diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0964433..9d48bb3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anyhow"
+version = "1.0.86"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b3d1d046238990b9cf5bcde22a3fb3584ee5cf65fb2765f454ed428c7a0063da"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "assert-json-diff"
 version = "2.0.2"
@@ -2856,6 +2862,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "yoda-web"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
  "axum",
  "chrono",
  "config",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ed4e5c9..5b4743d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ reqwest = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = [
     "json",
     "rustls-tls",
 ] }
+serde_json = "1"
+anyhow = "1"
 
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/src/domain/mod.rs b/src/domain/mod.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b13789..0000000
--- a/src/domain/mod.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index f24afc4..439ffcf 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 pub mod config;
-pub mod domain;
 pub mod routes;
+pub mod speak;
+pub mod state;
 pub mod telemetry;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index ccc770d..41b1a22 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use tokio::net::TcpListener;
 use yoda_web::{
     config::get_config,
     routes::route,
+    state::AppState,
     telemetry::{get_subscriber, init_subscriber},
 };
-use sqlx::postgres::PgPoolOptions;
-use tokio::net::TcpListener;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
     let subscriber = get_subscriber("yoda-web", "info", std::io::stdout);
     init_subscriber(subscriber);
     let config = get_config().expect("Failed to read configuation.");
-    let pool = PgPoolOptions::new().connect_lazy_with(config.database.with_db());
+    let state = Arc::new(AppState::default());
     let addr = format!("{}:{}", config.application.host, config.application.port);
     let listener = TcpListener::bind(addr)
         .await
         .expect("Failed to bind port 8000.");
 
-    axum::serve(listener, route(pool)).await
+    axum::serve(listener, route(state)).await
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/mod.rs b/src/routes/mod.rs
index 65e6768..44344b6 100644
--- a/src/routes/mod.rs
+++ b/src/routes/mod.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 mod health_check;
 
-use std::time::Duration;
+use std::{sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 
 use axum::{
     body::Bytes,
     extract::MatchedPath,
     http::{HeaderMap, Request},
     response::Response,
-    routing::get,
+    routing::{get, post},
     Router,
 };
 
@@ -17,10 +17,13 @@ use tower_http::{classify::ServerErrorsFailureClass, trace::TraceLayer};
 use tracing::{info_span, Span};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
-pub fn route(pool: PgPool) -> Router {
+use crate::{speak::yoda_speak, state::AppState};
+
+pub fn route(state: Arc<AppState>) -> Router {
     Router::new()
         .route("/health_check", get(health_check))
-        .with_state(pool)
+        .route("/yoda", post(yoda_speak))
+        .with_state(state)
         .layer(
             TraceLayer::new_for_http()
                 .make_span_with(|request: &Request<_>| {
diff --git a/src/speak.rs b/src/speak.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..058db95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/speak.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+use serde_json::{json, Value};
+
+use axum::{extract::State, response::IntoResponse, Json};
+use reqwest::{Client, StatusCode};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use tracing_log::log::error;
+
+use crate::state::AppState;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+pub struct InputText {
+    pub text: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+pub struct OutputText {
+    pub yoda_text: String,
+}
+
+pub async fn yoda_speak(
+    State(state): State<Arc<AppState>>,
+    Json(input): Json<InputText>,
+) -> impl IntoResponse {
+    match convert_to_yoda_speak(&state.client, &input.text).await {
+        Ok(yoda_text) => {
+            let output = OutputText { yoda_text };
+            (StatusCode::OK, Json(output)).into_response()
+        }
+        Err(e) => {
+            error!("Error converting to Yoda speak: {}", e);
+            (
+                StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+                Json(json!({"error":"Failed to convert text"})),
+            )
+                .into_response()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+async fn convert_to_yoda_speak(client: &Client, text: &str) -> Result<String> {
+    let url = "https://api.funtranslations.com/translate/yoda.json";
+    let params = [("text", text)];
+    let response = client
+        .post(url)
+        .form(&params)
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .context("Failed to send request to Yoda translation API")?;
+    let json: Value = response
+        .json()
+        .await
+        .context("Failed to parse JSON response")?;
+
+    let translated_text = json
+        .get("contents")
+        .context("Missing 'contents' key in JSON response")?
+        .get("translated")
+        .context("Missing 'translated' key in 'contents' object")?
+        .as_str()
+        .context("Failed to extract translated text from JSON")?
+        .to_owned();
+    Ok(translated_text)
+}
diff --git a/src/state.rs b/src/state.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f683c22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/state.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use reqwest::Client;
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct AppState {
+    pub client: Client,
+}
+
+impl AppState {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self::default()
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for AppState {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            client: Client::new(),
+        }
+    }
+}