diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index e65e00d7c..42dd80cd4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -2,10 +2,5 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   protect_from_forgery :except => :receive
   layout 'application'
 
-  def receive
-    puts params.inspect
-    puts "holy boner batman"
-    render :nothing => true
-  end
 
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb b/app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb
index 62911ac1c..91eff3cac 100644
--- a/app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/dashboard_controller.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,19 @@
 class DashboardController < ApplicationController
-  before_filter :authenticate_user!
+  
+  before_filter :authenticate_user!, :except => :receive
+  include ApplicationHelper
 
   def index
     @posts = Post.stream
   end
+
+
+  def receive
+    store_posts_from_xml (params[:xml])
+
+
+
+    puts "holy boner batman"
+    render :nothing => true
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index f58313c9b..4580f9cd3 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -6,4 +6,15 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   def object_fields(object)
     object.attributes.keys 
   end
+
+  def store_posts_from_xml(xml)
+    doc = Nokogiri::XML(xml) { |cfg| cfg.noblanks }
+    doc.xpath("//post").each do |post| #this is the post wrapper
+      post.children.each do|type|  #now the text of post itself is the type 
+        #type object to xml is the the thing we want to from_xml
+        object =  type.name.camelize.constantize.from_xml type.to_s
+        object.save
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/helpers/dashboard_helper.rb b/app/helpers/dashboard_helper.rb
index a94ddfc2e..d06bca135 100644
--- a/app/helpers/dashboard_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/dashboard_helper.rb
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 module DashboardHelper
+
+
+
+
+
 end
diff --git a/app/models/status_message.rb b/app/models/status_message.rb
index b9eb2c4fc..0b58ee72b 100644
--- a/app/models/status_message.rb
+++ b/app/models/status_message.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ class StatusMessage < Post
   include StatusMessagesHelper
   require 'lib/net/curl'
  
+  xml_name :status_message
+ 
   xml_accessor :message
   field :message
 
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index f1466709a..efdc9426f 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Diaspora::Application.routes.draw do |map|
    match 'logout', :to  => 'devise/sessions#destroy', :as => "destroy_user_session"
    match 'signup', :to => 'devise/registrations#new', :as => "new_user_registration"
  
-  match 'receive', :to => 'application#receive'
+  match 'receive', :to => 'dashboard#receive'
 
   resources :users
   resources :status_messages
diff --git a/lib/common.rb b/lib/common.rb
index 218d34ca5..7b9538e88 100644
--- a/lib/common.rb
+++ b/lib/common.rb
@@ -16,10 +16,20 @@ module Diaspora
         def prep_webhook  
           self.to_xml.to_s
         end
-        
+ 
+        def prep_many  
+          "<post>#{self.to_xml.to_s}</post>"
+        end
+
         def friends_with_permissions
            Friend.only(:url).map{|x| x = x.url + "/receive/"}
         end
+
+        def self.build_xml_for(posts)
+          xml = "<posts>"
+          posts.each {|x| xml << x.prep_many}
+          xml = xml + "</posts>"
+        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/helpers/parser_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/parser_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04c1846b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/helpers/parser_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'
+
+include ApplicationHelper 
+
+describe DashboardHelper do
+  before do
+    Factory.create(:user) 
+  end
+
+  it "should store objects sent from xml" do
+    status_messages = []
+    10.times { status_messages << Factory.build(:status_message)}
+    
+    xml = Post.build_xml_for(status_messages) 
+    
+    store_posts_from_xml(xml) 
+    StatusMessage.count.should == 10
+  end
+
+
+end