diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
index 935306f..8a128e4 100644
--- a/backend/.gitignore
+++ b/backend/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-build
-node_modules
-.env
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+__pycache__/**
+
diff --git a/backend/app.py b/backend/app.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bba16b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+from flask import Flask, jsonify
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+
+dummy_article = {
+    'author':'ctmbl',
+    'title':'My dummy article',
+    'body':'This is a dummy article hardcoded to build the backend',
+    '_id':"1"
+    }
+
+dummy_article_2 = {
+    'author':'ctmbl',
+    'title':'My dummy article 2',
+    'body':'This is a dummy article 2',
+    '_id':"2"
+    }
+
+@app.route('/')
+def root():
+    return 'iscsc.fr backend is running'
+
+@app.route('/api/articles', methods=['GET'])
+def fetch_all_articles():
+    return jsonify([dummy_article, dummy_article_2])
+
+@app.route('/api/articles/<id>', methods=['GET'])
+def fetch_article(id):
+    return jsonify(dummy_article)
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