diff --git a/lib/app/item.ex b/lib/app/item.ex
index 79944197..71d6cb7b 100644
--- a/lib/app/item.ex
+++ b/lib/app/item.ex
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ defmodule App.Item do
   alias __MODULE__
   require Logger
 
+  @derive {Jason.Encoder, only: [:id, :person_id, :status, :text]}
   schema "items" do
     field :person_id, :integer
     field :status, :integer
diff --git a/lib/app_web/controllers/api/item_controller.ex b/lib/app_web/controllers/api/item_controller.ex
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3808c3cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/app_web/controllers/api/item_controller.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+defmodule AppWeb.API.ItemController do
+  use AppWeb, :controller
+  alias App.Item
+  import Ecto.Changeset
+
+  def show(conn, params) do
+    id = Map.get(params, "id")
+
+    try do
+      item = Item.get_item!(id)
+      json(conn, item)
+    rescue
+      Ecto.NoResultsError ->
+        errors = %{
+          code: 404,
+          message: "No item found with the given \'id\'.",
+        }
+        json(conn |> put_status(404), errors)
+
+      Ecto.Query.CastError ->
+        errors = %{
+          code: 400,
+          message: "The \'id\' is not an integer.",
+        }
+        json(conn |> put_status(400), errors)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def create(conn, params) do
+    # Attributes to create item
+    # Person_id will be changed when auth is added
+    attrs = %{
+      text: Map.get(params, "text"),
+      person_id: 0,
+      status: 2
+    }
+
+    case Item.create_item(attrs) do
+
+      # Successfully creates item
+      {:ok, item} ->
+        id_item = Map.take(item, [:id])
+        json(conn, id_item)
+
+      # Error creating item
+      {:error, %Ecto.Changeset{} = changeset} ->
+        errors = make_changeset_errors_readable(changeset)
+
+        json(
+          conn |> put_status(400),
+          errors
+        )
+    end
+  end
+
+  def update(conn, params) do
+    id = Map.get(params, "id")
+    new_text = Map.get(params, "text")
+
+    item = Item.get_item!(id)
+
+    case Item.update_item(item, %{text: new_text}) do
+
+      # Successfully updates item
+      {:ok, item} ->
+        json(conn, item)
+
+      # Error creating item
+      {:error, %Ecto.Changeset{} = changeset} ->
+        errors = make_changeset_errors_readable(changeset)
+
+        json(
+          conn |> put_status(400),
+          errors
+        )
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp make_changeset_errors_readable(changeset) do
+    errors = %{
+      code: 400,
+      message: "Malformed request",
+    }
+
+    changeset_errors = traverse_errors(changeset, fn {msg, opts} ->
+      Regex.replace(~r"%{(\w+)}", msg, fn _, key ->
+        opts |> Keyword.get(String.to_existing_atom(key), key) |> to_string()
+      end)
+    end)
+
+    Map.put(errors, :errors, changeset_errors)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/app_web/router.ex b/lib/app_web/router.ex
index 62b88847..968cbaf1 100644
--- a/lib/app_web/router.ex
+++ b/lib/app_web/router.ex
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ defmodule AppWeb.Router do
     plug :put_secure_browser_headers
   end
 
+  pipeline :api do
+    plug :accepts, ["json"]
+  end
+
   # No Auth
   scope "/", AppWeb do
     pipe_through :browser
@@ -17,7 +21,10 @@ defmodule AppWeb.Router do
     get "/login", AuthController, :login
   end
 
-  pipeline :authOptional, do: plug(AuthPlugOptional)
+  pipeline :authOptional do
+    plug :fetch_session
+    plug(AuthPlugOptional)
+  end
 
   scope "/", AppWeb do
     pipe_through [:browser, :authOptional]
@@ -26,4 +33,10 @@ defmodule AppWeb.Router do
     live "/stats", StatsLive
     resources "/tags", TagController, except: [:show]
   end
+
+  scope "/api", AppWeb do
+    pipe_through [:api, :authOptional]
+
+    resources "/items", API.ItemController, only: [:create, :update, :show]
+  end
 end