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diff --git a/src/api/common/notify.ts b/src/api/common/notify.ts
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+import * as mongo from 'mongodb';
+import Notification from '../models/notification';
+import event from '../event';
+import serialize from '../serializers/notification';
+
+export default (
+	notifiee: mongo.ObjectID,
+	notifier: mongo.ObjectID,
+	type: string,
+	content: any
+) => new Promise<any>(async (resolve, reject) => {
+	if (notifiee.equals(notifier)) {
+		return resolve();
+	}
+
+	// Create notification
+	const res = await Notification.insert(Object.assign({
+		created_at: new Date(),
+		notifiee_id: notifiee,
+		notifier_id: notifier,
+		type: type,
+		is_read: false
+	}, content));
+
+	const notification = res.ops[0];
+
+	resolve(notification);
+
+	// Publish notification event
+	event(notifiee, 'notification',
+		await serialize(notification));
+});