diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 668ccf1..97db62e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ clean: remove-podman-containers
 	cd backend && make clean
 	@echo "Cleaned up!"
 
+.PHONY: itest
+itest:
+	python testing.py
+
 # Cleans up everything related to podman, not just the project. Make sure you understand what this means.
 podman-clean:
 	podman system reset --force
diff --git a/testing.py b/testing.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6394b94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import requests
+import string
+import random
+
+def randomString(len=10):
+    """Generate a random string of fixed length """
+    letters = string.ascii_lowercase
+    return ''.join(random.choice(letters) for i in range(len))
+
+# Defined once per test run
+username = randomString()
+
+# Define the base URL of the API
+base_url = "http://localhost:8080"
+
+# Define the endpoint to test
+registerPath = base_url + "/api/register"
+loginPath = base_url + "/api/login"
+
+# Define a function to prform POST request with data and return response
+def create_user(data):
+    response = requests.post(registerPath, json=data)
+    return response
+
+def login(username, password):
+    response = requests.post(loginPath, json={"username": username, "password": password})
+    return response
+
+def test_login():
+    response = login(username, "always_same")
+    assert response.status_code == 200, "Login failed"
+    print("Login successful")
+    print(response.json()["token"])
+
+# Define a function to test the POST request
+def test_create_user():
+    data = {"username": username, "password": "always_same"}
+    response = create_user(data)
+    assert response.status_code == 200, "Registration failed"
+    print("Registration successful")
+
+# Run the tests
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # test_get_users()
+    test_create_user()
+    test_login()
+