diff --git a/api/serializers/event.py b/api/serializers/event.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17e34f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/serializers/event.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+from rest_framework import serializers
+from web.models.event import Event
+
+
+class EventSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    # to_representation(self, instance) if needed
+    # fk = Serializer()
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = Event
+        fields = '__all__'
+
diff --git a/api/services/event.py b/api/services/event.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/api/views.py b/api/views.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 91ea44a..0000000
--- a/api/views.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-from django.shortcuts import render
-
-# Create your views here.
diff --git a/localist/settings.py b/localist/settings.py
index bb2a920..8a0d9e0 100644
--- a/localist/settings.py
+++ b/localist/settings.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "django.contrib.sessions",
     "django.contrib.messages",
     "django.contrib.staticfiles",
+    "rest_framework",
     "web",
     "api",
 ]
diff --git a/localist/urls.py b/localist/urls.py
index 6cf30a6..54f18e1 100644
--- a/localist/urls.py
+++ b/localist/urls.py
@@ -1,23 +1,10 @@
-"""
-URL configuration for localist project.
-
-The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
-    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/topics/http/urls/
-Examples:
-Function views
-    1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
-    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', views.home, name='home')
-Class-based views
-    1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
-    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', Home.as_view(), name='home')
-Including another URLconf
-    1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
-    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
-"""
-
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.urls import path
 
+from api.views.event import EventView
+
 urlpatterns = [
     path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
+    path("api/event/<int:event_id>", EventView.as_view(), name="event"),
+    path("api/event", EventView.as_view(), name="event")
 ]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..906cf96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+asgiref==3.11.1
+certifi==2026.5.20
+charset-normalizer==3.4.7
+Django==6.0.6
+django-rest-framework==0.1.0
+djangorestframework==3.17.1
+idna==3.18
+requests==2.34.2
+sqlparse==0.5.5
+urllib3==2.7.0
diff --git a/test_requests/create_event.py b/test_requests/create_event.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04024b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_requests/create_event.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import requests
+
+url = "http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/event"
+
+data = {
+    "name": "Test Event 2",
+    "description": "this is a test",
+    "url": "https://www.domdit.com",
+    "address": "31 Fleetwood Dr Hazlet Nj",
+    "status": "scheduled",
+    "price": "10.00",
+    "require_rsvp": False,
+    "start_time": "2026-06-14T01:34:39Z",
+    "end_time": "2026-08-14T01:34:38Z",
+    "rain_date": "2026-06-15T01:34:42Z",
+    "email": "me@domdit.com",
+    "phone_number": ""
+}
+
+requests.post(url, data=data)
diff --git a/test_requests/update_event.py b/test_requests/update_event.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd7716f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_requests/update_event.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import requests
+
+url = "http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/event/1"
+
+data = {
+    "name": "diddy freakoff",
+}
+
+requests.put(url, data=data)