diff --git a/lib/phoenix_api_template_web/auth/guardian_error_handler.ex b/lib/phoenix_api_template_web/auth/guardian_error_handler.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1d2f74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/phoenix_api_template_web/auth/guardian_error_handler.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+defmodule PhoenixApiTemplateWeb.Auth.GuardianErrorHandler do
+  import Plug.Conn
+
+  def auth_error(conn, {type, _reason}, _opts) do
+    body = Jason.encode!(%{error: to_string(type)})
+
+    conn
+    |> put_resp_content_type("application/json")
+    |> send_resp(401, body)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/phoenix_api_template_web/auth/pipeline.ex b/lib/phoenix_api_template_web/auth/pipeline.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3121a57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/phoenix_api_template_web/auth/pipeline.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+defmodule PhoenixApiTemplateWeb.Auth.Pipeline do
+  use Guardian.Plug.Pipeline,
+    otp_app: :phoenix_api_template,
+    module: PhoenixApiTemplateWeb.Auth.Guardian,
+    error_handler: PhoenixApiTemplateWeb.Auth.GuardianErrorHandler
+
+  plug Guardian.Plug.VerifySession
+  plug Guardian.Plug.VerifyHeader
+  plug Guardian.Plug.EnsureAuthenticated
+  plug Guardian.Plug.LoadResource
+end
diff --git a/lib/phoenix_api_template_web/router.ex b/lib/phoenix_api_template_web/router.ex
index 296039b..5985fa6 100644
--- a/lib/phoenix_api_template_web/router.ex
+++ b/lib/phoenix_api_template_web/router.ex
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ defmodule PhoenixApiTemplateWeb.Router do
     plug(:accepts, ["json"])
   end
 
+  pipeline :auth do
+    plug PhoenixApiTemplateWeb.Auth.Pipeline
+  end
+
   scope "/api", PhoenixApiTemplateWeb do
     pipe_through(:api)
 
@@ -25,4 +29,10 @@ defmodule PhoenixApiTemplateWeb.Router do
     post("/register", UserController, :create)
     post("/login", UserController, :sign_in)
   end
+
+  scope "/api", PhoenixApiTemplateWeb do
+    pipe_through([:api, :auth])
+
+    get "/users/by_id/:id", UserController, :show
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test_requests/get_user.http b/test_requests/get_user.http
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c19f91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_requests/get_user.http
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+GET http://localhost:4000/api/users/by_id/eae6f03c-6276-48e3-b6df-0797b2f8cb99 HTTP/1.1
+content-type: application/json
+Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJhdWQiOiJwaG9lbml4X2FwaV90ZW1wbGF0ZSIsImV4cCI6MTY3OTEzODAxMiwiaWF0IjoxNjc2NzE4ODEyLCJpc3MiOiJwaG9lbml4X2FwaV90ZW1wbGF0ZSIsImp0aSI6ImRmYjc5NDExLTgwY2QtNDNkZC1hYmU0LWMxYjg2OWJhODI4YyIsIm5iZiI6MTY3NjcxODgxMSwic3ViIjoiZWFlNmYwM2MtNjI3Ni00OGUzLWI2ZGYtMDc5N2IyZjhjYjk5IiwidHlwIjoiYWNjZXNzIn0.b1F2a57dv4hCp1015--QPaE3bEVePXNeg-JajkqA_PGxKZx_kJoedLt8KIuCDTVAF-Sn--iWr1miOUowwgbwhA
+ 
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