diff --git a/app/controllers/api/transformation_mappings_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/transformation_mappings_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7dae753e74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/api/transformation_mappings_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+module Api
+  class TransformationMappingsController < BaseController
+    def create_resource(_type, _id, data = {})
+      raise "Must specify transformation_mapping_items" unless data["transformation_mapping_items"]
+      TransformationMapping.new(data.except("transformation_mapping_items")).tap do |mapping|
+        mapping.transformation_mapping_items = create_mapping_items(data["transformation_mapping_items"])
+        mapping.save!
+      end
+    rescue StandardError => err
+      raise BadRequestError, "Could not create Transformation Mapping - #{err}"
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def create_mapping_items(items)
+      items.collect do |item|
+        raise "Must specify source and destination hrefs" unless item["source"] && item["destination"]
+        TransformationMappingItem.new(:source => fetch_mapping_resource(item["source"]), :destination => fetch_mapping_resource(item["destination"]))
+      end
+    end
+
+    def fetch_mapping_resource(href)
+      resource_href = Api::Href.new(href)
+      raise "Invalid source or destination type #{resource_href.subject}" unless collection_config.collection?(resource_href.subject)
+      resource_search(resource_href.subject_id, resource_href.subject, collection_class(resource_href.subject.to_sym))
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/api.yml b/config/api.yml
index 6a8f4ee7b3..37bd08fcb2 100644
--- a/config/api.yml
+++ b/config/api.yml
@@ -2903,6 +2903,24 @@
       :delete:
       - :name: delete
         :identifier: rbac_tenant_manage_quotas
+  :transformation_mappings:
+    :description: Transformation Mappings
+    :identifier: transformation_mapping
+    :verbs: *gp
+    :klass: TransformationMapping
+    :options:
+    - :collection
+    :collection_actions:
+      :get:
+      - :name: read
+        :identifier: transformation_mapping_show_list
+      :post:
+      - :name: create
+        :identifier: transformation_mapping_new
+    :resource_actions:
+      :get:
+      - :name: read
+        :identifier: transformation_mapping_show
   :users:
     :description: Users
     :identifier: rbac_user
diff --git a/spec/requests/transformation_mappings_spec.rb b/spec/requests/transformation_mappings_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc1791ba36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/requests/transformation_mappings_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+describe "Transformation Mappings" do
+  let(:transformation_mapping) { FactoryGirl.create(:transformation_mapping) }
+
+  describe "GET /api/transformation_mappings" do
+    context "with an appropriate role" do
+      it "retrieves transformation mappings with an appropriate role" do
+        api_basic_authorize(collection_action_identifier(:transformation_mappings, :read, :get))
+
+        get(api_transformation_mappings_url)
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:ok)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "without an appropriate role" do
+      it "is forbidden" do
+        api_basic_authorize
+
+        get(api_transformation_mappings_url)
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:forbidden)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "GET /api/transformation_mappings/:id" do
+    context "with an appropriate role" do
+      it "returns the transformation mapping" do
+        api_basic_authorize(action_identifier(:transformation_mappings, :read, :resource_actions, :get))
+
+        get(api_transformation_mapping_url(nil, transformation_mapping))
+
+        expect(response.parsed_body).to include('id' => transformation_mapping.id.to_s)
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:ok)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "without an appropriate role" do
+      it "is forbidden" do
+        api_basic_authorize
+
+        get(api_transformation_mapping_url(nil, transformation_mapping))
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:forbidden)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "POST /api/transformation_mappings" do
+    let(:cluster) { FactoryGirl.create(:ems_cluster) }
+    let(:cluster2) { FactoryGirl.create(:ems_cluster) }
+
+    context "with an appropriate role" do
+      it "can create a new transformation mapping" do
+        api_basic_authorize(collection_action_identifier(:transformation_mappings, :create))
+
+        new_mapping = {"name"                         => "new transformation mapping",
+                       "transformation_mapping_items" => [
+                         { "source" => api_cluster_url(nil, cluster), "destination" => api_cluster_url(nil, cluster2) }
+                       ]}
+        post(api_transformation_mappings_url, :params => new_mapping)
+
+        expected = {
+          "results" => [a_hash_including("href" => a_string_including(api_transformation_mappings_url),
+                                         "name" => "new transformation mapping")]
+        }
+        expect(response.parsed_body).to include(expected)
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:ok)
+      end
+
+      it "will raise a bad request if mappings are not specified" do
+        api_basic_authorize(collection_action_identifier(:transformation_mappings, :create))
+
+        new_mapping = {"name" => "new transformation mapping"}
+        post(api_transformation_mappings_url, :params => new_mapping)
+
+        expected = {
+          "error" => a_hash_including(
+            "kind"    => "bad_request",
+            "message" => /Must specify transformation_mapping_items/
+          )
+        }
+        expect(response.parsed_body).to include(expected)
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:bad_request)
+      end
+
+      it "will raise a bad request if source and destination are not specified for mappings" do
+        api_basic_authorize(collection_action_identifier(:transformation_mappings, :create))
+
+        new_mapping = {"name" => "new transformation mapping", "transformation_mapping_items" => [{}]}
+        post(api_transformation_mappings_url, :params => new_mapping)
+
+        expected = {
+          "error" => a_hash_including(
+            "kind"    => "bad_request",
+            "message" => /Must specify source and destination hrefs/
+          )
+        }
+        expect(response.parsed_body).to include(expected)
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:bad_request)
+      end
+
+      it "will raise a bad request for a bad source or destination" do
+        api_basic_authorize(collection_action_identifier(:transformation_mappings, :create))
+
+        new_mapping = {"name" => "new transformation mapping", "transformation_mapping_items" => [{ "source" => "/api/bogus/:id", "destination" => api_cluster_url(nil, cluster2) }]}
+        post(api_transformation_mappings_url, :params => new_mapping)
+
+        expected = {
+          "error" => a_hash_including(
+            "kind"    => "bad_request",
+            "message" => /Invalid source or destination type bogus/
+          )
+        }
+        expect(response.parsed_body).to include(expected)
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:bad_request)
+      end
+
+      it "will raise a bad request for a nonexistent source or destination" do
+        api_basic_authorize(collection_action_identifier(:transformation_mappings, :create))
+
+        new_mapping = {"name" => "new transformation mapping", "transformation_mapping_items" => [{ "source" => api_cluster_url(nil, cluster2), "destination" => api_cluster_url(nil, 999_999) }]}
+        post(api_transformation_mappings_url, :params => new_mapping)
+
+        expected = {
+          "error" => a_hash_including(
+            "kind"    => "bad_request",
+            "message" => /Couldn't find EmsCluster with 'id'=999999/
+          )
+        }
+        expect(response.parsed_body).to include(expected)
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:bad_request)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "without an appropriate role" do
+      it "is forbidden" do
+        api_basic_authorize
+
+        get(api_transformation_mapping_url(nil, transformation_mapping))
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:forbidden)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end