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+# API
+
+In order to allow for quick client development, with the security
+of the light-client and ease of use the cli (embedding go-wire and
+go-crypto), we will provide a REST API, which can run on localhost
+as part of `basecli`, securely managing your keys, signing transactions,
+and validating queries.  It will be exposed for a locally deployed
+application to make use of (eg. electron app, web server...)
+
+By default we will serve on `http://localhost:2024`.  CORS will be disabled by default.  Potentially we can add a flag to enable it for one domain.
+
+## MVP
+
+The MVP will allow us to move around money.  This involves the
+following functions:
+
+## Construct an unsigned tx
+
+`POST /build/send`
+
+Input:
+```
+{
+    "to": {"app": "role", "addr": "62616E6B32" },
+    "from": {"app": "sigs", "addr": "BDADF167E6CF2CDF2D621E590FF1FED2787A40E0" },
+    "amount": { "denom": "mycoin", "amount": 900000 },
+    "sequence": 1,
+    "multi": true,
+}
+```
+
+Output (a json encoding of basecoin.Tx):
+
+`basecli tx send --to=role:62616E6B32 --from=sigs:91C959ADE03D8973E8F2FBA9FD2EED327DCE2B0A --amount=900000mycoin  --sequence=1 --multi --prepare=- --no-sign`
+
+
+```
+{
+  "type": "sigs/multi",
+  "data": {
+    "tx": {
+      "type": "chain/tx",
+      "data": {
+        "chain_id": "lakeshore",
+        "expires_at": 0,
+        "tx": {
+          "type": "nonce",
+          "data": {
+            "sequence": 1,
+            "signers": [
+              {
+                "chain": "",
+                "app": "sigs",
+                "addr": "91C959ADE03D8973E8F2FBA9FD2EED327DCE2B0A"
+              }
+            ],
+            "tx": {
+              "type": "coin/send",
+              "data": {
+                "inputs": [
+                  {
+                    "address": {
+                      "chain": "",
+                      "app": "role",
+                      "addr": "62616E6B32"
+                    },
+                    "coins": [
+                      {
+                        "denom": "mycoin",
+                        "amount": 900000
+                      }
+                    ]
+                  }
+                ],
+                "outputs": [
+                  {
+                    "address": {
+                      "chain": "",
+                      "app": "sigs",
+                      "addr": "BDADF167E6CF2CDF2D621E590FF1FED2787A40E0"
+                    },
+                    "coins": [
+                      {
+                        "denom": "mycoin",
+                        "amount": 900000
+                      }
+                    ]
+                  }
+                ]
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "signatures": null
+  }
+}
+```
+
+## Sign a Tx
+
+Once you construct a proper json-encoded `basecoin.Tx`, you can sign it once, or (if you constructed it with `multi=true`), multiple times.
+
+
+`POST /sign`
+
+Input:
+
+```
+{
+    "name": "matt",
+    "password": "1234567890",
+    "tx": {
+        "type": "sigs/multi",
+        "data": {
+            "tx": // see output of /build/send,
+            "signatures": nil,
+        }
+    }
+}
+```
+
+Output:
+
+`basecli tx send --to=role:62616E6B32 --from=sigs:91C959ADE03D8973E8F2FBA9FD2EED327DCE2B0A --amount=900000mycoin  --sequence=1 --multi --no-sign --prepare=unsigned.json`
+
+`echo 1234567890 | basecli tx --in=unsigned.json --prepare=- --name=matt`
+
+```
+{
+    "type": "sigs/multi",
+    "data": {
+        "tx": // see output of /build/send,
+        "signatures": [
+            {
+                "Sig": {
+                    "type": "ed25519",
+                    "data": "436188FAC4668DDF6729022454AFBA5DA0B44E516C4EC7013C6B00BD877F255CDE0355F3FBFE9CCF88C9F519C192D498BF087AFE0D531351813432A100857803"
+                },
+                "Pubkey": {
+                    "type": "ed25519",
+                    "data": "B01508EB073C0823E2CE6ABF4538BA02EAEC39B02113290BBFCEC7E1B07F575A"
+                }
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+}
+```
+
+## Send Tx to the Blockchain
+
+This will encode the transaction as binary and post it to the tendermint node, waiting until it is committed to the blockchain.
+(TODO: make this async? return when recevied, notify when committed?)
+
+`POST /tx`
+
+Input:
+
+Signed tx as json, directly copy output of `/sign`
+
+Output:
+
+
+`echo 1234567890 | basecli tx send --to=role:62616E6B32 --from=sigs:91C959ADE03D8973E8F2FBA9FD2EED327DCE2B0A --amount=900000mycoin  --sequence=1 --multi --name=matt --prepare=signed.json`
+
+`basecli tx --in=signed.json --no-sign`
+
+```
+{
+  "check_tx": {
+    "code": 0,
+    "data": "",
+    "log": ""
+  },
+  "deliver_tx": {
+    "code": 0,
+    "data": "",
+    "log": ""
+  },
+  "hash": "4D0EB7853E71AB6E3021990CF733F70F4CC2E001",
+  "height": 1494
+}
+```
+
+## Query account balance
+
+`GET /query/account/sigs:BDADF167E6CF2CDF2D621E590FF1FED2787A40E0`
+
+```
+{
+  "height": 1170,
+  "data": {
+    "coins": [
+      {
+        "denom": "mycoin",
+        "amount": 12345
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
+```
+
+## Other stuff for MVP
+
+You must run `basecli init` int he cli to set things up.
+
+When you run `basecli serve`, it will start the local rest api server, with the above endpoints.
+
+Also, support keys endpoints from go-crypto as they currently are and mount them under `/keys`.
+
+## Future Stuff
+
+proxy mounted as well under `/tendermint`
+
+`/tendermint/status`
+`/tendermint/block`
+
+info about self...
+
+`/`
+
+```
+{
+    "app": "basecli",
+    "version": "0.7.1",  // of client, server????
+    "modules": {
+        "chain": "0.1.0",
+        "fees": "0.2.1",
+        "coin": "0.3.2",
+        "stake": "0.1.2"
+    },
+    "nodes": [
+        "localhost:46657",
+        "mercury.interchain.io:443"
+    ]
+}
+```
+
+`/seeds`
+
+```
+{
+    "last_height": 4555,
+    "update_problems": "too much change"
+}
+```
+
+info on last seed