diff --git a/src/api/router.rs b/src/api/router.rs
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+++ b/src/api/router.rs
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+use failure::*;
+
+use crate::api::schema::*;
+use serde_json::{Value};
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+pub struct ApiMethod {
+    pub description: &'static str,
+    pub parameters: Schema,
+    pub returns: Schema,
+    pub handler: fn(Value, &ApiMethod) -> Result<Value, Error>,
+}
+
+pub enum SubRoute {
+    None,
+    Hash(HashMap<String, Router>),
+    MatchAll { router: Box<Router>, param_name: String },
+}
+
+pub struct Router {
+    pub get: Option<ApiMethod>,
+    pub put: Option<ApiMethod>,
+    pub post: Option<ApiMethod>,
+    pub delete: Option<ApiMethod>,
+    pub subroute: SubRoute,
+}
+
+impl Router {
+
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            get: None,
+            put: None,
+            post: None,
+            delete: None,
+            subroute: SubRoute::None
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn subdirs(mut self, map: HashMap<String, Router>) -> Self {
+        self.subroute = SubRoute::Hash(map);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn match_all(mut self, router: Router) -> Self {
+        self.subroute = SubRoute::MatchAll { router: Box::new(router), param_name: "test".into() };
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn get(mut self, m: ApiMethod) -> Self {
+        self.get = Some(m);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn find_route(&self, components: &[&str]) -> Option<&Router> {
+
+        if components.len() == 0 { return Some(self); };
+
+        let (dir, rest) = (components[0], &components[1..]);
+
+        match self.subroute {
+            SubRoute::None => {},
+            SubRoute::Hash(ref dirmap) => {
+                if let Some(ref router) = dirmap.get(dir) {
+                    println!("FOUND SUBDIR {}", dir);
+                    return router.find_route(rest);
+                }
+            }
+            SubRoute::MatchAll { ref router, ref param_name } => {
+                println!("URI PARAM {} = {}", param_name, dir); // fixme: store somewhere
+                return router.find_route(rest);
+            },
+        }
+
+        None
+    }
+}
+
+// fixme: remove - not required?
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! methodinfo {
+    ($($option:ident => $e:expr),*) => {{
+        let info = Router::new();
+
+        $(
+            info.$option = Some($e);
+        )*
+
+        info
+    }}
+}