diff --git a/webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/api/PlayerHandler.kt b/webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/api/PlayerHandler.kt
index e62ce4d..e933937 100644
--- a/webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/api/PlayerHandler.kt
+++ b/webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/api/PlayerHandler.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,23 @@
 package org.jeudego.pairgoth.api
 
+import com.republicate.kson.Json
+import org.jeudego.pairgoth.model.Player
+import org.jeudego.pairgoth.model.Tournament
+import org.jeudego.pairgoth.model.fromJson
+import org.jeudego.pairgoth.store.Store
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest
+
 class PlayerHandler: ApiHandler {
+
+    override fun post(request: HttpServletRequest): Json {
+        val json = getPayload(request)
+        if (!json.isObject) ApiHandler.badRequest("expecting a json object")
+        val payload = json.asObject()
+
+        // player parsing
+        val player = Player.fromJson(payload)
+
+        Store.addPlayer(player)
+        return Json.Object("success" to true, "id" to player.id)
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/model/Player.kt b/webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/model/Player.kt
index 1a57d4f..8fd625a 100644
--- a/webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/model/Player.kt
+++ b/webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/model/Player.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 package org.jeudego.pairgoth.model
 
+import com.republicate.kson.Json
+import org.jeudego.pairgoth.api.ApiHandler.Companion.badRequest
+import org.jeudego.pairgoth.store.Store
+
 class Player(
     id: Int,
     name: String,
@@ -13,3 +17,23 @@ class Player(
     // used to store external IDs ("FFG" => FFG ID, "EGF" => EGF PIN, "AGA" => AGA ID ...)
     val externalIds = mutableMapOf<String, String>()
 }
+
+fun Player.Companion.fromJson(json: Json.Object) = Player(
+    id = json.getInt("id") ?: Store.nextPlayerId,
+    name = json.getString("name") ?: badRequest("missing name"),
+    firstname = json.getString("firstname") ?: badRequest("missing firstname"),
+    rating = json.getDouble("rating") ?: badRequest("missing rating"),
+    rank = json.getInt("rank") ?: badRequest("missing rank"),
+    country = json.getString("country") ?: badRequest("missing country"),
+    club = json.getString("club") ?: ""
+)
+
+fun Player.toJson() = Json.Object(
+    "id" to id,
+    "name" to name,
+    "firstname" to firstname,
+    "rating" to rating,
+    "rank" to rank,
+    "country" to country,
+    "club" to club
+)
diff --git a/webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/store/Store.kt b/webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/store/Store.kt
index a4ba452..108251c 100644
--- a/webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/store/Store.kt
+++ b/webapp/src/main/kotlin/org/jeudego/pairgoth/store/Store.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package org.jeudego.pairgoth.store
 import org.jeudego.pairgoth.model.Player
 import org.jeudego.pairgoth.model.Tournament
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger
+import kotlin.math.E
 
 object Store {
     private val _nextTournamentId = AtomicInteger()
@@ -21,4 +22,8 @@ object Store {
     fun getTournament(id: Int) = tournaments[id]
 
     fun getTournamentsIDs(): Set<Int> = tournaments.keys
+    fun addPlayer(player: Player) {
+        if (players.containsKey(player.id)) throw Error("player id #${player.id} already exists")
+        players[player.id] = player
+    }
 }