diff --git a/packages/api/package.json b/packages/api/package.json
index 0da5f742b..469586434 100644
--- a/packages/api/package.json
+++ b/packages/api/package.json
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
     "@types/chai-as-promised": "^7.1.5",
     "@types/chai-string": "^1.4.2",
     "@types/cookie": "^0.4.0",
-    "@types/cookie-parser": "^1.4.2",
+    "@types/cookie-parser": "^1.4.7",
     "@types/csv-stringify": "^3.1.0",
     "@types/diff-match-patch": "^1.0.32",
     "@types/dompurify": "^2.0.4",
diff --git a/packages/api/src/jobs/create_digest.ts b/packages/api/src/jobs/create_digest.ts
index 1e06132c0..bab980480 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/jobs/create_digest.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/jobs/create_digest.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { logger } from '../utils/logger'
 
-export const CREATE_DIGEST_JOB = 'CREATE_DIGEST_JOB'
+export const CREATE_DIGEST_JOB = 'create-digest'
 
 export interface CreateDigestJobData {
   userId: string
diff --git a/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts b/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts
index 2670e2777..86712a67b 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ export const getBackendQueue = async (): Promise<Queue | undefined> => {
   return backendQueue
 }
 
+export const createJobId = (jobName: string, userId: string) =>
+  `${jobName}_${userId}_${JOB_VERSION}`
+
 export const getJob = async (jobId: string) => {
   const queue = await getBackendQueue()
   if (!queue) {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/routers/digest_router.ts b/packages/api/src/routers/digest_router.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b54c73ceb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/src/routers/digest_router.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import cors from 'cors'
+import express from 'express'
+import { CREATE_DIGEST_JOB } from '../jobs/create_digest'
+import { createJobId, getJob } from '../queue-processor'
+import { findActiveUser } from '../services/user'
+import { getClaimsByToken, getTokenByRequest } from '../utils/auth'
+import { corsConfig } from '../utils/corsConfig'
+import { enqueueCreateDigest } from '../utils/createTask'
+import { logger } from '../utils/logger'
+
+export function digestRouter() {
+  const router = express.Router()
+
+  // v1 version of create digest api
+  router.post(
+    '/v1',
+    cors<express.Request>(corsConfig),
+    async (req: express.Request, res) => {
+      const token = getTokenByRequest(req)
+
+      let userId: string
+      try {
+        // get claims from token
+        const claims = await getClaimsByToken(token)
+        if (!claims) {
+          logger.info('Token not found')
+          return res.sendStatus(401)
+        }
+
+        // get user by uid from claims
+        userId = claims.uid
+      } catch (error) {
+        logger.info('Error while getting claims from token', error)
+        return res.sendStatus(401)
+      }
+
+      const user = await findActiveUser(userId)
+      if (!user) {
+        logger.info(`User not found: ${userId}`)
+        return res.sendStatus(401)
+      }
+
+      try {
+        // check if job is already in queue
+        // if yes then return 409 conflict
+        // else enqueue job
+        const jobId = createJobId(userId, CREATE_DIGEST_JOB)
+        const existingJob = await getJob(jobId)
+        if (existingJob) {
+          logger.info(`Job already in queue: ${jobId}`)
+          return res.sendStatus(409)
+        }
+
+        // enqueue job and return job id
+        const result = await enqueueCreateDigest({
+          userId,
+        })
+
+        // return job id
+        return res.status(200).send(result)
+      } catch (error) {
+        logger.error('Error while enqueuing create digest task', error)
+        return res.sendStatus(500)
+      }
+    }
+  )
+
+  return router
+}
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/auth.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/auth.ts
index 49c5fe9ff..c3269aec8 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/auth.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/auth.ts
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@ export const getTokenByRequest = (req: express.Request): string | undefined => {
   return (
     req.header(OmnivoreAuthorizationHeader) ||
     req.headers.authorization ||
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access
-    (req.cookies?.auth as string)
+    (req.cookies.auth as string | undefined)
   )
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts
index d8fd2bbf5..7a8a2d23b 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/createTask.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ import {
   UPDATE_HIGHLIGHT_JOB,
   UPDATE_LABELS_JOB,
 } from '../jobs/update_db'
-import { getBackendQueue, JOB_VERSION } from '../queue-processor'
+import { createJobId, getBackendQueue, JOB_VERSION } from '../queue-processor'
 import { redisDataSource } from '../redis_data_source'
 import { signFeatureToken } from '../services/features'
 import { OmnivoreAuthorizationHeader } from './auth'
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ export const enqueueCreateDigest = async (
     throw new Error('No queue found')
   }
 
-  const jobId = `create-digest-${data.userId}`
+  const jobId = createJobId(CREATE_DIGEST_JOB, data.userId)
   const job = await queue.add(CREATE_DIGEST_JOB, data, {
     jobId, // dedupe by userId
     removeOnComplete: true,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index db12191a9..034c6ee5c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7767,10 +7767,10 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"
 
-"@types/cookie-parser@^1.4.2":
-  version "1.4.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/cookie-parser/-/cookie-parser-1.4.2.tgz#e4d5c5ffda82b80672a88a4281aaceefb1bd9df5"
-  integrity sha512-uwcY8m6SDQqciHsqcKDGbo10GdasYsPCYkH3hVegj9qAah6pX5HivOnOuI3WYmyQMnOATV39zv/Ybs0bC/6iVg==
+"@types/cookie-parser@^1.4.7":
+  version "1.4.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/cookie-parser/-/cookie-parser-1.4.7.tgz#c874471f888c72423d78d2b3c32d1e8579cf3c8f"
+  integrity sha512-Fvuyi354Z+uayxzIGCwYTayFKocfV7TuDYZClCdIP9ckhvAu/ixDtCB6qx2TT0FKjPLf1f3P/J1rgf6lPs64mw==
   dependencies:
     "@types/express" "*"