diff --git a/passbook/admin/views/groups.py b/passbook/admin/views/groups.py
index 833949fd3..cfc99c18c 100644
--- a/passbook/admin/views/groups.py
+++ b/passbook/admin/views/groups.py
@@ -56,10 +56,11 @@ class GroupUpdateView(
     success_message = _("Successfully updated Group")
 
 
-class GroupDeleteView(LoginRequiredMixin, DeleteMessageView):
+class GroupDeleteView(LoginRequiredMixin, PermissionRequiredMixin, DeleteMessageView):
     """Delete group"""
 
     model = Group
+    permission_required = "passbook_flows.delete_group"
 
     template_name = "generic/delete.html"
     success_url = reverse_lazy("passbook_admin:groups")
diff --git a/passbook/api/auth.py b/passbook/api/auth.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06eebd3ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/passbook/api/auth.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+"""API Authentication"""
+from base64 import b64decode
+from typing import Any, Tuple, Union
+
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
+from rest_framework import HTTP_HEADER_ENCODING, exceptions
+from rest_framework.authentication import BaseAuthentication, get_authorization_header
+from rest_framework.request import Request
+
+from passbook.core.models import Token, TokenIntents, User
+
+
+class PassbookTokenAuthentication(BaseAuthentication):
+    """Token-based authentication using HTTP Basic authentication"""
+
+    def authenticate(self, request: Request) -> Union[Tuple[User, Any], None]:
+        """Token-based authentication using HTTP Basic authentication"""
+        auth = get_authorization_header(request).split()
+
+        if not auth or auth[0].lower() != b"basic":
+            return None
+
+        if len(auth) == 1:
+            msg = _("Invalid basic header. No credentials provided.")
+            raise exceptions.AuthenticationFailed(msg)
+        if len(auth) > 2:
+            msg = _(
+                "Invalid basic header. Credentials string should not contain spaces."
+            )
+            raise exceptions.AuthenticationFailed(msg)
+
+        header_data = b64decode(auth[1]).decode(HTTP_HEADER_ENCODING).partition(":")
+
+        tokens = Token.filter_not_expired(
+            token_uuid=header_data[2], intent=TokenIntents.INTENT_API
+        )
+        if not tokens.exists():
+            raise exceptions.AuthenticationFailed(_("Invalid token."))
+
+        return (tokens.first().user, None)
+
+    def authenticate_header(self, request: Request) -> str:
+        return 'Basic realm="passbook"'
diff --git a/passbook/api/urls.py b/passbook/api/urls.py
index 2115b64b2..a67986f8d 100644
--- a/passbook/api/urls.py
+++ b/passbook/api/urls.py
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ from passbook.api.v2.urls import urlpatterns as v2_urls
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path("v1/", include(v1_urls)),
-    path("v2/", include(v2_urls)),
+    path("v2beta/", include(v2_urls)),
 ]
diff --git a/passbook/root/settings.py b/passbook/root/settings.py
index ba53846e0..bd53ba074 100644
--- a/passbook/root/settings.py
+++ b/passbook/root/settings.py
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ GUARDIAN_MONKEY_PATCH = False
 
 SWAGGER_SETTINGS = {
     "DEFAULT_INFO": "passbook.api.v2.urls.info",
+    "SECURITY_DEFINITIONS": {
+        "token": {"type": "apiKey", "name": "Authorization", "in": "header"}
+    },
 }
 
 REST_FRAMEWORK = {
@@ -128,13 +131,10 @@ REST_FRAMEWORK = {
         "rest_framework.filters.OrderingFilter",
         "rest_framework.filters.SearchFilter",
     ],
-    "DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES": (
-        # 'rest_framework.permissions.IsAuthenticated',
-        "passbook.api.permissions.CustomObjectPermissions",
-    ),
+    "DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES": ("passbook.api.permissions.CustomObjectPermissions"),
     "DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES": (
+        "passbook.api.auth.PassbookTokenAuthentication",
         "rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication",
-        # 'rest_framework_jwt.authentication.JSONWebTokenAuthentication',
     ),
 }
 
diff --git a/swagger.yaml b/swagger.yaml
index 36e920f3f..bf7a60faf 100755
--- a/swagger.yaml
+++ b/swagger.yaml
@@ -6,16 +6,18 @@ info:
   license:
     name: MIT License
   version: v2
-basePath: /api/v2
+basePath: /api/v2beta
 consumes:
   - application/json
 produces:
   - application/json
 securityDefinitions:
-  Basic:
-    type: basic
+  token:
+    type: apiKey
+    name: Authorization
+    in: header
 security:
-  - Basic: []
+  - token: []
 paths:
   /audit/events/:
     get: