diff --git a/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/api_drives_drive_item.go b/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/api_drives_drive_item.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8c0444e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/api_drives_drive_item.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package svc
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+
+	storageprovider "github.com/cs3org/go-cs3apis/cs3/storage/provider/v1beta1"
+	"github.com/go-chi/render"
+	libregraph "github.com/owncloud/libre-graph-api-go"
+
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/log"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/graph/pkg/errorcode"
+)
+
+type DrivesDriveItemServicer interface {
+	CreateChildren(ctx context.Context, driveId, itemId storageprovider.ResourceId, driveItem libregraph.DriveItem) (libregraph.DriveItem, error)
+}
+
+type DrivesDriveItemService struct {
+	logger log.Logger
+}
+
+func NewDrivesDriveItemService(logger log.Logger) (DrivesDriveItemService, error) {
+	return DrivesDriveItemService{
+		logger: log.Logger{Logger: logger.With().Str("graph api", "DrivesDriveItemService").Logger()},
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (s DrivesDriveItemService) CreateChildren(ctx context.Context, driveId, itemId storageprovider.ResourceId, driveItem libregraph.DriveItem) (libregraph.DriveItem, error) {
+	return libregraph.DriveItem{}, nil
+}
+
+type DrivesDriveItemApi struct {
+	logger                 log.Logger
+	drivesDriveItemService DrivesDriveItemServicer
+}
+
+func NewDrivesDriveItemApi(drivesDriveItemService DrivesDriveItemServicer, logger log.Logger) (DrivesDriveItemApi, error) {
+	return DrivesDriveItemApi{
+		logger:                 log.Logger{Logger: logger.With().Str("graph api", "DrivesDriveItemApi").Logger()},
+		drivesDriveItemService: drivesDriveItemService,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (api DrivesDriveItemApi) Routes() []Route {
+	return []Route{
+		{http.MethodPost, "/v1beta1/drives/{driveID}/items/{itemID}/children", api.CreateChildren},
+	}
+}
+
+func (api DrivesDriveItemApi) CreateChildren(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	ctx := r.Context()
+	driveID, itemID, err := GetDriveAndItemIDParam(r, &api.logger)
+	if err != nil {
+		errorcode.RenderError(w, r, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	driveItem, err := api.drivesDriveItemService.
+		CreateChildren(ctx, driveID, itemID, libregraph.DriveItem{})
+
+	render.Status(r, http.StatusOK)
+	render.JSON(w, r, driveItem)
+}
diff --git a/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/driveitems.go b/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/driveitems.go
index cae2d90d5..f11691685 100644
--- a/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/driveitems.go
+++ b/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/driveitems.go
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ func (g Graph) ListPermissions(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	_, itemID, err := g.GetDriveAndItemIDParam(r)
+	_, itemID, err := GetDriveAndItemIDParam(r, g.logger)
 	if err != nil {
 		errorcode.RenderError(w, r, err)
 		return
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ func (g Graph) Invite(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	_, itemID, err := g.GetDriveAndItemIDParam(r)
+	_, itemID, err := GetDriveAndItemIDParam(r, g.logger)
 	if err != nil {
 		errorcode.RenderError(w, r, err)
 		return
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ func (g Graph) UpdatePermission(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 // DeletePermission removes a Permission from a Drive item
 func (g Graph) DeletePermission(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	_, itemID, err := g.GetDriveAndItemIDParam(r)
+	_, itemID, err := GetDriveAndItemIDParam(r, g.logger)
 	if err != nil {
 		errorcode.RenderError(w, r, err)
 		return
diff --git a/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/graph.go b/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/graph.go
index 33893e18e..3767e6dc0 100644
--- a/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/graph.go
+++ b/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/graph.go
@@ -59,6 +59,18 @@ type RoleService interface {
 	RemoveRoleFromUser(ctx context.Context, in *settingssvc.RemoveRoleFromUserRequest, opts ...client.CallOption) (*emptypb.Empty, error)
 }
 
+// A Route defines the parameters for an api endpoint
+type Route struct {
+	Method      string
+	Pattern     string
+	HandlerFunc http.HandlerFunc
+}
+
+// Router defines the required methods for retrieving api routes
+type Router interface {
+	Routes() []Route
+}
+
 // Graph defines implements the business logic for Service.
 type Graph struct {
 	config                   *config.Config
diff --git a/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/service.go b/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/service.go
index e64e41a3d..5813b08d0 100644
--- a/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/service.go
+++ b/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/service.go
@@ -204,8 +204,27 @@ func NewService(opts ...Option) (Graph, error) {
 		requireAdmin = options.RequireAdminMiddleware
 	}
 
+	drivesDriveItemService, err := NewDrivesDriveItemService(options.Logger)
+	if err != nil {
+		return svc, err
+	}
+
+	drivesDriveItemApi, err := NewDrivesDriveItemApi(drivesDriveItemService, options.Logger)
+	if err != nil {
+		return svc, err
+	}
+
 	m.Route(options.Config.HTTP.Root, func(r chi.Router) {
 		r.Use(middleware.StripSlashes)
+
+		for _, router := range []Router{
+			drivesDriveItemApi,
+		} {
+			for _, route := range router.Routes() {
+				r.Method(route.Method, route.Pattern, route.HandlerFunc)
+			}
+		}
+
 		r.Route("/v1beta1", func(r chi.Router) {
 			r.Route("/me", func(r chi.Router) {
 				r.Get("/drives", svc.GetDrives(APIVersion_1_Beta_1))
diff --git a/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/utils.go b/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/utils.go
index d566448bf..1756bde7b 100644
--- a/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/utils.go
+++ b/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/utils.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 	gateway "github.com/cs3org/go-cs3apis/cs3/gateway/v1beta1"
 	storageprovider "github.com/cs3org/go-cs3apis/cs3/storage/provider/v1beta1"
 
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/log"
+
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/graph/pkg/errorcode"
 )
 
@@ -32,28 +34,28 @@ func IsSpaceRoot(rid *storageprovider.ResourceId) bool {
 
 // GetDriveAndItemIDParam parses the driveID and itemID from the request,
 // validates the common fields and returns the parsed IDs if ok.
-func (g Graph) GetDriveAndItemIDParam(r *http.Request) (storageprovider.ResourceId, storageprovider.ResourceId, error) {
+func GetDriveAndItemIDParam(r *http.Request, logger *log.Logger) (storageprovider.ResourceId, storageprovider.ResourceId, error) {
 	empty := storageprovider.ResourceId{}
 
 	driveID, err := parseIDParam(r, "driveID")
 	if err != nil {
-		g.logger.Debug().Err(err).Msg("could not parse driveID")
+		logger.Debug().Err(err).Msg("could not parse driveID")
 		return empty, empty, errorcode.New(errorcode.InvalidRequest, "invalid driveID")
 	}
 
 	itemID, err := parseIDParam(r, "itemID")
 	if err != nil {
-		g.logger.Debug().Err(err).Msg("could not parse itemID")
+		logger.Debug().Err(err).Msg("could not parse itemID")
 		return empty, empty, errorcode.New(errorcode.InvalidRequest, "invalid itemID")
 	}
 
 	if itemID.GetOpaqueId() == "" {
-		g.logger.Debug().Interface("driveID", driveID).Interface("itemID", itemID).Msg("empty item opaqueID")
+		logger.Debug().Interface("driveID", driveID).Interface("itemID", itemID).Msg("empty item opaqueID")
 		return empty, empty, errorcode.New(errorcode.InvalidRequest, "invalid itemID")
 	}
 
 	if driveID.GetStorageId() != itemID.GetStorageId() || driveID.GetSpaceId() != itemID.GetSpaceId() {
-		g.logger.Debug().Interface("driveID", driveID).Interface("itemID", itemID).Msg("driveID and itemID do not match")
+		logger.Debug().Interface("driveID", driveID).Interface("itemID", itemID).Msg("driveID and itemID do not match")
 		return empty, empty, errorcode.New(errorcode.ItemNotFound, "driveID and itemID do not match")
 	}
 
diff --git a/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/utils_test.go b/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/utils_test.go
index 1d1f60952..c1cfa722b 100644
--- a/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/utils_test.go
+++ b/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/utils_test.go
@@ -11,40 +11,25 @@ import (
 
 	provider "github.com/cs3org/go-cs3apis/cs3/storage/provider/v1beta1"
 	"github.com/cs3org/reva/v2/pkg/storagespace"
-	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/graph/pkg/config/defaults"
-	identitymocks "github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/graph/pkg/identity/mocks"
 
-	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/shared"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/conversions"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/log"
 	service "github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/graph/pkg/service/v0"
 )
 
 var _ = Describe("Utils", func() {
-	var (
-		svc service.Graph
-	)
-
-	BeforeEach(func() {
-		cfg := defaults.FullDefaultConfig()
-		cfg.GRPCClientTLS = &shared.GRPCClientTLS{}
-
-		identityBackend := &identitymocks.Backend{}
-		svc, _ = service.NewService(
-			service.Config(cfg),
-			service.WithIdentityBackend(identityBackend),
-		)
-	})
-
 	DescribeTable("GetDriveAndItemIDParam",
 		func(driveID, itemID string, shouldPass bool) {
 			rctx := chi.NewRouteContext()
 			rctx.URLParams.Add("driveID", driveID)
 			rctx.URLParams.Add("itemID", itemID)
 
-			extractedDriveID, extractedItemID, err := svc.GetDriveAndItemIDParam(
+			extractedDriveID, extractedItemID, err := service.GetDriveAndItemIDParam(
 				httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/", nil).
 					WithContext(
 						context.WithValue(context.Background(), chi.RouteCtxKey, rctx),
 					),
+				conversions.ToPointer(log.NopLogger()),
 			)
 
 			switch shouldPass {