diff --git a/frontend/src/api/base/base-api.ts b/frontend/src/api/base/base-api.ts
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+++ b/frontend/src/api/base/base-api.ts
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+import { Requests } from '../../lib/requests';
+//  <
+// 	TGetResult,
+// 	TPostData,
+// 	TPostResult,
+// 	TPutData = TPostData,
+// 	TPutResult = TPostResult,
+// 	TDeleteResult = void
+// >
+
+export class BaseAPI {
+	http: Requests;
+
+	constructor(requests: Requests) {
+		this.http = requests;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/api/base/index.test.ts b/frontend/src/api/base/index.test.ts
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+++ b/frontend/src/api/base/index.test.ts
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+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { UrlBuilder } from '.';
+
+describe('UrlBuilder', () => {
+	it('basic query parameter', () => {
+		const result = UrlBuilder('/test', { a: 'b' });
+		expect(result).toBe('/api/v1/test?a=b');
+	});
+
+	it('multiple query parameters', () => {
+		const result = UrlBuilder('/test', { a: 'b', c: 'd' });
+		expect(result).toBe('/api/v1/test?a=b&c=d');
+	});
+
+	it('no query parameters', () => {
+		const result = UrlBuilder('/test');
+		expect(result).toBe('/api/v1/test');
+	});
+
+	it('list-like query parameters', () => {
+		const result = UrlBuilder('/test', { a: ['b', 'c'] });
+		expect(result).toBe('/api/v1/test?a=b&a=c');
+	});
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/api/base/index.ts b/frontend/src/api/base/index.ts
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+++ b/frontend/src/api/base/index.ts
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+export { BaseAPI } from './base-api';
+export { UrlBuilder } from './urls';
diff --git a/frontend/src/api/base/urls.ts b/frontend/src/api/base/urls.ts
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+++ b/frontend/src/api/base/urls.ts
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+export const prefix = '/api/v1';
+
+export type QueryValue =
+	| string
+	| string[]
+	| number
+	| number[]
+	| boolean
+	| null
+	| undefined;
+
+export function UrlBuilder(
+	rest: string,
+	params: Record<string, QueryValue> = {}
+): string {
+	// we use a stub base URL to leverage the URL class
+	const url = new URL(prefix + rest, 'http://localhost.com');
+
+	for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(params)) {
+		if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+			for (const item of value) {
+				url.searchParams.append(key, String(item));
+			}
+		} else {
+			url.searchParams.append(key, String(value));
+		}
+	}
+
+	// we return the path only, without the base URL
+	return url.toString().replace('http://localhost.com', '');
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/api/public.ts b/frontend/src/api/public.ts
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+++ b/frontend/src/api/public.ts
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+import { BaseAPI, UrlBuilder } from './base';
+
+export type LoginResult = {
+	token: string;
+	expiresAt: string;
+};
+
+export type LoginPayload = {
+	username: string;
+	password: string;
+};
+
+export type RegisterPayload = {
+	user: {
+		email: string;
+		password: string;
+		name: string;
+	};
+	groupName: string;
+};
+
+export class PublicApi extends BaseAPI {
+	public login(username: string, password: string) {
+		return this.http.post<LoginPayload, LoginResult>(
+			UrlBuilder('/users/login'),
+			{
+				username,
+				password,
+			}
+		);
+	}
+
+	public register(payload: RegisterPayload) {
+		return this.http.post<RegisterPayload, LoginResult>(
+			UrlBuilder('/users/register'),
+			payload
+		);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/api/user.ts b/frontend/src/api/user.ts
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+++ b/frontend/src/api/user.ts
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+import { BaseAPI, UrlBuilder } from './base';
+
+export type Result<T> = {
+	item: T;
+};
+
+export type User = {
+	name: string;
+	email: string;
+	isSuperuser: boolean;
+	id: number;
+};
+
+export class UserApi extends BaseAPI {
+	public self() {
+		return this.http.get<Result<User>>(UrlBuilder('/users/self'));
+	}
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/requests/index.ts b/frontend/src/lib/requests/index.ts
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+++ b/frontend/src/lib/requests/index.ts
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+export { Requests, type TResponse } from './requests';
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/requests/requests.ts b/frontend/src/lib/requests/requests.ts
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+++ b/frontend/src/lib/requests/requests.ts
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+export enum Method {
+	GET = 'GET',
+	POST = 'POST',
+	PUT = 'PUT',
+	DELETE = 'DELETE',
+}
+
+export interface TResponse<T> {
+	status: number;
+	error: boolean;
+	data: T;
+	response: Response;
+}
+
+export class Requests {
+	private baseUrl: string;
+	private token: () => string;
+	private headers: Record<string, string> = {};
+	private logger?: (response: Response) => void;
+
+	private url(rest: string): string {
+		return this.baseUrl + rest;
+	}
+
+	constructor(
+		baseUrl: string,
+		token: string | (() => string) = '',
+		headers: Record<string, string> = {},
+		logger?: (response: Response) => void
+	) {
+		this.baseUrl = baseUrl;
+		this.token = typeof token === 'string' ? () => token : token;
+		this.headers = headers;
+		this.logger = logger;
+	}
+
+	public get<T>(url: string): Promise<TResponse<T>> {
+		return this.do<T>(Method.GET, url);
+	}
+
+	public post<T, U>(url: string, payload: T): Promise<TResponse<U>> {
+		return this.do<U>(Method.POST, url, payload);
+	}
+
+	public put<T, U>(url: string, payload: T): Promise<TResponse<U>> {
+		return this.do<U>(Method.PUT, url, payload);
+	}
+
+	public delete<T>(url: string): Promise<TResponse<T>> {
+		return this.do<T>(Method.DELETE, url);
+	}
+
+	private methodSupportsBody(method: Method): boolean {
+		return method === Method.POST || method === Method.PUT;
+	}
+
+	private async do<T>(
+		method: Method,
+		url: string,
+		payload: Object = {}
+	): Promise<TResponse<T>> {
+		const args: RequestInit = {
+			method,
+			headers: {
+				'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+				...this.headers,
+			},
+		};
+
+		const token = this.token();
+		if (token !== '' && args.headers !== undefined) {
+			// @ts-expect-error -- headers is always defined at this point
+			args.headers['Authorization'] = token;
+		}
+
+		if (this.methodSupportsBody(method)) {
+			args.body = JSON.stringify(payload);
+		}
+
+		const response = await fetch(this.url(url), args);
+
+		if (this.logger) {
+			this.logger(response);
+		}
+
+		const data = await response.json();
+
+		return {
+			status: response.status,
+			error: !response.ok,
+			data,
+			response,
+		};
+	}
+}