diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-api.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-api.yaml
index 6dc4943..39d0f84 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-api.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-api.yaml
@@ -39,5 +39,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Deploy container
         run: |
           export POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${{ secrets.POSTGRES_PASSWORD }}
+          export JWT_SECRET=${{ secrets.JWT_SECRET }}
           docker compose -f ./api/docker-compose.prod.yaml pull agologum-api
           docker compose -f ./api/docker-compose.prod.yaml up -d --force-recreate agologum-api
diff --git a/api/Migrations/20260314152859_InitialCreate.Designer.cs b/api/Migrations/20260314152859_InitialCreate.Designer.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d957ce..0000000
--- a/api/Migrations/20260314152859_InitialCreate.Designer.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-// <auto-generated />
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
-using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
-
-#nullable disable
-
-namespace agologum_api.Migrations
-{
-    [DbContext(typeof(AppDbContext))]
-    [Migration("20260314152859_InitialCreate")]
-    partial class InitialCreate
-    {
-        /// <inheritdoc />
-        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
-        {
-#pragma warning disable 612, 618
-            modelBuilder
-                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "10.0.5")
-                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 63);
-
-            NpgsqlModelBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumns(modelBuilder);
-
-            modelBuilder.Entity("agologumApi.Models.User", b =>
-                {
-                    b.Property<int>("Id")
-                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
-                        .HasColumnType("integer");
-
-                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
-
-                    b.Property<string>("Email")
-                        .IsRequired()
-                        .HasColumnType("text");
-
-                    b.Property<string>("Name")
-                        .IsRequired()
-                        .HasColumnType("text");
-
-                    b.HasKey("Id");
-
-                    b.ToTable("Users");
-                });
-#pragma warning restore 612, 618
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/api/Migrations/20260321221316_InitialCreate.Designer.cs b/api/Migrations/20260321221316_InitialCreate.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1008d5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/Migrations/20260321221316_InitialCreate.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,279 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using System;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace agologum_api.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(AppDbContext))]
+    [Migration("20260321221316_InitialCreate")]
+    partial class InitialCreate
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "10.0.5")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 63);
+
+            NpgsqlModelBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumns(modelBuilder);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityRole", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("Id")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ConcurrencyStamp")
+                        .IsConcurrencyToken()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("NormalizedName")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("NormalizedName")
+                        .IsUnique()
+                        .HasDatabaseName("RoleNameIndex");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetRoles", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityRoleClaim<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ClaimType")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ClaimValue")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("RoleId")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("RoleId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetRoleClaims", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserClaim<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ClaimType")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ClaimValue")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("UserId")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("UserId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetUserClaims", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserLogin<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("LoginProvider")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ProviderKey")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ProviderDisplayName")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("UserId")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("LoginProvider", "ProviderKey");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("UserId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetUserLogins", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserRole<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("UserId")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("RoleId")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("UserId", "RoleId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("RoleId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetUserRoles", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserToken<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("UserId")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("LoginProvider")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Value")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("UserId", "LoginProvider", "Name");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetUserTokens", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("agologumApi.Models.User", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("Id")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("AccessFailedCount")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ConcurrencyStamp")
+                        .IsConcurrencyToken()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Email")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("EmailConfirmed")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("LockoutEnabled")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset?>("LockoutEnd")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("NormalizedEmail")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("NormalizedUserName")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("PasswordHash")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("PhoneNumber")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("PhoneNumberConfirmed")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("SecurityStamp")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("TwoFactorEnabled")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("UserName")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("NormalizedEmail")
+                        .HasDatabaseName("EmailIndex");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("NormalizedUserName")
+                        .IsUnique()
+                        .HasDatabaseName("UserNameIndex");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetUsers", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityRoleClaim<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityRole", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("RoleId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserClaim<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("agologumApi.Models.User", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("UserId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserLogin<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("agologumApi.Models.User", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("UserId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserRole<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityRole", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("RoleId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+
+                    b.HasOne("agologumApi.Models.User", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("UserId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserToken<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("agologumApi.Models.User", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("UserId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/api/Migrations/20260321221316_InitialCreate.cs b/api/Migrations/20260321221316_InitialCreate.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da54a51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/Migrations/20260321221316_InitialCreate.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,224 @@
+using System;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace agologum_api.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class InitialCreate : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.CreateTable(
+                name: "AspNetRoles",
+                columns: table => new
+                {
+                    Id = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: false),
+                    Name = table.Column<string>(type: "character varying(256)", maxLength: 256, nullable: true),
+                    NormalizedName = table.Column<string>(type: "character varying(256)", maxLength: 256, nullable: true),
+                    ConcurrencyStamp = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: true)
+                },
+                constraints: table =>
+                {
+                    table.PrimaryKey("PK_AspNetRoles", x => x.Id);
+                });
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateTable(
+                name: "AspNetUsers",
+                columns: table => new
+                {
+                    Id = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: false),
+                    CreatedAt = table.Column<DateTime>(type: "timestamp with time zone", nullable: false),
+                    UserName = table.Column<string>(type: "character varying(256)", maxLength: 256, nullable: true),
+                    NormalizedUserName = table.Column<string>(type: "character varying(256)", maxLength: 256, nullable: true),
+                    Email = table.Column<string>(type: "character varying(256)", maxLength: 256, nullable: true),
+                    NormalizedEmail = table.Column<string>(type: "character varying(256)", maxLength: 256, nullable: true),
+                    EmailConfirmed = table.Column<bool>(type: "boolean", nullable: false),
+                    PasswordHash = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: true),
+                    SecurityStamp = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: true),
+                    ConcurrencyStamp = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: true),
+                    PhoneNumber = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: true),
+                    PhoneNumberConfirmed = table.Column<bool>(type: "boolean", nullable: false),
+                    TwoFactorEnabled = table.Column<bool>(type: "boolean", nullable: false),
+                    LockoutEnd = table.Column<DateTimeOffset>(type: "timestamp with time zone", nullable: true),
+                    LockoutEnabled = table.Column<bool>(type: "boolean", nullable: false),
+                    AccessFailedCount = table.Column<int>(type: "integer", nullable: false)
+                },
+                constraints: table =>
+                {
+                    table.PrimaryKey("PK_AspNetUsers", x => x.Id);
+                });
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateTable(
+                name: "AspNetRoleClaims",
+                columns: table => new
+                {
+                    Id = table.Column<int>(type: "integer", nullable: false)
+                        .Annotation("Npgsql:ValueGenerationStrategy", NpgsqlValueGenerationStrategy.IdentityByDefaultColumn),
+                    RoleId = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: false),
+                    ClaimType = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: true),
+                    ClaimValue = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: true)
+                },
+                constraints: table =>
+                {
+                    table.PrimaryKey("PK_AspNetRoleClaims", x => x.Id);
+                    table.ForeignKey(
+                        name: "FK_AspNetRoleClaims_AspNetRoles_RoleId",
+                        column: x => x.RoleId,
+                        principalTable: "AspNetRoles",
+                        principalColumn: "Id",
+                        onDelete: ReferentialAction.Cascade);
+                });
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateTable(
+                name: "AspNetUserClaims",
+                columns: table => new
+                {
+                    Id = table.Column<int>(type: "integer", nullable: false)
+                        .Annotation("Npgsql:ValueGenerationStrategy", NpgsqlValueGenerationStrategy.IdentityByDefaultColumn),
+                    UserId = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: false),
+                    ClaimType = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: true),
+                    ClaimValue = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: true)
+                },
+                constraints: table =>
+                {
+                    table.PrimaryKey("PK_AspNetUserClaims", x => x.Id);
+                    table.ForeignKey(
+                        name: "FK_AspNetUserClaims_AspNetUsers_UserId",
+                        column: x => x.UserId,
+                        principalTable: "AspNetUsers",
+                        principalColumn: "Id",
+                        onDelete: ReferentialAction.Cascade);
+                });
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateTable(
+                name: "AspNetUserLogins",
+                columns: table => new
+                {
+                    LoginProvider = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: false),
+                    ProviderKey = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: false),
+                    ProviderDisplayName = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: true),
+                    UserId = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: false)
+                },
+                constraints: table =>
+                {
+                    table.PrimaryKey("PK_AspNetUserLogins", x => new { x.LoginProvider, x.ProviderKey });
+                    table.ForeignKey(
+                        name: "FK_AspNetUserLogins_AspNetUsers_UserId",
+                        column: x => x.UserId,
+                        principalTable: "AspNetUsers",
+                        principalColumn: "Id",
+                        onDelete: ReferentialAction.Cascade);
+                });
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateTable(
+                name: "AspNetUserRoles",
+                columns: table => new
+                {
+                    UserId = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: false),
+                    RoleId = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: false)
+                },
+                constraints: table =>
+                {
+                    table.PrimaryKey("PK_AspNetUserRoles", x => new { x.UserId, x.RoleId });
+                    table.ForeignKey(
+                        name: "FK_AspNetUserRoles_AspNetRoles_RoleId",
+                        column: x => x.RoleId,
+                        principalTable: "AspNetRoles",
+                        principalColumn: "Id",
+                        onDelete: ReferentialAction.Cascade);
+                    table.ForeignKey(
+                        name: "FK_AspNetUserRoles_AspNetUsers_UserId",
+                        column: x => x.UserId,
+                        principalTable: "AspNetUsers",
+                        principalColumn: "Id",
+                        onDelete: ReferentialAction.Cascade);
+                });
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateTable(
+                name: "AspNetUserTokens",
+                columns: table => new
+                {
+                    UserId = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: false),
+                    LoginProvider = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: false),
+                    Name = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: false),
+                    Value = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: true)
+                },
+                constraints: table =>
+                {
+                    table.PrimaryKey("PK_AspNetUserTokens", x => new { x.UserId, x.LoginProvider, x.Name });
+                    table.ForeignKey(
+                        name: "FK_AspNetUserTokens_AspNetUsers_UserId",
+                        column: x => x.UserId,
+                        principalTable: "AspNetUsers",
+                        principalColumn: "Id",
+                        onDelete: ReferentialAction.Cascade);
+                });
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateIndex(
+                name: "IX_AspNetRoleClaims_RoleId",
+                table: "AspNetRoleClaims",
+                column: "RoleId");
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateIndex(
+                name: "RoleNameIndex",
+                table: "AspNetRoles",
+                column: "NormalizedName",
+                unique: true);
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateIndex(
+                name: "IX_AspNetUserClaims_UserId",
+                table: "AspNetUserClaims",
+                column: "UserId");
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateIndex(
+                name: "IX_AspNetUserLogins_UserId",
+                table: "AspNetUserLogins",
+                column: "UserId");
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateIndex(
+                name: "IX_AspNetUserRoles_RoleId",
+                table: "AspNetUserRoles",
+                column: "RoleId");
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateIndex(
+                name: "EmailIndex",
+                table: "AspNetUsers",
+                column: "NormalizedEmail");
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateIndex(
+                name: "UserNameIndex",
+                table: "AspNetUsers",
+                column: "NormalizedUserName",
+                unique: true);
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.DropTable(
+                name: "AspNetRoleClaims");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropTable(
+                name: "AspNetUserClaims");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropTable(
+                name: "AspNetUserLogins");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropTable(
+                name: "AspNetUserRoles");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropTable(
+                name: "AspNetUserTokens");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropTable(
+                name: "AspNetRoles");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropTable(
+                name: "AspNetUsers");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/api/Migrations/20260322011947_AddItems.Designer.cs b/api/Migrations/20260322011947_AddItems.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b40ce57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/Migrations/20260322011947_AddItems.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,306 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using System;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace agologum_api.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(AppDbContext))]
+    [Migration("20260322011947_AddItems")]
+    partial class AddItems
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "10.0.5")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 63);
+
+            NpgsqlModelBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumns(modelBuilder);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityRole", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("Id")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ConcurrencyStamp")
+                        .IsConcurrencyToken()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("NormalizedName")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("NormalizedName")
+                        .IsUnique()
+                        .HasDatabaseName("RoleNameIndex");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetRoles", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityRoleClaim<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ClaimType")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ClaimValue")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("RoleId")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("RoleId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetRoleClaims", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserClaim<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ClaimType")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ClaimValue")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("UserId")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("UserId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetUserClaims", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserLogin<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("LoginProvider")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ProviderKey")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ProviderDisplayName")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("UserId")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("LoginProvider", "ProviderKey");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("UserId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetUserLogins", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserRole<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("UserId")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("RoleId")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("UserId", "RoleId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("RoleId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetUserRoles", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserToken<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("UserId")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("LoginProvider")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Value")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("UserId", "LoginProvider", "Name");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetUserTokens", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("agologumApi.Models.Item", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Description")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("LastEditedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Items");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("agologumApi.Models.User", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("Id")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("AccessFailedCount")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ConcurrencyStamp")
+                        .IsConcurrencyToken()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Email")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("EmailConfirmed")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("LockoutEnabled")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset?>("LockoutEnd")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("NormalizedEmail")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("NormalizedUserName")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("PasswordHash")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("PhoneNumber")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("PhoneNumberConfirmed")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("SecurityStamp")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("TwoFactorEnabled")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("UserName")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("NormalizedEmail")
+                        .HasDatabaseName("EmailIndex");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("NormalizedUserName")
+                        .IsUnique()
+                        .HasDatabaseName("UserNameIndex");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetUsers", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityRoleClaim<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityRole", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("RoleId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserClaim<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("agologumApi.Models.User", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("UserId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserLogin<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("agologumApi.Models.User", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("UserId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserRole<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityRole", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("RoleId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+
+                    b.HasOne("agologumApi.Models.User", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("UserId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserToken<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("agologumApi.Models.User", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("UserId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/api/Migrations/20260314152859_InitialCreate.cs b/api/Migrations/20260322011947_AddItems.cs
similarity index 62%
rename from api/Migrations/20260314152859_InitialCreate.cs
rename to api/Migrations/20260322011947_AddItems.cs
index 2e0df2d..324af3d 100644
--- a/api/Migrations/20260314152859_InitialCreate.cs
+++ b/api/Migrations/20260322011947_AddItems.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using System;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
 using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
 
 #nullable disable
@@ -6,23 +7,25 @@ using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
 namespace agologum_api.Migrations
 {
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    public partial class InitialCreate : Migration
+    public partial class AddItems : Migration
     {
         /// <inheritdoc />
         protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
         {
             migrationBuilder.CreateTable(
-                name: "Users",
+                name: "Items",
                 columns: table => new
                 {
                     Id = table.Column<int>(type: "integer", nullable: false)
                         .Annotation("Npgsql:ValueGenerationStrategy", NpgsqlValueGenerationStrategy.IdentityByDefaultColumn),
                     Name = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: false),
-                    Email = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: false)
+                    Description = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: false),
+                    CreatedAt = table.Column<DateTime>(type: "timestamp with time zone", nullable: false),
+                    LastEditedAt = table.Column<DateTime>(type: "timestamp with time zone", nullable: false)
                 },
                 constraints: table =>
                 {
-                    table.PrimaryKey("PK_Users", x => x.Id);
+                    table.PrimaryKey("PK_Items", x => x.Id);
                 });
         }
 
@@ -30,7 +33,7 @@ namespace agologum_api.Migrations
         protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
         {
             migrationBuilder.DropTable(
-                name: "Users");
+                name: "Items");
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/api/Migrations/20260322214843_AddRefreshTokens.Designer.cs b/api/Migrations/20260322214843_AddRefreshTokens.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..488c465
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/Migrations/20260322214843_AddRefreshTokens.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,336 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using System;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace agologum_api.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(AppDbContext))]
+    [Migration("20260322214843_AddRefreshTokens")]
+    partial class AddRefreshTokens
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "10.0.5")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 63);
+
+            NpgsqlModelBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumns(modelBuilder);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityRole", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("Id")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ConcurrencyStamp")
+                        .IsConcurrencyToken()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("NormalizedName")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("NormalizedName")
+                        .IsUnique()
+                        .HasDatabaseName("RoleNameIndex");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetRoles", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityRoleClaim<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ClaimType")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ClaimValue")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("RoleId")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("RoleId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetRoleClaims", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserClaim<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ClaimType")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ClaimValue")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("UserId")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("UserId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetUserClaims", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserLogin<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("LoginProvider")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ProviderKey")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ProviderDisplayName")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("UserId")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("LoginProvider", "ProviderKey");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("UserId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetUserLogins", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserRole<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("UserId")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("RoleId")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("UserId", "RoleId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("RoleId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetUserRoles", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserToken<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("UserId")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("LoginProvider")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Value")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("UserId", "LoginProvider", "Name");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetUserTokens", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("RefreshToken", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("ExpiresAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("IsRevoked")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Token")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("UserId")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("RefreshTokens");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("agologumApi.Models.Item", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Description")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("LastEditedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("Items");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("agologumApi.Models.User", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("Id")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("AccessFailedCount")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ConcurrencyStamp")
+                        .IsConcurrencyToken()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Email")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("EmailConfirmed")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("LockoutEnabled")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset?>("LockoutEnd")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("NormalizedEmail")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("NormalizedUserName")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("PasswordHash")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("PhoneNumber")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("PhoneNumberConfirmed")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("SecurityStamp")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("TwoFactorEnabled")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("UserName")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("NormalizedEmail")
+                        .HasDatabaseName("EmailIndex");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("NormalizedUserName")
+                        .IsUnique()
+                        .HasDatabaseName("UserNameIndex");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetUsers", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityRoleClaim<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityRole", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("RoleId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserClaim<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("agologumApi.Models.User", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("UserId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserLogin<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("agologumApi.Models.User", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("UserId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserRole<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityRole", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("RoleId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+
+                    b.HasOne("agologumApi.Models.User", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("UserId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserToken<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("agologumApi.Models.User", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("UserId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/api/Migrations/20260322214843_AddRefreshTokens.cs b/api/Migrations/20260322214843_AddRefreshTokens.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f347d1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/Migrations/20260322214843_AddRefreshTokens.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+using System;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace agologum_api.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class AddRefreshTokens : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.CreateTable(
+                name: "RefreshTokens",
+                columns: table => new
+                {
+                    Id = table.Column<int>(type: "integer", nullable: false)
+                        .Annotation("Npgsql:ValueGenerationStrategy", NpgsqlValueGenerationStrategy.IdentityByDefaultColumn),
+                    Token = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: false),
+                    UserId = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: false),
+                    CreatedAt = table.Column<DateTime>(type: "timestamp with time zone", nullable: false),
+                    ExpiresAt = table.Column<DateTime>(type: "timestamp with time zone", nullable: false),
+                    IsRevoked = table.Column<bool>(type: "boolean", nullable: false)
+                },
+                constraints: table =>
+                {
+                    table.PrimaryKey("PK_RefreshTokens", x => x.Id);
+                });
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.DropTable(
+                name: "RefreshTokens");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/api/Migrations/AppDbContextModelSnapshot.cs b/api/Migrations/AppDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
index 112584c..0d019e7 100644
--- a/api/Migrations/AppDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
+++ b/api/Migrations/AppDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // <auto-generated />
+using System;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
@@ -20,7 +21,33 @@ namespace agologum_api.Migrations
 
             NpgsqlModelBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumns(modelBuilder);
 
-            modelBuilder.Entity("agologumApi.Models.User", b =>
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityRole", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("Id")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ConcurrencyStamp")
+                        .IsConcurrencyToken()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("NormalizedName")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("NormalizedName")
+                        .IsUnique()
+                        .HasDatabaseName("RoleNameIndex");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetRoles", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityRoleClaim<string>", b =>
                 {
                     b.Property<int>("Id")
                         .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
@@ -28,17 +55,277 @@ namespace agologum_api.Migrations
 
                     NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
 
-                    b.Property<string>("Email")
+                    b.Property<string>("ClaimType")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ClaimValue")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("RoleId")
                         .IsRequired()
                         .HasColumnType("text");
 
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("RoleId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetRoleClaims", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserClaim<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ClaimType")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ClaimValue")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("UserId")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("UserId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetUserClaims", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserLogin<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("LoginProvider")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ProviderKey")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ProviderDisplayName")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("UserId")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("LoginProvider", "ProviderKey");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("UserId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetUserLogins", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserRole<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("UserId")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("RoleId")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("UserId", "RoleId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("RoleId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetUserRoles", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserToken<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("UserId")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("LoginProvider")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Value")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("UserId", "LoginProvider", "Name");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetUserTokens", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("RefreshToken", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("ExpiresAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("IsRevoked")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Token")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("UserId")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("RefreshTokens");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("agologumApi.Models.Item", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Description")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("LastEditedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
                     b.Property<string>("Name")
                         .IsRequired()
                         .HasColumnType("text");
 
                     b.HasKey("Id");
 
-                    b.ToTable("Users");
+                    b.ToTable("Items");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("agologumApi.Models.User", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("Id")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("AccessFailedCount")
+                        .HasColumnType("integer");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ConcurrencyStamp")
+                        .IsConcurrencyToken()
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreatedAt")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Email")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("EmailConfirmed")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("LockoutEnabled")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTimeOffset?>("LockoutEnd")
+                        .HasColumnType("timestamp with time zone");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("NormalizedEmail")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("NormalizedUserName")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("PasswordHash")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("PhoneNumber")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("PhoneNumberConfirmed")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("SecurityStamp")
+                        .HasColumnType("text");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("TwoFactorEnabled")
+                        .HasColumnType("boolean");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("UserName")
+                        .HasMaxLength(256)
+                        .HasColumnType("character varying(256)");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("NormalizedEmail")
+                        .HasDatabaseName("EmailIndex");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("NormalizedUserName")
+                        .IsUnique()
+                        .HasDatabaseName("UserNameIndex");
+
+                    b.ToTable("AspNetUsers", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityRoleClaim<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityRole", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("RoleId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserClaim<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("agologumApi.Models.User", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("UserId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserLogin<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("agologumApi.Models.User", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("UserId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserRole<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityRole", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("RoleId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+
+                    b.HasOne("agologumApi.Models.User", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("UserId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.IdentityUserToken<string>", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("agologumApi.Models.User", null)
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("UserId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade)
+                        .IsRequired();
                 });
 #pragma warning restore 612, 618
         }
diff --git a/api/Program.cs b/api/Program.cs
index efa938c..6bf5190 100644
--- a/api/Program.cs
+++ b/api/Program.cs
@@ -1,16 +1,50 @@
 
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpOverrides;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer;
+using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using System.Text;
 
+using agologumApi.Models;
 using agologumApi.Services;
 
 var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
 
+var key = builder.Configuration["Jwt:Key"];
+if(key == null) return;
+
 builder.Services.AddDbContext<AppDbContext>(options => 
     options.UseNpgsql(builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection")));
 
 builder.Services.AddControllers();
-builder.Services.AddScoped<UserService>();
+
+// services
+builder.Services.AddScoped<ItemService>();
+builder.Services.AddScoped<JwtService>();
+
+// configuration for jwt authentication
+builder.Services.AddIdentity<User, IdentityRole>()
+    .AddEntityFrameworkStores<AppDbContext>()
+    .AddDefaultTokenProviders();
+builder.Services.AddAuthentication(options => {
+    options.DefaultAuthenticateScheme = JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
+    options.DefaultChallengeScheme = JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
+}).AddJwtBearer(options => {
+    options.TokenValidationParameters = new TokenValidationParameters {
+        ValidateIssuer = true,
+        ValidateAudience = true,
+        ValidateLifetime = true,
+        ValidateIssuerSigningKey = true,
+        ValidIssuer = "agologum",
+        ValidAudience = "agologum",
+        IssuerSigningKey = new SymmetricSecurityKey(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(key)),
+        ClockSkew = TimeSpan.Zero
+    };
+});
+
+builder.Services.AddAuthorization();
 
 // configuration for behind my nginx proxy
 builder.Services.Configure<ForwardedHeadersOptions>(options =>
@@ -41,10 +75,17 @@ builder.Services.AddCors(options =>
 builder.Services.AddEndpointsApiExplorer();
 builder.Services.AddSwaggerGen();
 
+// https://www.reddit.com/r/dotnet/comments/1h7vzbs/how_do_you_guys_handle_authorization_on_a_web_api/
+// add authorization here
+// controllers will have endpoints based on authorization
+// frontend is a different story
+
 var app = builder.Build();
 
 app.UseForwardedHeaders();
 app.UseCors("dev");
+app.UseAuthentication();
+app.UseAuthorization();
 
 // Configure the HTTP request pipeline.
 if (app.Environment.IsEnvironment("Development")) {
diff --git a/api/agologum-api.csproj b/api/agologum-api.csproj
index 77eaeef..cfe18b4 100644
--- a/api/agologum-api.csproj
+++ b/api/agologum-api.csproj
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="BCrypt.Net-Next" Version="4.1.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer" Version="10.0.5" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="10.0.5" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.OpenApi" Version="10.0.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="10.0.5" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="10.0.5">
diff --git a/api/appsettings.json b/api/appsettings.json
index 3bbbad3..12184eb 100644
--- a/api/appsettings.json
+++ b/api/appsettings.json
@@ -9,5 +9,10 @@
     "DefaultConnection": "Host=agologum-net;Port=5432;Database=agologum;Username=agologum;Password=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}"
   },
   "AllowedHosts": "*",
-  "https_port": 443
+  "https_port": 443,
+  "Jwt": {
+    "Key": "",
+    "Issuer": "agologum-api",
+    "Audience": "agologum-users"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/api/docker-compose.prod.yaml b/api/docker-compose.prod.yaml
index 0a86a5f..a5e4db6 100644
--- a/api/docker-compose.prod.yaml
+++ b/api/docker-compose.prod.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ services:
     restart: always
     environment:
       ConnectionStrings__DefaultConnection: Host=agologum-db;Port=5432;Database=agologum;Username=agologum;Password=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
+      Jwt__Key: ${JWT_SECRET} # must export the secret as a variable in the ci script
     ports:
       - "5000:5000"
     networks:
diff --git a/api/src/Controllers/AuthController.cs b/api/src/Controllers/AuthController.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8afd69e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/Controllers/AuthController.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity;
+
+using agologumApi.Models;
+using agologumApi.Services;
+
+[ApiController]
+[Route("api/[controller]")]
+public class AuthController : ControllerBase {
+
+    // identity things
+    private readonly UserManager<User> userManager_;
+    private readonly SignInManager<User> signInManager_;
+
+    private readonly JwtService jwt_;
+
+    public AuthController(UserManager<User> userManager, SignInManager<User> signInManager, JwtService jwt) {
+
+        userManager_ = userManager;
+        signInManager_ = signInManager;
+        jwt_ = jwt;
+    }
+
+    [HttpPost("register")]
+    public async Task<ActionResult> Register(RegisterDto dto) {
+        var user = new User {
+            UserName = dto.UserName,
+            Email = dto.Email,
+            CreatedAt = DateTime.UtcNow // yeah why not utc
+        };
+
+        var result = await userManager_.CreateAsync(user, dto.Password);
+        if(!result.Succeeded) return BadRequest(result.Errors);
+
+        return CreatedAtAction(
+            nameof(Register),
+            new { id = user.Id }
+        );
+    }
+
+    [HttpPost("login")]
+    public async Task<ActionResult> Login(LoginDto dto)
+    {
+        var user = await userManager_.FindByNameAsync(dto.UserName);
+
+        if (user == null) return Unauthorized();
+
+        var result = await signInManager_.CheckPasswordSignInAsync(user, dto.Password, false);
+
+        if(!result.Succeeded) return Unauthorized();
+
+        var accessToken = jwt_.GenerateJwt(user);
+        var refreshToken = jwt_.GenerateRefreshToken();
+        RefreshToken newTokenObject = new RefreshToken {
+            Token = refreshToken,
+            UserId = user.Id,
+            CreatedAt = DateTime.UtcNow,
+            ExpiresAt = DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(30),
+            IsRevoked = false
+        };
+        await jwt_.AddRefreshToken(newTokenObject);
+
+        return Ok(new { accessToken, refreshToken });
+    }
+
+    [Authorize] // authorize is handled by middleware
+    [HttpPost("logout")]
+    public async Task<ActionResult> Logout(string refreshTokenString) {
+        // revoke refresh token
+        bool success = await jwt_.RevokeRefreshToken(refreshTokenString);
+        if(!success) return NotFound();
+        return Ok();
+    }
+
+    [HttpPost("refresh")] // allow-anonymous by default
+    public async Task<ActionResult> Refresh(TokenDto request) {
+        
+        RefreshToken? storedToken = await jwt_.GetRefreshToken(request.RefreshToken);
+        if (storedToken == null) return Unauthorized();
+        bool valid = (storedToken.IsRevoked) ||
+                     (storedToken.ExpiresAt < DateTime.UtcNow);
+        if(!valid) return Unauthorized(); // TODO: delete the invalid token
+
+        User? user = await jwt_.GetUser(storedToken.UserId);
+        if(user == null) return NotFound();
+        string? newAccessToken = jwt_.GenerateJwt(user);
+        if(newAccessToken == null) return NotFound();
+        string newRefreshToken = jwt_.GenerateRefreshToken();
+
+        storedToken.IsRevoked = true;
+        RefreshToken newTokenObject = new RefreshToken {
+            Token = newRefreshToken,
+            UserId = storedToken.UserId,
+            CreatedAt = DateTime.UtcNow,
+            ExpiresAt = DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(30),
+            IsRevoked = false
+        };
+
+        await jwt_.AddRefreshToken(newTokenObject);
+
+        return Ok(new { accessToken = newAccessToken, refreshToken = newRefreshToken });
+
+
+    }
+
+    // TODO
+    // email verification
+    // password reset
+    // oh hell naw 2FA I do not care enough
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/src/Controllers/ItemsController.cs b/api/src/Controllers/ItemsController.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..792a475
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/Controllers/ItemsController.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
+
+using agologumApi.Models;
+using agologumApi.Services;
+
+[ApiController]
+[Route("api/[controller]")]
+public class ItemsController : ControllerBase {
+
+    private readonly ItemService service_;
+
+    public ItemsController(ItemService service) {
+        service_ = service;
+    }
+
+    [Authorize]
+    [HttpGet]
+    public async Task<ActionResult<List<Item>>> getItems() {
+        return Ok(await service_.GetAll());
+    }
+
+    [Authorize]
+    [HttpGet("{id:int}")]
+    public async Task<ActionResult<Item>> getItem(int id) {
+
+        var item = await service_.Get(id);
+
+        if (item == null) return NotFound();
+
+        return Ok(item);
+    }
+
+    [Authorize] // testing the authorization
+    [HttpPost]
+    public async Task<ActionResult<Item>> createItem(ItemDto item) {
+
+        Item newItem = new Item {
+            Name = item.Name,
+            Description = item.Description,
+            CreatedAt = DateTime.UtcNow,
+            LastEditedAt = DateTime.UtcNow
+        };
+
+        var created = await service_.Create(newItem);
+
+        return CreatedAtAction(
+            nameof(getItem),
+            new { id = created.Id },
+            created
+        );
+    }
+
+    [Authorize]
+    [HttpPut("{id}")]
+    public async Task<ActionResult<Item>> updateItem(int id, ItemDto item) {
+
+        var updated = await service_.Update(id, item);
+
+        if (updated == null) return NotFound();
+
+        return Ok(updated);
+    }
+
+    [Authorize]
+    [HttpDelete("{id}")]
+    public async Task<ActionResult> deleteItem(int id) {
+
+        var success = await service_.Delete(id);
+
+        if (!success) return NotFound();
+
+        return NoContent();
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/src/Controllers/UsersController.cs b/api/src/Controllers/UsersController.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 4178d19..0000000
--- a/api/src/Controllers/UsersController.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
-using agologumApi.Models;
-using agologumApi.Services;
-
-[ApiController]
-[Route("api/[controller]")]
-public class UsersController : ControllerBase
-{
-    private readonly UserService service_;
-
-    public UsersController(UserService service)
-    {
-        service_ = service;
-    }
-
-    [HttpGet]
-    public async Task<ActionResult<List<User>>> getUsers()
-    {
-        return Ok(await service_.GetAll());
-    }
-
-    [HttpGet("{id:int}")]
-    public async Task<ActionResult<User>> getUser(int id)
-    {
-        var user = await service_.Get(id);
-
-        if (user == null) return NotFound();
-
-        return Ok(user);
-    }
-
-    [HttpPost]
-    public async Task<ActionResult<User>> createUser(User user)
-    {
-        var created = await service_.Create(user);
-
-        return CreatedAtAction(
-            nameof(getUser),
-            new { id = created.Id },
-            created
-        );
-    }
-
-    [HttpPut("{id}")]
-    public async Task<ActionResult<User>> updateUser(int id, User user)
-    {
-        var updated = await service_.Update(user);
-
-        if (updated == null) return NotFound();
-
-        return Ok(updated);
-    }
-
-    [HttpDelete("{id}")]
-    public async Task<ActionResult> deleteUser(int id)
-    {
-        var success = await service_.Delete(id);
-
-        if (!success) return NotFound();
-
-        return NoContent();
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/src/Data/AppDbContext.cs b/api/src/Data/AppDbContext.cs
index 49df799..88af273 100644
--- a/api/src/Data/AppDbContext.cs
+++ b/api/src/Data/AppDbContext.cs
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@
 using agologumApi.Models;
 
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore;
 
-public class AppDbContext : DbContext {
+public class AppDbContext : IdentityDbContext<User> {
 
     public AppDbContext(DbContextOptions<AppDbContext> options) : base(options) {
 
     }
 
-    public DbSet<User> Users { get; set; }
+    // Db set for each model besides Users (DbSet<template> is already defined in IdenityDbContext<template>)
+    public DbSet<Item> Items { get; set; }
+    public DbSet<RefreshToken> RefreshTokens { get; set; }
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/src/Models/Item.cs b/api/src/Models/Item.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f735ec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/Models/Item.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+
+namespace agologumApi.Models;
+
+public class Item {
+
+    public int Id { get; set; }
+    public String Name { get; set; } = "";
+    public String Description { get; set; } = "";
+    public DateTime CreatedAt { get; set; }
+    public DateTime LastEditedAt { get; set; }
+
+};
+
+public class ItemDto {
+
+    public String Name { get; set; } = "";
+    public String Description { get; set; } = "";
+
+}
diff --git a/api/src/Models/RefreshToken.cs b/api/src/Models/RefreshToken.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..697f975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/Models/RefreshToken.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+
+// a refresh token's purpose is to authenticate user's without logging in
+public class RefreshToken {
+
+    public int Id { get; set; }
+
+    public string Token { get; set; } = "";
+    
+    public string UserId { get; set; } = ""; // in EF Identity the IdentityUser's id is a GUID string (32 hex digits)
+
+    public DateTime CreatedAt { get; set; }
+    public DateTime ExpiresAt { get; set; }
+    public bool IsRevoked { get; set; }
+
+}
+
+public class TokenDto {
+
+    public string RefreshToken { get; set; } = "";
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/src/Models/User.cs b/api/src/Models/User.cs
index b42e2d8..98bdb7c 100644
--- a/api/src/Models/User.cs
+++ b/api/src/Models/User.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,48 @@
 
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity;
+
 namespace agologumApi.Models;
 
-public class User {
+public class User : IdentityUser {
 
-    public int Id { get; set; }
-    public string Name { get; set; } = "";
-    public string Email { get; set; } = "";
+    public DateTime CreatedAt { get; set; }
 
+    // properties inherited from IdentityUser:
+    /*
+    AccessFailedCount: Gets or sets the number of failed login attempts for the current user.
+    Claims: Navigation property for the claims this user possesses.
+    ConcurrencyStamp: A random value that must change whenever a user is persisted to the store
+    Email: Gets or sets the email address for this user.
+    EmailConfirmed: Gets or sets a flag indicating if a user has confirmed their email address.
+    Id: Gets or sets the primary key for this user.
+    LockoutEnabled: Gets or sets a flag indicating if the user could be locked out.
+    LockoutEnd: Gets or sets the date and time, in UTC, when any user lockout ends.
+    Logins: Navigation property for this users login accounts.
+    NormalizedEmail: Gets or sets the normalized email address for this user.
+    NormalizedUserName: Gets or sets the normalized user name for this user.
+    PasswordHash: Gets or sets a salted and hashed representation of the password for this user.
+    PhoneNumber: Gets or sets a telephone number for the user.
+    PhoneNumberConfirmed: Gets or sets a flag indicating if a user has confirmed their telephone address.
+    Roles: Navigation property for the roles this user belongs to.
+    SecurityStamp: A random value that must change whenever a users credentials change (password changed, login removed)
+    TwoFactorEnabled: Gets or sets a flag indicating if two factor authentication is enabled for this user.
+    UserName: Gets or sets the user name for this user.
+    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.aspnetcore.identity.entityframeworkcore.identityuser?view=aspnetcore-1.1
+    */
 };
+
+// DTOs include only the minimum information for transit
+public class RegisterDto {
+
+    public string UserName { get; set; } = "";
+    public string Email { get; set; } = "";
+    public string Password { get; set; } = "";
+
+}
+
+public class LoginDto {
+
+    public string UserName { get; set; } = "";
+    public string Password { get; set; } = "";
+
+}
diff --git a/api/src/Services/ItemService.cs b/api/src/Services/ItemService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fab9ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/Services/ItemService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+
+using agologumApi.Models;
+
+namespace agologumApi.Services;
+
+public class ItemService {
+
+    private readonly AppDbContext db_;
+
+    public ItemService(AppDbContext db) {
+        db_ = db;
+    }
+
+    public async Task<List<Item>> GetAll() {
+        return await db_.Items.ToListAsync();
+    }
+
+    public async Task<Item?> Get(int id) {
+        return await db_.Items.FindAsync(id);
+    }
+
+    public async Task<Item?> Get(string name) {
+        return await db_.Items.FirstOrDefaultAsync(u => u.Name == name);
+    }
+
+    public async Task<Item> Create(Item item) {
+        db_.Items.Add(item);
+        await db_.SaveChangesAsync();
+        return item;
+    }
+
+    public async Task<Item?> Update(int id, ItemDto item) {
+
+        Item? oldItem = await db_.Items.FindAsync(id);
+        if(oldItem == null) return oldItem;
+
+        oldItem.Name = item.Name;
+        oldItem.Description = item.Description;
+        oldItem.LastEditedAt = DateTime.UtcNow;
+
+        await db_.SaveChangesAsync();
+        return oldItem;
+    }
+
+    public async Task<bool> Delete(int id) {
+        Item? item = await db_.Items.FindAsync(id);
+        if(item != null) {
+            db_.Items.Remove(item);
+            await db_.SaveChangesAsync();
+            return true;
+        } else {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/src/Services/JwtService.cs b/api/src/Services/JwtService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54f1c15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/Services/JwtService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+
+using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Security.Claims;
+using System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+
+using agologumApi.Models;
+
+public class JwtService {
+
+    private readonly IConfiguration config_;
+    private readonly AppDbContext db_;
+
+    public JwtService(IConfiguration config, AppDbContext db) { // why the heck does c# not have initializer lists ?
+        config_ = config;
+        db_ = db;
+    }
+
+    public string? GenerateJwt(User user) {
+
+        string? jwtKey = config_["Jwt:Key"];
+        if(jwtKey == null) return null;
+        var key = new SymmetricSecurityKey(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(jwtKey));
+
+        var creds = new SigningCredentials(key, SecurityAlgorithms.HmacSha256);
+
+        if(user.UserName == null) return null;
+
+        // not too sure
+        var claims = new[] {
+            new Claim(ClaimTypes.Name, user.UserName),
+            new Claim(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier, user.Id.ToString())
+        };
+
+        var token = new JwtSecurityToken(
+            issuer: "agologum",
+            audience: "agologum",
+            claims: claims,
+            expires: DateTime.UtcNow.AddHours(2), // will add a refresher later
+            signingCredentials: creds
+        );
+
+        return new JwtSecurityTokenHandler().WriteToken(token);
+
+    }
+
+    public string GenerateRefreshToken() {
+
+        byte[] randomBytes = new byte[64];
+        RandomNumberGenerator.Fill(randomBytes.AsSpan());
+        return Convert.ToBase64String(randomBytes);
+
+    }
+
+    public async Task<RefreshToken?> GetRefreshToken(string refreshTokenString) {
+        return await db_.RefreshTokens.FirstOrDefaultAsync(u => u.Token == refreshTokenString);
+    }
+
+    public async Task<RefreshToken> AddRefreshToken(RefreshToken refreshToken) {
+        db_.RefreshTokens.Add(refreshToken);
+        await db_.SaveChangesAsync();
+        return refreshToken;
+    }
+
+    // helper to get the User from the id that exists in a refresh token object
+    public async Task<User?> GetUser(string id) {
+        return await db_.Users.FindAsync(id);
+    }
+
+    public async Task<bool> RevokeRefreshToken(string refreshTokenString) {
+        var refreshToken = await db_.RefreshTokens.FirstOrDefaultAsync(u => u.Token == refreshTokenString);
+        if(refreshToken == null) return false;
+        refreshToken.IsRevoked = true;
+        await db_.SaveChangesAsync();
+        return true;
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/src/Services/UserService.cs b/api/src/Services/UserService.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b085ec..0000000
--- a/api/src/Services/UserService.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
-
-using agologumApi.Models;
-
-namespace agologumApi.Services;
-
-public class UserService {
-
-    private readonly AppDbContext db_;
-
-    public UserService(AppDbContext db) {
-        db_ = db;
-    }
-
-    public async Task<List<User>> GetAll() {
-        return await db_.Users.ToListAsync();
-    }
-
-    public async Task<User?> Get(int id) {
-        return await db_.Users.FindAsync(id);
-    }
-
-    public async Task<User> Create(User user) {
-        db_.Users.Add(user);
-        await db_.SaveChangesAsync();
-        return user;
-    }
-
-    public async Task<User> Update(User user) {
-        db_.Users.Update(user);
-        await db_.SaveChangesAsync();
-        return user;
-    }
-
-    public async Task<bool> Delete(int id) {
-        User? user = await db_.Users.FindAsync(id);
-        if(user != null) {
-            db_.Users.Remove(user);
-            await db_.SaveChangesAsync();
-            return true;
-        } else {
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/api/AuthApi.ts b/client/src/api/AuthApi.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62b4a0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/api/AuthApi.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+
+// service to interact with the api/auth endpoints 
+// handles user registration, user logins, tokens, password reset, etc.
+
+import { api, authStorage } from "./axios.ts"
+import type { User, RegisterDto, LoginDto } from "../models/User.ts";
+
+const API_URL: string = "/auth";
+
+export const register = async (user: RegisterDto) => {
+
+	try {
+
+		const response = await api.post(`${API_URL}/register`, user);
+
+		return true;
+
+		// else return false
+
+	} catch (err) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+}
+
+export const login = async (user: LoginDto ) => {
+
+	try {
+		const response = await api.post(`${API_URL}/login`, user);
+		authStorage.setTokens(response.data);
+
+		return true;
+
+	} catch (err) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+}
+
+export const logout = () => {
+	authStorage.clear();
+}
+
+export const getToken = () => {
+	authStorage.getAccessToken();
+}
diff --git a/client/src/api/ItemsApi.ts b/client/src/api/ItemsApi.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..097fa57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/api/ItemsApi.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+
+// services are kinda whatever, but in general its a good idea for all api calls to be within a service (at least thats how angular handles it)
+// this item service will handle all to <-> from the server when handling item objects
+
+import api from "./axios.ts"
+import type { Item, ItemDto } from "../models/Item.ts";
+
+const API_URL: string = "/items";
+
+export const getItems = () => api.get<Item[]>(`${API_URL}`);
+
+export const getItem = (id: number) => api.get<Item>(`${API_URL}/${id}`);
+
+export const createItem = (data: ItemDto) => api.post<Item>(`${API_URL}`, data);
+
+export const updateItem = (id: number, data: ItemDto) => api.put<Item>(`${API_URL}/${id}`, data);
+
+export const deleteItem = (id: number) => api.delete<Item>(`${API_URL}/${id}`);
diff --git a/client/src/api/UsersApi.ts b/client/src/api/UsersApi.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 150a63a..0000000
--- a/client/src/api/UsersApi.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-
-// services are kinda whatever, but in general its a good idea for all api calls to be within a service (at least thats how angular handles it)
-// this user service will handle all to <-> from the server when handling user objects
-// should be injected with the http client (I think its axios ?)
-
-import axios from "axios";
-import type {AxiosResponse } from "axios";
-import type { User } from "../models/User.ts";
-
-const API_URL: string = "/users";
-
-const baseUrl: string = import.meta.env.DEV ? import.meta.env.VITE_DEV_API_URL : "https://app.vxbard.net/api" // TODO: overarching api service
-const api = axios.create({
-  baseURL: baseUrl
-});
-
-export const getUsers = () => api.get<User[]>(`${API_URL}`);
-
-export const getUser = (id: number) => api.get<User>(`${API_URL}/${id}`);
-
-export const createUser = (data: User) => api.post<User>(`${API_URL}`, data);
-
-export const updateUser = (id: number, data: User) => api.put<User>(`${API_URL}/${id}`, data);
-
-export const deleteUser = (id: number) => api.delete<User>(`${API_URL}/${id}`);
diff --git a/client/src/api/axios.ts b/client/src/api/axios.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d05317
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/api/axios.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+
+// http service hub
+// handles interceptors and such
+
+import axios from "axios";
+
+const baseUrl: string = import.meta.env.DEV ? import.meta.env.VITE_DEV_API_URL : "https://app.vxbard.net/api"
+export const api = axios.create({
+	baseURL: baseUrl
+});
+
+type FailedRequest = { resolve: (token: string) => void, reject: (error: unknown) => void}
+let isRefreshing: boolean = false;
+let failedQueue: FailedRequest[] = [];
+
+export const authStorage = {
+    getAccessToken: () => localStorage.getItem("accessToken"),
+    getRefreshToken: () => localStorage.getItem("refreshToken"),
+
+    setTokens: ({ accessToken, refreshToken } : { accessToken: string, refreshToken: string }) => {
+        localStorage.setItem("accessToken", accessToken)
+        localStorage.setItem("refreshToken", refreshToken)
+    },
+
+    clear: () => {
+        localStorage.removeItem("accessToken")
+        localStorage.removeItem("refreshToken")
+    }
+}
+
+const processQueue = (error: unknown, token: string | null = null): void => {
+    failedQueue.forEach(prom => {
+        if (error) prom.reject(error);
+        else prom.resolve(token as string);
+    })
+    failedQueue = [];
+}
+
+// intercept on each request
+api.interceptors.request.use(config => { // add access token to request headers
+
+    const token = authStorage.getAccessToken();
+
+    if (token) {
+        config.headers.Authorization = `Bearer ${token}`;
+    }
+
+    return config;
+
+});
+
+// intercept on each response
+api.interceptors.response.use(response => response, async error => { // mainly for authentication refreshTokens
+    const originalRequest = error.config;
+
+    // if un authorized then refresh the token
+    if(error.response?.status === 401 && !originalRequest._retry) {
+        if(isRefreshing) {
+            return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+                failedQueue.push({ resolve, reject })
+            }).then(token => {
+                originalRequest.headers.Authorization = `Bearer ${token}`;
+                return api(originalRequest);
+            }).catch(err => Promise.reject(err));
+        }
+
+        originalRequest._retry = true;
+        isRefreshing = true;
+        const refreshToken = authStorage.getRefreshToken();
+        try {
+            // request refresh endpoint get back a new accessToken
+            const res = await axios.post(`${baseUrl}/auth/refresh`, { refreshToken });
+            const { accessToken, refreshToken: newRefresh } = res.data;
+            authStorage.setTokens({ accessToken, refreshToken: newRefresh });
+            processQueue(null, accessToken);
+            originalRequest.headers.Authorization = `Bearer ${accessToken}`;
+            return api(originalRequest);
+        } catch (err) {
+            processQueue(err, null);
+            authStorage.clear()
+            window.location.href = "/login";
+            return Promise.reject(err);
+        } finally {
+            isRefreshing = false;
+        }
+    }
+    return Promise.reject(error);
+})
+
+export default api;
diff --git a/client/src/components/ItemsTable.vue b/client/src/components/ItemsTable.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbe7714
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/ItemsTable.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+
+<script setup lang="ts">
+
+import { onMounted } from "vue";
+import { useItemsStore} from "../stores/ItemsStore.ts";
+
+const store = useItemsStore();
+
+onMounted(() => { // register callback for when component is loaded on page
+    store.fetchItems();
+})
+
+</script>
+
+<template>
+
+    <div>
+        <h1>Items</h1>
+
+        <router-link to="/item/new">Create Item</router-link>
+
+        <table>
+            <tr v-for="item in store.items" :key="item.id">
+                <td>{{ item.name }}</td>
+                <td>
+                    <router-link :to="`/item/${item.id}`">Edit</router-link>
+                    <button @click="store.removeItem(item.id)">Delete</button>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+        </table>
+    </div>
+
+</template>
diff --git a/client/src/components/UsersTable.vue b/client/src/components/UsersTable.vue
deleted file mode 100644
index b9c87e0..0000000
--- a/client/src/components/UsersTable.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-
-<script setup lang="ts">
-
-import { onMounted } from "vue";
-import { useUsersStore} from "../stores/UsersStore.ts";
-
-const store = useUsersStore();
-
-onMounted(() => { // register callback for when component is loaded on page
-    store.fetchUsers();
-})
-
-</script>
-
-<template>
-
-    <div>
-        <h1>Users</h1>
-
-        <router-link to="/user/new">Create User</router-link>
-
-        <table>
-            <tr v-for="user in store.users" :key="user.id">
-                <td>{{ user.name }}</td>
-                <td>
-                    <router-link :to="`/user/${user.id}`">Edit</router-link>
-                    <button @click="store.removeUser(user.id)">Delete</button>
-                </td>
-            </tr>
-        </table>
-    </div>
-
-</template>
diff --git a/client/src/models/Item.ts b/client/src/models/Item.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18f6cff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/models/Item.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+export interface Item {
+    id: number;
+    name: string;
+    description: string;
+    createdAt: string;
+    lastEditedAt: string;
+}
+
+export interface ItemDto {
+    name: string;
+    description: string;
+}
diff --git a/client/src/models/User.ts b/client/src/models/User.ts
index 03387ef..48d8fcd 100644
--- a/client/src/models/User.ts
+++ b/client/src/models/User.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,21 @@
 
 // models are the data objects stored in the database. models defined here must match models defined in api/models 
+// dtos here must match the the dtos in api/src/Modelts/Dto.cs in name (case insensitive) (types are intermediately serialized to strings)
 
 export interface User {
     id: number;
-    name: string;
-    email: string
+    username: string;
+    email: string;
+    password: string;
+}
+
+export interface RegisterDto {
+    username: string;
+    email: string;
+    password: string;
+}
+
+export interface LoginDto {
+    username: string;
+    password: string;
 }
diff --git a/client/src/pages/ItemForm.vue b/client/src/pages/ItemForm.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7350e46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/pages/ItemForm.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<!-- pages/views in vue are basically root-level full-page components -->
+
+<script setup lang="ts">
+
+import { ref, onMounted } from "vue";
+import { useRoute, useRouter } from "vue-router";
+
+import { useItemsStore } from "../stores/ItemsStore.ts";
+import type { Item } from "../models/Item.ts";
+
+const store = useItemsStore();
+const route = useRoute();
+const router = useRouter();
+
+const item = ref<Item>({
+    id: 0,
+    name: "",
+    description: "",
+    createdAt: "",
+    lastEditedAt: ""
+});
+
+const id: string | undefined = route.params.id as string | undefined
+
+onMounted(() => {
+    if(id) {
+        const existing = store.items.find(i => i.id == Number(id));
+        if (existing) item.value = { ...existing };
+    }
+});
+
+async function save(): Promise<void> {
+    if(id) {
+        await store.updateItem(Number(id), item.value);
+    } else {
+        await store.addItem(item.value);
+    }
+
+    router.push("/items"); // redirect
+}
+
+</script>
+
+<template>
+
+    <div>
+        <h2>{{ id ? "Edit Item" : "Create Item" }}</h2> <!-- omg I love ternary operator :D -->
+
+        <form @submit.prevent="save">
+            <input v-model="item.name" placeholder="Name" />
+            <input v-model="item.description" placeholder="Name" />
+            <button type="submit">Save</button>
+        </form>
+    </div>
+
+</template>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/pages/ItemsList.vue b/client/src/pages/ItemsList.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4441ca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/pages/ItemsList.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+
+<script setup lang="ts">
+
+import { onMounted } from "vue"
+import { useRoute, useRouter } from "vue-router";
+import { useItemsStore } from "../stores/ItemsStore.ts"
+import * as authApi from "../api/AuthApi";
+
+const store = useItemsStore()
+const router = useRouter();
+
+onMounted(() => {
+  store.fetchItems()
+})
+
+function logout() {
+    authApi.logout();
+    router.push("/login");
+}
+
+</script>
+
+<template>
+    <div>
+        <h1>Items</h1>
+
+        <router-link to="/item/new">Create Item</router-link>
+
+        <table>
+            <tr v-for="item in store.items" :key="item.id">
+                <td>{{ item.name }}</td>
+                <td>
+
+                    <router-link :to="`/item/${item.id}`" custom v-slot="{ navigate }">
+                        <button @click="navigate" role="link">Edit</button>
+                    </router-link>
+
+                    <button @click="store.removeItem(item.id)">Delete</button>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+        </table>
+        <button @click="logout()">Logout</button>
+    </div>
+</template>
diff --git a/client/src/pages/LoginForm.vue b/client/src/pages/LoginForm.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffe445f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/pages/LoginForm.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+
+<script setup lang="ts">
+
+import { onMounted, reactive } from "vue";
+import { useRoute, useRouter } from "vue-router";
+
+import type { LoginDto } from "../models/User.ts";
+import * as authApi from "../api/AuthApi";
+
+const router = useRouter();
+
+const user = reactive<LoginDto>({ // the template ensures type consistency
+    username: "",
+    password: "",
+});
+
+onMounted(() => {
+
+});
+
+async function login(): Promise<void> {
+
+    const success: boolean = await authApi.login(user);
+
+    if(success) {
+        router.push("/"); // redirect
+    } else {
+        // prompt try again
+    }
+    // TODO: interceptor for when a request returns unauthorized to redirect to login
+    // TODO: when redirected to login, save previous url as a query parameter then redirect back to that url after login 
+
+}
+
+</script>
+
+<template>
+
+    <div>
+        <h2>Login</h2>
+
+        <form @submit.prevent="login">
+            <input v-model="user.username" placeholder="username" />
+            <input v-model="user.password" type="password" placeholder="password" />
+            
+            <button type="submit">Submit</button>
+        </form>
+    </div>
+
+</template>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/pages/RegisterForm.vue b/client/src/pages/RegisterForm.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28a461c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/pages/RegisterForm.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+
+<script setup lang="ts">
+
+import { onMounted, reactive } from "vue";
+import { useRoute, useRouter } from "vue-router";
+
+import type { RegisterDto } from "../models/User.ts";
+import * as authApi from "../api/AuthApi";
+
+const router = useRouter();
+
+const user = reactive<RegisterDto>({ // the template ensures type consistency
+    username: "",
+    email: "",
+    password: "",
+});
+
+onMounted(() => {
+
+});
+
+async function register(): Promise<void> {
+
+    const success: boolean = await authApi.register(user);
+
+    if(success) {
+        router.push("/login"); // redirect
+    } else {
+        // prompt try again
+    }
+
+}
+
+
+</script>
+
+<template>
+
+    <div>
+        <h2>Register</h2>
+
+        <form @submit.prevent="register">
+            <input v-model="user.username" placeholder="username" />
+            <input v-model="user.email" placeholder="email" />
+            <input v-model="user.password" placeholder="password" />
+            
+            <button type="submit">Submit</button>
+        </form>
+    </div>
+
+</template>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/pages/UserForm.vue b/client/src/pages/UserForm.vue
deleted file mode 100644
index 96510d3..0000000
--- a/client/src/pages/UserForm.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-<!-- pages/views in vue are basically root-level full-page components -->
-
-<script setup lang="ts">
-
-import { ref, onMounted } from "vue";
-import { useRoute, useRouter } from "vue-router";
-
-import { useUsersStore } from "../stores/UsersStore.ts";
-import type { User } from "../models/User.ts";
-
-const store = useUsersStore();
-const route = useRoute();
-const router = useRouter();
-
-const user = ref<User>({
-    name: "",
-    id: 0,
-    email: "",
-});
-
-const id: string | undefined = route.params.id as string | undefined
-
-onMounted(() => {
-    if(id) {
-        const existing = store.users.find(i => i.id == Number(id));
-        if (existing) user.value = { ...existing };
-    }
-});
-
-async function save(): Promise<void> {
-    if(id) {
-        await store.updateUser(Number(id), user.value);
-    } else {
-        await store.addUser(user.value);
-    }
-
-    router.push("/users"); // redirect
-}
-
-</script>
-
-<template>
-
-    <div>
-        <h2>{{ id ? "Edit User" : "Create User" }}</h2> <!-- omg I love ternary operator :D -->
-
-        <form @submit.prevent="save">
-            <input v-model="user.name" placeholder="Name" />
-            
-            <button type="submit">Save</button>
-        </form>
-    </div>
-
-</template>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/pages/UsersList.vue b/client/src/pages/UsersList.vue
deleted file mode 100644
index 0fb4214..0000000
--- a/client/src/pages/UsersList.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-
-<script setup lang="ts">
-
-import { onMounted } from "vue"
-import { useUsersStore } from "../stores/UsersStore.ts"
-
-const store = useUsersStore()
-
-onMounted(() => {
-  store.fetchUsers()
-})
-
-</script>
-
-<template>
-    <div>
-        <h1>Users</h1>
-
-        <router-link to="/user/new">Create User</router-link>
-
-        <table>
-            <tr v-for="user in store.users" :key="user.id">
-                <td>{{ user.name }}</td>
-                <td>
-
-                    <router-link :to="`/user/${user.id}`" custom v-slot="{ navigate }">
-                        <button @click="navigate" role="link">Edit</button>
-                    </router-link>
-
-                    <button @click="store.removeUser(user.id)">Delete</button>
-                </td>
-            </tr>
-        </table>
-    </div>
-</template>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/pages/index.vue b/client/src/pages/index.vue
index 4e9fc51..0a8cab5 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/index.vue
+++ b/client/src/pages/index.vue
@@ -10,7 +10,15 @@
     <h3>yeah im so cool rn</h3>
     <h1>imagining what I could do with themes :o</h1>
 
-    <router-link to="/users" custom v-slot="{ navigate }">
-        <button @click="navigate" role="link">Users</button>
+    <router-link to="/items" custom v-slot="{ navigate }">
+        <button @click="navigate" role="link">Items</button>
+    </router-link>
+
+    <router-link to="/register" custom v-slot="{ navigate }"> <!-- TODO: only if token == invalid -->
+        <button @click="navigate" role="link">Register</button>
+    </router-link>
+
+    <router-link to="/login" custom v-slot="{ navigate }"> <!-- TODO: only if token == invalid -->
+        <button @click="navigate" role="link">Login</button>
     </router-link>
 </template>
diff --git a/client/src/router/index.ts b/client/src/router/index.ts
index e96dc27..183b38a 100644
--- a/client/src/router/index.ts
+++ b/client/src/router/index.ts
@@ -2,21 +2,39 @@
 // the router creates front-end endpoints and serves pages to them
 
 import { createRouter, createWebHistory } from "vue-router";
-import UsersList from "../pages/UsersList.vue";
-import UserForm from "../pages/UserForm.vue";
+import LoginForm from "../pages/LoginForm.vue";
+import RegisterForm from "../pages/RegisterForm.vue";
+import ItemsList from "../pages/ItemsList.vue";
+import ItemForm from "../pages/ItemForm.vue";
 import index from "../pages/index.vue";
 
+import { authStorage } from "../api/axios.ts"
+
 // link path to the page component
 const routes = [
-  { path: "/", component: index },
-  { path: "/users", component: UsersList },
-  { path: "/user/new", component: UserForm },
-  { path: "/user/:id", component: UserForm }
+	{ path: "/", component: index },
+	{ path: "/login", component: LoginForm },
+	{ path: "/register", component: RegisterForm },
+	{ path: "/items", component: ItemsList, meta: { requiresAuth: true } },
+	{ path: "/item/new", component: ItemForm, meta: { requiresAuth: true } },
+	{ path: "/item/:id", component: ItemForm, meta: { requiresAuth: true } }
 ]; // I really like this
 
 const router = createRouter({
-  history: createWebHistory(import.meta.env.BASE_URL),
-  routes: routes,
+	history: createWebHistory(import.meta.env.BASE_URL),
+	routes: routes,
+});
+
+// intercept before routing
+router.beforeEach((to, from, next) => {
+
+	const token: string | null = authStorage.getAccessToken();
+	if(to.meta.requiresAuth && !token) { // if the page requires use to be signed in, they must have at least a token set
+		next("/login");
+	} else {
+		next();
+	}
+
 });
 
 export default router;
diff --git a/client/src/stores/ItemsStore.ts b/client/src/stores/ItemsStore.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a59f2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/stores/ItemsStore.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+
+// stores are for component state management
+// Pinia (?) i kinda dont get it because in angular you just hook a component to a service and that's it,
+// though I guess the service handled the state management
+// sighh
+
+import { defineStore } from "pinia";
+import type { Item, ItemDto } from "../models/Item.ts";
+import * as itemsApi from "../api/ItemsApi";
+
+interface ItemState {
+    items: Item[];
+    loading: boolean;
+}
+
+export const useItemsStore = defineStore("items", {
+    
+    state: (): ItemState => ({
+        items: [],
+        loading: false
+    }),
+
+    actions: {
+        async fetchItems() {
+            this.loading = true;
+            const response = await itemsApi.getItems();
+            this.items = response.data;
+            this.loading = false;
+        },
+
+        async addItem(item: ItemDto) {
+            const response = await itemsApi.createItem(item);
+            this.items.push(response.data);
+        },
+
+        async updateItem(id: number, item: ItemDto) {
+            const response = await itemsApi.updateItem(id, item);
+            const index = this.items.findIndex(i => i.id === id);
+            this.items[index] = response.data;
+        },
+
+        async removeItem(id: number) {
+            await itemsApi.deleteItem(id);
+            this.items = this.items.filter(i => i.id !== id);
+        }
+    }
+
+});
diff --git a/client/src/stores/UsersStore.ts b/client/src/stores/UsersStore.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a4d4b01..0000000
--- a/client/src/stores/UsersStore.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-
-// stores are for component state management
-// Pinia (?) i kinda dont get it because in angular you just hook a component to a service and that's it,
-// though I guess the service handled the state management
-// sighh
-
-import { defineStore } from "pinia";
-import type { User } from "../models/User.ts";
-import * as api from "../api/UsersApi";
-
-interface UserState {
-    users: User[];
-    loading: boolean;
-}
-
-export const useUsersStore = defineStore("users", {
-    
-    state: (): UserState => ({
-        users: [],
-        loading: false
-    }),
-
-    actions: {
-        async fetchUsers() {
-            this.loading = true;
-            const response = await api.getUsers();
-            this.users = response.data;
-            this.loading = false;
-        },
-
-        async addUser(user: User) {
-            const response = await api.createUser(user);
-            this.users.push(response.data);
-        },
-
-        async updateUser(id: number, user: User) {
-            await api.updateUser(id, user);
-            const index = this.users.findIndex(i => i.id === id);
-            this.users[index] = user;
-        },
-
-        async removeUser(id: number) {
-            await api.deleteUser(id);
-            this.users = this.users.filter(i => i.id !== id);
-        }
-    }
-
-});
diff --git a/scripts/DEV_README.md b/scripts/DEV_README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfee97f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/DEV_README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+
+## These are some notes for development
+# contains some helpful tips, commands, and knowledge
+
+Resetting the database (for dev):
+> set development evironment (specify non-docker network and db password)
+> dotnet ef database drop
+> dotnet ef migrations remove
+> if above errors, dotnet ef database update 0
+> dotnet ef migrations add InitialCreate
+
+To see live logs:
+sudo docker logs -f -t agologum-api
+
+public user:
+> username=bard
+> password=Public*890
+
+chrome dev tools troubleshooting
+> response body: Network => url endpoint => Response => expand 
+
+Always test build before committing
+> for the client: $ npm run dev
+> for the api: $ dotnet build