diff --git a/YACReaderLibrary/server/yacreader_server_data_helper.cpp b/YACReaderLibrary/server/yacreader_server_data_helper.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bbfe6624
--- /dev/null
+++ b/YACReaderLibrary/server/yacreader_server_data_helper.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#include "yacreader_server_data_helper.h"
+
+QString YACReaderServerDataHelper::folderToYSFormat(const qulonglong libraryId, const Folder & folder)
+{
+    return QString("f\t%1\t%2\t%3\t%4\t%5\r\n")
+            .arg(libraryId)
+            .arg(folder.id)
+            .arg(folder.name)
+            .arg(folder.getNumChildren())
+            .arg(folder.getFirstChildHash());
+}
+
+QString YACReaderServerDataHelper::comicToYSFormat(const qulonglong libraryId,const ComicDB & comic)
+{
+    return QString("c\t%1\t%2\t%3\t%4\t%5\r\n")
+            .arg(libraryId)
+            .arg(comic.id)
+            .arg(comic.getFileName())
+            .arg(comic.getFileSize())
+            .arg(comic.info.hash);
+}
+
+YACReaderServerDataHelper::YACReaderServerDataHelper()
+{
+
+}
diff --git a/YACReaderLibrary/server/yacreader_server_data_helper.h b/YACReaderLibrary/server/yacreader_server_data_helper.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b09da28d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/YACReaderLibrary/server/yacreader_server_data_helper.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#ifndef YACREADERSERVERDATAHELPER_H
+#define YACREADERSERVERDATAHELPER_H
+
+#include <QtCore>
+#include "folder.h"
+#include "comic_db.h"
+
+class YACReaderServerDataHelper
+{
+public:
+    static QString folderToYSFormat(const qulonglong libraryId, const Folder & folder);
+    static QString comicToYSFormat(const qulonglong libraryId, const ComicDB & comic);
+
+private:
+    YACReaderServerDataHelper();
+
+};
+
+#endif // YACREADERSERVERDATAHELPER_H