Create Moodle course dynamically using API

I have been asked to create an engine that will take a course(name, short-name, category) from our local database and add it to moodle. I am thinking of using Moodle API for this. I tried using the webservice with no luck. I need something like : moodle_create_course($name, $short-name, $description, $category, $type) Does anyone has an input?