diff --git a/.github/workflows/api.yml b/.github/workflows/api.yml
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+++ b/.github/workflows/api.yml
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+name: API workflow
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Test python API
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.11'
+    - name: Install requirements
+      run: pip install -r api/requirements.txt
+    - name: Run tests and collect coverage
+      run: pytest --cov=api.calculator --cov-report=xml
+    - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov with GitHub Action
+      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
diff --git a/api/app.py b/api/app.py
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+++ b/api/app.py
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+from flask import (
+    Flask,
+    request,
+)
+
+from calculator.calculator import Calculator
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+
+@app.route('/api/add', methods=['POST'])
+def add():
+    return operation('add', 2)
+
+@app.route('/api/subtract', methods=['POST'])
+def subtract():
+    return operation('subtract', 2)
+
+@app.route('/api/multiply', methods=['POST'])
+def multiply():
+    return operation('multiply', 2)
+
+@app.route('/api/divide', methods=['POST'])
+def divide():
+    return operation('divide', 2)
+
+def operation(method, num_factors):
+    factors = []
+    if num_factors == 2:
+        factors.append(float(request.json.get('x')))
+        factors.append(float(request.json.get('y')))
+
+    return str(getattr(Calculator, method)(*factors))
+
+
+app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=8080)
diff --git a/api/calculator/__init__.py b/api/calculator/__init__.py
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index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/api/calculator/calculator.py b/api/calculator/calculator.py
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+++ b/api/calculator/calculator.py
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+class Calculator:
+    def add(x, y):
+        return x + y
+
+    def subtract(x, y):
+        return x - y
+
+    def multiply(x, y):
+        return x * y
+
+    def divide(x, y):
+        if y == 0:
+            return 'Cannot divide by 0'
+        return x * 1.0 / y