diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
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+
+# Created by https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/django,python,redis
+# Edit at https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore?templates=django,python,redis
+
+### Django ###
+*.log
+*.pot
+*.pyc
+__pycache__/
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+db.sqlite3-journal
+media
+
+# If your build process includes running collectstatic, then you probably don't need or want to include staticfiles/
+# in your Git repository. Update and uncomment the following line accordingly.
+# <django-project-name>/staticfiles/
+
+### Django.Python Stack ###
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+pip-wheel-metadata/
+share/python-wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+*.py,cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+pytestdebug.log
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+
+# Django stuff:
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+doc/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+
+# pyenv
+.python-version
+
+# pipenv
+#   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
+#   However, in case of collaboration, if having platform-specific dependencies or dependencies
+#   having no cross-platform support, pipenv may install dependencies that don't work, or not
+#   install all needed dependencies.
+#Pipfile.lock
+
+# PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow
+__pypackages__/
+
+# Celery stuff
+celerybeat-schedule
+celerybeat.pid
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+*.sage.py
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+pythonenv*
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
+
+# mypy
+.mypy_cache/
+.dmypy.json
+dmypy.json
+
+# Pyre type checker
+.pyre/
+
+# pytype static type analyzer
+.pytype/
+
+# profiling data
+.prof
+
+### Python ###
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+
+# C extensions
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+
+# Installer logs
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+
+# Translations
+
+# Django stuff:
+
+# Flask stuff:
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+
+# PyBuilder
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+
+# IPython
+
+# pyenv
+
+# pipenv
+#   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
+#   However, in case of collaboration, if having platform-specific dependencies or dependencies
+#   having no cross-platform support, pipenv may install dependencies that don't work, or not
+#   install all needed dependencies.
+
+# PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow
+
+# Celery stuff
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+
+# Environments
+
+# Spyder project settings
+
+# Rope project settings
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+
+# mypy
+
+# Pyre type checker
+
+# pytype static type analyzer
+
+# profiling data
+
+### Redis ###
+# Ignore redis binary dump (dump.rdb) files
+
+*.rdb
+
+# End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/django,python,redis
+
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
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+FROM python:3.9.1-alpine3.13
+
+MAINTAINER "Ameya Shenoy <shenoy.ameya@gmail.com>"
+
+COPY requirements.txt /
+
+RUN set -ex \
+  && apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps \
+    gcc \
+    musl-dev \
+    postgresql-dev \
+    python3-dev \
+  && pip install -r /requirements.txt \
+  && rm -rf requirements.txt \
+  && apk del .build-deps
+
diff --git a/backend/app/__init__.py b/backend/app/__init__.py
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diff --git a/backend/app/admin.py b/backend/app/admin.py
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+++ b/backend/app/admin.py
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+from django.contrib import admin
+
+# Register your models here.
diff --git a/backend/app/apps.py b/backend/app/apps.py
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+++ b/backend/app/apps.py
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+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class AppConfig(AppConfig):
+    name = 'app'
diff --git a/backend/app/migrations/__init__.py b/backend/app/migrations/__init__.py
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diff --git a/backend/app/models.py b/backend/app/models.py
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+++ b/backend/app/models.py
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+from django.db import models
+
+# Create your models here.
diff --git a/backend/app/tests.py b/backend/app/tests.py
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+++ b/backend/app/tests.py
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+from django.test import TestCase
+
+# Create your tests here.
diff --git a/backend/app/views.py b/backend/app/views.py
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+++ b/backend/app/views.py
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+from django.shortcuts import render
+
+# Create your views here.
diff --git a/backend/backend/__init__.py b/backend/backend/__init__.py
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diff --git a/backend/backend/asgi.py b/backend/backend/asgi.py
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+"""
+ASGI config for backend project.
+
+It exposes the ASGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/howto/deployment/asgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'backend.settings')
+
+application = get_asgi_application()
diff --git a/backend/backend/settings.py b/backend/backend/settings.py
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+++ b/backend/backend/settings.py
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+"""
+Django settings for backend project.
+
+Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 3.1.6.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/topics/settings/
+
+For the full list of settings and their values, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/settings/
+"""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
+BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+
+
+# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
+# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/howto/deployment/checklist/
+
+# TODO: remove this key
+# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
+SECRET_KEY = 'eo$1gb^g#gx25$b$(9hp#i^av^t0e8ge#kjcr$g(=yimc#j1-l'
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
+DEBUG = True
+
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+
+
+# Application definition
+
+INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    'django.contrib.admin',
+    'django.contrib.auth',
+    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
+    'django.contrib.sessions',
+    'django.contrib.messages',
+    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+]
+
+MIDDLEWARE = [
+    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+]
+
+ROOT_URLCONF = 'backend.urls'
+
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
+        'DIRS': [],
+        'APP_DIRS': True,
+        'OPTIONS': {
+            'context_processors': [
+                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
+                'django.template.context_processors.request',
+                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
+                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+]
+
+WSGI_APPLICATION = 'backend.wsgi.application'
+
+
+# Database
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/settings/#databases
+
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
+        'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
+    }
+}
+
+
+# Password validation
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
+
+AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
+    },
+]
+
+
+# Internationalization
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/topics/i18n/
+
+LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
+
+TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
+
+USE_I18N = True
+
+USE_L10N = True
+
+USE_TZ = True
+
+
+# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/howto/static-files/
+
+STATIC_URL = '/static/'
diff --git a/backend/backend/urls.py b/backend/backend/urls.py
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+"""backend URL Configuration
+
+The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
+    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/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
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
+]
diff --git a/backend/backend/wsgi.py b/backend/backend/wsgi.py
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+"""
+WSGI config for backend project.
+
+It exposes the WSGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/howto/deployment/wsgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'backend.settings')
+
+application = get_wsgi_application()
diff --git a/backend/manage.py b/backend/manage.py
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+++ b/backend/manage.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Django's command-line utility for administrative tasks."""
+import os
+import sys
+
+
+def main():
+    """Run administrative tasks."""
+    os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'backend.settings')
+    try:
+        from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
+    except ImportError as exc:
+        raise ImportError(
+            "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
+            "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
+            "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
+        ) from exc
+    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
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+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
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+# req
+django-redis==4.12.1
+django-rq==2.4.0
+django==3.1.6
+djangorestframework==3.12.2
+requests==2.25.1
+rq-scheduler==0.10.0
+psycopg2==2.8.6
+
+# dev
+pip==21.0.1
+
+