diff --git a/src/routes/items.ts b/src/routes/items.ts
index c0dc6a6e8c..6db50cb507 100644
--- a/src/routes/items.ts
+++ b/src/routes/items.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 import express, { RequestHandler } from 'express';
 import asyncHandler from 'express-async-handler';
+import * as itemsService from '../services/items';
 
 const readItems: RequestHandler = asyncHandler((req, res) => {
 	res.send('Hi there');
 });
 
-const router = express.Router().get('/:collection', readItems);
+const createItem: RequestHandler = asyncHandler(async (req, res) => {
+	await itemsService.create(req.params.collection, req.body);
+	res.status(200).end();
+});
+
+const router = express.Router().get('/:collection', readItems).post('/:collection', createItem);
 
 export default router;
diff --git a/src/services/items.ts b/src/services/items.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8310461b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/items.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import database from '../database';
+import { Query } from '../types/query';
+
+export const create = async (collection: string, data: Record<string, any>, query: Query = {}) => {
+	await database(collection).insert(data);
+};
diff --git a/src/types/query.ts b/src/types/query.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..661b8ed7f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/types/query.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export type Query = {};