diff --git a/main/inc/lib/course_request.lib.php b/main/inc/lib/course_request.lib.php
index 7deb22f569..d79ca8afc1 100644
--- a/main/inc/lib/course_request.lib.php
+++ b/main/inc/lib/course_request.lib.php
@@ -38,4 +38,79 @@ class CourseRequestManager {
         return $result['number'] > 0;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a new course request within the database.
+     * @param string $wanted_code       The code for the created in the future course.
+     * @param string $title
+     * @param string $description
+     * @param string $category_code
+     * @param string $course_language
+     * @param string $objetives
+     * @param string $target_audience
+     * @return int/bool                 The database id of the newly created course request or FALSE on failure.
+     */
+    public static function create_course_request($wanted_code, $title, $description, $category_code, $course_language, $objetives, $target_audience) {
+
+        $wanted_code = Database::escape_string($wanted_code);
+        $title = Database::escape_string($title);
+        $description = Database::escape_string($description);
+        $objetives = str_replace('"', '', $objetives);
+        $target_audience = str_replace('"', '', $target_audience);
+
+        $keys = define_course_keys($wanted_code, '', $_configuration['db_prefix']);
+        if (!count($keys)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        $visual_code = $keys['currentCourseCode'];
+        $code = $keys['currentCourseId'];
+        $db_name = $keys['currentCourseDbName'];
+        $directory = $keys['currentCourseRepository'];
+
+        $user_id = api_get_user_id();
+        if ($user_id <= 0) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        $user_info = api_get_user_info($user_id);
+        $tutor_name = api_get_person_name($user_info['firstname'], $user_info['lastname'], null, null, $course_language);
+
+        $request_date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s'); // TODO: Use the time-zones way.
+        $status = COURSE_REQUEST_PENDING;
+
+        $sql = sprintf('INSERT INTO %s (
+                code, user_id, directory, db_name,
+                course_language, title, description, category_code,
+                tutor_name, visual_code, request_date,
+                objetives, target_audience, status)
+            VALUES (
+                "%s","%s","%s","%s",
+                "%s","%s","%s","%s",
+                "%s","%s","%s",
+                "%s","%s","%s");', Database::get_main_table(TABLE_MAIN_COURSE_REQUEST),
+                $code, $user_id, $directory, $db_name,
+                $course_language, $title, $description, $category_code,
+                $tutor_name, $visual_code, $request_date,
+                $objetives, $target_audience, $status);
+        $result_sql = Database::query($sql);
+
+        if (!$result_sql) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return Database::get_last_insert_id();
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets all the information about a course request using its database id as access key.
+     * @param int/string $id              The id (an integer number) of the corresponding database record.
+     * @return array/bool                 Returns the requested data as an array of FALSE on failure.
+     */
+    public static function get_course_request_info($id) {
+        $sql = "SELECT * FROM ".Database :: get_main_table(TABLE_MAIN_COURSE_REQUEST)." WHERE id='".Database::escape_string($id)."'";
+        $result = Database::query($sql);
+        if (Database::num_rows($result) > 0) {
+            return Database::fetch_array($result);
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
 }
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