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+# API
+
+Serve on `http://localhost:2024`
+
+Don't allow cors
+
+## Create Tx
+
+`POST /tx`
+
+Input: signed tx as json, just like --prepare...
+Goes to the node, and returns result:
+
+```
+{
+  "check_tx": {
+    "code": 0,
+    "data": "",
+    "log": ""
+  },
+  "deliver_tx": {
+    "code": 0,
+    "data": "",
+    "log": ""
+  },
+  "hash": "4D0EB7853E71AB6E3021990CF733F70F4CC2E001",
+  "height": 1494
+}
+```
+
+`POST /sign`
+
+Input:
+
+{
+    "name": "matt",
+    "password": "1234567890",
+    "tx": {
+        // just like prepare, tx (with sigs/multi but no sigs)
+    }
+}
+
+Example tx:
+
+wrappers = combine(feeWrap, nonceWrap, chainWrap, sigWrap)
+
+UI will have to know about feeWrap to pass info in
+
+```
+{
+  "type": "sigs/multi",
+  "data": {
+    "tx": {
+      "type": "chain/tx",
+      "data": {
+        "chain_id": "lakeshore",
+        "expires_at": 0,
+        "tx": {
+          "type": "nonce",
+          "data": {
+            "sequence": 3,
+            "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": []
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Matt's proposal:
+
+`POST /build/send`
+
+Input:
+```
+{
+    "fees": {"denom": "atom", "amount": 23},
+    "to": {"app": "role", "addr": "62616E6B32" },
+    "from": {"app": "sigs", "addr": "BDADF167E6CF2CDF2D621E590FF1FED2787A40E0" },
+    "amount": { "denom": "mycoin", "amount": 900000 },
+    "multi": true,
+}
+```
+
+Output: the input for /sign
+
+`POST /build/create-role`
+
+Input:
+```
+{
+    "name": "trduvtqicrtqvrqy",
+    "min_sigs": 2,
+    "members": [
+        {"app": "sigs", "addr": "BDADF167E6CF2CDF2D621E590FF1FED2787A40E0" },
+        {"app": "sigs", "addr": "91C959ADE03D8973E8F2FBA9FD2EED327DCE2B0A" }
+    ]
+}
+```
+
+
+## Query:
+
+`GET /query/account/sigs:BDADF167E6CF2CDF2D621E590FF1FED2787A40E0`
+
+```
+{
+  "height": 1170,
+  "data": {
+    "coins": [
+      {
+        "denom": "mycoin",
+        "amount": 12345
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
+```
+
+
+## Other stuff
+
+`init` / `serve` on cli
+
+keys management under `/keys`:
+
+List, get, create (delete + update)?
+
+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