diff --git a/config.edn b/config.edn
index 4a6ad7f..82f81db 100644
--- a/config.edn
+++ b/config.edn
@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@
  :pocket-base-host "http://aemos:5000"
 
  :blue-sky-host "https://bsky.social/xrpc"
- :blue-sky-username "travisshears.bsky.social"}
+ :blue-sky-username "travisshears.bsky.social"
+
+ :api-host "localhost"
+ :api-port 3000}
diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index 3a11f98..3caa086 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {:paths ["src"]
- :deps {clj-http/clj-http {:mvn/version "3.13.1"}
+ :deps {;; http client
+        clj-http/clj-http {:mvn/version "3.13.1"}
         ;; logging
         com.taoensso/telemere {:mvn/version "1.0.0"}
         ;; schema validation
@@ -7,10 +8,17 @@
         ;; scheduling
         jarohen/chime {:mvn/version "0.3.3"}
         org.clojure/core.async {:mvn/version "1.8.741"}
-        ;; json decoding
+        ;; json
         cheshire/cheshire {:mvn/version "6.0.0"}
         ;; metosin/muuntaja {:mvn/version "0.6.11"}
-        org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.12.1"}}
+        org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.12.1"}
+        ;; api
+        ring/ring-core {:mvn/version "1.13.0"}
+        ring/ring-jetty-adapter {:mvn/version "1.13.0"}
+        org.slf4j/slf4j-simple {:mvn/version "2.0.16"}
+        metosin/muuntaja {:mvn/version "0.6.11"}
+        metosin/reitit {:mvn/version "0.9.1"}}
+
  :aliases
  {;; Run with clj -T:build function-in-build
   :build {:deps {io.github.clojure/tools.build {:git/tag "v0.10.9" :git/sha "e405aac"}}
diff --git a/src/micro_blog/api.clj b/src/micro_blog/api.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a3dcdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/micro_blog/api.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+(ns micro-blog.api
+  (:require
+   [ring.adapter.jetty :as jetty]
+   [micro-blog.config :refer [config]]
+   [taoensso.telemere :as tel]
+   [muuntaja.middleware :as mm]
+   [ring.middleware.params]
+   [reitit.ring :as rr]))
+
+(defn handle-ping [_args]
+  (tel/log! :info "Got ping request")
+  {:status 200, :body "ok"})
+
+(defn handle-proc [{params :query-params}]
+  (let [id  (get params "id")]
+    (tel/log! {:level :info :data {:id id}} "Got proc request")
+    {:status 200
+     :body :ok}))
+
+(defn wrap [handler id]
+  (fn [request]
+    (update (handler request) :wrap (fnil conj '()) id)))
+
+(def app
+  (rr/ring-handler
+   (rr/router
+    ["/api" {:middleware [ring.middleware.params/wrap-params
+                          mm/wrap-format
+                          [wrap :api]]}
+     ["/ping" {:get handle-ping}]
+     ["/proc" {:get handle-proc}]])
+   (rr/create-default-handler)))
+
+(defn run-server []
+  (let [port (@config :api-port)
+        host (@config :api-host)]
+    (jetty/run-jetty #'app {:port port :host host})))
+
+(defn -main []
+  (run-server))
+
+(comment
+  ;; evaluate this def form to start the webapp via the REPL:
+  ;; :join? false runs the web server in the background!
+  (def server (jetty/run-jetty #'app {:port 3000 :join? false}))
+  ;; evaluate this form to stop the webapp via the the REPL:
+  (.stop server))