diff --git a/ckanext/harvest/controllers/view.py b/ckanext/harvest/controllers/view.py
index c84e68f..048bd7a 100644
--- a/ckanext/harvest/controllers/view.py
+++ b/ckanext/harvest/controllers/view.py
@@ -1,63 +1,86 @@
-import simplejson as json
+from ckan.lib.helpers import json
 import urllib2
 import ckan.lib.helpers as h
 from ckan.lib.base import BaseController, c, g, request, \
-                          response, session, render, config, abort
+                          response, session, render, config, abort, redirect
 #from ..dictization import *
 
 class ViewController(BaseController):
 
-    api_url = config.get('ckan.api_url', '/').rstrip('/')+'/api/2/rest'
+    api_url = config.get('ckan.api_url', 'http://localhost:5000').rstrip('/')+'/api/2/rest'
     
-    def _request_document(self,url,data = False):
-        try:
-            doc = urllib2.urlopen(url).read()
-            return doc
-        except urllib2.URLError:
-            #TODO: log?
-            abort(500)
-
     def index(self):
-        """
-            TODO: error handling
-        """
-        # Request all harvesting sources
-        sources_url = self.api_url + '/harvestsource'
-        
-        doc = self._request_document(sources_url)
-        sources_ids = json.loads(doc)
+        try:
+            # Request all harvesting sources
+            sources_url = self.api_url + '/harvestsource'
+            
+            doc = urllib2.urlopen(sources_url).read()
+            sources_ids = json.loads(doc)
 
-        source_url = sources_url + '/%s'
-        sources = []
-        for source_id in sources_ids:
-            doc = self._request_document(source_url % source_id)
-            sources.append(json.loads(doc))
-
-        c.sources = sources
-        return render('ckanext/harvest/index.html')
+            source_url = sources_url + '/%s'
+            sources = []
+            
+            # For each source, request its details
+            for source_id in sources_ids:
+                doc = urllib2.urlopen(source_url % source_id).read()
+                sources.append(json.loads(doc))
 
+            c.sources = sources
+            return render('ckanext/harvest/index.html')
+        except urllib2.HTTPError as e:
+            raise Exception('The forms API returned an error:' + str(e.getcode()) + ' ' + e.msg )
+    
     def create(self):
+
         # This is the DGU form API, so we don't use self.api_url
         form_url = config.get('ckan.api_url', '/').rstrip('/') + \
                    '/api/2/form/harvestsource/create'
 
+        # Create a Request object to define the Authz header
+        http_request = urllib2.Request(
+            url = form_url,
+            headers = {'Authorization' : config.get('ckan.harvesting.api_key')}
+        )
+
         if request.method == 'GET':
-            c.form = self._request_document(form_url)
+            # Request the fields
+            c.form = urllib2.urlopen(http_request).read()
+
             return render('ckanext/harvest/create.html')
         if request.method == 'POST':
-            """
-            TODO: Authz
-            """
+            # Build an object like the one expected by the DGU form API
+            data = {
+                'form_data':
+                    {'HarvestSource--url': request.POST['HarvestSource--url'],
+                     'HarvestSource--description': request.POST['HarvestSource--description']},
+                'user_ref':'',
+                'publisher_ref':''
+            }
+            data = json.dumps(data)
+            http_request.add_data(data)
 
-            #raw_post_data = request.environ['wsgi.input'].read(int(request.environ['CONTENT_LENGTH']))
-            raw_post_data = request.environ['wsgi.input'].read()
-            r = urllib2.urlopen(form_url,raw_post_data)
-
-            return str(r.getcode())
+            try:
+                r = urllib2.urlopen(http_request)
+    
+                h.flash_success('Harvesting source added successfully')
+                redirect(h.url_for(controller='harvest', action='index'))
+            except urllib2.HTTPError as e:
+                h.flash_error('An error occurred: ' + str(e.getcode()) + ' ' + e.msg)
+                redirect(h.url_for(controller='harvest', action='create'))
+                """
+                if e.getcode() == 403:
+                    abort(403)
+                else:
+                    raise Exception('The forms API returned an error:' + str(e.getcode()) + ' ' + e.msg )
+                """
+        
 
     def show(self,id):
         sources_url = self.api_url + '/harvestsource/%s' % id
-        doc = self._request_document(sources_url)
+        try:
+            doc = urllib2.urlopen(sources_url).read()
+        except urllib2.HTTPError as e:
+            raise Exception('The forms API returned an error:' + str(e.getcode()) + ' ' + e.msg )       
         c.source = json.loads(doc)
 
         return render('ckanext/harvest/show.html')
diff --git a/templates/ckanext/harvest/create.html b/templates/ckanext/harvest/create.html
index c12044a..606c7ac 100644
--- a/templates/ckanext/harvest/create.html
+++ b/templates/ckanext/harvest/create.html
@@ -11,29 +11,13 @@
   
 <div py:match="content">
     <div class="harvest-content">
-    <h1>Add harvesting source</h1>
-    ${Markup(c.form)}
-    <div class="submit">
-        <input id="save" name="save" value="Save" type="button" />
+        <h1>Add harvesting source</h1>
+    
+        <form action="create" method="POST">
+        ${Markup(c.form)}
+            <input id="save" name="save" value="Save" type="submit" />
+        </form>
     </div>
-    </div>
-    <script type="text/javascript">
-    //<![CDATA[
-    $(document).ready(function() {
-        $('#save').click(function(){
-            $.post(
-            'http://localhost:5000/harvest/create',
-            {'HarvestSource--url':$('#HarvestSource--url').val(),
-             'HarvestSource--description':$('#HarvestSource--description').val()},
-            function(data,status,xhr){
-            alert(status);
-    })
-
-        });
-    });
-    //]]>
-    </script>
-
 </div>
 <xi:include href="../../layout.html" />
 </html>