diff --git a/cmsmanage/settings/base.py b/cmsmanage/settings/base.py
index 0e07416..3fe3bd0 100644
--- a/cmsmanage/settings/base.py
+++ b/cmsmanage/settings/base.py
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "widget_tweaks",
     "markdownx",
     "recurrence",
+    "rest_framework",
+    "rest_framework.authtoken",
     "tasks.apps.TasksConfig",
     "rentals.apps.RentalsConfig",
     "membershipworks.apps.MembershipworksConfig",
@@ -94,3 +96,14 @@ USE_TZ = True
 STATIC_URL = "/static/"
 
 WIKI_URL = "https://wiki.claremontmakerspace.org"
+
+# Django Rest Framework
+REST_FRAMEWORK = {
+    # Use Django's standard `django.contrib.auth` permissions
+    "DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES": ["rest_framework.permissions.DjangoModelPermissions"],
+    "DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES": [
+        "rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication",
+        "rest_framework.authentication.TokenAuthentication",
+    ],
+    "DEFAULT_VERSIONING_CLASS": "rest_framework.versioning.NamespaceVersioning",
+}
diff --git a/cmsmanage/urls.py b/cmsmanage/urls.py
index 2f9f05d..8afabe5 100644
--- a/cmsmanage/urls.py
+++ b/cmsmanage/urls.py
@@ -19,13 +19,17 @@ from django.urls import include, path
 from django.contrib.auth.views import LoginView, LogoutView
 from django.conf import settings
 
+from rest_framework import routers
 
+
+router = routers.DefaultRouter()
 urlpatterns = [
     path("", lambda request: redirect("/tasks/"), name="root"),
     path("tasks/", include("tasks.urls")),
     path("rentals/", include("rentals.urls")),
     path("membershipworks/", include("membershipworks.urls")),
     path("paperwork/", include("paperwork.urls")),
+    path("api/v1/", include((router.urls, "api"), namespace="v1")),
     path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
     path(
         "auth/",
@@ -47,6 +51,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
             ]
         ),
     ),
+    path("api-auth/", include("rest_framework.urls")),
     path("markdownx/", include("markdownx.urls")),
 ]
 
diff --git a/pdm.lock b/pdm.lock
index 00f7788..00c4032 100644
--- a/pdm.lock
+++ b/pdm.lock
@@ -204,6 +204,16 @@ version = "1.4.12"
 requires_python = ">=3.7"
 summary = "Tweak the form field rendering in templates, not in python-level form definitions."
 
+[[package]]
+name = "djangorestframework"
+version = "3.14.0"
+requires_python = ">=3.6"
+summary = "Web APIs for Django, made easy."
+dependencies = [
+    "django>=3.0",
+    "pytz",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "djlint"
 version = "1.19.6"
@@ -443,6 +453,11 @@ dependencies = [
     "pyasn1>=0.3.7",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pytz"
+version = "2022.7"
+summary = "World timezone definitions, modern and historical"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pyyaml"
 version = "6.0"
@@ -612,7 +627,7 @@ summary = "Zopfli module for python"
 
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 lock_version = "4.1"
-content_hash = "sha256:b6e7492191b0ecaef4aafad0b54753f08938080d3556bed56733e51bb1a39c5b"
+content_hash = "sha256:7c2b758527ac921e68c591216d325c06ebcf7aa3903366e23a02f02c37fd7241"
 
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 ]
+"djangorestframework 3.14.0" = [
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+    {url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ff/4b/3b46c0914ba4b7546a758c35fdfa8e7f017fcbe7f23c878239e93623337a/djangorestframework-3.14.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:eb63f58c9f218e1a7d064d17a70751f528ed4e1d35547fdade9aaf4cd103fd08"},
+]
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 ]
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+    {url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/6d/37/54f2d7c147e42dc85ffbc6910862bb4f141fb3fc14d9a88efaa1a76c7df2/pytz-2022.7.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7ccfae7b4b2c067464a6733c6261673fdb8fd1be905460396b97a073e9fa683a"},
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9c7dbfd..8cadbda 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "weasyprint~=57.1",
     "requests~=2.27",
     "semver~=2.13",
+    "djangorestframework>=3.14.0",
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.9"