diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v0/posts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v0/posts_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f59dc123
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v0/posts_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+module Api
+  module V0
+    class PostsController < Api::V0::BaseController
+      include PostsHelper
+
+      before_action only: :show do
+        require_access_token %w(read)
+      end
+
+      before_action only: %i(create destroy) do
+        require_access_token %w(read write)
+      end
+
+      def show
+        posts_services = PostService.new(id: params[:id], user: current_user)
+        posts_services.mark_user_notifications unless params[:mark_notifications] == "false"
+        render json: posts_services.present_json
+      end
+
+      def create
+        @status_message = StatusMessageCreationService.new(params, current_user).status_message
+        render json: PostPresenter.new(@status_message, current_user)
+      end
+
+      def destroy
+        post_service = PostService.new(id: params[:id], user: current_user)
+        post_service.retract_post
+        render nothing: true, status: 204
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 873299b9a..5e7c4f3c5 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -221,6 +221,11 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
   root :to => 'home#show'
   get "podmin", to: "home#podmin"
 
+  api_version(module: "Api::V0", path: {value: "api/v0"}, default: true) do
+    match "user", to: "users#show", via: %i(get post)
+    resources :posts, only: %i(show create destroy)
+    end
+
   namespace :api do
     namespace :openid_connect do
       resources :clients, only: :create
diff --git a/spec/integration/api/posts_controller_spec.rb b/spec/integration/api/posts_controller_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..256416ab0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/integration/api/posts_controller_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+require "spec_helper"
+
+describe Api::V0::PostsController do
+  let!(:auth_with_read) { FactoryGirl.create(:auth_with_read) }
+  let!(:access_token_with_read) { auth_with_read.create_access_token.to_s }
+  let(:auth_with_read_and_write) { FactoryGirl.create(:auth_with_read_and_write) }
+  let!(:access_token_with_read_and_write) { auth_with_read_and_write.create_access_token.to_s }
+
+  let!(:post_service_double) { double("post_service") }
+  before do
+    allow(PostService).to receive(:new).and_return(post_service_double)
+  end
+
+  describe "#show" do
+    before do
+      expect(post_service_double).to receive(:present_json)
+    end
+
+    context "when mark notifications is omitted" do
+      it "shows attempts to show the info and mark the user notifications" do
+        expect(post_service_double).to receive(:mark_user_notifications)
+        @status = auth_with_read.user.post(:status_message, text: "hello", public: true, to: "all")
+        get api_v0_post_path(@status.id), access_token: access_token_with_read
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when mark notifications is false" do
+      it "shows attempts to show the info" do
+        @status = auth_with_read.user.post(:status_message, text: "hello", public: true, to: "all")
+        get api_v0_post_path(@status.id), access_token: access_token_with_read, mark_notifications: "false"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#create" do
+    context "when given read-write access token" do
+      it "creates a public post" do
+        post api_v0_posts_path, access_token: access_token_with_read_and_write,
+             status_message: {text: "Hello this is a public post!"}, aspect_ids: "public"
+        expect(Post.find_by(text: "Hello this is a public post!").public).to eq(true)
+      end
+
+      it "creates a private post" do
+        post api_v0_posts_path, access_token: access_token_with_read_and_write,
+             status_message: {text: "Hello this is a post!"}, aspect_ids: "1"
+        expect(Post.find_by(text: "Hello this is a post!").public).to eq(false)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when given read only access token" do
+      before do
+        post api_v0_posts_path, access_token: access_token_with_read,
+             status_message: {text: "Hello this is a post!"}, aspect_ids: "public"
+      end
+
+      it "doesn't create the post" do
+        json_body = JSON.parse(response.body)
+        expect(json_body["error"]).to eq("insufficient_scope")
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#destroy" do
+    context "when given read-write access token" do
+      it "attempts to destroy the post" do
+        expect(post_service_double).to receive(:retract_post)
+        @status = auth_with_read_and_write.user.post(:status_message, text: "hello", public: true, to: "all")
+        delete api_v0_post_path(@status.id), access_token: access_token_with_read_and_write
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when given read only access token" do
+      before do
+        @status = auth_with_read.user.post(:status_message, text: "hello", public: true, to: "all")
+        delete api_v0_post_path(@status.id), access_token: access_token_with_read
+      end
+
+      it "doesn't delete the post" do
+        json_body = JSON.parse(response.body)
+        expect(json_body["error"]).to eq("insufficient_scope")
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end