diff --git a/api/src/controllers/authController.ts b/api/src/controllers/authController.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ac1f64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/controllers/authController.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { Request, Response } from "express";
+
+export function login_post(req: Request, res: Response) {
+  res.send("logged in");
+}
diff --git a/api/src/routes/authRoutes.ts b/api/src/routes/authRoutes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c62cd4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/routes/authRoutes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { Router } from "express";
+import * as authController from "../controllers/authController";
+//import authValidator from "../validators/authValidator";
+//import handleValidation from "../middlewares/handleValidation";
+//import { requireAuth } from "../middlewares/authMiddleware";
+
+const router = Router();
+
+//const mws = [requireAuth, handleValidation.handleValidationError];
+
+router.post("/login", authController.login_post);
+
+//router.post(
+//  "/login",
+//  authValidator.checkUserLogin(),
+//  handleValidation.handleValidationError,
+//  userController.login_post
+//);
+
+//router.post(
+//  "/register",
+//  authValidator.checkUserRegister(),
+//  handleValidation.handleValidationError,
+//  userController.register_post
+//);
+
+//router.post("/logout", userController.logout_post);
+
+//router.post(
+//  "/edit",
+//  [requireAuth],
+//  authValidator.checkChange(),
+//  userController.edit_post
+//);
+
+export default router;
diff --git a/api/src/routes/index.ts b/api/src/routes/index.ts
index bf190c9..acf0269 100644
--- a/api/src/routes/index.ts
+++ b/api/src/routes/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Request, Response, Router } from "express";
 import path from "path";
-//import authRoutes from "./authRoutes";
+import authRoutes from "./authRoutes";
 export const router = Router();
 
-//router.use("/api/auth", authRoutes);
+router.use("/api/auth", authRoutes);
 
 //router.get("*", (req: Request, res: Response) => {
 //  res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, "../views/index.html"));