diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+env/*
+
+.env
+
+**.pyc
+
+*.sqlite3
diff --git a/backend/api/__init__.py b/backend/api/__init__.py
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diff --git a/backend/api/admin.py b/backend/api/admin.py
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+++ b/backend/api/admin.py
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+from django.contrib import admin
+
+# Register your models here.
diff --git a/backend/api/apps.py b/backend/api/apps.py
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+++ b/backend/api/apps.py
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+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class ApiConfig(AppConfig):
+    default_auto_field = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
+    name = 'api'
diff --git a/backend/api/migrations/0001_initial.py b/backend/api/migrations/0001_initial.py
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+++ b/backend/api/migrations/0001_initial.py
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+# Generated by Django 5.0.4 on 2024-04-06 10:08
+
+import django.db.models.deletion
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = [
+        migrations.swappable_dependency(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='Note',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.BigAutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('title', models.CharField(max_length=100)),
+                ('content', models.TextField()),
+                ('created_at', models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)),
+                ('author', models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, related_name='notes', to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/backend/api/migrations/__init__.py b/backend/api/migrations/__init__.py
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diff --git a/backend/api/models.py b/backend/api/models.py
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+++ b/backend/api/models.py
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+from django.db import models
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+
+# Create your models here.
+
+class Note(models.Model):
+    title = models.CharField(max_length=100)
+    content = models.TextField()
+    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
+    author = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name="notes")
+    
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.title
+    
+    
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diff --git a/backend/api/serializers.py b/backend/api/serializers.py
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+++ b/backend/api/serializers.py
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+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from rest_framework import serializers
+from .models import Note
+
+class UserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    class Meta:
+        model = User
+        fields = ["id", "username", "password"]
+        extra_kwargs = {"password": {"write_only":True}}
+        
+    def create(self, validated_data):
+        user = User.objects.create_user(**validated_data)
+        return user
+    
+class NoteSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    class Meta:
+        model = Note
+        fields = ["id", "title", "content", "created_at", "author"]
+        extra_kwargs = {"author": {"read_only":True}}
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diff --git a/backend/api/tests.py b/backend/api/tests.py
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+++ b/backend/api/tests.py
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+from django.test import TestCase
+
+# Create your tests here.
diff --git a/backend/api/urls.py b/backend/api/urls.py
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+++ b/backend/api/urls.py
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+from django.urls import path
+from . import views
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path("notes/", views.NoteListCreate.as_view(), name = "note-list"),
+    path("notes/delete/<int:pk>/", views.NoteDelete.as_view(), name="delete-note")
+]
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diff --git a/backend/api/views.py b/backend/api/views.py
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+++ b/backend/api/views.py
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+from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from rest_framework import generics
+from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated, AllowAny
+
+from .serializers import UserSerializer, NoteSerializer
+from .models import Note
+
+# Create your views here.
+class CreateUserView(generics.CreateAPIView):
+    queryset = User.objects.all()
+    serializer_class = UserSerializer
+    permission_classes = [AllowAny]
+    
+class NoteListCreate(generics.ListAPIView):
+    """
+    This API View will allow users to retrieve the list of notes and also to
+    create a note
+    """
+    serializer_class = NoteSerializer
+    permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated]
+    
+    def get_queryset(self):
+        user = self.request.user
+        return Note.objects.filter(author=user)
+    
+    def perform_create(self, serializer):
+        if serializer.is_valid():
+            serializer.save(author=self.request)
+        else:
+            print(serializer.errors)
+            
+class NoteDelete(generics.DestroyAPIView):
+    serializer_class = NoteSerializer
+    permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated]
+    
+    def get_queryset(self):
+        user = self.request.user
+        return Note.objects.filter(author = user)   
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diff --git a/backend/backend/__init__.py b/backend/backend/__init__.py
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diff --git a/backend/backend/asgi.py b/backend/backend/asgi.py
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+++ b/backend/backend/asgi.py
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+"""
+ASGI config for backend project.
+
+It exposes the ASGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/howto/deployment/asgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'backend.settings')
+
+application = get_asgi_application()
diff --git a/backend/backend/settings.py b/backend/backend/settings.py
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+++ b/backend/backend/settings.py
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+"""
+Django settings for backend project.
+
+Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 5.0.4.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/topics/settings/
+
+For the full list of settings and their values, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/settings/
+"""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from datetime import timedelta
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+import os
+
+load_dotenv()
+
+# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
+BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+
+
+# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
+# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/howto/deployment/checklist/
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
+SECRET_KEY = 'django-insecure-!80)em5u$%w1)gek4yzlb-l4!fc8@t3izkp)--zlt884xa(ro-'
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
+DEBUG = True
+
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ["*"]
+
+REST_FRAMEWORK = {
+    "DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES": (
+        "rest_framework_simplejwt.authentication.JWTAuthentication",
+    ),
+    "DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES": [
+        "rest_framework.permissions.IsAuthenticated",
+    ],
+}
+
+SIMPLE_JWT = {
+    "ACCESS_TOKEN_LIFETIME": timedelta(minutes=30),
+    "REFRESH_TOKEN_LIFETIME": timedelta(days=1),
+}
+
+# Application definition
+
+INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    'django.contrib.admin',
+    'django.contrib.auth',
+    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
+    'django.contrib.sessions',
+    'django.contrib.messages',
+    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+    "api",
+    "rest_framework",
+    "corsheaders"
+]
+
+MIDDLEWARE = [
+    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+    "corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware"
+]
+
+ROOT_URLCONF = 'backend.urls'
+
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
+        'DIRS': [],
+        'APP_DIRS': True,
+        'OPTIONS': {
+            'context_processors': [
+                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
+                'django.template.context_processors.request',
+                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
+                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+]
+
+WSGI_APPLICATION = 'backend.wsgi.application'
+
+
+# Database
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/settings/#databases
+
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
+        'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
+    }
+}
+
+
+# Password validation
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
+
+AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
+    },
+]
+
+
+# Internationalization
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/topics/i18n/
+
+LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
+
+TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
+
+USE_I18N = True
+
+USE_TZ = True
+
+
+# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/howto/static-files/
+
+STATIC_URL = 'static/'
+
+# Default primary key field type
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
+
+DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
+
+CORS_ALLOW_ALL_ORIGINS = True
+CORS_ALLOW_CREDENTIALS = True
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diff --git a/backend/backend/urls.py b/backend/backend/urls.py
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+++ b/backend/backend/urls.py
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+"""
+URL configuration for backend project.
+
+The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
+    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/topics/http/urls/
+Examples:
+Function views
+    1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', views.home, name='home')
+Class-based views
+    1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', Home.as_view(), name='home')
+Including another URLconf
+    1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
+"""
+from django.contrib import admin
+from django.urls import path, include
+
+from api.views import CreateUserView
+from rest_framework_simplejwt.views import TokenObtainPairView, TokenRefreshView
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
+    path("api/user/register/", CreateUserView.as_view(), name="register"),
+    path("api/token/", TokenObtainPairView.as_view(), name = "get_token"),
+    path("api/token/refresh/", TokenRefreshView.as_view(), name = "refresh"),
+    path("api-auth/", include("rest_framework.urls")),
+    path('api/', include("api.urls"))
+]
diff --git a/backend/backend/wsgi.py b/backend/backend/wsgi.py
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+"""
+WSGI config for backend project.
+
+It exposes the WSGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/howto/deployment/wsgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'backend.settings')
+
+application = get_wsgi_application()
diff --git a/backend/manage.py b/backend/manage.py
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+++ b/backend/manage.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Django's command-line utility for administrative tasks."""
+import os
+import sys
+
+
+def main():
+    """Run administrative tasks."""
+    os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'backend.settings')
+    try:
+        from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
+    except ImportError as exc:
+        raise ImportError(
+            "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
+            "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
+            "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
+        ) from exc
+    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+++ b/requirements.txt
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+asgiref
+Django
+django-cors-headers
+djangorestframework
+djangorestframework-simplejwt
+PyJWT
+pytz
+sqlparse
+psycopg2-binary
+python-dotenv
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