diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6c97f48..13fd0a3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ name = "api"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "atproto",
- "axum",
  "http 1.3.1",
+ "router",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tokio",
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "time",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
+ "unicode-segmentation",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -293,9 +294,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bon"
-version = "3.6.3"
+version = "3.6.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ced38439e7a86a4761f7f7d5ded5ff009135939ecb464a24452eaa4c1696af7d"
+checksum = "f61138465baf186c63e8d9b6b613b508cd832cba4ce93cf37ce5f096f91ac1a6"
 dependencies = [
  "bon-macros",
  "rustversion",
@@ -303,9 +304,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bon-macros"
-version = "3.6.3"
+version = "3.6.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0ce61d2d3844c6b8d31b2353d9f66cf5e632b3e9549583fe3cac2f4f6136725e"
+checksum = "40d1dad34aa19bf02295382f08d9bc40651585bd497266831d40ee6296fb49ca"
 dependencies = [
  "darling",
  "ident_case",
@@ -662,6 +663,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "entryway"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "atproto",
+ "http 1.3.1",
+ "router",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "equivalent"
 version = "1.0.2"
@@ -1183,6 +1198,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
  "atproto",
+ "atrium-api",
+ "db",
  "rocketman",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -1813,6 +1830,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "zstd",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "router"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "atproto",
+ "axum",
+ "http 1.3.1",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rsa"
 version = "0.9.8"
@@ -2708,6 +2739,12 @@ version = "0.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e70f2a8b45122e719eb623c01822704c4e0907e7e426a05927e1a1cfff5b75d0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-segmentation"
+version = "1.12.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f6ccf251212114b54433ec949fd6a7841275f9ada20dddd2f29e9ceea4501493"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unsigned-varint"
 version = "0.8.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index abb5327..55a82e5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ async-trait = "0.1.88"
 atproto = { path = "./atproto" }
 db = { path = "./db" }
 router = { path = "./router" }
-serde = "1.0.219"
+serde = { version = "1.0.219", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.140"
 sqlx = { version = "0.8.6", features = ["postgres", "runtime-tokio"] }
 thiserror = "2.0.12"
diff --git a/atproto/src/error.rs b/atproto/src/error.rs
index 1db7106..5b52dfb 100644
--- a/atproto/src/error.rs
+++ b/atproto/src/error.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ pub enum FormatError {
 pub enum ParseError {
   #[error("Time Parse Error: {0}")]
   Datetime(#[from] time::error::Parse),
+  #[error("Json Parse Error: {0}")]
+  Serde(#[from] serde_json::error::Error),
   #[error("Length of parsed object too long, max: {max:?}, got: {got:?}.")]
   Length { max: usize, got: usize },
   #[error("Currently Did is enforced, cannot use handle, {handle:?}")]
diff --git a/atproto/src/types.rs b/atproto/src/types.rs
index 26ee60d..5baa02d 100644
--- a/atproto/src/types.rs
+++ b/atproto/src/types.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 use crate::error::{Error, ParseError};
 
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! basic_deserializer {
+  ($name:ident) => {
+    impl<'de> serde::de::Deserialize<'de> for $name {
+      fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error> 
+      where
+        D: serde::de::Deserializer<'de>,
+      {
+        let value: String = serde::de::Deserialize::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+        value.parse::<$name>().map_err(<D::Error as serde::de::Error>::custom)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 macro_rules! basic_string_type {
   ($name:ident, $regex:literal, $max_len:literal) => {
     pub struct $name { value: String, }
@@ -35,20 +50,24 @@ macro_rules! basic_string_type {
         })
       }
     }
+    
+    basic_deserializer!($name);
   }
 }
 
-mod did;
-pub use did::Did;
-mod cid;
-pub use cid::Cid;
 mod authority;
-pub use authority::Authority;
+mod cid;
 mod datetime;
-pub use datetime::Datetime;
+mod did;
 mod record_key;
-pub use record_key::RecordKey;
+mod strong_ref;
 mod uri;
+pub use authority::Authority;
+pub use cid::Cid;
+pub use datetime::Datetime;
+pub use did::Did;
+pub use record_key::RecordKey;
+pub use strong_ref::StrongRef;
 pub use uri::Uri;
 
 basic_string_type!(Handle,
@@ -63,22 +82,3 @@ basic_string_type!(Tid,
   r"^[234567abcdefghij][234567abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz]{12}$",
   13
 );
-
-pub struct StrongRef<T> {
-  content: T,
-  cid: Cid,
-}
-
-impl<T> StrongRef<T> {
-  pub fn get_content(&self) -> &T {
-    &self.content
-  }
-
-  pub fn extract_content(self) -> (T, Cid) {
-    (self.content, self.cid)
-  }
-
-  pub fn get_cid(&self) -> &Cid {
-    &self.cid
-  }
-}
diff --git a/atproto/src/types/authority.rs b/atproto/src/types/authority.rs
index 1c76750..ad3d68c 100644
--- a/atproto/src/types/authority.rs
+++ b/atproto/src/types/authority.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 use crate::{
-  types::{Did, Handle},
+  types::{
+    Did, Handle
+  },
   error::{Error, ParseError},
 };
+use serde::Deserialize;
 use std::{
   fmt::{Display, Formatter, Result as FmtResult},
   str::FromStr,
 };
 
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
 pub enum Authority {
   Did(Did),
   Handle(Handle),
diff --git a/atproto/src/types/cid.rs b/atproto/src/types/cid.rs
index 3581ad2..a1d3ff2 100644
--- a/atproto/src/types/cid.rs
+++ b/atproto/src/types/cid.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-use crate::error::Error;
+use crate::{
+  basic_deserializer,
+  error::Error
+};
 
 pub struct Cid { value: String, }
 
@@ -14,3 +17,5 @@ impl std::str::FromStr for Cid {
     Ok(Self { value: s.to_string() })
   }
 }
+
+basic_deserializer!(Cid);
diff --git a/atproto/src/types/datetime.rs b/atproto/src/types/datetime.rs
index 6dcf234..bd5583b 100644
--- a/atproto/src/types/datetime.rs
+++ b/atproto/src/types/datetime.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-use crate::error::{Error, ParseError, FormatError};
+use crate::{
+  basic_deserializer,
+  error::{Error, ParseError, FormatError},
+};
 use time::{
   UtcDateTime,
   format_description::well_known::{Rfc3339, Iso8601},
@@ -61,3 +64,5 @@ impl FromStr for Datetime {
     Ok(Datetime { time: datetime, derived_string: s.to_string() })
   }
 }
+
+basic_deserializer!(Datetime);
diff --git a/atproto/src/types/did.rs b/atproto/src/types/did.rs
index 6c91db2..fa9b739 100644
--- a/atproto/src/types/did.rs
+++ b/atproto/src/types/did.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-use crate::error::{Error, ParseError};
+use crate::{
+  basic_deserializer,
+  error::{Error, ParseError},
+};
 use std::{
   fmt::{Display, Formatter, Result as FmtResult},
   str::FromStr,
@@ -31,6 +34,8 @@ impl FromStr for DidMethod {
   }
 }
 
+basic_deserializer!(DidMethod);
+
 pub struct Did {
   method: DidMethod,
   identifier: String,
@@ -70,3 +75,5 @@ impl FromStr for Did {
     })
   }
 }
+
+basic_deserializer!(Did);
diff --git a/atproto/src/types/record_key.rs b/atproto/src/types/record_key.rs
index 7368b53..8542029 100644
--- a/atproto/src/types/record_key.rs
+++ b/atproto/src/types/record_key.rs
@@ -61,3 +61,5 @@ impl FromStr for RecordKey {
     Ok(RecordKey::Any(s.to_string()))
   }
 }
+
+basic_deserializer!(RecordKey);
diff --git a/atproto/src/types/strong_ref.rs b/atproto/src/types/strong_ref.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e23ff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atproto/src/types/strong_ref.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+use crate::{
+  basic_deserializer,
+  types::{Cid, Uri},
+  error::{Error, ParseError},
+};
+
+pub struct StrongRef<T> {
+  content: T,
+  cid: Cid,
+}
+
+impl StrongRef<Uri> {
+  pub fn from_atrium_api(strong_ref: atrium_api::com::atproto::repo::strong_ref::MainData) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+    let str_cid = serde_json::to_string(&strong_ref.cid).map_err(|e| {
+      Error::Parse { err: ParseError::Serde(e), object: "Uri".to_string() }
+    })?;
+    Ok(Self {
+      content: strong_ref.uri.parse::<Uri>()?,
+      cid: str_cid.parse::<Cid>()?,
+    })
+  }
+}
+
+impl<T> StrongRef<T> {
+  pub fn map_content<U, F>(self, f: F) -> StrongRef<U> 
+  where
+    F: FnOnce(T) -> U,
+  {
+    StrongRef {
+      content: f(self.content),
+      cid: self.cid,
+    }
+  }
+
+  pub fn get_content(&self) -> &T {
+    &self.content
+  }
+
+  pub fn extract_content(self) -> (T, Cid) {
+    (self.content, self.cid)
+  }
+
+  pub fn get_cid(&self) -> &Cid {
+    &self.cid
+  }
+}
diff --git a/atproto/src/types/uri.rs b/atproto/src/types/uri.rs
index 843ee2b..1fbf423 100644
--- a/atproto/src/types/uri.rs
+++ b/atproto/src/types/uri.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use crate::{
+  basic_deserializer,
   types::{Did, Authority, Nsid, RecordKey},
   error::{Error, ParseError},
 };
@@ -33,47 +34,78 @@ impl Display for Uri {
 impl FromStr for Uri {
   type Err = Error;
   fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
-    if s.len() > 8000 {
-      return Err(Error::Parse {
-        err: ParseError::Length { max: 8000, got: s.len() },
-        object: "Did".to_string(),
-      });
-    }
+    Self::check_length(s)?;
 
     let Some((
       _whole, unchecked_authority, unchecked_collection, unchecked_rkey
-    )) = regex_captures!(
+    )): Option<(&str, &str, &str, &str)> = regex_captures!(
       r"/^at:\/\/([\w\.\-_~:]+)(?:\/([\w\.\-_~:]+)(?:)\/([\w\.\-_~:]+))?$/i",
       s,
-    ) else { 
+    ) else {
       return Err(Error::Parse {
         err: ParseError::Format,
         object: "Uri".to_string(),
       });
     };
 
-    let did = match Authority::from_str(unchecked_authority)? {
-      Authority::Handle(h) => 
-        return Err(Error::Parse {
-          err: ParseError::ForceDid { handle: h.to_string() },
-          object: "Uri".to_string(),
-        }),
-      Authority::Did(d) => d,
-    };
+    let did = Self::check_authority(unchecked_authority.to_string())?;
 
     let collection = if unchecked_collection.is_empty() { None }
-      else { Some(unchecked_collection.parse::<Nsid>()?) };
+      else { Some(Self::check_collection(unchecked_collection.to_string())?) };
 
     let rkey = if unchecked_rkey.is_empty() { None }
-      else { Some(unchecked_rkey.parse::<RecordKey>()?) };
+      else { Some(Self::check_rkey(unchecked_rkey.to_string())?) };
 
     Ok(Uri { authority: did, collection, rkey })
   }
 }
 
 impl Uri {
+  pub fn from_components(
+    authority_str: String, collection_str: Option<String>,
+    rkey_str: Option<String>
+  ) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+    let authority = Self::check_authority(authority_str)?;
+    let collection = collection_str.map(Self::check_collection).transpose()?;
+    let rkey = rkey_str.map(Self::check_rkey).transpose()?;
+    let uri = Uri { authority, collection, rkey };
+    Self::check_length(&uri.to_string())?;
+
+    Ok(uri)
+  }
+
+  fn check_length(s: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    if s.len() > 8000 {
+      return Err(Error::Parse {
+        err: ParseError::Length { max: 8000, got: s.len() },
+        object: "Did".to_string(),
+      });
+    }
+    Ok(())
+  }
+
+  fn check_authority(authority: String) -> Result<Did, Error> {
+    Ok(match Authority::from_str(&authority)? {
+      Authority::Handle(h) => 
+        return Err(Error::Parse {
+          err: ParseError::ForceDid { handle: h.to_string() },
+          object: "Uri".to_string(),
+        }),
+      Authority::Did(d) => d,
+    })
+  }
+
+  fn check_collection(collection: String) -> Result<Nsid, Error> {
+    Ok(collection.parse::<Nsid>()?)
+  }
+
+  fn check_rkey(rkey: String) -> Result<RecordKey, Error> {
+    Ok(rkey.parse::<RecordKey>()?)
+  }
+
   pub fn authority_as_did(&self) -> &Did {
     &self.authority
   }
 }
 
+basic_deserializer!(Uri);