diff --git a/src/mocks/handlers.ts b/src/mocks/handlers.ts
index b66fdb5f4..b68575432 100644
--- a/src/mocks/handlers.ts
+++ b/src/mocks/handlers.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export const handlers = [
     return res(ctx.status(201));
   }),
 
-  rest.delete(`${location}/delete`, (req, res, ctx) => {
+  rest.delete(`${location}/delete/:type`, (req, res, ctx) => {
     // console.log('intercepting DELETE requests');
     const json: Payload = {};
     let body: Record<string, any> = {};
@@ -72,9 +72,18 @@ export const handlers = [
     } else {
       body = req.body ? req.body : {};
     }
-    const queryType = body ? getProperty(body, 'queryType') : '';
+    const { type } = req.params;
+    if (!type) {
+      return res(ctx.status(400), ctx.json({ message: 'type is undefined' }));
+    }
+    if (typeof type !== 'string') {
+      return res(
+        ctx.status(400),
+        ctx.json({ message: 'type is not a string' })
+      );
+    }    
     // console.log(body);
-    switch (queryType) {
+    switch (type) {
       case 'unadopt': {
         // remove from adopted trees list
         // adoptedTreeIds[]
@@ -86,7 +95,7 @@ export const handlers = [
       }
       case undefined:
       case null: {
-        console.log(' queryType is undefined or null');
+        console.log(' type is undefined or null');
         break;
       }
       default: {
@@ -95,7 +104,7 @@ export const handlers = [
     }
     return res(ctx.status(201), ctx.json(json));
   }),
-  rest.post(`${location}/post`, (req, res, ctx) => {
+  rest.post(`${location}/post/:type`, (req, res, ctx) => {
     let json: Payload = {};
     let body: Record<string, any> = {};
     if (typeof req.body === 'string') {
@@ -103,9 +112,17 @@ export const handlers = [
     } else {
       body = req.body ? req.body : {};
     }
-    const queryType = body ? getProperty(body, 'queryType') : '';
-
-    switch (queryType) {
+    const { type } = req.params;
+    if (!type) {
+      return res(ctx.status(400), ctx.json({ message: 'type is undefined' }));
+    }
+    if (typeof type !== 'string') {
+      return res(
+        ctx.status(400),
+        ctx.json({ message: 'type is not a string' })
+      );
+    }
+    switch (type) {
       case 'water': {
         treesWatered.push({
           tree_id: getProperty(body, 'tree_id'),
@@ -132,7 +149,7 @@ export const handlers = [
             watered: '1',
           });
         }
-        json = { data: 'watered tree', message: `${queryType}` };
+        json = { data: 'watered tree', message: `${type}` };
         break;
       }
       case 'adopt': {
@@ -156,12 +173,12 @@ export const handlers = [
             watered: '0',
           });
         }
-        json = { data: 'tree was adopted', message: `${queryType}` };
+        json = { data: 'tree was adopted', message: `${type}` };
         break;
       }
       case undefined:
       case null: {
-        console.error('queryType is not defiend');
+        console.error('type url param is not defiend');
         break;
       }
       default: {
@@ -177,17 +194,25 @@ export const handlers = [
     return res(ctx.status(200), ctx.json({ foo: 'bar' }));
   }),
 
-  rest.get(`${location}/get`, async (req, res, ctx) => {
+  rest.get(`${location}/get/:type`, async (req, res, ctx) => {
     let json: Payload = {};
 
-    // const queries = getUrlQueries(req.url.href);
-    // const query = req.url.searchParams;
-    // const queryType = query.get('queryType');
-    const queryType = getProperty(req.url.searchParams, 'queryType');
-
-    switch (queryType) {
-      case 'treesWateredByUser': {
-        json = { data: treesWatered, message: `${queryType}` };
+    const { type } = req.params as Record<string, unknown>;
+    if (!type) {
+      return res(
+        ctx.status(400),
+        ctx.json({ message: 'url param is missing' })
+      );
+    }
+    if (typeof type === 'string') {
+      return res(
+        ctx.status(400),
+        ctx.json({ message: 'url param is not a string' })
+      );
+    }
+    switch (type) {
+      case 'treeswateredbyuser': {
+        json = { data: treesWatered, message: `${type}` };
 
         break;
       }
@@ -205,7 +230,7 @@ export const handlers = [
         break;
       }
       case 'adopted': {
-        json = { data: [...adoptedTreeIds], message: `${queryType}` };
+        json = { data: [...adoptedTreeIds], message: `${type}` };
         break;
       }
       case 'istreeadopted': {
@@ -213,17 +238,17 @@ export const handlers = [
         json = {
           // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion
           data: adoptedTreeIds.includes(id) ? true : false,
-          message: `${queryType}`,
+          message: `${type}`,
         };
         break;
       }
       case 'wateredbyuser': {
         // const uuid = queries.get('uuid'); // if we need it
-        json = { data: treesWatered, message: `${queryType}` };
+        json = { data: treesWatered, message: `${type}` };
         break;
       }
       case 'wateredandadopted': {
-        json = { data: wateredAndAdopted, message: `${queryType}` };
+        json = { data: wateredAndAdopted, message: `${type}` };
         break;
       }
       case 'lastwatered': {
@@ -237,12 +262,12 @@ export const handlers = [
           }
         });
         const lastWateredByUserFiltered = lastWateredByUser.filter(Boolean); // https://stackoverflow.com/a/281335/1770432
-        json = { data: lastWateredByUserFiltered, message: `${queryType}` };
+        json = { data: lastWateredByUserFiltered, message: `${type}` };
         break;
       }
       case 'watered': {
         const watered = treesWatered.map(tree => tree.tree_id);
-        json = { data: { watered }, message: `${queryType}` };
+        json = { data: { watered }, message: `${type}` };
 
         break;
       }
@@ -253,7 +278,7 @@ export const handlers = [
         json = {
           data: [],
           url: req.url,
-          message: `case ${queryType} with url "${req.url}" in default case. Not yet defined and passed through`,
+          message: `case ${type} with url "${req.url}" in default case. Not yet defined and passed through`,
           ...originalResponse,
         };
         // console.log('response is patched and gets passed through', json);
@@ -267,9 +292,6 @@ export const handlers = [
   rest.get(
     'https://tsb-trees-api-user-management.now.sh/api/user',
     (req, res, ctx) => {
-      // const query = req.url.searchParams;
-      // const queryType = query.get('queryType');
-      // console.log('queryType', queryType);
 
       const userid = getProperty(req.url.searchParams, 'id');
       const json: Payload = {
diff --git a/src/utils/requestUtil.ts b/src/utils/requestUtil.ts
index 941ece14c..4fb0438bf 100644
--- a/src/utils/requestUtil.ts
+++ b/src/utils/requestUtil.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export async function requests<
       const msg = await response.text();
       throw new Error(msg);
     }
+    if (response.status === 204) return {} as ReturnType;
     const json = await response.json();
     return json;
   } catch (err) {
diff --git a/src/utils/requests/adoptTree.ts b/src/utils/requests/adoptTree.ts
index 077031ad2..c6e329b95 100644
--- a/src/utils/requests/adoptTree.ts
+++ b/src/utils/requests/adoptTree.ts
@@ -12,18 +12,18 @@ export const adoptTree = async ({
   token: string;
   userId: string;
 }): Promise<Tree> => {
-  const url = createAPIUrl(`/post`);
+  const url = createAPIUrl(`/post/adopt`);
 
   await requests(url, {
     token,
     override: {
       method: 'POST',
-      body: JSON.stringify({ tree_id: id, uuid: userId, queryType: 'adopt' }),
+      body: JSON.stringify({ tree_id: id, uuid: userId }),
     },
   });
 
   const res = await requests<{ data: Tree[] }>(
-    createAPIUrl(`/get?&queryType=byid&id=${id}`)
+    createAPIUrl(`/get/byid?id=${id}`)
   );
   const tree = res.data[0];
 
diff --git a/src/utils/requests/getCommunityData.ts b/src/utils/requests/getCommunityData.ts
index 5fdda42b4..df2823eba 100644
--- a/src/utils/requests/getCommunityData.ts
+++ b/src/utils/requests/getCommunityData.ts
@@ -3,15 +3,13 @@ import { createAPIUrl } from '../createAPIUrl';
 import { requests } from '../requestUtil';
 
 export const getCommunityData = async (): Promise<CommunityDataType> => {
-  const fetchCommunityDataUrl = createAPIUrl(
-    `/get?queryType=wateredandadopted`
-  );
+  const fetchCommunityDataUrl = createAPIUrl(`/get/wateredandadopted`);
 
   var json = await requests<{
     data: {
       tree_id: string;
-      adopted: string;
-      watered: string;
+      adopted: number;
+      watered: number;
     }[];
   }>(fetchCommunityDataUrl);  
 
@@ -26,7 +24,7 @@ export const getCommunityData = async (): Promise<CommunityDataType> => {
   const newState = json.data.reduce(
     (acc: CommunityDataType, { tree_id: id, adopted, watered }) => {
       const item = acc[id];
-      const isAdopted = item?.adopted || adopted !== '0';
+      const isAdopted = item?.adopted || adopted !== 0;
       const wateredAmount = item?.watered || watered;
       return {
         communityFlagsMap: {
diff --git a/src/utils/requests/getTreeData.ts b/src/utils/requests/getTreeData.ts
index 933da43c8..836c3d546 100644
--- a/src/utils/requests/getTreeData.ts
+++ b/src/utils/requests/getTreeData.ts
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ export const getTreeData = async (
 ): Promise<{
   selectedTreeData: SelectedTreeType | undefined;
 }> => {
-  const urlSelectedTree = createAPIUrl(`/get?queryType=byid&id=${id}`);
-  const urlWaterings = createAPIUrl(`/get?queryType=lastwatered&id=${id}`);
+  const urlSelectedTree = createAPIUrl(`/get/byid?id=${id}`);
+  const urlWaterings = createAPIUrl(`/get/lastwatered?id=${id}`);
 
   const [resSelectedTree, resWaterings] = await Promise.all([
     requests<SelectedTreeResponseType>(urlSelectedTree),
diff --git a/src/utils/requests/getTreesAdoptedByUser.ts b/src/utils/requests/getTreesAdoptedByUser.ts
index 98eeb2389..7d3fd2fda 100644
--- a/src/utils/requests/getTreesAdoptedByUser.ts
+++ b/src/utils/requests/getTreesAdoptedByUser.ts
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ export const getTreesAdoptedByUser = async ({
   userId: string;
   token: string;
 }): Promise<Tree[]> => {
-  const urlAdoptedTreesIds = createAPIUrl(
-    `/get?queryType=adopted&uuid=${userId}`
-  );
+  const urlAdoptedTreesIds = createAPIUrl(`/get/adopted?uuid=${userId}`);
   const res = await requests<{ data: string[] }>(urlAdoptedTreesIds, { token });
   if (!res?.data || res.data.length === 0) return [];
   const trees = await getTreesByIds(res.data);
diff --git a/src/utils/requests/getTreesByIds.ts b/src/utils/requests/getTreesByIds.ts
index 832a6d554..f3f7cbf5a 100644
--- a/src/utils/requests/getTreesByIds.ts
+++ b/src/utils/requests/getTreesByIds.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export const getTreesByIds = async (ids: string[]): Promise<Tree[]> => {
     ''
   );
 
-  const url = createAPIUrl(`/get/?queryType=treesbyids&tree_ids=${queryStr}`);
+  const url = createAPIUrl(`/get/treesbyids?tree_ids=${queryStr}`);
   const res = await requests<{ data: Tree[] }>(url);
   return res.data;
 };
diff --git a/src/utils/requests/getUserWaterings.ts b/src/utils/requests/getUserWaterings.ts
index 1c509d1b1..21def7221 100644
--- a/src/utils/requests/getUserWaterings.ts
+++ b/src/utils/requests/getUserWaterings.ts
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ export const getUserWaterings = async ({
   userId: string;
   token: string;
 }): Promise<WateringType[]> => {
-  const urlWateredByUser = createAPIUrl(
-    `/get?queryType=wateredbyuser&uuid=${userId}`
-  );
+  const urlWateredByUser = createAPIUrl(`/get/wateredbyuser?uuid=${userId}`);
   const res = await requests<{ data: RawWateringType[] }>(urlWateredByUser, {
     token,
   });
diff --git a/src/utils/requests/getWateredTrees.ts b/src/utils/requests/getWateredTrees.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d5f277e28..000000000
--- a/src/utils/requests/getWateredTrees.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import { createAPIUrl } from '../createAPIUrl';
-import { requests } from '../requestUtil';
-
-export const getWateredTrees = async (): Promise<string[]> => {
-  const url = createAPIUrl('/get?queryType=watered');
-  const result = await requests<{ data?: { watered: string[] } }>(url);
-
-  if (result.data === undefined) {
-    throw new Error('data is not defined on getWateredTrees');
-  }
-  return result.data.watered;
-};
diff --git a/src/utils/requests/isTreeAdopted.ts b/src/utils/requests/isTreeAdopted.ts
index e809de342..56d9a992c 100644
--- a/src/utils/requests/isTreeAdopted.ts
+++ b/src/utils/requests/isTreeAdopted.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ export async function isTreeAdopted(
 ): Promise<boolean> {
   const { isAuthenticated, uuid, id, token, signal } = opts;
   if (!isAuthenticated) return false;
-  const url = createAPIUrl(
-    `/get?queryType=istreeadopted&uuid=${uuid}&id=${id}`
-  );
+  const url = createAPIUrl(`/get/istreeadopted?uuid=${uuid}&id=${id}`);
 
   const json = await requests<
     { data: IsTreeAdoptedProps },
diff --git a/src/utils/requests/unadoptTree.ts b/src/utils/requests/unadoptTree.ts
index 0e8e805f1..ad6324e82 100644
--- a/src/utils/requests/unadoptTree.ts
+++ b/src/utils/requests/unadoptTree.ts
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ export const unadoptTree = async ({
   token: string;
   userId: string;
 }): Promise<void> => {
-  const urlUnadopt = createAPIUrl(
-    `/delete?tree_id=${id}&uuid=${userId}&queryType=unadopt`
-  );
+  const urlUnadopt = createAPIUrl(`/delete/unadopt`);
 
   await requests(urlUnadopt, {
     token,
diff --git a/src/utils/requests/updateWatering.ts b/src/utils/requests/updateWatering.ts
index 92587eafe..6ad010f8b 100644
--- a/src/utils/requests/updateWatering.ts
+++ b/src/utils/requests/updateWatering.ts
@@ -12,13 +12,12 @@ export const updateWatering = async ({
   field: string;
   value: string;
 }): Promise<boolean> => {
-  const urlWaterings = createAPIUrl(`/post`);
+  const urlWaterings = createAPIUrl(`/post/watering-update`);
   await requests<undefined, { method: 'POST'; body: string }>(urlWaterings, {
     token,
     override: {
       method: 'POST',
       body: JSON.stringify({
-        queryType: 'watering-update',
         watering_id: wateringId,
         patches: [{
           name: field,
diff --git a/src/utils/requests/waterTree.ts b/src/utils/requests/waterTree.ts
index deeb3b3d5..0e64a8b37 100644
--- a/src/utils/requests/waterTree.ts
+++ b/src/utils/requests/waterTree.ts
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ export const waterTree = async ({
   username: string;
   token: string;
 }): Promise<void> => {
-  const urlPostWatering = createAPIUrl(
-    `/post?tree_id=${id}&amount=${amount}&timestamp=${timestamp}&uuid=${userId}&token=${token}&username=${username}&queryType=water`
-  );
+  const urlPostWatering = createAPIUrl(`/post/water`);
 
   await requests<undefined, { method: 'POST'; body: string }>(urlPostWatering, {
     token,
@@ -30,7 +28,6 @@ export const waterTree = async ({
         timestamp,
         uuid: userId,
         username,
-        queryType: 'water',
       }),
     },
   });