diff --git a/api/interfaces/article-interface.ts b/api/interfaces/article-interface.ts
index a96c517..6c3cd24 100644
--- a/api/interfaces/article-interface.ts
+++ b/api/interfaces/article-interface.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export interface IArticle {
 	title: string;
 	description: string;
 	body: string;
-	tagList: [string];
+	tagList?: [string];
 	createdAt: Date;
 	updatedAt: Date;
 	favorited: boolean;
diff --git a/api/routes/articles-routes.ts b/api/routes/articles-routes.ts
index 3ddd04d..0c241df 100644
--- a/api/routes/articles-routes.ts
+++ b/api/routes/articles-routes.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 
 import { Router, NextFunction, Response } from 'express';
 import { authentication } from '../utilities/authentication';
-import { ProfileRequest } from '../interfaces/requests-interface';
+import { JWTRequest, ProfileRequest } from '../interfaces/requests-interface';
 import { Article, IArticleModel } from '../models/article-model';
 import { IUserModel, User } from '../models/user-model';
 import { IQuery } from '../interfaces/article-interface';
 import { Schema } from 'mongoose';
+import * as slugify from 'slugify';
 
 const router: Router = Router();
 const Promise = require('bluebird');  // FIXME: how to handle this in Typescript?
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ const Promise = require('bluebird');  // FIXME: how to handle this in Typescript
 /**
  * GET /api/articles
  */
+// FIXME: authorized user who has favorited own articles showing false.
+// Should show true for all returned josh articles
 router.get('/', authentication.optional, (req: ProfileRequest, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
 
 	//  Try to determine the user making the request
@@ -126,10 +129,46 @@ router.get('/', authentication.optional, (req: ProfileRequest, res: Response, ne
 });
 
 
+/**
+ * POST /api/articles
+ */
+router.post('/', authentication.required, (req: JWTRequest, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
+
+	// Examine the request body for completeness
+	const article: IArticleModel = new Article();
+
+	if (typeof req.body.article.title !== 'undefined' &&
+		typeof req.body.article.description !== 'undefined' &&
+		typeof req.body.article.body !== 'undefined') {
+		article.title = req.body.article.title;
+		article.description = req.body.article.description;
+		article.body = req.body.article.body;
+		article.slug = slugify(article.title, {lower: true});
+	} else {
+		res.json('Error in article input: missing title, desc, or body.');
+	}
+
+	if (typeof req.body.article.tagList !== 'undefined') {
+		article.tagList = req.body.article.tagList;
+	}
+
+	// Verify authentication successful, then save and return article
+	User
+		.findById(req.payload.id)
+		.then(user => {
+			article.author = user;
+			return article.save().then(() => {
+				return res.json({article: article.formatAsArticleJSON(user)});
+			});
+		})
+		.catch(next);
+});
+
+
 // TODO: Remaining routes
 // GET /api/articles/feed
+
 // GET /api/articles/:slug
-// POST /api/articles
 // PUT /api/articles/:slug
 // DELETE /api/articles/:slug
 
diff --git a/api/routes/users-routes.ts b/api/routes/users-routes.ts
index 83a76c8..c15a011 100644
--- a/api/routes/users-routes.ts
+++ b/api/routes/users-routes.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 import { Router, Response, NextFunction, Request } from 'express';
-import { User } from '../models/user-model';
+import { IUserModel, User } from '../models/user-model';
 import * as passport from 'passport';
 
 const router: Router = Router();
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const router: Router = Router();
  */
 router.post('/', (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
 
-	const user = new User();
+	const user: IUserModel = new User();
 
 	user.username = req.body.user.username;
 	user.email = req.body.user.email;
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ router.post('/', (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
 /**
  * POST /api/users/login
  */
-router.post('/login', (req, res, next) => {
+router.post('/login', (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
 
 	if (!req.body.user.email)  {
 		return res.status(422).json( {errors: {email: "Can't be blank"}} );
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d6f8728..5354b13 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -2722,6 +2722,11 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-VusCfWW00tzmyy4tMsTUr8nh1wc=",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "slugify": {
+      "version": "1.2.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/slugify/-/slugify-1.2.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-WgTaDQNSyEKXlNKHO8L0DJJtE3gLK83pTx9OM941PnDVhPpZ93FHIbF2D9b0W6d5DsMwBkd56cRFKgxXkPN2KA=="
+    },
     "source-map": {
       "version": "0.5.7",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/source-map/-/source-map-0.5.7.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8501015..ddbf150 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     "mongoose": "^4.11.9",
     "passport": "^0.4.0",
     "passport-local": "^1.0.0",
+    "slugify": "^1.2.1",
     "ts-node": "^3.3.0",
     "typescript": "^2.5.2"
   }