diff --git a/src/app/+community-page/create-community-page/create-community-page.component.ts b/src/app/+community-page/create-community-page/create-community-page.component.ts
index b49ea1bbfa..255d88c21b 100644
--- a/src/app/+community-page/create-community-page/create-community-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+community-page/create-community-page/create-community-page.component.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { Component } from '@angular/core';
 import { Community } from '../../core/shared/community.model';
+import { ComColDataService } from '../../core/data/comcol-data.service';
+import { NormalizedCommunity } from '../../core/cache/models/normalized-community.model';
+import { CommunityDataService } from '../../core/data/community-data.service';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-create-community',
@@ -8,10 +11,15 @@ import { Community } from '../../core/shared/community.model';
 })
 export class CreateCommunityPageComponent {
 
+  public constructor(private communityDataService: CommunityDataService) {
+
+  }
+
   onSubmit(data: any) {
-    Object.assign(new Community(), {
-      // TODO: Create community object to add to rest
+    const community = Object.assign(new Community(), {
+      name: data.name
     });
+    this.communityDataService.create(community);
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/collection-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/collection-data.service.ts
index 7d1e463dbe..6e06a600cf 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/collection-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/collection-data.service.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import { ComColDataService } from './comcol-data.service';
 import { CommunityDataService } from './community-data.service';
 import { RequestService } from './request.service';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
+import { AuthService } from '../auth/auth.service';
+import { Community } from '../shared/community.model';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class CollectionDataService extends ComColDataService<NormalizedCollection, Collection> {
@@ -23,8 +25,13 @@ export class CollectionDataService extends ComColDataService<NormalizedCollectio
     protected store: Store<CoreState>,
     protected cds: CommunityDataService,
     protected objectCache: ObjectCacheService,
-    protected halService: HALEndpointService
+    protected halService: HALEndpointService,
+    protected authService: AuthService
   ) {
     super();
   }
+
+  getName(collection: Collection) {
+    return collection.name;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts
index 5b9f10b957..8c912b4353 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { ResponseCacheEntry } from '../cache/response-cache.reducer';
 import { CommunityDataService } from './community-data.service';
 
 import { DataService } from './data.service';
-import { FindByIDRequest, PutRequest } from './request.models';
+import { FindByIDRequest, PostRequest, PutRequest } from './request.models';
 import { NormalizedObject } from '../cache/models/normalized-object.model';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../shared/dspace-object.model';
@@ -16,11 +16,15 @@ import { Community } from '../shared/community.model';
 import { Collection } from '../shared/collection.model';
 import { distinctUntilChanged, map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { configureRequest } from '../shared/operators';
+import { AuthService } from '../auth/auth.service';
+import { HttpOptions } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service';
+import { HttpHeaders } from '@angular/common/http';
 
 export abstract class ComColDataService<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TDomain>  extends DataService<TNormalized, TDomain> {
   protected abstract cds: CommunityDataService;
   protected abstract objectCache: ObjectCacheService;
   protected abstract halService: HALEndpointService;
+  protected abstract authService: AuthService;
 
   /**
    * Get the scoped endpoint URL by fetching the object with
@@ -66,9 +70,18 @@ export abstract class ComColDataService<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TD
     this.halService.getEndpoint(this.linkPath).pipe(
       isNotEmptyOperator(),
       distinctUntilChanged(),
-      map((endpointURL: string) => new PutRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), endpointURL, comcol)),
+      map((endpointURL: string) => {
+        const options: HttpOptions = Object.create({});
+        const headers = new HttpHeaders();
+        headers.append('Authentication', this.authService.buildAuthHeader());
+        options.headers = headers;
+        console.log(options);
+        return new PostRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), endpointURL + '?name=' + this.getName(comcol), options);
+      }),
       configureRequest(this.requestService)
     );
   }
 
+  abstract getName(comcol: TDomain): string;
+
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/community-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/community-data.service.ts
index 88ad3a5287..e02c9bc033 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/community-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/community-data.service.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { Community } from '../shared/community.model';
 import { ComColDataService } from './comcol-data.service';
 import { RequestService } from './request.service';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
+import { AuthService } from '../auth/auth.service';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class CommunityDataService extends ComColDataService<NormalizedCommunity, Community> {
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ export class CommunityDataService extends ComColDataService<NormalizedCommunity,
     protected rdbService: RemoteDataBuildService,
     protected store: Store<CoreState>,
     protected objectCache: ObjectCacheService,
-    protected halService: HALEndpointService
+    protected halService: HALEndpointService,
+    protected authService: AuthService
   ) {
     super();
   }
@@ -31,4 +33,8 @@ export class CommunityDataService extends ComColDataService<NormalizedCommunity,
   getEndpoint() {
     return this.halService.getEndpoint(this.linkPath);
   }
+
+  getName(community: Community) {
+    return community.name;
+  }
 }