diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 7ce7c91ab..060836f19 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 const express = require('express');
 
 const app = express();
+const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
+
+app.use(bodyParser.json()); // for parsing application/json
+app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true })); // for parsing application/x-www-form-urlencoded
 
 app.use('/api/v1', require('./routes/api'));
 app.use('/client/', express.static('./dist'));
diff --git a/models/asset.js b/models/asset.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9553ce2cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/asset.js
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+const mongoose = require('../mongoose');
+const uuid = require('uuid');
+const Schema = mongoose.Schema;
+
+const AssetSchema = new Schema({
+
+  id: {
+    type: String,
+    default: uuid.v4,
+    unique: true,
+    index: true
+  },
+  url: {
+    type: String,
+    unique: true,
+    index: true
+  },
+  type: {
+    type: String,
+    default: 'article'
+  },
+  headline: String,
+  summary: String,
+  section: String,
+  subsection: String,
+  authors: [String],
+  publication_date: Date
+},{
+  _id: false,
+  timestamps: {
+    createdAt: 'created_at',
+    updatedAt: 'updated_at'
+  }
+});
+
+
+/**
+ * Finds an asset by its id.
+ * @param {String} id  identifier of the asset (uuid)
+*/
+AssetSchema.statics.findById = function(id) {
+
+  return Asset.findOne({id});
+
+};
+
+/**
+ * Finds a asset by its url.
+ * @param {String} url  identifier of the asset (uuid)
+*/
+AssetSchema.statics.findByUrl = function(url) {
+ 
+  return Asset.findOne({url: url});
+
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Upserts an asset.
+*/
+AssetSchema.statics.upsert = function(data) {
+
+  // If an id is not sent, create one.
+  if (typeof data.id === 'undefined') {
+    data.id = uuid.v4();
+  }
+
+  return Asset.update({id: data.id}, data, {upsert: true});
+  
+};
+
+const Asset = mongoose.model('Asset', AssetSchema);
+
+module.exports = Asset;
diff --git a/mongoose.js b/mongoose.js
index 0aff4c22c..953eb0d11 100644
--- a/mongoose.js
+++ b/mongoose.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const mongoose = require('mongoose');
 const enabled = require('debug').enabled;
-const url = process.env.TALK_MONGO_URL || 'mongodb://localhost';
+const url = process.env.TALK_MONGO_URL || 'mongodb://localhost/coral-talk';
 
 // Use native promises
 mongoose.Promise = global.Promise;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 096863202..d392d0b09 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/coralproject/talk#readme",
   "dependencies": {
+    "body-parser": "^1.15.2",
     "debug": "^2.2.0",
     "express": "^4.14.0",
     "mongoose": "^4.6.5"
diff --git a/routes/api/asset/index.js b/routes/api/asset/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77fc55341
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/api/asset/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+const express = require('express');
+const router = express.Router();
+const Asset = require('../../../models/asset');
+
+// Get an asset by url
+router.get('/url/:url', (req, res) => {
+
+  Asset.findByUrl(req.params.url)
+    .then((asset) => {
+      res.json(asset);
+    });
+
+});
+
+// Upsert an asset
+router.put('/', (req, res) => {
+
+  Asset.upsert(req.body)
+    .then((asset) => {
+        res.json(asset);
+    })
+    .catch((err) => {
+        console.error(err);
+        res.json(err);
+    });
+
+});
+
+
+module.exports = router;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/routes/api/index.js b/routes/api/index.js
index c7e5601ed..acd007dae 100644
--- a/routes/api/index.js
+++ b/routes/api/index.js
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ const express = require('express');
 
 const router = express.Router();
 
+router.use('/asset', require('./asset'));
 router.use('/comments', require('./comments'));
-router.use('/stream', require('./stream'));
-router.use('/settings', require('./settings'));
 router.use('/queue', require('./queue'));
+router.use('/settings', require('./settings'));
+router.use('/stream', require('./stream'));
 
 module.exports = router;