diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..927915b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+REACT_APP_API_BASE=/_api/
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ccb745f..45f90ce 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
         "@types/node": "^16.11.45",
         "@types/react": "^18.0.15",
         "@types/react-dom": "^18.0.6",
+        "axios": "^0.27.2",
+        "http-proxy-middleware": "^2.0.6",
         "react": "^18.2.0",
         "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
         "react-router-dom": "^6.3.0",
@@ -4651,6 +4653,28 @@
         "node": ">=4"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/axios": {
+      "version": "0.27.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/axios/-/axios-0.27.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-t+yRIyySRTp/wua5xEr+z1q60QmLq8ABsS5O9Me1AsE5dfKqgnCFzwiCZZ/cGNd1lq4/7akDWMxdhVlucjmnOQ==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "follow-redirects": "^1.14.9",
+        "form-data": "^4.0.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/axios/node_modules/form-data": {
+      "version": "4.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/form-data/-/form-data-4.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ETEklSGi5t0QMZuiXoA/Q6vcnxcLQP5vdugSpuAyi6SVGi2clPPp+xgEhuMaHC+zGgn31Kd235W35f7Hykkaww==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "asynckit": "^0.4.0",
+        "combined-stream": "^1.0.8",
+        "mime-types": "^2.1.12"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 6"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/axobject-query": {
       "version": "2.2.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/axobject-query/-/axobject-query-2.2.0.tgz",
@@ -19833,6 +19857,27 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/axe-core/-/axe-core-4.4.3.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-32+ub6kkdhhWick/UjvEwRchgoetXqTK14INLqbGm5U2TzBkBNF3nQtLYm8ovxSkQWArjEQvftCKryjZaATu3w=="
     },
+    "axios": {
+      "version": "0.27.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/axios/-/axios-0.27.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-t+yRIyySRTp/wua5xEr+z1q60QmLq8ABsS5O9Me1AsE5dfKqgnCFzwiCZZ/cGNd1lq4/7akDWMxdhVlucjmnOQ==",
+      "requires": {
+        "follow-redirects": "^1.14.9",
+        "form-data": "^4.0.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "form-data": {
+          "version": "4.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/form-data/-/form-data-4.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-ETEklSGi5t0QMZuiXoA/Q6vcnxcLQP5vdugSpuAyi6SVGi2clPPp+xgEhuMaHC+zGgn31Kd235W35f7Hykkaww==",
+          "requires": {
+            "asynckit": "^0.4.0",
+            "combined-stream": "^1.0.8",
+            "mime-types": "^2.1.12"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "axobject-query": {
       "version": "2.2.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/axobject-query/-/axobject-query-2.2.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 760244f..01914fc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
     "@types/node": "^16.11.45",
     "@types/react": "^18.0.15",
     "@types/react-dom": "^18.0.6",
+    "axios": "^0.27.2",
+    "http-proxy-middleware": "^2.0.6",
     "react": "^18.2.0",
     "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
     "react-router-dom": "^6.3.0",
diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index f5b0174..28ca22e 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-import React from 'react';
 import './App.css';
+import { World } from './pages/world';
+import { Api } from './api/api';
+
+import { useState } from 'react';
 import {
   BrowserRouter as Router,
   Routes,
@@ -8,6 +11,8 @@ import {
 } from "react-router-dom";
 
 function App() {
+  let [api] = useState(() => new Api());
+
   return (
     <Router>
       <div>
@@ -19,6 +24,9 @@ function App() {
             <li>
               <Link to="/about">About</Link>
             </li>
+            <li>
+              <Link to="/world">World</Link>
+            </li>
           </ul>
         </nav>
       </div>
@@ -26,6 +34,7 @@ function App() {
       <Routes>
         <Route path="/" element={<Home />} />
         <Route path="/about" element={<About />} />
+        <Route path="/world" element={<World api={api} />} />
       </Routes>
     </Router>
   );
diff --git a/src/api/api.ts b/src/api/api.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cbc688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/api.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { Containers } from './containers';
+
+import axios, { AxiosInstance } from 'axios';
+
+export interface InstanceProvider {
+    instance: AxiosInstance;
+    baseURL: string;
+};
+
+export class Api {
+    instance: AxiosInstance;
+    baseURL = '/';
+
+    constructor() {
+        this.instance = axios.create({
+            baseURL: '_api/',
+        });
+    }
+
+    containers(): Containers { return new Containers(this); }
+};
diff --git a/src/api/containers.ts b/src/api/containers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7dfeba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/containers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { AxiosInstance } from 'axios';
+import { InstanceProvider } from './api';
+
+export type Container = {
+    id: string,
+    parent?: string,
+    name: string,
+};
+
+export class Containers {
+    instance: AxiosInstance;
+    baseURL: string;
+
+    constructor(parent: InstanceProvider) {
+        this.instance = parent.instance;
+        this.baseURL = parent.baseURL + 'containers/';
+    }
+
+    async index(): Promise<[Container]> {
+        let resp = await this.instance.get(this.baseURL);
+        console.log(resp);
+
+        return resp.data.content;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/pages/world.tsx b/src/pages/world.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c03b784
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pages/world.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { Api } from '../api/api';
+import { Container } from '../api/containers';
+
+import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+
+const World = ({ api }: { api: Api }) => {
+    let [content, setContent] = useState<[Container]>();
+    useEffect(() => {
+        api.containers().index().then(setContent);
+    }, [api]);
+
+    let list = content ? content.map((container) => <div key={container.id}>{container.name}</div>) : <div>Loading content...</div>;
+
+    return (
+        <>
+            <h2>Welcome to the world view!</h2>
+            {list}
+        </>
+    );
+};
+
+export { World };
diff --git a/src/setupProxy.js b/src/setupProxy.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f9ad07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/setupProxy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+const { createProxyMiddleware } = require('http-proxy-middleware');
+
+module.exports = function (app) {
+    app.use(
+        '/_api/',
+        createProxyMiddleware({
+            target: process.env.REACT_APP_API_BASE,
+            changeOrigin: true,
+        })
+    );
+};