE(referer_host, 'Direct') as label, count(*) as clicks"))
-            ->groupBy('referer_host')
-            ->orderBy('clicks', 'desc')
-            ->get();
-
-        return $stats;
-    }
-
-
     public function displayStats(Request $request, $short_url) {
+        // Carbon bounds for StatHelper
+        $left_bound = Carbon::now()->subDays(self::DAYS_TO_FETCH);
+        $right_bound = Carbon::now();
+
         if (!$this->isLoggedIn()) {
             return redirect(route('login'))->with('error', 'Please login to view link stats.');
         }
@@ -74,9 +38,12 @@ class StatsController extends Controller {
             return redirect(route('admin'))->with('error', 'You do not have permission to view stats for this link.');
         }
 
-        $day_stats = $this->getDayStats($link_id);
-        $country_stats = $this->getCountryStats($link_id);
-        $referer_stats = $this->getRefererStats($link_id);
+        // Fetch base rows for StatHelper
+        $stats = new StatsHelper($link_id, $left_bound, $right_bound);
+
+        $day_stats = $stats->getDayStats();
+        $country_stats = $stats->getCountryStats();
+        $referer_stats = $stats->getRefererStats();
 
         return view('link_stats', [
             'link' => $link,