diff --git a/identity/api.py b/identity/api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab23b1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/identity/api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+from jose import jwt
+
+from identity.exceptions import AuthenticationError
+from identity.helpers import RequestsHelper
+
+class Auth:
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        pass
+
+    def get_token(self, request, keyword="bearer"):
+        # Retrieve token from authorization header.
+        # Microsoft Entra gives bearer tokens. Keyword by default is bearet but
+        # can a dveloper want to have a custome keyword e.g in Django by default its Token
+
+        auth_header = request.headers.get('Authorization')
+
+        if not auth_header:
+            raise AuthenticationError(
+                {
+                    "code": "missing_authentication_header",
+                    "details": "Expected authorization header but couldn't find it."
+                },
+                401
+            )
+
+        auth_header_sections = auth_header.split()
+        auth_header_length = len(auth_header_sections)
+
+        if auth_header_length <= 1 or auth_header_length > 2:
+            raise AuthenticationError(
+                {
+                    "code": "invalid_header",
+                    "details": f"Authorization header is malformed."
+                }, 
+                401
+            )
+
+        if auth_header_sections[0].lower() != keyword.lower():
+            raise AuthenticationError(
+                {
+                    "code": "invalid_header",
+                    "details": f"Authorization header must start with {keyword}"
+                }, 
+                401
+            )
+
+        return auth_header_sections[1]
+
+
+    def is_valid_aud(self, aud, app_id_uris):
+        # app_id_uris is an array. This is beause of the possibility of an app registration having multiple
+        # appid URIS https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity-platform/reference-app-manifest#identifieruris-attribute
+        return aud in app_id_uris
+
+    def is_valid_issuer(self, iss, tenant_id, multitenant=False):
+        # Validating the issuer may require an exact match or a pattern match
+        # For multitenant apps, you'll need a pattern match as the tenant id varies
+        # https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity-platform/access-tokens
+        # multi tenant apps dont need to have tenant_id. Do we need to make 
+        # tenant_id optional?
+
+        if multitenant:
+            return iss.startswith("https://login.microsoftonline.com/") and iss.endswith("/v2")
+        return iss == f"https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant_id}/v2"
+
+    def get_rsa_key(self, authority, token):
+
+        key_url = f"{authority}/discovery/v2.0/keys"
+        jwks = RequestsHelper.get_discovery_key_session().get(key_url).json()
+        unverified_header = jwt.get_unverified_header(token)
+
+        try:
+            rsa_key = {}
+
+            for key in jwks["keys"]:
+                if key["kid"] == unverified_header["kid"]:
+                    rsa_key = {
+                        "kty": key["kty"],
+                        "kid": key["kid"],
+                        "use": key["use"],
+                        "n": key["n"],
+                        "e": key["e"]
+                    }        
+        except Exception as exc:
+            # Is there possibility of an exceotion being raised here?
+            # adding a try except incase something breaks
+            raise AuthenticationError(
+                {
+                    "code": "invalid_header",
+                    "detailsn":"Unable to generate rsa key"
+                }, 
+                401
+            ) from exc
+            
+        return rsa_key
+        
+    def validate_token_signing(self, authority, token):
+
+        rsa_key = self.get_rsa_key(authority, token)
+
+        if rsa_key:
+
+            # we are not checking aud and issuer as those need to be explicitly checked
+
+            try:
+                jwt.decode(
+                    token,
+                    rsa_key,
+                    algorithms=["RS256"]
+                )
+                
+                return {"code": "valid_signature","details": "Token singature is valid"}, 
+            except jwt.ExpiredSignatureError as jwt_expired_exc:
+                raise AuthenticationError(
+                    {"code": "token_expired","details": "Token is expired"}, 
+                    401
+                ) from jwt_expired_exc
+            except jwt.JWTClaimsError as jwt_claims_exc:
+                # Only claim here now is algorithms?
+                raise AuthenticationError(
+                    {"code": "invalid_claims","details":"incorrect claims. Wrong algorithm used"},
+                    401
+                ) from jwt_claims_exc
+            except Exception as exc:
+                raise AuthenticationError(
+                    {"code": "invalid_header","details":"Error parsing token."},
+                    401
+                ) from exc
+            
+        raise AuthenticationError(
+            {"code": "invalid_header","details": "Invalid RSA key"},
+            401
+        )
diff --git a/identity/exceptions.py b/identity/exceptions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11ed903
--- /dev/null
+++ b/identity/exceptions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+class AuthenticationError(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, error, status_code):
+        self.error = error
+        self.status_code = status_code
diff --git a/identity/helpers.py b/identity/helpers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c278262
--- /dev/null
+++ b/identity/helpers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+from requests import Session, adapters
+from urllib3.util.retry import Retry
+
+class RequestsHelper:
+
+    _discovery_key_session = None
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        raise RuntimeError('Call get_discovery_key_session instead')
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_discovery_key_session():
+        if RequestsHelper._discovery_key_session is None:
+            session = Session()
+            retries = Retry(total=5,
+                backoff_factor=0.1,
+                status_forcelist=[ 500, 502, 503, 504 ])
+            session.mount('https://', adapters.HTTPAdapter(max_retries=retries))
+            session.mount('http://', adapters.HTTPAdapter(max_retries=retries))
+            RequestsHelper._discovery_key_session = session
+
+        return RequestsHelper._discovery_key_session
diff --git a/identity/web.py b/identity/web.py
index 2ede800..3de97dd 100644
--- a/identity/web.py
+++ b/identity/web.py
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ def complete_log_in(self, auth_response=None):
               That dict is actually the claims from an already-validated ID token.
         """
         auth_flow = self._session.get(self._AUTH_FLOW, {})
+        
         if not auth_flow:
             logger.warning(
                 "We found no prior log_in() info from current session. "
@@ -157,7 +158,9 @@ def complete_log_in(self, auth_response=None):
                 "or a load balancer with sticky session (a.k.a. affinity cookie)."
             )
             return {}  # Return a no-op for this non-actionable error
+        
         cache = self._load_cache()
+        
         if auth_response:  # Auth Code flow
             try:
                 result = self._build_msal_app(
@@ -172,12 +175,14 @@ def complete_log_in(self, auth_response=None):
                 auth_flow,
                 exit_condition=lambda flow: True,
                 )
+        
         if "error" in result:
             return result
         # TODO: Reject a re-log-in with a different account?
         self._save_user_into_session(result["id_token_claims"])
         self._save_cache(cache)
         self._session.pop(self._AUTH_FLOW, None)
+        
         return self._load_user_from_session()
 
     def get_user(self):
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 826060f..03b50ac 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ long_description_content_type = text/markdown
 python_requires = >=3.7
 install_requires =
     msal>=1.16,<2
-    # requests>=2.0.0,<3
+    requests>=2.0.0,<3
+    python-jose >=3.3.0,<4
     # importlib; python_version == "2.6"
     # See also https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/userguide/quickstart.html#dependency-management