diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 5a04e02..23dd9dc 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "conventionalCommits.scopes": [
     "database",
-    "display ganttchart",
-    "timetables"
-  ]
+    "display ganttchart"
+  ],
+  "java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration": "interactive"
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/org/acme/rest/TimetableResource.java b/backend/src/main/java/org/acme/rest/TimetableResource.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..964d4d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/org/acme/rest/TimetableResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+package org.acme.rest;
+
+import ai.timefold.solver.core.api.solver.SolverManager;
+import jakarta.annotation.security.RolesAllowed;
+import jakarta.inject.Inject;
+import jakarta.transaction.Transactional;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.*;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import org.acme.domain.Room;
+import org.acme.domain.Student;
+import org.acme.domain.Timetable;
+import org.acme.domain.Unit;
+
+import java.time.DayOfWeek;
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.LocalTime;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+
+/**
+ * Entry to the timetabling program.
+ * Receives a timetabling problem and outputs the solution
+ * with the best optimised scores according to the provided constraints.
+ *
+ * @author Jet Edge
+ */
+@Path("/timetabling")
+public class TimetableResource {
+
+    @Inject
+    SolverManager<Timetable, String> solverManager;
+
+    @POST
+    @RolesAllowed({"user"})
+    @Transactional
+    public Timetable handleRequest(Timetable problem) throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
+        UUID uuid = UUID.randomUUID();
+        String uuidAsString = uuid.toString();
+
+        System.out.println("Your UUID is: " + uuidAsString);
+        String name = "Job" + uuidAsString;
+
+        findByCampusAndDelete(problem.campusName);
+
+        // generate solution timetable with TimeFold Solver
+        Timetable solution = solverManager.solve(name, problem).getFinalBestSolution();
+
+        // store the solution timetable to the database
+        solution.persist();
+
+        return solution;
+    }
+
+    @Path("/view")
+    @GET
+    @RolesAllowed({"user"})
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    public List<Timetable> view() {
+        return Timetable.listAll();
+    }
+
+    @Path("/unit")
+    @POST
+    @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    public Unit handleUnit(Unit unit) {
+        return unit;
+    }
+
+    public void findByCampusAndDelete(String campusName) {
+        List<Timetable> timetables = Timetable.listAll();
+        for (Timetable timetable : timetables) {
+            System.out.println("CHECKING NOW\n");
+            if (campusName.equals(timetable.campusName)) {
+                System.out.println("SMTH HAS BEEN DELETED WOOOO\n");
+                timetable.delete();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @GET
+    @RolesAllowed({"user"})
+    @Transactional
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    public Timetable solveExample() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
+
+        Student a = new Student("a");
+        Student b = new Student("b");
+        Student c = new Student("c");
+        Student d = new Student("d");
+        Student e = new Student("e");
+        Student f = new Student("f");
+        Student g = new Student("g");
+        Student h = new Student("h");
+        Student i = new Student("i");
+
+        Room r1 = new Room("Room1", "Building1", "Adelaide", 2, true);
+        Room r2 = new Room("Room2", "Building2", "Adelaide", 4, false);
+        Room r3 = new Room("Room3", "Building3", "Adelaide", 4, false);
+
+        Unit u1 = new Unit(1, "This", "Course A", Duration.ofHours(2), List.of(a, b), true);
+        Unit u2 = new Unit(2, "Is", "Course A", Duration.ofHours(2), List.of(a, c, d, e), true);
+        Unit u3 = new Unit(3, "A", "Course B", Duration.ofHours(2), List.of(f, g, h, i), false);
+        Unit u4 = new Unit(4, "Test", "Course C", Duration.ofHours(2), List.of(a, b), false);
+
+        var problem = new Timetable("Adelaide",
+                List.of(
+                        u1, u2, u3, u4
+//                        new Unit(5, "5", Duration.ofHours(2), List.of(c, d, e)),
+//                        new Unit(6, "6", Duration.ofHours(2), List.of(f, g, h, i))
+                ),
+
+                List.of(
+                        DayOfWeek.MONDAY,
+                        DayOfWeek.TUESDAY,
+                        DayOfWeek.WEDNESDAY
+//                        DayOfWeek.THURSDAY,
+//                        DayOfWeek.FRIDAY
+                ),
+
+                List.of(
+                        LocalTime.of(15, 0)
+//                        LocalTime.of(17, 0)
+//                        LocalTime.of(16,0),
+//                        LocalTime.of(23,0)
+                ),
+                List.of(r1, r2, r3)
+        );
+
+        /*
+         * During this solving phase, new Unit objects will be created with the
+         * allotted date and Room assignment.
+         *
+         * Currently, the 'old' Unit objects in the 'problem' variable and the
+         * 'new' Unit objects in the 'solution' variable are stored as different
+         * Units in the database due to our inability to control the behaviour
+         * of solverManager.solve
+         *
+         * i.e. after solving, there will be 2 copies of each Unit in the
+         * database, where the 'old' Unit has the list of students but no
+         * timetable assignment, while the 'new' Unit does not have the list
+         * of students enrolled, but does have the assigned date and room
+         */
+
+        findByCampusAndDelete(problem.campusName);
+
+        Timetable solution = solverManager.solve("job 1", problem).getFinalBestSolution();
+
+        solution.persist();
+        // saves the solution timetable and all related entities to database
+
+        return solution;
+    }
+
+}
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