diff --git a/web/app/controllers/api_recordings_controller.rb b/web/app/controllers/api_recordings_controller.rb
index 47f5e73d3..97ee972fc 100644
--- a/web/app/controllers/api_recordings_controller.rb
+++ b/web/app/controllers/api_recordings_controller.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,18 @@ class ApiRecordingsController < ApiController
     @log || Logging.logger[ApiRecordingsController]
   end
 
+  def create
+    if request.headers['Jamk-Mobile-Env']
+      result = Recording.new
+      result.owner = current_user
+      result.save
+      render :json => result, :status => 200
+      return
+    end
+    response.status = :unprocessable_entity
+    render :nothing
+  end
+
   def index
     # lists recordings created by for the current user
     @recordings = Recording.list_recordings(current_user, params[:created_by])
diff --git a/web/config/routes.rb b/web/config/routes.rb
index ed3634dba..de2dd4ae0 100644
--- a/web/config/routes.rb
+++ b/web/config/routes.rb
@@ -572,6 +572,7 @@ SampleApp::Application.routes.draw do
     match '/recordings/uploads' => 'api_recordings#list_uploads', :via => :get, :as => 'api_recordings_list_uploads'
     match '/recordings/downloads' => 'api_recordings#list_downloads', :via => :get, :as => 'api_recordings_list_downloads'
     match '/recordings/start' => 'api_recordings#start', :via => :post, :as => 'api_recordings_start'
+    match '/recordings/create' => 'api_recordings#create', :via => :post, :as => 'api_recordings_create'
     match '/recordings/:id' => 'api_recordings#show', :via => :get, :as => 'api_recordings_detail'
     match '/recordings/:id/stop' => 'api_recordings#stop', :via => :post, :as => 'api_recordings_stop'
     match '/recordings/:id/claim' => 'api_recordings#claim', :via => :post, :as => 'api_recordings_claim'