diff --git a/facefusion/apis/core.py b/facefusion/apis/core.py
index d8ca2f2c..9555ac89 100644
--- a/facefusion/apis/core.py
+++ b/facefusion/apis/core.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from starlette.routing import Route, WebSocketRoute
 
 from facefusion.apis.endpoints.assets import delete_assets, get_asset, get_assets, upload_asset
 from facefusion.apis.endpoints.capabilities import get_capabilities
+from facefusion.apis.endpoints.jobs import create_job
 from facefusion.apis.endpoints.metrics import get_metrics, websocket_metrics
 from facefusion.apis.endpoints.ping import websocket_ping
 from facefusion.apis.endpoints.session import create_session, destroy_session, get_session, refresh_session
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ def create_api() -> Starlette:
 			Route('/metrics', get_metrics, methods = [ 'GET' ], middleware = [ session_guard ]),
 			Route('/stream', post_stream, methods = [ 'POST' ], middleware = [ session_guard ]),
 			Route('/stream', delete_stream, methods = [ 'DELETE' ], name = 'delete_stream', middleware = [ session_guard ]),
+			Route('/jobs', create_job, methods = [ 'POST' ], middleware = [ session_guard ]),
 			WebSocketRoute('/metrics', websocket_metrics, middleware = [ session_guard ]),
 			WebSocketRoute('/ping', websocket_ping, middleware = [ session_guard ]),
 			WebSocketRoute('/stream', websocket_stream, middleware = [ session_guard ])
diff --git a/facefusion/apis/endpoints/jobs.py b/facefusion/apis/endpoints/jobs.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8103cd17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/facefusion/apis/endpoints/jobs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from starlette.requests import Request
+from starlette.responses import JSONResponse
+from starlette.status import HTTP_201_CREATED, HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST
+
+from facefusion import translator
+from facefusion.jobs import job_helper, job_manager
+
+
+async def create_job(request : Request) -> JSONResponse:
+	job_id = job_helper.suggest_job_id()
+
+	if job_manager.create_job(job_id):
+		return JSONResponse(
+		{
+			'job_id': job_id
+		}, status_code = HTTP_201_CREATED)
+
+	return JSONResponse(
+	{
+		'message': translator.get('job_not_created', 'facefusion.apis')
+	}, status_code = HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
diff --git a/facefusion/apis/locales.py b/facefusion/apis/locales.py
index 831be2f4..a514fdc7 100644
--- a/facefusion/apis/locales.py
+++ b/facefusion/apis/locales.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ LOCALES : Locales =\
 		'invalid_refresh_token': 'invalid refresh token',
 		'source_asset_not_found': 'source asset not found',
 		'target_asset_not_found': 'target asset not found',
-		'invalid_state_key': 'invalid state key'
+		'invalid_state_key': 'invalid state key',
+		'job_not_created': 'job not created'
 	}
 }
diff --git a/facefusion/core.py b/facefusion/core.py
index 2d179bd5..4c27c00b 100755
--- a/facefusion/core.py
+++ b/facefusion/core.py
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ def route(args : Args) -> None:
 	if state_manager.get_item('command') == 'api':
 		if not common_pre_check() or not processors_pre_check() or not facefusion.apis.core.pre_check():
 			hard_exit(2)
+		if not job_manager.init_jobs(state_manager.get_jobs_path()):
+			hard_exit(1)
 
 		logger.info(translator.get('api_started').format(host = state_manager.get_item('api_host'), port = state_manager.get_item('api_port')), __name__)
 		uvicorn.run(facefusion.apis.core.create_api(), host = state_manager.get_item('api_host'), port = state_manager.get_item('api_port'))
diff --git a/tests/test_api_jobs.py b/tests/test_api_jobs.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e472941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_api_jobs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+from typing import Iterator
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import pytest
+from starlette.testclient import TestClient
+
+from facefusion import metadata, session_manager
+from facefusion.apis.core import create_api
+from facefusion.jobs.job_manager import clear_jobs, find_job_ids, init_jobs
+from .assert_helper import get_test_jobs_directory
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope = 'function', autouse = True)
+def before_each() -> None:
+	session_manager.SESSIONS.clear()
+	clear_jobs(get_test_jobs_directory())
+	init_jobs(get_test_jobs_directory())
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope = 'module')
+def test_client() -> Iterator[TestClient]:
+	with TestClient(create_api()) as test_client:
+		yield test_client
+
+
+def test_create_job(test_client : TestClient) -> None:
+	create_job_response = test_client.post('/jobs')
+
+	assert create_job_response.status_code == 401
+
+	create_session_response = test_client.post('/session', json =
+	{
+		'client_version': metadata.get('version')
+	})
+	create_session_body = create_session_response.json()
+	access_token = create_session_body.get('access_token')
+
+	create_job_response = test_client.post('/jobs', headers =
+	{
+		'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + access_token
+	})
+	create_job_body = create_job_response.json()
+
+	assert create_job_body.get('job_id') in find_job_ids('drafted')
+	assert create_job_response.status_code == 201
+
+	with patch('facefusion.jobs.job_helper.suggest_job_id', return_value = 'job-test-create-job'):
+		create_job_response = test_client.post('/jobs', headers =
+		{
+			'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + access_token
+		})
+
+		assert create_job_response.status_code == 201
+
+		create_job_response = test_client.post('/jobs', headers =
+		{
+			'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + access_token
+		})
+		create_job_body = create_job_response.json()
+
+		assert create_job_body.get('message') == 'job not created'
+		assert create_job_response.status_code == 400