--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/pkg/controllers/gmimports.go	Thu Dec 20 12:06:37 2018 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+// This is Free Software under GNU Affero General Public License v >= 3.0
+// without warranty, see README.md and license for details.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+// License-Filename: LICENSES/AGPL-3.0.txt
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2018 by via donau
+//   – Österreichische Wasserstraßen-Gesellschaft mbH
+// Software engineering by Intevation GmbH
+//
+// Author(s):
+//  * Raimund Renkert <raimund.renkert@intevation.de>
+
+package controllers
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"gemma.intevation.de/gemma/pkg/auth"
+	"gemma.intevation.de/gemma/pkg/common"
+	"gemma.intevation.de/gemma/pkg/imports"
+	"gemma.intevation.de/gemma/pkg/models"
+)
+
+func importGaugeMeasurement(
+	input interface{},
+	req *http.Request,
+	conn *sql.Conn,
+) (jr JSONResult, err error) {
+
+	bi := input.(*models.GaugeMeasurementImport)
+
+	bn := &imports.GaugeMeasurement{
+		URL:      bi.URL,
+		Insecure: bi.Insecure,
+	}
+
+	var serialized string
+	serialized, err = common.ToJSONString(bn)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	session, _ := auth.GetSession(req)
+
+	jobID, err := imports.AddJob(imports.GMJobKind, session.User, serialized)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("info: added import #%d to queue\n", jobID)
+
+	result := struct {
+		ID int64 `json:"id"`
+	}{
+		ID: jobID,
+	}
+
+	jr = JSONResult{
+		Code:   http.StatusCreated,
+		Result: &result,
+	}
+	return
+}