diff --git a/src/pingback/receive.js b/src/pingback/receive.js
index 8282a00..cc29fd6 100644
--- a/src/pingback/receive.js
+++ b/src/pingback/receive.js
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 
+const webmentionReceiver = require('./../webmention/receive')
 const config = require('./../config')
 const parser = require("fast-xml-parser")
 
 /**
+See https://www.hixie.ch/specs/pingback/pingback#refsXMLRPC
+---
 Sample XML:
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <methodCall>
@@ -33,8 +36,14 @@ function validate(body) {
 	return true
 }
 
+// we treat a pingback as a webmention. 
+// Wordpress pingback processing source: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/pingback_ping/
 async function receive(body) {
-
+	const xml = parser.parse(body)
+	await webmentionReceiver.receive({
+		source: xml.methodCall.params.param[0].value.string,
+		target: xml.methodCall.params.param[1].value.string
+	})
 }
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/src/pingback/route.js b/src/pingback/route.js
index 0a6fc56..ed7935b 100644
--- a/src/pingback/route.js
+++ b/src/pingback/route.js
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ function route(router) {
 			ctx.body = err(e)
 		}
 	});
+
+    router.put("pingback send endpoint", "/pingback/:domain/:token", async (ctx) => {
+
+    });
 }
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/test/e2e.test.js b/test/e2e.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f28d80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+describe("e2e tests", () => {
+
+	jest.disableAutomock()
+	jest.unmock('got')
+
+
+	const { mf2 } = require("microformats-parser");
+	const got = require("got");
+
+	test.skip("microformat fiddling for non-indieweb sites", async () => {
+		const html = (await got("https://kristienthoelen.be/2021/03/22/de-stadia-van-een-burn-out-in-welk-stadium-zit-jij/")).body
+		const mf = mf2(html, {
+			baseUrl: "https://kristienthoelen.be/"
+		})
+
+		//console.log(mf)
+
+		const url = "https://kristienthoelen.be/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/burnoutbarometer.jpg"
+		const occ = html.indexOf(url)
+		const len = 100
+		console.log(html.substring(occ - len, occ + url.length + len))
+
+		<a[^>]+?' . $preg_target . '[^>]*>([^>]+?)</a>
+	})
+
+})
diff --git a/test/pingback/receive-process.test.js b/test/pingback/receive-process.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..032f316
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/pingback/receive-process.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const fsp = require('fs').promises;
+const { rmdir } = require('./../utils')
+
+jest.mock('got');
+const md5 = require('md5')
+const { receive } = require('../../src/pingback/receive')
+const dumpdir = 'data/brainbaking.com'
+
+describe("receive pingback process tests happy path", () => {
+
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		if(fs.existsSync(dumpdir)) {
+			rmdir(dumpdir)
+		}
+		fs.mkdirSync(dumpdir, {
+			recursive: true
+		})
+	})
+
+	function asFilename(body) {
+		return `${dumpdir}/` + md5(`source=${body.source},target=${body.target}`)
+	}
+
+	test("receive a pingback processes it just like a webmention", async () => {
+		const body = {
+			source: "https://brainbaking.com/valid-bridgy-twitter-source.html",
+			target: "https://brainbaking.com/post/2021/03/the-indieweb-mixed-bag"
+		}
+
+		await receive(`
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<methodCall>
+	<methodName>pingback.ping</methodName>
+	<params>
+		<param>
+			<value><string>${body.source}</string></value>
+		</param>
+		<param>
+			<value><string>${body.target}</string></value>
+		</param>
+	</params>
+</methodCall>
+			`)
+
+		const result = await fsp.readFile(`${asFilename(body)}.json`, 'utf-8')
+		const data = JSON.parse(result)
+		expect(data.content).toContain("Recommended read:")
+	})
+
+})