diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.pyc
+*__pycache__
+/env
+.coverage
+.env
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
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+++ b/.travis.yml
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+language: python
+python:
+- "3.6"
+cache: pip
+install:
+- pip install -r requirements.txt
+before_script:
+  - export SECRET_KEY="secret"
+script:
+- pytest
+- pytest --cov=app
+after_success:
+- coveralls
diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
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+++ b/app/__init__.py
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+from flask import Flask, Blueprint
+from flask_restful import Api
+from instance.config import app_config
+from .api.v1 import myblue
+
+def create_app(config_name):
+    app = Flask(__name__, instance_relative_config=True)
+    app.config.from_object(app_config["development"])
+    app.config.from_pyfile('config.py')
+    app.register_blueprint(myblue)
+
+    app.config["TESTING"] = True
+
+
+    return app
diff --git a/app/api/__init__.py b/app/api/__init__.py
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diff --git a/app/api/v1/__init__.py b/app/api/v1/__init__.py
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+++ b/app/api/v1/__init__.py
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+from flask import Flask, Blueprint
+from flask_restful import Api, Resource
+from .views import SignUp, Login
+myblue = Blueprint("api", __name__, url_prefix="/storemanager/api/v1")
+
+api = Api(myblue)
+api.add_resource(SignUp, '/auth/signup')
+api.add_resource(Login, '/auth/login')
diff --git a/app/api/v1/models.py b/app/api/v1/models.py
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+++ b/app/api/v1/models.py
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+users = []
+
+
+class UserAuth():
+    def __init__(self, name, email, password, role):
+        self.name = username
+        self.email = email
+        self.password = password
+        self.role = role
+
+    def save_user(self):
+        id = len(users) + 1
+        user = {
+            'id' : self.id,
+            'name' : self.name,
+            'email': self.email,
+            'password' : self.password,
+            'role' : self.role
+        }
+        users.append(user)
+
+def collapse():
+    users = []
diff --git a/app/api/v1/utils.py b/app/api/v1/utils.py
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diff --git a/app/api/v1/views.py b/app/api/v1/views.py
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+++ b/app/api/v1/views.py
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+from flask import jsonify, make_response, request
+from flask_restful import Resource
+from functools import wraps
+from instance.config import Config
+import datetime
+import jwt
+import json
+
+from .models import *
+
+def token_required(func):
+    @wraps(func)
+    def decorated(*args, **kwargs):
+        token = None
+        if 'x-access-token' in request.headers:
+            token = request.headers['x-access-token']
+        if not token:
+            return make_response(jsonify({
+                                 "Message": "the access token is missing, Login"}, 401))
+        try:
+            data = jwt.decode(token, Config.SECRET_KEY)
+            for user in users:
+                if user['email'] == data['email']:
+                    current_user = user
+
+        except:
+
+            print(Config.SECRET_KEY)
+            return make_response(jsonify({
+                "Message": "This token is invalid"
+            }, 403))
+
+        return func(current_user, *args, **kwargs)
+    return decorated
+
+class SignUp(Resource):
+    def post(self):
+        data = request.get_json()
+        id = len(users) + 1
+        name = data["name"]
+        email = data["email"]
+        password = data["password"]
+        role = data["role"]
+
+        user = {
+            "id": id,
+            "name": name,
+            "email": email,
+            "password": password,
+            "role": role
+        }
+        users.append(user)
+        return make_response(jsonify({
+            "Status": "ok",
+            "Message": "user successfully created",
+            "user": users
+        }
+        ), 201)
+
+class Login(Resource):
+    def post(self):
+        data = request.get_json()
+        if not data:
+            return make_response(jsonify({
+                "Message": "Ensure you have inserted your credentials"
+            }
+            ), 401)
+        email = data["email"]
+        password = data["password"]
+
+        for user in users:
+            if email == user["email"] and password == user["password"]:
+                token = jwt.encode({
+                    "email": email,
+                    "exp": datetime.datetime.utcnow() + datetime.timedelta
+                                  (minutes=5)
+                }, Config.SECRET_KEY)
+                return make_response(jsonify({
+						     "token": token.decode("UTF-8")}), 200)
+        return make_response(jsonify({
+            "Message": "Login failed, wrong entries"
+        }
+        ), 401)
diff --git a/app/tests/__init__.py b/app/tests/__init__.py
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diff --git a/app/tests/v1/__init__.py b/app/tests/v1/__init__.py
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diff --git a/app/tests/v1/test_endpoints.py b/app/tests/v1/test_endpoints.py
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+++ b/app/tests/v1/test_endpoints.py
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+import unittest
+import json
+from app import create_app
+from instance.config import app_config
+from app.api.v1.models import collapse
+
+
+class TestEndpoints(unittest.TestCase):
+    """docstring for setting up testEndpoints."""
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.app = create_app(app_config['testing'])
+        self.test_client = self.app.test_client()
+        self.app_context = self.app.app_context()
+        self.user_admin_details = json.dumps({
+            "name": "kevin",
+            "email": "kevin@email.com",
+            "password": "kevin",
+            "role": "admin"
+        })
+        admin_signup = self.test_client.post(
+            "/storemanager/api/v1/auth/signup",
+            data=self.user_admin_details, headers={
+                'content-type': 'application/json'})
+        self.user_attendant_details = json.dumps({
+                "name": "brian",
+                "email": "brian@email.com",
+                "password": "brian",
+                "role": "attendant"
+            })
+        attendant_signup = self.test_client.post("/storemanager/api/v1/auth/signup",
+                                                     data=self.user_attendant_details,
+                                                     headers={
+                                                        'content-type': 'application/json'
+                                                        })
+        self.login_admin = json.dumps({
+            "email": "kevin@email.com",
+            "password": "kevin"
+        })
+        admin_login = self.test_client.post("/storemanager/api/v1/auth/login",
+                                            data=self.login_admin, headers={
+                                                'content-type': 'application/json'
+                                            })
+        self.token_for_admin = json.loads(admin_login.data.decode())["token"]
+        self.login_attendant = json.dumps({
+            "email": "brian@email.com",
+            "password": "brian"
+        })
+        attendant_login = self.test_client.post("/storemanager/api/v1/auth/login",
+                                                data=self.login_attendant,
+                                                headers={
+                                                    'content-type': 'application/json'
+                                                })
+        self.token_for_attendant = json.loads(attendant_login.data.decode())["token"]
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        """removes all the context and dicts"""
+        collapse()
+        # self.app_context.pop()
+    def test_signup(self):
+        response = self.test_client.post("/storemanager/api/v1/auth/signup",
+                                         data=self.user_admin_details,
+                                         content_type='application/json')
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 201)
+    def test_empty_login(self):
+        data = json.dumps(
+            {
+                "email": "",
+                "password": ""
+            }
+        )
+        response = self.test_client.post("storemanager/api/v1/auth/login",
+                                         data=data,
+                                         content_type='application/json')
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 401)
+
+    def test_wrong_login(self):
+        data = json.dumps({
+            "email": "blah@email.com",
+            "password": "blahblah"
+        })
+        response = self.test_client.post("storemanager/api/v1/auth/login",
+                                         data=data,
+                                         content_type='application/json')
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 401)
+
+    def test_login_granted(self):
+
+        response = self.test_client.post("/storemanager/api/v1/auth/login",
+                                         data=self.login_admin,
+                                         headers={
+                                            'content-type': 'application/json'
+                                            })
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
diff --git a/instance/__init__.py b/instance/__init__.py
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diff --git a/instance/config.py b/instance/config.py
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+++ b/instance/config.py
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+class Config():
+
+    debug = False
+    SECRET_KEY = "secretkey"
+
+class Develop(Config):
+    """Configuration for the development enviroment"""
+    debug = True
+
+
+class Testing(Config):
+    """Configuration for the testing enviroment"""
+    WTF_CSRF_ENABLED = False
+    debug = True
+
+
+app_config={
+"development": Develop,
+"testing": Testing
+}
diff --git a/procfile b/procfile
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+++ b/requirements.txt
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+aniso8601==3.0.2
+atomicwrites==1.2.1
+attrs==18.2.0
+Blueprints==2.3.0.2
+Click==7.0
+coverage==4.5.1
+Flask==1.0.2
+Flask-RESTful==0.3.6
+funcsigs==1.0.2
+itsdangerous==0.24
+Jinja2==2.10
+MarkupSafe==1.0
+more-itertools==4.3.0
+pathlib2==2.3.2
+pluggy==0.8.0
+py==1.7.0
+PyJWT==1.6.4
+pytest==3.9.1
+pytz==2018.5
+scandir==1.9.0
+six==1.11.0
+Werkzeug==0.14.1
diff --git a/run.py b/run.py
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+++ b/run.py
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+from app import create_app
+
+app = create_app("development")
+
+if __name__ ==  '__main__':
+    app.run()