diff --git a/src/application/controllers/api/v1/Appointments.php b/src/application/controllers/api/v1/Appointments.php
index 1fd3adeb..c19e4d1a 100644
--- a/src/application/controllers/api/v1/Appointments.php
+++ b/src/application/controllers/api/v1/Appointments.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 require_once __DIR__ . '/API_V1_Controller.php';
 
 use \EA\Engine\Api\V1\Response;
+use \EA\Engine\Api\V1\Request;
 use \EA\Engine\Types\NonEmptyString; 
 
 /**
@@ -72,9 +73,18 @@ class Appointments extends API_V1_Controller {
      */
     public function post() {
         try {
-            $request = json_decode(file_get_contents('php://input'), true); 
-            $this->parser->decode($request); 
-            $id = $this->appointments_model->add($request);
+            // Insert the appointment to the database. 
+            $request = new Request(); 
+            $appointment = $request->getBody();
+            $this->parser->decode($appointment); 
+
+            if (isset($appointment['id'])) {
+                unset($appointment['id']);
+            }
+
+            $id = $this->appointments_model->add($appointment);
+
+            // Fetch the new object from the database and return it to the client.
             $appointments = $this->appointments_model->get_batch('id = ' . $id); 
             $response = new Response($appointments); 
             $status = new NonEmptyString('201 Created');
@@ -91,17 +101,22 @@ class Appointments extends API_V1_Controller {
      */
     public function put($id) {
         try {
-            $appointment = $this->appointments_model->get_batch('id = ' . $id); 
+            // Update the appointment record. 
+            $batch = $this->appointments_model->get_batch('id = ' . $id); 
 
-            if ($id !== null && count($appointments) === 0) {
+            if ($id !== null && count($batch) === 0) {
                 throw new \EA\Engine\Api\V1\Exception('The requested appointment record was not found!', 404, 
                         'Not Found');
             }
             
-            $request = json_decode(file_get_contents('php://input'), true); 
-            $this->parser->decode($request, $appointment); 
-            $request['id'] = $id; 
-            $id = $this->appointments_model->add($request);
+            $request = new Request(); 
+            $updatedAppointment = $request->getBody(); 
+            $baseAppointment = $batch[0];
+            $this->parser->decode($updatedAppointment, $baseAppointment); 
+            $updatedAppointment['id'] = $id; 
+            $id = $this->appointments_model->add($updatedAppointment);
+            
+            // Fetch the updated object from the database and return it to the client.
             $appointments = $this->appointments_model->get_batch('id = ' . $id); 
             $response = new Response($appointments); 
             $status = new NonEmptyString('201 Created');
diff --git a/src/engine/Api/V1/Request.php b/src/engine/Api/V1/Request.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4e8a5b7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/engine/Api/V1/Request.php
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php 
+
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Easy!Appointments - Open Source Web Scheduler
+ *
+ * @package     EasyAppointments
+ * @author      A.Tselegidis <alextselegidis@gmail.com>
+ * @copyright   Copyright (c) 2013 - 2016, Alex Tselegidis
+ * @license     http://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0 - GPLv3
+ * @link        http://easyappointments.org
+ * @since       v1.2.0
+ * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+namespace EA\Engine\Api\V1; 
+
+/**
+ * Request Class 
+ *
+ * This class handles the common request handling before the data are manipulated and 
+ * returned back with the Response class. 
+ */
+class Request {
+    /**
+     * Get request body as an associative array. 
+     * 
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getBody() {
+        return json_decode(file_get_contents('php://input'), true);
+    }
+}