diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index c762d51..fe76164 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ const db = new Redis({
 })
 module.exports = { app, db, globalConfig } // Export database connection for other files
 
+app.use(express.json()) // Allows receiving JSON bodies
+// see important note: https://expressjs.com/en/api.html#express.json
+
 fs.readdir(globalConfig.routesDirectory, (err, files) => {
     if (err) {
         console.log("FATAL: Unable to read ./routes")
diff --git a/routes/azure.js b/routes/azure.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20e4ed0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/azure.js
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+const { app, db, globalConfig } = require("../index.js") // Get globals from index
+const { EmailClient } = require("@azure/communication-email");
+const azureEmail = new EmailClient(globalConfig.azure.connectionString)
+
+
+
+app.post("/sendemail", (rreq,rres) => {
+
+    db.get(globalConfig.azure.authKeyInDb).then(dbres => {
+        if (dbres == null) {
+            console.log("ERROR: Configured key containing azure authkeys is null")
+            rres.sendStatus(500)
+        } else {
+            let validKeys = dbres.split(',')
+            if (validKeys.includes(rreq.get("Authorization"))) {
+
+                let message = {
+                    senderAddress: globalConfig.azure.senderAddress,
+                    content: {
+                        subject: rreq.body.message.subject,
+                        plainText: rreq.body.message.content,
+                    },
+                    recipients: {
+                        to: [
+                            {
+                                address: rreq.body.recipient.emailAddr,
+                                displayName: rreq.body.recipient.emailName,
+                            },
+                        ],
+                    },
+                }
+
+                azureEmail.beginSend(message).then(ares => {
+                    rres.sendStatus(200)
+                }).catch(err => {
+                    rres.sendStatus(500)
+                    console.log(err)
+                })
+
+            } else {
+                console.log(`${rreq.ip} POST /sendemail returned 401`)
+                rres.sendStatus(401)
+            }
+        }
+    })
+
+})
+
+
+module.exports = {app} // export routes to be imported by index for execution
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diff --git a/routes/notifications.js b/routes/notifications.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ce33768..0000000
--- a/routes/notifications.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-const { app, db, globalConfig } = require("../index.js") // Get globals from index
-
-
-
-module.exports = {app} // export routes to be imported by index for execution
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