diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 37fec0f..a97a304 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export(get_gs_pptx)
 export(get_image_from_slide)
 export(get_image_link_from_slide)
 export(get_object_id_notes)
+export(get_pages_url)
 export(get_slide_id)
 export(get_slide_page)
 export(get_yaml_spec)
@@ -46,10 +47,7 @@ export(set_up_leanpub)
 export(unzip_pptx)
 export(website_to_embed_leanpub)
 export(xml_notes)
-import(bookdown_path)
-import(cow)
 import(dplyr)
-importFrom(fs,dir_copy)
 importFrom(httr,GET)
 importFrom(httr,accept_json)
 importFrom(httr,config)
diff --git a/R/get_pages_url.R b/R/get_pages_url.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d65f082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/get_pages_url.R
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#' Retrieve pages url for a repo
+#'
+#' Given an repository on GitHub, retrieve the pages URL for it.
+#'
+#' @param repo_name The full name of the repo to get bookdown chapters from.
+#' e.g. "jhudsl/OTTR_Template"
+#' @param git_pat If private repositories are to be retrieved, a github personal
+#' access token needs to be supplied. If none is supplied, then this will attempt to
+#' grab from a git pat set in the environment with usethis::create_github_token().
+#' Authorization handled by \link[cow]{get_git_auth}
+#' @param verbose TRUE/FALSE do you want more progress messages?
+#' @param keep_json verbose TRUE/FALSE keep the json file locally?
+#'
+#' @return a data frame with the repository with the following columns:
+#' data_level, data_path, chapt_name, url, repository name
+#'
+#' @importFrom magrittr %>%
+#' @import dplyr
+#'
+#' @export
+#'
+#' @examples \dontrun{
+#'
+#' usethis::create_github_token()
+#'
+#' get_chapters("jhudsl/Documentation_and_Usability")
+#' }
+get_pages_url <- function(repo_name,
+                          git_pat = NULL,
+                          verbose = FALSE,
+                          keep_json = FALSE) {
+  page_url <- NA
+
+  # Try to get credentials other way
+  auth_arg <- get_git_auth(git_pat = git_pat, quiet = !verbose)
+
+  git_pat <- try(auth_arg$password, silent = TRUE)
+
+  if (grepl("Error", git_pat[1])) {
+    warning("Cannot retrieve page info without GitHub credentials. Passing an NA.")
+  }
+
+  # We can only retrieve pages if we have the credentials
+  if (!grepl("Error", git_pat[1])) {
+    exists <- check_git_repo(
+      repo_name = repo_name,
+      git_pat = git_pat,
+      verbose = FALSE
+    )
+
+    if (exists) {
+      # Get repo info
+      repo_info <- get_repo_info(
+        repo_name = repo_name,
+        git_pat = git_pat
+      )
+
+      # Declare URL
+      url <- paste0("https://api.github.com/repos/", repo_name, "/pages")
+
+      # Github api get
+      response <- httr::GET(
+        url,
+        httr::add_headers(Authorization = paste0("token ", auth_arg$password)),
+        httr::accept_json()
+      )
+
+      if (httr::http_error(response)) {
+        if (verbose) {
+          warning(paste0("url: ", url, " failed"))
+        }
+      } else {
+        # Get content as JSON
+        page_info <- httr::content(response, as = "parsed")
+
+        page_url <- page_info$html_url
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return(page_url)
+}
diff --git a/R/screenshot.R b/R/screenshot.R
index e1b7c39..5315a77 100644
--- a/R/screenshot.R
+++ b/R/screenshot.R
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #' @param output_dir default is "resources/chapt_screen_images"; Output directory where the chapter's screen images should be stored. For OTTR courses, don't change this unless you've changed the downstream functions accordingly. 
 #' @param base_url default is NULL; rendered bookdown URL where screenshots are taken from, if NULL, the function will use the repo_name and and git_pat to find the base_url
 #' @return the file path for file where chapter urls are saved
-#' @import cow
 #' @import dplyr
 #' @importFrom webshot2 webshot
 #' @importFrom magrittr %>%
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ make_screenshots <- function(git_pat, repo, output_dir = "resources/chapt_screen
   }
   
   if (is.null(base_url)){
-    base_url <- cow::get_pages_url(repo_name = repo, git_pat = git_pat) #what if these arguments are still NULL/not supplied?
+    base_url <- ottrpal::get_pages_url(repo_name = repo, git_pat = git_pat) #what if these arguments are still NULL/not supplied?
     base_url <- gsub("/$", "", base_url)
   }
   
diff --git a/man/get_pages_url.Rd b/man/get_pages_url.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ee5765
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/get_pages_url.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/get_pages_url.R
+\name{get_pages_url}
+\alias{get_pages_url}
+\title{Retrieve pages url for a repo}
+\usage{
+get_pages_url(repo_name, git_pat = NULL, verbose = FALSE, keep_json = FALSE)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{repo_name}{The full name of the repo to get bookdown chapters from.
+e.g. "jhudsl/OTTR_Template"}
+
+\item{git_pat}{If private repositories are to be retrieved, a github personal
+access token needs to be supplied. If none is supplied, then this will attempt to
+grab from a git pat set in the environment with usethis::create_github_token().
+Authorization handled by \link[cow]{get_git_auth}}
+
+\item{verbose}{TRUE/FALSE do you want more progress messages?}
+
+\item{keep_json}{verbose TRUE/FALSE keep the json file locally?}
+}
+\value{
+a data frame with the repository with the following columns:
+data_level, data_path, chapt_name, url, repository name
+}
+\description{
+Given an repository on GitHub, retrieve the pages URL for it.
+}
+\examples{
+\dontrun{
+
+usethis::create_github_token()
+
+get_chapters("jhudsl/Documentation_and_Usability")
+}
+}
diff --git a/man/make_screenshots.Rd b/man/make_screenshots.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3d4c9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/make_screenshots.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/screenshot.R
+\name{make_screenshots}
+\alias{make_screenshots}
+\title{A function to make screenshots from an OTTR bookdown website}
+\usage{
+make_screenshots(
+  git_pat,
+  repo,
+  output_dir = "resources/chapt_screen_images",
+  base_url = NULL
+)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{git_pat}{required argument; a Git secret -- see https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/managing-your-personal-access-tokens for more info}
+
+\item{repo}{required argument; GitHub repository name, e.g., jhudsl/OTTR_Template}
+
+\item{output_dir}{default is "resources/chapt_screen_images"; Output directory where the chapter's screen images should be stored. For OTTR courses, don't change this unless you've changed the downstream functions accordingly.}
+
+\item{base_url}{default is NULL; rendered bookdown URL where screenshots are taken from, if NULL, the function will use the repo_name and and git_pat to find the base_url}
+}
+\value{
+the file path for file where chapter urls are saved
+}
+\description{
+This function creates screenshots of course chapters that are stored in a created output directory
+}
+\examples{
+\dontrun{
+
+ make_screenshots(Sys.getenv("secrets.GH_PAT"), "jhudsl/OTTR_Template")
+ 
+}
+}
+\author{
+Candace Savonen
+}