diff --git a/app/controllers/ApiController.php b/app/controllers/ApiController.php
index 98960ad2c..3ad2cbf06 100644
--- a/app/controllers/ApiController.php
+++ b/app/controllers/ApiController.php
@@ -1,11 +1,28 @@
 <?php
 
 	class ApiController extends \Dingo\Api\Routing\Controller {
+		protected $auth;
 
+		public function __construct(Dingo\Api\Auth\Shield $auth) {
+			$this->auth = $auth;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Get all components
+		 *
+		 * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection
+		 */
 		public function getComponents() {
 			return Component::all();
 		}
 
+		/**
+		 * Get a single component
+		 *
+		 * @param int $id
+		 *
+		 * @return Component
+		 */
 		public function getComponent($id) {
 			if ($component = Component::find($id)) {
 				return $component;
@@ -19,10 +36,37 @@
 			return $component->incidents;
 		}
 
+		/**
+		 * Create a new component
+		 *
+		 * @return Component
+		 */
+		public function postComponents() {
+			$component = new Component(Input::all());
+			if ($component->isValid()) {
+				$component->saveOrFail();
+				return $component;
+			} else {
+				App::abort(404, $component->getErrors()->first());
+			}
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Get all incidents
+		 *
+		 * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection
+		 */
 		public function getIncidents() {
 			return Incident::all();
 		}
 
+		/**
+		 * Get a single incident
+		 *
+		 * @param int $id
+		 *
+		 * @return Incident
+		 */
 		public function getIncident($id) {
 			if ($incident = Incident::find($id)) {
 				return $incident;
@@ -31,4 +75,18 @@
 			}
 		}
 
+		/**
+		 * Create a new incident
+		 *
+		 * @return Incident
+		 */
+		public function postIncidents() {
+			$incident = new Incident(Input::all());
+			if ($incident->isValid()) {
+				$incident->saveOrFail();
+				return $incident;
+			} else {
+				App::abort(404, $incident->getErrors()->first());
+			}
+		}
 	}
diff --git a/app/models/Component.php b/app/models/Component.php
index 337cf3711..4f246b4a4 100644
--- a/app/models/Component.php
+++ b/app/models/Component.php
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 <?php
 
+	use Watson\Validating\ValidatingTrait;
+
 	class Component extends Eloquent implements Dingo\Api\Transformer\TransformableInterface {
+		use ValidatingTrait;
+
+		protected $rules = [
+			'name'   => 'required',
+			'status' => 'required|integer'
+		];
+
+		protected $fillable = ['name', 'description', 'status'];
+
 		/**
 		 * Lookup all of the incidents reported on the component.
 		 * @return Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations
diff --git a/app/models/Incident.php b/app/models/Incident.php
index c0aa4b1c6..2807312fd 100644
--- a/app/models/Incident.php
+++ b/app/models/Incident.php
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 <?php
 
+	use Watson\Validating\ValidatingTrait;
+
 	class Incident extends Eloquent implements Dingo\Api\Transformer\TransformableInterface {
+		use ValidatingTrait;
+		use \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletingTrait;
+
+		protected $rules = [
+			'component'   => 'required|integer',
+			'name'   => 'required',
+			'status' => 'required|integer',
+			'message' => 'required',
+		];
+
+		protected $fillable = ['component', 'name', 'status', 'message'];
+
 		/**
 		 * An incident belongs to a component.
 		 * @return Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo
diff --git a/app/routes/api.php b/app/routes/api.php
index 3f55953ff..3522a5f07 100644
--- a/app/routes/api.php
+++ b/app/routes/api.php
@@ -8,4 +8,9 @@
 		Route::get('incidents', 'ApiController@getIncidents');
 		Route::get('incidents/{id}', 'ApiController@getIncident');
 
+		Route::group(['protected' => true], function() {
+			Route::post('components', 'ApiController@postComponents');
+			Route::post('incidents', 'ApiController@postIncidents');
+		});
+
 	});
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 3345983ba..e6933ee4a 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 	"require": {
 		"laravel/framework": "4.2.*",
 		"guzzlehttp/guzzle": "4.*",
-		"dingo/api": "~0.6"
+		"dingo/api": "~0.6",
+		"watson/validating": "0.10.*"
 	},
 	"autoload": {
 		"classmap": [
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 3bc2e6cb9..90fe5eacc 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at http://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#composer-lock-the-lock-file",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "hash": "f1b0b35a64f38b74527150925a720e8d",
+    "hash": "582a0ffe83dfc08436525ef3419162a7",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "classpreloader/classpreloader",
@@ -1874,6 +1874,55 @@
             "description": "Symfony Translation Component",
             "homepage": "http://symfony.com",
             "time": "2014-10-26 07:41:27"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "watson/validating",
+            "version": "0.10.6",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/dwightwatson/validating.git",
+                "reference": "673b165b4391942a7fae1e85a84f21b5f367f33f"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/dwightwatson/validating/zipball/673b165b4391942a7fae1e85a84f21b5f367f33f",
+                "reference": "673b165b4391942a7fae1e85a84f21b5f367f33f",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "illuminate/database": "~4.2.6",
+                "illuminate/events": "~4.2.6",
+                "illuminate/support": "~4.2.6",
+                "illuminate/validation": "~4.2.6",
+                "php": ">=5.4.0"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "mockery/mockery": "0.9.*",
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "4.1.*"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Watson\\Validating\\": "src/"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Dwight Watson",
+                    "email": "dwight@studiousapp.com"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Eloquent model validating trait.",
+            "keywords": [
+                "eloquent",
+                "laravel",
+                "validation"
+            ],
+            "time": "2014-11-20 02:09:08"
         }
     ],
     "packages-dev": [],