diff --git a/src/backend/web/routes/feeds.js b/src/backend/web/routes/feeds.js
index 20aefbff4d..18fed388c0 100644
--- a/src/backend/web/routes/feeds.js
+++ b/src/backend/web/routes/feeds.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const express = require('express');
 const Feed = require('../../data/feed');
+const { protect } = require('../authentication');
 const { getFeeds } = require('../../utils/storage');
 const { logger } = require('../../utils/logger');
 
@@ -51,4 +52,19 @@ feeds.get('/:id', async (req, res) => {
   }
 });
 
+feeds.post('/', protect, async (req, res) => {
+  const { newFeed, email } = req.body;
+  try {
+    /* check if email has a key in redis
+  if not create key
+  if user has a key in redis, check if feed already exists, (not sure how fast this is? or if its necessary), if not store feed in feeds.
+  */
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger.error({ err }, 'Unable to add feed to redis');
+    res.status(503).json({
+      message: 'Unable to add feed to database.',
+    });
+  }
+});
+
 module.exports = feeds;
diff --git a/src/backend/web/routes/users.js b/src/backend/web/routes/users.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ac0b6bdf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/web/routes/users.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+const express = require('express');
+
+const { logger } = require('../../utils/logger');
+const feeds = require('../../data/feeds');
+const { getFeeds } = require('../../utils/storage');
+
+const router = express.Router();
+
+router.get('/', async (req, res) => {
+  // this route will return all users.
+  /* [{id: "some-user-id", url: "/users/some-user-id", ...] */
+});
+
+router.get('/:id', async (req, res) => {
+  // this route will return one user, and there list of feeds, this can be utilized in two places. One our search function, and
+  // two for our add feed component to show a list of feeds that have been attached to the user.
+  /* this should return
+    { id: "some-ud-id, url: "/users/someuserId/ (multiple URLs?)}
+  */
+});
+
+module.exports = router;