diff --git a/bots-common/listen.go b/bots-common/listen.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4ef0c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bots-common/listen.go
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package common
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+)
+
+const RequestType_Push = "push"
+const RequestType_Repository = "repository"
+
+type RequestProcessor func(*RequestHandler) error
+
+type ListenDefinitions struct {
+	GitAuthor, Url string
+	Handlers       map[string]RequestProcessor
+}
+
+func StartServer(listenDefs ListenDefinitions) {
+	if listenDefs.Url != url.PathEscape(listenDefs.Url) {
+		log.Fatalf("Invalid Url fragment (%s) to listen on. Aborting", listenDefs.Url)
+	}
+
+	http.HandleFunc("/"+listenDefs.Url, func(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+		h := CreateRequestHandler(listenDefs.GitAuthor, listenDefs.Url)
+		// defer h.Close()
+
+		if len(req.Header.Get("Content-Type")) == 0 ||
+			req.Header["Content-Type"][0] != "application/json" ||
+			req.Method != "POST" {
+
+			h.WriteError()
+			res.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
+		}
+
+		hdr := req.Header[GiteaRequestHeader]
+		if len(hdr) != 1 {
+			h.LogError("Unsupported number of %s headers: %d: %#v\n", GiteaRequestHeader, len(hdr), hdr)
+			h.WriteError()
+			res.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
+		}
+		reqType := hdr[0]
+
+		if handler, ok := listenDefs.Handlers[reqType]; ok {
+			if err := handler(h); err != nil {
+				h.LogError("error in handler for %s: %v", reqType, err);
+				res.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+				return
+			}
+		} else {
+			h.LogError("Unsupported request type: %s", reqType)
+			res.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		}
+
+		if h.HasError() {
+			h.WriteError()
+			res.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
+		}
+		res.Header().Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		res.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	})
+
+	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe("[::1]:8000", nil))
+}
diff --git a/bots-common/tokens.go b/bots-common/tokens.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47481c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bots-common/tokens.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package common
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+)
+
+var giteaToken, obsToken string
+
+func RequireGiteaSecretToken() error {
+	giteaToken = os.Getenv(GiteaTokenEnv)
+	if len(giteaToken) < 10 {
+		return errors.New(GiteaTokenEnv + " not provided")
+	}
+
+	err := os.Setenv(GiteaTokenEnv, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s: %v", "Cannot reset "+GiteaTokenEnv, err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func RequireObsSecretToken() error {
+	return nil
+}
+