diff --git a/pyca/ui/__init__.py b/pyca/ui/__init__.py
index 3ad85f3c..a7de3c1d 100644
--- a/pyca/ui/__init__.py
+++ b/pyca/ui/__init__.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from flask import Flask, request, send_from_directory, Response
 from flask import render_template
 app = Flask(__name__)
+import pyca.ui.jsonapi
 
 
 def dtfmt(ts):
diff --git a/pyca/ui/jsonapi.py b/pyca/ui/jsonapi.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0bb462ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyca/ui/jsonapi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+from pyca.config import config
+from pyca.db import get_session, Status, UpcomingEvent, RecordedEvent
+from pyca.db import Service, ServiceStatus
+from pyca.utils import get_service_status
+from datetime import datetime
+import logging
+from flask import request, jsonify
+from pyca.ui import app
+
+
+
+def json_error(code=500, title='Internal Error'):
+    error = {
+        'errors': [
+            {
+                'status': code,
+                'title': title
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+    
+    return jsonify(error)
+
+@app.route("/api/internal_state.json")
+def internal_state():
+    '''Serve a json representation of internal agent state
+    '''
+    state = {
+        'capture' : ServiceStatus.str(get_service_status(Service.CAPTURE)),
+        'ingest' : ServiceStatus.str(get_service_status(Service.INGEST)),
+        'schedule' : ServiceStatus.str(get_service_status(Service.SCHEDULE)),
+        'agentstate' : ServiceStatus.str(get_service_status(Service.AGENTSTATE))
+    }
+    return jsonify(state)
+
+
+@app.route("/api/event.json", methods=['GET'])
+def event():
+    '''Serve a json representation of events
+    '''
+    
+    try:
+        db = get_session()
+        upcoming_events = db.query(UpcomingEvent)\
+                            .order_by(UpcomingEvent.start)
+        recorded_events = db.query(RecordedEvent)\
+                            .order_by(RecordedEvent.start.desc())
+    except:
+        return json_error(), 500
+    
+    answer = { 'data': [] }
+    for events in [upcoming_events, recorded_events]:
+        for e in events:
+            i = {
+                'type': 'event',
+                'id': e.uid,
+                'attributes': {
+                    'start': datetime.fromtimestamp(e.start).isoformat(),
+                    'end': datetime.fromtimestamp(e.end).isoformat(),
+                    'status': Status.str(Status.UPCOMING)
+                }
+            }
+
+            if hasattr(e, 'status'):
+                i['attributes']['status'] = Status.str(e.status)
+
+            answer['data'].append(i)
+
+    return jsonify(answer)
+
+
+@app.route("/api/event.json", methods=['DELETE'])
+def delete_event():
+    '''Delete a specific event identified by ?id parameter
+    '''
+    uid = request.args.get('id', 0)
+    if uid == 0:
+        return json_error(400, 'missing id parameter'), 400
+    
+    try:
+        db = get_session()
+        event = db.query(RecordedEvent).filter(RecordedEvent.uid == uid)
+        if event.count():
+            logging.info('deleting event %s via api', uid)
+            # TODO
+        else:
+            return json_error(404, 'no event with id'), 404
+    except:
+        return json_error(), 500
+    return uid
+
+@app.route("/api/event.json", methods=['POST'])
+def reingest_event():
+    '''Reingest a specific event identified by ?id parameter
+    '''
+    pass
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