diff --git a/bridge.go b/bridge.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb0ae92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bridge.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+// Bridge is the hue bridge interface
+type Bridge struct {
+	Config *Config
+}
+
+func (b *Bridge) postToBridge(endpoint string, payload interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+	data, errMarhshal := json.Marshal(payload)
+	if errMarhshal != nil {
+		return nil, errMarhshal
+	}
+	uri := b.getBridgeAPIURI() + endpoint
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, uri, bytes.NewBuffer(data))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	client := &http.Client{}
+	res, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return res, nil
+}
+
+func (b *Bridge) getBridgeAPIURI() string {
+	return b.Config.BridgeAddrScheme + "://" + b.Config.BridgeAddr + "/api/" + b.Config.Username
+}
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index cbb78fa..f283f0e 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ import (
 
 // Config hue api config
 type Config struct {
-	Username string `yaml:name`
-	Password string `yaml:userpassword`
+	Username         string `yaml:name`
+	Password         string `yaml:userpassword`
+	BridgeAddr       string `yaml:bridgeAddress`
+	BridgeAddrScheme string `yaml:bridgeAddressScheme`
 }
 
 // createNewUser will create a new user. This should be called only of there's none in the yaml config.