3 files changed, 60 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/internal/api/api.go b/internal/api/api.go
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+++ b/internal/api/api.go
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+package api
+
+// API is the API exposed to the outside world for access by front-ends; this is distinct from the federation API
+type API interface {
+
+}
+
+// api implements Api interface
+type api struct {
+
+}
diff --git a/internal/api/route_statuses.go b/internal/api/route_statuses.go
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index 000000000..422f6292b
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+++ b/internal/api/route_statuses.go
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+package api
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+)
+
+func statusGet(c *gin.Context) {
+	c.HTML(http.StatusOK, "index.tmpl", gin.H{
+		"title": "Posts",
+	})
+}
diff --git a/internal/api/router.go b/internal/api/router.go
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+++ b/internal/api/router.go
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+package api
+
+import "github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+
+// Router provides the http routes used by the API
+type Router interface {
+	Route()
+}
+
+// NewRouter returns a new router
+func NewRouter() Router {
+	return &router{}
+}
+
+// router implements the router interface
+type router struct {
+
+}
+
+func (r *router) Route() {
+	ginRouter := gin.Default()
+	ginRouter.LoadHTMLGlob("web/template/*")
+
+	apiGroup := ginRouter.Group("/api")
+	{
+		v1 := apiGroup.Group("/v1")
+		{
+			statusesGroup := v1.Group("/statuses")
+			{
+				statusesGroup.GET(":id", statusGet)
+			}
+
+		}
+	}
+	ginRouter.Run()
+}