diff --git a/src/main/java/uk/org/iay/incommon/validator/api/ValidatorsApiController.java b/src/main/java/uk/org/iay/incommon/validator/api/ValidatorsApiController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c079d2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/uk/org/iay/incommon/validator/api/ValidatorsApiController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package uk.org.iay.incommon.validator.api;
+
+import uk.org.iay.incommon.validator.models.Status;
+import uk.org.iay.incommon.validator.models.Validator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import io.swagger.annotations.*;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestHeader;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestPart;
+import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
+
+import javax.validation.constraints.*;
+import javax.validation.Valid;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+@javax.annotation.Generated(value = "io.swagger.codegen.languages.SpringCodegen", date = "2018-05-11T08:14:22.184+01:00")
+
+@Controller
+public class ValidatorsApiController implements ValidatorsApi {
+
+    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ValidatorsApiController.class);
+
+    private final ObjectMapper objectMapper;
+
+    private final HttpServletRequest request;
+
+    @org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
+    public ValidatorsApiController(ObjectMapper objectMapper, HttpServletRequest request) {
+        this.objectMapper = objectMapper;
+        this.request = request;
+    }
+
+    public ResponseEntity<List<Validator>> getValidators() {
+        String accept = request.getHeader("Accept");
+        if (accept != null && accept.contains("application/json")) {
+            try {
+                return new ResponseEntity<List<Validator>>(objectMapper.readValue("[ {  \"validator_id\" : \"eduGAIN\",  \"description\" : \"validation ruleset for entities from eduGAIN\"}, {  \"validator_id\" : \"eduGAIN\",  \"description\" : \"validation ruleset for entities from eduGAIN\"} ]", List.class), HttpStatus.NOT_IMPLEMENTED);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                log.error("Couldn't serialize response for content type application/json", e);
+                return new ResponseEntity<List<Validator>>(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return new ResponseEntity<List<Validator>>(HttpStatus.NOT_IMPLEMENTED);
+    }
+
+    public ResponseEntity<List<Status>> validate(@ApiParam(value = "An identifier for the validation to be performed. ",required=true) @PathVariable("validator_id") String validatorId,@ApiParam(value = "The metadata to be validated." ,required=true )  @Valid @RequestBody String metadata) {
+        String accept = request.getHeader("Accept");
+        if (accept != null && accept.contains("application/json")) {
+            try {
+                return new ResponseEntity<List<Status>>(objectMapper.readValue("[ {  \"status\" : \"error\",  \"componentId\" : \"checkSchemas\",  \"message\" : \"the entityID doesn't have the correct format\"}, {  \"status\" : \"error\",  \"componentId\" : \"checkSchemas\",  \"message\" : \"the entityID doesn't have the correct format\"} ]", List.class), HttpStatus.NOT_IMPLEMENTED);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                log.error("Couldn't serialize response for content type application/json", e);
+                return new ResponseEntity<List<Status>>(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return new ResponseEntity<List<Status>>(HttpStatus.NOT_IMPLEMENTED);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/uk/org/iay/incommon/validator/api/package-info.java b/src/main/java/uk/org/iay/incommon/validator/api/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91c5138
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/uk/org/iay/incommon/validator/api/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/**
+ * API classes for the metadata validator service.
+ */
+package uk.org.iay.incommon.validator.api;
diff --git a/swagger/.swagger-codegen-ignore b/swagger/.swagger-codegen-ignore
index 3ef3f8f..1e39525 100644
--- a/swagger/.swagger-codegen-ignore
+++ b/swagger/.swagger-codegen-ignore
@@ -9,3 +9,8 @@
 #
 pom.xml
 README.md
+
+#
+# Don't generate dummy controllers once we have implemented them.
+#
+**/ValidatorsApiController.java