diff --git a/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/server.clj b/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/server.clj
index fd5fc98..5a19777 100644
--- a/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/server.clj
+++ b/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/server.clj
@@ -3,10 +3,16 @@
             [clojure.tools.logging :as l]
             [hiccup2.core :as hiccup]
             [net.deertopia.doerg.html :as doerg-html]
+            [net.deertopia.publisher.slug :as slug]
             [org.httpkit.server :as http]
+            [reitit.coercion]
+            [reitit.coercion.spec]
             [reitit.ring]
             [ring.util.response :as response]))
 
+
+;;; Routes
+
 (defn hello [req]
   (-> (hiccup/html {}
         [:html
@@ -22,9 +28,27 @@
       response/response
       (response/content-type "text/html")))
 
+(defn node-by-slug [req]
+  (hello req))
+
+(defn node-by-id [req]
+  (hello req))
+
 (def router
   (reitit.ring/router
-   #{["/" {:get hello}]}))
+   #{["/" {:get hello}]
+     ["/n/:slug" {:get node-by-slug
+                  #_#_#_#_:coercion reitit.coercion.spec/coercion
+                  :parameters {:path {:slug ::slug/slug}}}]
+     ["/id/:id" {:get node-by-id}]}
+   #_{:compile reitit.coercion/compile-request-coercers}))
+
+(defn match-by-path-and-coerce! [path]
+  (if-let [match (r/match-by-path router path)]
+    (assoc match :parameters (reitit.coercion/coerce! match))))
+
+
+;;; Server API
 
 (def app (reitit.ring/ring-handler router))
 
diff --git a/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/slug.clj b/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/slug.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5d2a11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/publisher/src/net/deertopia/publisher/slug.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+(ns net.deertopia.publisher.slug
+  (:require [clojure.spec.alpha :as s])
+  (:import (java.nio ByteBuffer)
+           (java.util Base64 UUID)))
+
+(defrecord Slug [slug-string]
+  Object
+  (toString [this]
+    (:slug-string this)))
+
+(defn from-string [s]
+  (try (let [decoder (Base64/getUrlDecoder)]
+         (when (= 16 (count (.decode decoder s)))
+           (Slug. s)))
+       (catch IllegalArgumentException e
+         (when (not= (ex-message e)
+                     (str "Input byte[] should at least "
+                          "have 2 bytes for base64 bytes"))
+           (throw e)))))
+
+(defn to-string [s]
+  (str s))
+
+(defn- coerce-to-uuid [string-or-uuid]
+  (cond (string? string-or-uuid) (UUID/fromString string-or-uuid)
+        (uuid? string-or-uuid) string-or-uuid))
+
+(defn- uuid->bytes [string-or-uuid]
+  (let [uuid (coerce-to-uuid string-or-uuid)]
+    (.array (doto (ByteBuffer/wrap (byte-array 16))
+              (.putLong (.getMostSignificantBits uuid))
+              (.putLong (.getLeastSignificantBits uuid))))))
+
+(defn- bytes->uuid [bytes]
+  (when (= (count bytes) 16)
+    (let [bb (ByteBuffer/wrap bytes)
+          high (.getLong bb)
+          low (.getLong bb)]
+      (UUID. high low))))
+
+(defn from-uuid [string-or-uuid]
+  (let [uuid (coerce-to-uuid string-or-uuid)
+        encoder (.withoutPadding (Base64/getUrlEncoder))]
+    (Slug. (.encodeToString encoder (uuid->bytes uuid)))))
+
+(defn to-uuid [slug]
+  (let [decoder (Base64/getUrlDecoder)]
+    (bytes->uuid (.decode decoder (str slug)))))
+
+#_
+(let [uuid #uuid "f9eab66e-7773-4b87-b854-0bfc8f563809"
+      slug (from-uuid uuid)
+      round-tripped (to-uuid slug)]
+  {:uuid uuid, :slug slug, :round-tripped round-tripped})
+
+(defn make-slug [string]
+  (assert (try (to-uuid string)
+               (catch Throwable _
+                 nil))
+          "invalid slug")
+  (->Slug string))
+
+(defn slug? [s]
+  (some? (from-string s)))
+
+(s/def ::slug slug?)