diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Exports/ExportsController.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Exports/ExportsController.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cda2296249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Exports/ExportsController.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+ExportsHandler = require("./ExportsHandler")
+AuthenticationController = require("../Authentication/AuthenticationController")
+logger = require("logger-sharelatex")
+
+module.exports =
+
+	exportProject: (req, res) ->
+		{project_id, brand_variation_id} = req.params
+		user_id = AuthenticationController.getLoggedInUserId(req)
+		ExportsHandler.exportProject project_id, user_id, brand_variation_id, (err, export_data) ->
+			logger.log 
+				user_id:user_id
+				project_id: project_id
+				brand_variation_id:brand_variation_id
+				export_v1_id:export_data.v1_id
+				"exported project"
+			res.send export_v1_id: export_data.v1_id
+
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
index 7ec4dafbf4..e6b2692f7c 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ HealthCheckController = require("./Features/HealthCheck/HealthCheckController")
 ProjectDownloadsController = require "./Features/Downloads/ProjectDownloadsController"
 FileStoreController = require("./Features/FileStore/FileStoreController")
 HistoryController = require("./Features/History/HistoryController")
+ExportsController = require("./Features/Exports/ExportsController")
 PasswordResetRouter = require("./Features/PasswordReset/PasswordResetRouter")
 StaticPagesRouter = require("./Features/StaticPages/StaticPagesRouter")
 ChatController = require("./Features/Chat/ChatController")
@@ -205,6 +206,7 @@ module.exports = class Router
 		webRouter.post "/project/:project_id/restore_file", AuthorizationMiddlewear.ensureUserCanWriteProjectContent, HistoryController.restoreFileFromV2
 		privateApiRouter.post "/project/:Project_id/history/resync", AuthenticationController.httpAuth, HistoryController.resyncProjectHistory
 
+		webRouter.post '/project/:project_id/export/:brand_variation_id', AuthorizationMiddlewear.ensureUserCanAdminProject, ExportsController.exportProject
 
 		webRouter.get  '/Project/:Project_id/download/zip', AuthorizationMiddlewear.ensureUserCanReadProject, ProjectDownloadsController.downloadProject
 		webRouter.get  '/project/download/zip', AuthorizationMiddlewear.ensureUserCanReadMultipleProjects, ProjectDownloadsController.downloadMultipleProjects
diff --git a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Exports/ExportsControllerTests.coffee b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Exports/ExportsControllerTests.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..821eb5b4e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Exports/ExportsControllerTests.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+SandboxedModule = require('sandboxed-module')
+assert = require('assert')
+chai = require('chai')
+expect = chai.expect
+sinon = require('sinon')
+modulePath = require('path').join __dirname, '../../../../app/js/Features/Exports/ExportsController.js'
+
+
+describe 'ExportsController', ->
+	project_id = "123njdskj9jlk"
+	user_id = "123nd3ijdks"
+	brand_variation_id = 22
+
+	beforeEach ->
+		@handler =
+			getUserNotifications: sinon.stub().callsArgWith(1)
+		@req =
+			params:
+				project_id: project_id
+				brand_variation_id: brand_variation_id
+			session:
+				user:
+					_id:user_id
+			i18n:
+				translate:->
+		@AuthenticationController =
+			getLoggedInUserId: sinon.stub().returns(@req.session.user._id)
+		@controller = SandboxedModule.require modulePath, requires:
+			"./ExportsHandler":@handler
+			'logger-sharelatex':
+				log:->
+				err:->
+			'../Authentication/AuthenticationController': @AuthenticationController
+
+	it 'should ask the handler to perform the export', (done) ->
+		@handler.exportProject = sinon.stub().yields(null, {iAmAnExport: true, v1_id: 897})
+		@controller.exportProject @req, send:(body) =>
+			expect(body).to.deep.equal {export_v1_id: 897}
+			done()