diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 63a4892..85859eb 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -3,23 +3,12 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org'
 gem 'rails', '5.2.0.rc2'
 gem 'sqlite3'
 gem 'pg', '~> 0.21.0'
-# gem 'sass-rails', '~> 5.0'
-# gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.3.0'
 
 gem 'puma', '~> 3.11'
 
-# See https://github.com/rails/execjs#readme for more supported runtimes
-# gem 'therubyracer', platforms: :ruby
-
 gem 'webpacker', '3.4.1'
 gem 'bootsnap', '>= 1.1.0', require: false
-# Use jquery as the JavaScript library
-# gem 'jquery-rails', '~> 4.3.1'
-# gem 'bootstrap-sass', '~> 3.3.7'
-# gem 'kaminari', '~> 1.1.1'
-# gem 'turbolinks', '~> 5.1.0'
 gem 'jbuilder', '~> 2.7'
-# gem 'cocoon', '~> 1.2.9'
 gem 'unitwise', '~> 2.2.0'
 gem 'redcarpet', '~> 3.4.0'
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/app.vue b/app/javascript/app.vue
deleted file mode 100644
index e304dc1..0000000
--- a/app/javascript/app.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-<template>
-  <div id="app">
-    <p>{{ message }}</p>
-  </div>
-</template>
-
-<script>
-export default {
-  data: function () {
-    return {
-      message: "Hello Vue!"
-    }
-  }
-}
-</script>
-
-<style scoped>
-p {
-  font-size: 2em;
-  text-align: center;
-}
-</style>
diff --git a/app/javascript/lib/Api.js b/app/javascript/lib/Api.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2d3c2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/lib/Api.js
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import config from '../config';
+import * as Errors from './Errors';
+
+class Api {
+  constructor() {
+  }
+
+  baseUrl() { return config.baseApiUrl; }
+
+  url(path) {
+    return this.baseUrl() + path;
+  }
+
+  checkStatus(response) {
+    if (response.status >= 200 && response.status < 300) {
+      return response;
+    } else if (response.status === 404) {
+      throw new Errors.ApiNotFoundError(response.statusText, response);
+    } else {
+      throw new Errors.ApiServerError(response.statusText || "Unknown Server Error", response);
+    }
+  }
+
+  parseJSON(response) {
+    return response.json();
+  }
+
+  performRequest(url, method, params = {}) {
+    const hasBody = Object.keys(params || {}).length !== 0;
+
+    const headers = new Headers();
+    headers.append('Accept', 'application/json');
+
+    const opts = {
+      headers,
+      method: method
+    };
+
+    if (hasBody) {
+      headers.append('Content-Type', 'application/json');
+      opts.body = JSON.stringify(params);
+    }
+
+    return fetch(url, opts).then(this.checkStatus).then(this.parseJSON);
+  }
+
+  get(url, params = {}) {
+
+    const queryParams = [];
+
+    for (let key in params) {
+      const val = params[key];
+      if (Array.isArray(val)) {
+        for (let x of val) {
+          queryParams.push(encodeURIComponent(key) + "[]=" + (x === null ? '' : encodeURIComponent(x)));
+        }
+      } else {
+        queryParams.push(encodeURIComponent(key) + "=" + (val === null ? '' : encodeURIComponent(val)));
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (queryParams.length) {
+      url = url + "?" + queryParams.join("&");
+    }
+
+    return this.performRequest(url, "GET");
+  }
+
+  
+}
+
+const api = new Api();
+
+export default api;
diff --git a/app/javascript/lib/Errors.js b/app/javascript/lib/Errors.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26bdc1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/lib/Errors.js
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+
+export function ApiError(message, response) {
+  this.message = (message || "Unknown API Error Occurred");
+  this.response = response;
+}
+ApiError.prototype = Object.assign(new Error(), {
+  name: "ApiError",
+
+  responseCode: function() {
+    if (this.response) {
+      return this.response.status;
+    } else {
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+});
+
+export function ApiServerError(message, response) {
+  this.message = (message || "Unknown API Server Error Occurred");
+  this.response = response;
+}
+ApiServerError.prototype = Object.assign(new ApiError(), {
+  name: "ApiServerError"
+});
+
+export function ApiNotFoundError(message, response) {
+  this.message = (message || "Unknown API Server Error Occurred");
+  this.response = response;
+}
+ApiNotFoundError.prototype = Object.assign(new ApiError(), {
+  name: "ApiNotFoundError"
+});
+
+
+export function onlyFor(errorType, handler) {
+  return (err) => {
+    if (err instanceof errorType) {
+      return handler(err);
+    } else {
+      return Promise.reject(err);
+    }
+  };
+}
+