routing works!!!

backend/api/api_urls.py

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# api_urls.py
+
+from django.urls import path
+from . import views
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path('', views.api_home, name='api_home'),
+    path('test/', views.test_page, name='test_page'),
+]

backend/api/views.py

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# views.py
+
 from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.http import HttpResponse
 
 # Create your views here.
+def test_page(request):
+    return HttpResponse('This is a test page to verify if the django setup works')
+
+def api_home(request):
+    return HttpResponse('API Landing page')

backend/med_reminder/urls.py

@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@
     2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
 """
 from django.contrib import admin
-from django.urls import path
+from django.urls import path, include
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
+    path('api/', include('api.api_urls'))
 ]