diff --git a/acceptance/ping_test.go b/acceptance/ping_test.go
index be83689..980face 100644
--- a/acceptance/ping_test.go
+++ b/acceptance/ping_test.go
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 package acceptance_test
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"source-score/pkg/handlers"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 )
 
 var _ = Describe("API Tests", func() {
@@ -27,9 +30,36 @@ var _ = Describe("API Tests", func() {
 
 				var respBody responseBody
 				err = json.Unmarshal(body, &respBody)
-				Expect(err).To(BeNil())	
+				Expect(err).To(BeNil())
 				Expect(respBody.Data).To(BeEquivalentTo("Pong"))
 			})
 		})
+
+		When("POST request is sent to /ping", func() {
+			It("should sent message included in the reponse", func() {
+				msg := handlers.IncomingMessage{
+					Message: "sample incoming message",
+				}
+				data, err := proto.Marshal(&msg)
+				Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+
+				resp, err := http.Post(
+					endpoint,
+					"application/x-protobuf",
+					bytes.NewReader(data),
+				)
+				Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+				Expect(resp.StatusCode).To(BeEquivalentTo(http.StatusOK))
+
+				defer resp.Body.Close()
+				body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+				Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+
+				var respBody responseBody
+				err = json.Unmarshal(body, &respBody)
+				Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+				Expect(respBody.Data).To(ContainSubstring("sample incoming message"))
+			})
+		})
 	})
 })
diff --git a/api/source-score.yaml b/api/source-score.yaml
index ef7993b..27c9bec 100644
--- a/api/source-score.yaml
+++ b/api/source-score.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ info:
 
 paths:
   /ping:
+    post:
+      responses:
+        201:
+          description: ping posted
     get:
       responses:
         200:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f493e39..5d5be6a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.20.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.27.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
diff --git a/pkg/api/router.go b/pkg/api/router.go
index c618ca0..697a9c3 100644
--- a/pkg/api/router.go
+++ b/pkg/api/router.go
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 package api
 
 import (
+	"io"
 	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"source-score/pkg/handlers"
 
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 )
 
 type router struct {
@@ -46,3 +48,19 @@ func (r *router) GetPing(ctx *gin.Context) {
 
 	ctx.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{"data": message})
 }
+
+func (r *router) PostPing(ctx *gin.Context) {
+	body, _ := io.ReadAll(ctx.Request.Body)
+	incomingMsg := &handlers.IncomingMessage{
+		Message: "sample incoming message",
+	}
+
+	err := proto.Unmarshal(body, incomingMsg)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic("failed proto marshalling:: " + err.Error())
+	}
+
+	message := r.pingHandler.PostPing(ctx, incomingMsg)
+
+	ctx.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{"data": message})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/domain/protocols/message.proto b/pkg/domain/protocols/message.proto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c32218a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/domain/protocols/message.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+option go_package = "/handlers";
+
+message IncomingMessage{
+    string message = 1;
+}
diff --git a/pkg/handlers/message.pb.go b/pkg/handlers/message.pb.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9108da9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/handlers/message.pb.go
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+// Code generated by protoc-gen-go. DO NOT EDIT.
+// versions:
+// 	protoc-gen-go v1.31.0
+// 	protoc        v3.19.6
+// source: pkg/domain/protocols/message.proto
+
+package handlers
+
+import (
+	protoreflect "google.golang.org/protobuf/reflect/protoreflect"
+	protoimpl "google.golang.org/protobuf/runtime/protoimpl"
+	reflect "reflect"
+	sync "sync"
+)
+
+const (
+	// Verify that this generated code is sufficiently up-to-date.
+	_ = protoimpl.EnforceVersion(20 - protoimpl.MinVersion)
+	// Verify that runtime/protoimpl is sufficiently up-to-date.
+	_ = protoimpl.EnforceVersion(protoimpl.MaxVersion - 20)
+)
+
+type IncomingMessage struct {
+	state         protoimpl.MessageState
+	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
+	unknownFields protoimpl.UnknownFields
+
+	Message string `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=message,proto3" json:"message,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (x *IncomingMessage) Reset() {
+	*x = IncomingMessage{}
+	if protoimpl.UnsafeEnabled {
+		mi := &file_pkg_domain_protocols_message_proto_msgTypes[0]
+		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
+		ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
+	}
+}
+
+func (x *IncomingMessage) String() string {
+	return protoimpl.X.MessageStringOf(x)
+}
+
+func (*IncomingMessage) ProtoMessage() {}
+
+func (x *IncomingMessage) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
+	mi := &file_pkg_domain_protocols_message_proto_msgTypes[0]
+	if protoimpl.UnsafeEnabled && x != nil {
+		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
+		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
+			ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
+		}
+		return ms
+	}
+	return mi.MessageOf(x)
+}
+
+// Deprecated: Use IncomingMessage.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
+func (*IncomingMessage) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
+	return file_pkg_domain_protocols_message_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{0}
+}
+
+func (x *IncomingMessage) GetMessage() string {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.Message
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+var File_pkg_domain_protocols_message_proto protoreflect.FileDescriptor
+
+var file_pkg_domain_protocols_message_proto_rawDesc = []byte{
+	0x0a, 0x22, 0x70, 0x6b, 0x67, 0x2f, 0x64, 0x6f, 0x6d, 0x61, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x2f, 0x70, 0x72, 0x6f,
+	0x74, 0x6f, 0x63, 0x6f, 0x6c, 0x73, 0x2f, 0x6d, 0x65, 0x73, 0x73, 0x61, 0x67, 0x65, 0x2e, 0x70,
+	0x72, 0x6f, 0x74, 0x6f, 0x22, 0x2b, 0x0a, 0x0f, 0x49, 0x6e, 0x63, 0x6f, 0x6d, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x67,
+	0x4d, 0x65, 0x73, 0x73, 0x61, 0x67, 0x65, 0x12, 0x18, 0x0a, 0x07, 0x6d, 0x65, 0x73, 0x73, 0x61,
+	0x67, 0x65, 0x18, 0x01, 0x20, 0x01, 0x28, 0x09, 0x52, 0x07, 0x6d, 0x65, 0x73, 0x73, 0x61, 0x67,
+	0x65, 0x42, 0x0b, 0x5a, 0x09, 0x2f, 0x68, 0x61, 0x6e, 0x64, 0x6c, 0x65, 0x72, 0x73, 0x62, 0x06,
+	0x70, 0x72, 0x6f, 0x74, 0x6f, 0x33,
+}
+
+var (
+	file_pkg_domain_protocols_message_proto_rawDescOnce sync.Once
+	file_pkg_domain_protocols_message_proto_rawDescData = file_pkg_domain_protocols_message_proto_rawDesc
+)
+
+func file_pkg_domain_protocols_message_proto_rawDescGZIP() []byte {
+	file_pkg_domain_protocols_message_proto_rawDescOnce.Do(func() {
+		file_pkg_domain_protocols_message_proto_rawDescData = protoimpl.X.CompressGZIP(file_pkg_domain_protocols_message_proto_rawDescData)
+	})
+	return file_pkg_domain_protocols_message_proto_rawDescData
+}
+
+var file_pkg_domain_protocols_message_proto_msgTypes = make([]protoimpl.MessageInfo, 1)
+var file_pkg_domain_protocols_message_proto_goTypes = []interface{}{
+	(*IncomingMessage)(nil), // 0: IncomingMessage
+}
+var file_pkg_domain_protocols_message_proto_depIdxs = []int32{
+	0, // [0:0] is the sub-list for method output_type
+	0, // [0:0] is the sub-list for method input_type
+	0, // [0:0] is the sub-list for extension type_name
+	0, // [0:0] is the sub-list for extension extendee
+	0, // [0:0] is the sub-list for field type_name
+}
+
+func init() { file_pkg_domain_protocols_message_proto_init() }
+func file_pkg_domain_protocols_message_proto_init() {
+	if File_pkg_domain_protocols_message_proto != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if !protoimpl.UnsafeEnabled {
+		file_pkg_domain_protocols_message_proto_msgTypes[0].Exporter = func(v interface{}, i int) interface{} {
+			switch v := v.(*IncomingMessage); i {
+			case 0:
+				return &v.state
+			case 1:
+				return &v.sizeCache
+			case 2:
+				return &v.unknownFields
+			default:
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	type x struct{}
+	out := protoimpl.TypeBuilder{
+		File: protoimpl.DescBuilder{
+			GoPackagePath: reflect.TypeOf(x{}).PkgPath(),
+			RawDescriptor: file_pkg_domain_protocols_message_proto_rawDesc,
+			NumEnums:      0,
+			NumMessages:   1,
+			NumExtensions: 0,
+			NumServices:   0,
+		},
+		GoTypes:           file_pkg_domain_protocols_message_proto_goTypes,
+		DependencyIndexes: file_pkg_domain_protocols_message_proto_depIdxs,
+		MessageInfos:      file_pkg_domain_protocols_message_proto_msgTypes,
+	}.Build()
+	File_pkg_domain_protocols_message_proto = out.File
+	file_pkg_domain_protocols_message_proto_rawDesc = nil
+	file_pkg_domain_protocols_message_proto_goTypes = nil
+	file_pkg_domain_protocols_message_proto_depIdxs = nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/handlers/ping.go b/pkg/handlers/ping.go
index dd17a3e..3e8474f 100644
--- a/pkg/handlers/ping.go
+++ b/pkg/handlers/ping.go
@@ -15,5 +15,11 @@ func NewPingHandler() *PingHandler {
 }
 
 func (ph PingHandler) GetPing(ctx context.Context) string {
+
 	return ph.message
 }
+
+func (ph PingHandler) PostPing(ctx context.Context, inccomingMsg *IncomingMessage) string {
+
+	return "incoming: " + inccomingMsg.Message + "\nresponse: " + ph.message
+}