diff --git a/api_v1/README.md b/api_v1/README.md
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-
-# ZED API
-
-This is a reference to ZED API v1
-
-
-
-
-
-## User
-
-### User authentication
-
-```http
-  POST /api/v1/token
-```
-Pass parameters as `JSON` in body
-| Parameter | Type     | Description                |
-| :-------- | :------- | :------------------------- |
-| `username` | `string` | **Required**. Username  |
-| `password` | `string` | **Required**. Password  |
-
-#### Response
-
-| Parameter | Type     | Description                |
-| :-------- | :------- | :------------------------- |
-| `access` | `string` |  access token to authenticate user |
-| `refresh` | `string` | refresh token to refresh access token  |
-
-```http
-  POST /api/v1/refresh
-```
-| Parameter | Type     | Description                |
-| :-------- | :------- | :------------------------- |
-| `refresh` | `string` | **Required**. refresh token to get new access token  |
-
-
-#### Response
-
-| Parameter | Type     | Description                |
-| :-------- | :------- | :------------------------- |
-| `access` | `string` |  access token to authenticate user |
-
-### User Profile
-
-#### Retrieve User Profile
-- **URL:** `/api/v1/user/profile`
-- **Method:** `GET`
-- **Description:** Retrieves authenticated user profile
-- **Authentication:** Required
-- **Response:**
-   Returns user profile.
-  
-
-Example using curl:
-```bash
-curl -X GET \
-  -H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" \
-  http://example.com/api/v1/user/profile
-```
-
-### User Posts
-
-#### Retrieve User Posts
-- **URL:** `/api/v1/user/posts`
-- **Method:** `GET`
-- **Description:** Retrieves authenticated user posts
-- **Authentication:** Required
-- **Response:**
-   Returns user posts in pagination.
-  
-
-Example using curl:
-```bash
-curl -X GET \
-  -H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" \
-  http://example.com/api/v1/user/posts
-```
-
- ### User Follower list
-
-#### Retrieve User follower list
-- **URL:** `/api/v1/user/followerlist`
-- **Method:** `GET`
-- **Description:** Retrieves authenticated user follower list
-- **Authentication:** Required
-- **Response:**
-   Returns user follower list.
-  
-
-Example using curl:
-```bash
-curl -X GET \
-  -H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" \
-  http://example.com/api/v1/user/followerlist
-```
-
- ### User Following list
-
-#### Retrieve User following list
-- **URL:** `/api/v1/user/followinglist`
-- **Method:** `GET`
-- **Description:** Retrieves authenticated user following list
-- **Authentication:** Required
-- **Response:**
-   Returns user following list
-  
-
-Example using curl:
-```bash
-curl -X GET \
-  -H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" \
-  http://example.com/api/v1/user/followinglist
-```
- ### User suggestions
-
-#### Retrieve User Topic and who to follow data
-- **URL:** `/api/v1/user/suggestions`
-- **Method:** `GET`
-- **Description:** Retrieves authenticated user suggestions
-- **Authentication:** Required
-- **Response:**
-   Returns user suggestions
-
-| Parameter | Type     | Description                |
-| :-------- | :------- | :------------------------- |
-| `follow_suggests` | `array of user` | List of users suggested to follow |
-| `topics_suggest` | `array of topics` | List of topics suggested |
-
-
-  
-
-Example using curl:
-```bash
-curl -X GET \
-  -H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" \
-  http://example.com/api/v1/user/suggestions
-```
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diff --git a/api_v1/__init__.py b/api_v1/__init__.py
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diff --git a/api_v1/admin.py b/api_v1/admin.py
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-from django.contrib import admin
-
-# Register your models here.
diff --git a/api_v1/apps.py b/api_v1/apps.py
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-from django.apps import AppConfig
-
-
-class ApiV1Config(AppConfig):
-    default_auto_field = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
-    name = 'api_v1'
diff --git a/api_v1/migrations/__init__.py b/api_v1/migrations/__init__.py
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diff --git a/api_v1/models.py b/api_v1/models.py
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-from django.db import models
-
-# Create your models here.
diff --git a/api_v1/serializers.py b/api_v1/serializers.py
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-from rest_framework import serializers
-
-from user.models import User
-from content.models import Post, Topic
-from relation.models import Relation
-
-
-# serialize user model to just return the fields we want
-class UserSerialized(serializers.ModelSerializer):
-
-    follower_count = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
-    following_count = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
-
-    class Meta:
-        model = User
-        fields = ('username', 'email', 'first_name', 'last_name','profile_photo','banner_photo','bio','follower_count','following_count')   
-    
-    def get_follower_count(self, obj):
-        return Relation.objects.filter(following=obj).count()
-    
-    def get_following_count(self, obj):
-        return Relation.objects.filter(follower=obj).count()
-    
-# serialize posts model to just return the fields we want
-class PostSerialized(serializers.ModelSerializer):
-    class Meta:
-        model = Post
-        exclude = ('author','topic')
-
-class FollowerListSerialized(serializers.ModelSerializer):
-    
-    follower__full_name = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
-    follower__username = serializers.CharField(source='follower.username')
-    follower__profile_photo = serializers.CharField(source='follower.profile_photo')
-
-    class Meta:
-        model = Relation
-        fields = ('follower__full_name', 'follower__username','follower__profile_photo')
-
-    def get_follower__full_name(self, obj):
-        if (obj.follower.first_name and obj.follower.last_name):
-            full_name = "%s %s" % (obj.follower.first_name, obj.follower.last_name)
-            return full_name.strip()
-        else:
-            username = "%s" % (obj.follower.username, )
-            return username.strip()
-        
-class FollowingListSerialized(serializers.ModelSerializer):
-    
-    following__full_name = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
-    following__username = serializers.CharField(source='following.username')
-    following__profile_photo = serializers.CharField(source='following.profile_photo')
-
-    class Meta:
-        model = Relation
-        fields = ('following__full_name', 'following__username','following__profile_photo')
-
-    def get_following__full_name(self, obj):
-        if (obj.following.first_name and obj.following.last_name):
-            full_name = "%s %s" % (obj.following.first_name, obj.following.last_name)
-            return full_name.strip()
-        else:
-            username = "%s" % (obj.following.username, )
-            return username.strip()
-        
-class TopicSerialized(serializers.ModelSerializer):
-    class Meta:
-        model = Topic
-        fields = ('id', 'name')
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diff --git a/api_v1/tests.py b/api_v1/tests.py
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-from django.test import TestCase
-
-# Create your tests here.
diff --git a/api_v1/urls.py b/api_v1/urls.py
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-from django.urls import path, include
-from rest_framework_simplejwt.views import TokenObtainPairView, TokenRefreshView
-from .views import index
-
-urlpatterns = [
-
-    # index
-    path('', index, name='index'),
-    
-    # Get Access Token and Refresh Token
-    path('token', TokenObtainPairView.as_view(), name='token_obtain_pair'),
-    path('token/refresh', TokenRefreshView.as_view(), name='token_refresh'),
-
-    # user endpoints
-    path('user/', include('api_v1.urls_user')),
-
-    # post endpoints
-
-    # comment endpoints
-
-    # like endpoints
-
-    # follow endpoints
-
-    # search endpoints
-
-    # notification endpoints
-
-    
-
-
-
-
-]
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diff --git a/api_v1/urls_user.py b/api_v1/urls_user.py
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-from django.urls import path
-from .views import user_profile, user_posts, user_followerlist, user_followinglist, user_suggestions
-
-urlpatterns = [
- # user enpoints
-
-    # User profile
-    #
-    # POST /api/v1/user/profile
-    #
-    # headers: {
-    #     Authorization Bearer <access token>
-    # }
-    # response: {
-    #     "username": "zed",
-    #     "email": "email",
-    #     "first_name": "first_name",
-    #     "last_name": "last_name",
-    #     "profile_photo": "profile_photo",
-    #     "banner_photo": "banner_photo",
-    #     "bio": "bio",
-    #     "follower_count": 0,
-    #     "following_count": 0
-    # }
-    path('profile',user_profile, name='user_profile'),
-
-    # User posts
-    #
-    # POST /api/v1/user/posts
-    #
-    # headers: {
-    #     Authorization Bearer <access token>
-    # }
-    # response: {
-    #    count: 1,
-    #    next: null,
-    #    previous: null,
-    #    results: [   
-    #     {
-    #         "id": 1,
-    #         "content": "content",
-    #         "image": "image",
-    #         "created_at": "created_at",
-    #         "updated_at": "updated_at",
-    #     }
-    #    ]
-    # }
-    path('posts',user_posts, name='user_posts'),
-
-    # User followers list
-    path('followerlist',user_followerlist, name='user_followlist'),
-
-    # User following list
-    path('followinglist',user_followinglist, name='user_followlist'),
-
-    # User topic and follow suggestions
-    path('suggestions',user_suggestions, name='user_suggestions'),
-
-
- 
-]
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diff --git a/api_v1/views.py b/api_v1/views.py
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-from django.http import JsonResponse
-from rest_framework.decorators import api_view, permission_classes
-from rest_framework.pagination import PageNumberPagination
-from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated
-
-from relation.models import Relation
-from user.models import User
-from utils.base_utils import get_random_topics
-from .serializers import UserSerialized, PostSerialized, FollowerListSerialized, FollowingListSerialized, \
-    TopicSerialized
-
-
-def index(request):
-    return JsonResponse({'message': 'ZED API v1'})
-
-
-@api_view(['GET'])
-@permission_classes([IsAuthenticated])
-def user_profile(request):
-    user = request.user
-    user = UserSerialized(user)
-    return JsonResponse(user.data, safe=False)
-
-
-@api_view(['GET'])
-@permission_classes([IsAuthenticated])
-def user_posts(request):
-    user = request.user
-    posts = user.posts.all().order_by('-created_time')
-
-    paginator = PageNumberPagination()
-    paginator.page_size = 10
-    paginated_posts = paginator.paginate_queryset(posts, request)
-    result = PostSerialized(paginated_posts, many=True)
-    return paginator.get_paginated_response(result.data)
-
-
-@api_view(['GET'])
-@permission_classes([IsAuthenticated])
-def user_followerlist(request):
-    user = request.user
-
-    followers = Relation.objects.filter(following=user)
-
-    followers = FollowerListSerialized(followers, many=True)
-
-    return JsonResponse(followers.data, safe=False)
-
-
-@api_view(['GET'])
-@permission_classes([IsAuthenticated])
-def user_followinglist(request):
-    user = request.user
-
-    following = Relation.objects.filter(follower=user)
-
-    following = FollowingListSerialized(following, many=True)
-
-    return JsonResponse(following.data, safe=False)
-
-
-@api_view(['GET'])
-@permission_classes([IsAuthenticated])
-def user_suggestions(request):
-    current_user = request.user
-
-    topics = get_random_topics()
-
-    following_users = Relation.objects.filter(follower__id=current_user.id).values_list('following__id', flat=True)
-    random_suggestions = User.objects.exclude(id__in=following_users).exclude(id=current_user.id).order_by('?')[:5]
-
-    serializedTopics = TopicSerialized(topics, many=True)
-    suggestions = UserSerialized(random_suggestions, many=True)
-
-    return JsonResponse({'topics': serializedTopics.data, 'suggests': suggestions.data}, safe=False)
diff --git a/config/settings.py b/config/settings.py
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--- a/config/settings.py
+++ b/config/settings.py
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@
     'django.contrib.sessions',
     'django.contrib.messages',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
-    'rest_framework',
-    'api_v1',
     *DJANGO_APPS,
     *THIRD_PARTY_PACKAGES,
 ]
@@ -141,15 +139,3 @@
 # Default primary key field type
 
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
-
-REST_FRAMEWORK = {
-    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': [
-        'rest_framework_simplejwt.authentication.JWTAuthentication',
-        'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication',
-    ],
-}
-
-SIMPLE_JWT = {
-    'ACCESS_TOKEN_LIFETIME': timedelta(days=1),
-    'REFRESH_TOKEN_LIFETIME': timedelta(days=30),
-}
diff --git a/config/urls.py b/config/urls.py
index 9f497ee..f757989 100644
--- a/config/urls.py
+++ b/config/urls.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     path('', include('engagement.urls')),
     path('', include('relation.urls')),
     path('', include('user.urls')),
-    path('api/v1/', include('api_v1.urls')),
 
     path('__debug__/', include('debug_toolbar.urls')),
 ]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,11 +2,8 @@ asgiref==3.7.2
 async-timeout==4.0.3
 Django==5.0.3
 django-debug-toolbar==4.3.0
-djangorestframework==3.15.1
-djangorestframework-simplejwt==5.3.1
 pillow==10.2.0
 psycopg2==2.9.9
-PyJWT==2.8.0
 python-decouple==3.8
 redis==5.0.3
 sqlparse==0.4.4