diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..101c169
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/env/*
+/__pycache__/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6a411a8..8bada8e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ Creating a minimal api for secure login using Python Flask
 
 To Run:
 ```
+python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
 source env/bin/activate
 python api.py
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
+
+If new packages to the virtual environment are added with pip:
+```
+python freeze > requirements.txt
+```
diff --git a/api.py b/api.py
index e56e6bc..be8923d 100644
--- a/api.py
+++ b/api.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import flask
-from flask import request, jsonify
+from flask import request, jsonify, abort
+from argon2 import PasswordHasher
+from database import *
+import timeit
 
 app = flask.Flask(__name__)
 app.config["DEBUG"] = True
@@ -45,4 +48,33 @@ def api_id():
     return jsonify(results)
 
 
+@app.route("/api/v1/auth/register", methods=["POST"])
+def api_register():
+    # Calls on the DB method to register a user
+    if "username" in request.args and "password" in request.args:
+        username = request.args["username"]
+        password = request.args["password"]
+    else:
+        abort(400, description="Error: either username or password not provided")
+
+    if does_user_exist(username):
+        abort(400, description="Error: User already exists")
+    else:
+        password_hash = PasswordHasher(hash_len=32).hash(password)
+        print("Password Hash computed in User Registration: {0}".format(password_hash))
+        registration_success = register_user(username, password_hash)
+        if not registration_success:
+            abort(500)
+        else:
+            return "User Registered!"
+
+
+@app.route("/api/v1/upload", methods=["POST"])
+def upload_file():
+    uploaded_file = request.files["file"]
+    if uploaded_file.filename != "":
+        uploaded_file.save(uploaded_file.filename)
+    return "File Saved"
+
+
 app.run()
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diff --git a/database.py b/database.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3880926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+def does_user_exist(username: str) -> bool:
+    return False
+
+
+def register_user(username: str, password_hash: str):
+    print(
+        "Registering User with Username = "
+        + username
+        + " and password hash = "
+        + password_hash
+    )
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..792021b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+appdirs==1.4.4
+argon2-cffi==20.1.0
+black==20.8b1
+cffi==1.14.5
+click==7.1.2
+dataclasses==0.8
+Flask==1.1.2
+itsdangerous==1.1.0
+Jinja2==2.11.3
+jsonify==0.5
+MarkupSafe==1.1.1
+mypy-extensions==0.4.3
+pathspec==0.8.1
+pkg-resources==0.0.0
+pycparser==2.20
+regex==2021.3.17
+six==1.15.0
+toml==0.10.2
+typed-ast==1.4.2
+typing-extensions==3.7.4.3
+Werkzeug==1.0.1