diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 3a3caa2..26897ef 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ ccminer_SOURCES		= elist.h miner.h compat.h \
 			  compat/inttypes.h compat/stdbool.h compat/unistd.h \
 			  compat/sys/time.h compat/getopt/getopt.h \
 			  cpu-miner.c util.c crc32.c hefty1.c scrypt.c \
-			  hashlog.cpp stats.cpp cuda.cu \
+			  api.c hashlog.cpp stats.cpp cuda.cu \
 			  heavy/heavy.cu \
 			  heavy/cuda_blake512.cu heavy/cuda_blake512.h \
 			  heavy/cuda_combine.cu heavy/cuda_combine.h \
diff --git a/api-example.php b/api-example.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86e8ac6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api-example.php
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Sample Request API to ccminer
+ */
+defined('API_PORT') || define('API_PORT', 4068);
+
+function getsock($port)
+{
+	$socket = null;
+	$socket = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, SOL_TCP);
+	if ($socket === false || $socket === null) {
+		$error = socket_strerror(socket_last_error());
+		$msg = "socket create($port) failed";
+		echo "ERR: $msg '$error'\n";
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	$res = socket_connect($socket, '127.0.0.1', $port);
+	if ($res === false) {
+		$error = socket_strerror(socket_last_error());
+		$msg = "socket connect($port) failed";
+		echo "ERR: $msg '$error'\n";
+		socket_close($socket);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return $socket;
+}
+
+function readsockline($socket)
+{
+	$line = '';
+	while (true) {
+		$byte = socket_read($socket, 1);
+		if ($byte === false || $byte === '')
+			break;
+		if ($byte === "\0")
+			break;
+		$line .= $byte;
+	}
+	return $line;
+}
+
+
+function request($cmd)
+{
+	$socket = getsock(API_PORT);
+	if ($socket == null)
+		return NULL;
+
+	socket_write($socket, $cmd, strlen($cmd));
+	$line = readsockline($socket);
+	socket_close($socket);
+
+	if (strlen($line) == 0) {
+		echo "WARN: '$cmd' returned nothing\n";
+		return $line;
+	}
+
+	echo "$cmd returned '$line'\n";
+
+	$data = array();
+
+	$objs = explode('|', $line);
+	foreach ($objs as $obj)
+	{
+		if (strlen($obj) > 0)
+		{
+			$items = explode(';', $obj);
+			$item = $items[0];
+			$id = explode('=', $items[0], 2);
+			if (count($id) == 1)
+				$name = $id[0];
+			else
+				$name = $id[0].$id[1];
+
+			if (strlen($name) == 0)
+				$name = 'null';
+
+			if (isset($data[$name])) {
+				$num = 1;
+				while (isset($data[$name.$num]))
+					$num++;
+				$name .= $num;
+			}
+
+			$counter = 0;
+			foreach ($items as $item)
+			{
+				$id = explode('=', $item, 2);
+				if (count($id) == 2)
+					$data[$name][$id[0]] = $id[1];
+				else
+					$data[$name][$counter] = $id[0];
+
+				$counter++;
+			}
+
+		}
+	}
+	if ($cmd == 'summary')
+		return array_pop($data);
+	else
+		return $data;
+}
+
+ob_start();
+$summary = request('summary');
+$stats   = request('stats');
+ob_end_clean();
+//echo ob_get_clean()."\n";
+
+header("Content-Type: application/json");
+echo json_encode(compact('summary', 'stats'))."\n";
+?>
diff --git a/api.c b/api.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f4f02e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api.c
@@ -0,0 +1,479 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 ccminer team
+ *
+ * Implementation by tpruvot (based on cgminer)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+ * Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
+ * any later version.  See COPYING for more details.
+ */
+#define APIVERSION "1.0"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <math.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include "compat.h"
+#include "miner.h"
+
+#ifndef WIN32
+# include <errno.h>
+# include <sys/socket.h>
+# include <netinet/in.h>
+# include <arpa/inet.h>
+# include <netdb.h>
+# define SOCKETTYPE long
+# define SOCKETFAIL(a) ((a) < 0)
+# define INVSOCK -1 /* INVALID_SOCKET */
+# define INVINETADDR -1 /* INADDR_NONE */
+# define CLOSESOCKET close
+# define SOCKETINIT {}
+# define SOCKERRMSG strerror(errno)
+#else
+# include <winsock2.h>
+# define SOCKETTYPE SOCKET
+# define SOCKETFAIL(a) ((a) == SOCKET_ERROR)
+# define INVSOCK INVALID_SOCKET
+# define INVINETADDR INADDR_NONE
+# define CLOSESOCKET closesocket
+#endif
+
+#define GROUP(g) (toupper(g))
+#define PRIVGROUP GROUP('W')
+#define NOPRIVGROUP GROUP('R')
+#define ISPRIVGROUP(g) (GROUP(g) == PRIVGROUP)
+#define GROUPOFFSET(g) (GROUP(g) - GROUP('A'))
+#define VALIDGROUP(g) (GROUP(g) >= GROUP('A') && GROUP(g) <= GROUP('Z'))
+#define COMMANDS(g) (apigroups[GROUPOFFSET(g)].commands)
+#define DEFINEDGROUP(g) (ISPRIVGROUP(g) || COMMANDS(g) != NULL)
+struct APIGROUPS {
+	// This becomes a string like: "|cmd1|cmd2|cmd3|" so it's quick to search
+	char *commands;
+} apigroups['Z' - 'A' + 1]; // only A=0 to Z=25 (R: noprivs, W: allprivs)
+
+struct IP4ACCESS {
+	in_addr_t ip;
+	in_addr_t mask;
+	char group;
+};
+
+static int ips = 1;
+static struct IP4ACCESS *ipaccess = NULL;
+
+// Big enough for largest API request
+//  though a PC with 100s of CPUs may exceed the size ...
+// Current code assumes it can socket send this size also
+#define MYBUFSIZ	16384
+
+// Socket is on 127.0.0.1
+#define QUEUE	10
+
+#define LOCAL_ADDR_V4 "127.0.0.1"
+static const char *localaddr = LOCAL_ADDR_V4;
+static const char *UNAVAILABLE = " - API will not be available";
+static char *buffer = NULL;
+
+static int bye = 0;
+
+extern int opt_intensity;
+extern int opt_n_threads;
+extern int opt_api_listen;
+extern uint64_t global_hashrate;
+extern uint32_t accepted_count;
+extern uint32_t rejected_count;
+
+char *opt_api_allow = LOCAL_ADDR_V4;
+int opt_api_network = 1;
+#define gpu_threads opt_n_threads
+
+extern void get_currentalgo(char* buf, int sz);
+
+/***************************************************************/
+
+static void gpustatus(int thr_id)
+{
+	char buf[BUFSIZ];
+	float gt;
+	int gf, gp;
+
+
+	if (thr_id >= 0 && thr_id < gpu_threads) {
+		struct cgpu_info *cgpu = &thr_info[thr_id].gpu;
+
+		int total_secs = 1; // todo
+		cgpu->utility = cgpu->accepted / ( total_secs ? total_secs : 1 ) * 60;
+
+#ifdef HAVE_HWMONITORING
+		// todo
+		if (gpu->has_monitoring) {
+			gt = gpu_temp(gpu);
+			gf = gpu_fanspeed(gpu);
+			gp = gpu_fanpercent(gpu);
+		}
+		else
+#endif
+		gt = gf = gp = 0;
+
+		// todo: can be 0 if set by algo (auto)
+		if (opt_intensity == 0 && opt_work_size) {
+			int i = 0;
+			uint32_t ws = opt_work_size;
+			while (ws > 1 && i++ < 32)
+				ws = ws >> 1;
+			cgpu->intensity = i;
+		} else {
+			cgpu->intensity = opt_intensity;
+		}
+
+		// todo: per gpu
+		cgpu->accepted = accepted_count;
+		cgpu->rejected = rejected_count;
+
+		cgpu->khashes = stats_get_speed(thr_id) / 1000.0;
+
+		sprintf(buf, "GPU=%d;TEMP=%.1f;FAN=%d;FANP=%d;KHS=%.2f;"
+			"ACC=%d;REJ=%d;HWF=%d;U=%.2f;I=%d|",
+			thr_id, gt, gf, gp, cgpu->khashes,
+			cgpu->accepted, cgpu->rejected, cgpu->hw_errors,
+			cgpu->utility, cgpu->intensity);
+
+		strcat(buffer, buf);
+	}
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+static char *getsummary(char *params)
+{
+	char algo[64] = "";
+	get_currentalgo(algo, sizeof(algo));
+	*buffer = '\0';
+	sprintf(buffer, "NAME=%s;VER=%s;API=%s;"
+		"ALGO=%s;KHS=%.2f|",
+		PACKAGE_NAME, PACKAGE_VERSION, APIVERSION,
+		algo, (double)global_hashrate / 1000.0);
+	return buffer;
+}
+
+static char *getstats(char *params)
+{
+	*buffer = '\0';
+	for (int i = 0; i < gpu_threads; i++)
+		gpustatus(i);
+	return buffer;
+}
+
+struct CMDS {
+	char *name;
+	char *(*func)(char *);
+} cmds[] = {
+	{ "summary", getsummary },
+	{ "stats",   getstats },
+};
+
+#define CMDMAX 2
+
+static void send_result(int c, char *result)
+{
+	int n;
+
+	if (result == NULL)
+		result = "";
+
+	// ignore failure - it's closed immediately anyway
+	n = write(c, result, strlen(result)+1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Interpret [W:]IP[/Prefix][,[R|W:]IP2[/Prefix2][,...]] --api-allow option
+ *      special case of 0/0 allows /0 (means all IP addresses)
+ */
+#define ALLIP4 "0/0"
+/*
+ * N.B. IP4 addresses are by Definition 32bit big endian on all platforms
+ */
+static void setup_ipaccess()
+{
+	char *buf, *ptr, *comma, *slash, *dot;
+	int ipcount, mask, octet, i;
+	char group;
+
+	buf = malloc(strlen(opt_api_allow) + 1);
+	if (unlikely(!buf))
+		proper_exit(1);//, "Failed to malloc ipaccess buf");
+
+	strcpy(buf, opt_api_allow);
+
+	ipcount = 1;
+	ptr = buf;
+	while (*ptr) if (*(ptr++) == ',')
+		ipcount++;
+
+	// possibly more than needed, but never less
+	ipaccess = calloc(ipcount, sizeof(struct IP4ACCESS));
+	if (unlikely(!ipaccess))
+		proper_exit(1);//, "Failed to calloc ipaccess");
+
+	ips = 0;
+	ptr = buf;
+	while (ptr && *ptr) {
+		while (*ptr == ' ' || *ptr == '\t')
+			ptr++;
+
+		if (*ptr == ',') {
+			ptr++;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		comma = strchr(ptr, ',');
+		if (comma)
+			*(comma++) = '\0';
+
+		group = NOPRIVGROUP;
+
+		if (isalpha(*ptr) && *(ptr+1) == ':') {
+			if (DEFINEDGROUP(*ptr))
+				group = GROUP(*ptr);
+			ptr += 2;
+		}
+
+		ipaccess[ips].group = group;
+
+		if (strcmp(ptr, ALLIP4) == 0)
+			ipaccess[ips].ip = ipaccess[ips].mask = 0;
+		else
+		{
+			slash = strchr(ptr, '/');
+			if (!slash)
+				ipaccess[ips].mask = 0xffffffff;
+			else {
+				*(slash++) = '\0';
+				mask = atoi(slash);
+				if (mask < 1 || mask > 32)
+					goto popipo; // skip invalid/zero
+
+				ipaccess[ips].mask = 0;
+				while (mask-- >= 0) {
+					octet = 1 << (mask % 8);
+					ipaccess[ips].mask |= (octet << (24 - (8 * (mask >> 3))));
+				}
+			}
+
+			ipaccess[ips].ip = 0; // missing default to '.0'
+			for (i = 0; ptr && (i < 4); i++) {
+				dot = strchr(ptr, '.');
+				if (dot)
+					*(dot++) = '\0';
+
+				octet = atoi(ptr);
+				if (octet < 0 || octet > 0xff)
+					goto popipo; // skip invalid
+
+				ipaccess[ips].ip |= (octet << (24 - (i * 8)));
+
+				ptr = dot;
+			}
+
+			ipaccess[ips].ip &= ipaccess[ips].mask;
+		}
+
+		ips++;
+popipo:
+		ptr = comma;
+	}
+
+	free(buf);
+}
+
+static bool check_connect(struct sockaddr_in *cli, char **connectaddr, char *group)
+{
+	bool addrok = false;
+
+	*connectaddr = inet_ntoa(cli->sin_addr);
+
+	*group = NOPRIVGROUP;
+	if (opt_api_allow) {
+		int client_ip = htonl(cli->sin_addr.s_addr);
+		for (int i = 0; i < ips; i++) {
+			if ((client_ip & ipaccess[i].mask) == ipaccess[i].ip) {
+				addrok = true;
+				*group = ipaccess[i].group;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	} else if (opt_api_network)
+		addrok = true;
+	else
+		addrok = (strcmp(*connectaddr, localaddr) == 0);
+
+	return addrok;
+}
+
+static void api()
+{
+	const char *addr = localaddr;
+	short int port = opt_api_listen; // 4068
+	char buf[BUFSIZ];
+	int c, n, bound;
+	char *connectaddr;
+	char *binderror;
+	char group;
+	time_t bindstart;
+	struct sockaddr_in serv;
+	struct sockaddr_in cli;
+	socklen_t clisiz;
+	bool addrok = false;
+	long long counter;
+	char *result;
+	char *params;
+	int i;
+
+	SOCKETTYPE *apisock;
+	if (!opt_api_listen && opt_debug) {
+		applog(LOG_DEBUG, "API disabled");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (opt_api_allow) {
+		setup_ipaccess();
+		if (ips == 0) {
+			applog(LOG_WARNING, "API not running (no valid IPs specified)%s", UNAVAILABLE);
+		}
+	}
+
+	apisock = calloc(1, sizeof(*apisock));
+	*apisock = INVSOCK;
+
+	sleep(1);
+
+	*apisock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+	if (*apisock == INVSOCK) {
+		applog(LOG_ERR, "API initialisation failed (%s)%s", strerror(errno), UNAVAILABLE);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	memset(&serv, 0, sizeof(serv));
+	serv.sin_family = AF_INET;
+	serv.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(localaddr);
+	if (serv.sin_addr.s_addr == (in_addr_t)INVINETADDR) {
+		applog(LOG_ERR, "API initialisation 2 failed (%s)%s", strerror(errno), UNAVAILABLE);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	serv.sin_port = htons(port);
+
+#ifndef WIN32
+	// On linux with SO_REUSEADDR, bind will get the port if the previous
+	// socket is closed (even if it is still in TIME_WAIT) but fail if
+	// another program has it open - which is what we want
+	int optval = 1;
+	// If it doesn't work, we don't really care - just show a debug message
+	if (SOCKETFAIL(setsockopt(*apisock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, (void *)(&optval), sizeof(optval))))
+	        applog(LOG_DEBUG, "API setsockopt SO_REUSEADDR failed (ignored): %s", SOCKERRMSG);
+#else
+	// On windows a 2nd program can bind to a port>1024 already in use unless
+	// SO_EXCLUSIVEADDRUSE is used - however then the bind to a closed port
+	// in TIME_WAIT will fail until the timeout - so we leave the options alone
+#endif
+
+	// try for 1 minute ... in case the old one hasn't completely gone yet
+	bound = 0;
+	bindstart = time(NULL);
+	while (bound == 0) {
+		if (bind(*apisock, (struct sockaddr *)(&serv), sizeof(serv)) < 0) {
+			binderror = strerror(errno);
+			if ((time(NULL) - bindstart) > 61)
+				break;
+			else {
+				applog(LOG_ERR, "API bind to port %d failed - trying again in 15sec", port);
+				sleep(15);
+			}
+		}
+		else
+			bound = 1;
+	}
+
+
+	if (bound == 0) {
+		applog(LOG_ERR, "API bind to port %d failed (%s)%s", port, binderror, UNAVAILABLE);
+		free(apisock);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (SOCKETFAIL(listen(*apisock, QUEUE))) {
+		applog(LOG_ERR, "API initialisation 3 failed (%s)%s", strerror(errno), UNAVAILABLE);
+		CLOSESOCKET(*apisock);
+		free(apisock);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	buffer = malloc(MYBUFSIZ+1);
+
+	counter = 0;
+	while (bye == 0) {
+		counter++;
+
+		clisiz = sizeof(cli);
+		if (SOCKETFAIL(c = accept(*apisock, (struct sockaddr *)(&cli), &clisiz))) {
+			applog(LOG_ERR, "API failed (%s)%s", strerror(errno), UNAVAILABLE);
+			CLOSESOCKET(*apisock);
+			free(apisock);
+			free(buffer);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		addrok = check_connect(&cli, &connectaddr, &group);
+		if (opt_protocol)
+			applog(LOG_DEBUG, "API: connection from %s - %s",
+				connectaddr, addrok ? "Accepted" : "Ignored");
+
+		if (addrok) {
+			n = read(c, &buf[0], BUFSIZ-1);
+			if (n < 0)
+				close(c);
+			else {
+				buf[n] = '\0';
+				params = strchr(buf, '|');
+				if (params != NULL)
+					*(params++) = '\0';
+
+				for (i = 0; i < CMDMAX; i++) {
+					if (strcmp(buf, cmds[i].name) == 0) {
+						result = (cmds[i].func)(params);
+						send_result(c, result);
+						close(c);
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	CLOSESOCKET(*apisock);
+	free(apisock);
+	free(buffer);
+}
+
+void *api_thread(void *userdata)
+{
+	struct thr_info *mythr = (struct thr_info*)userdata;
+
+	api();
+
+	tq_freeze(mythr->q);
+
+	return NULL;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ccminer.vcxproj b/ccminer.vcxproj
index 554b88f..5e5190d 100644
--- a/ccminer.vcxproj
+++ b/ccminer.vcxproj
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="groestlcoin.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="hashlog.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="stats.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="api.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="hefty1.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="myriadgroestl.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="scrypt.c">
diff --git a/ccminer.vcxproj.filters b/ccminer.vcxproj.filters
index 95543a5..caac514 100644
--- a/ccminer.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/ccminer.vcxproj.filters
@@ -192,6 +192,9 @@
     <ClCompile Include="stats.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="api.cpp">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="compat.h">
diff --git a/cpu-miner.c b/cpu-miner.c
index 4180d19..cf551ce 100644
--- a/cpu-miner.c
+++ b/cpu-miner.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ struct workio_cmd {
 	} u;
 };
 
-typedef enum {
+enum sha_algos {
 	ALGO_ANIME,
 	ALGO_BLAKE,
 	ALGO_BLAKECOIN,
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ typedef enum {
 	ALGO_X15,
 	ALGO_X17,
 	ALGO_DMD_GR,
-} sha256_algos;
+};
 
 static const char *algo_names[] = {
 	"anime",
@@ -205,12 +205,12 @@ int opt_timeout = 270;
 static int opt_scantime = 5;
 static json_t *opt_config;
 static const bool opt_time = true;
-static sha256_algos opt_algo = ALGO_X11;
+static enum sha_algos opt_algo = ALGO_X11;
 int opt_n_threads = 0;
 static double opt_difficulty = 1; // CH
 bool opt_trust_pool = false;
 uint16_t opt_vote = 9999;
-static int num_processors;
+int num_processors;
 int device_map[8] = {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7}; // CB
 char *device_name[8]; // CB
 int device_sm[8];
@@ -223,22 +223,26 @@ char *opt_proxy;
 long opt_proxy_type;
 struct thr_info *thr_info;
 static int work_thr_id;
+struct thr_api *thr_api;
 int longpoll_thr_id = -1;
 int stratum_thr_id = -1;
+int api_thr_id = -1;
 bool stratum_need_reset = false;
 struct work_restart *work_restart = NULL;
 static struct stratum_ctx stratum;
 
 pthread_mutex_t applog_lock;
 static pthread_mutex_t stats_lock;
-static unsigned long accepted_count = 0L;
-static unsigned long rejected_count = 0L;
+uint32_t accepted_count = 0L;
+uint32_t rejected_count = 0L;
 static double *thr_hashrates;
 uint64_t global_hashrate = 0;
 int opt_statsavg = 20;
-
+int opt_intensity = 0;
 uint32_t opt_work_size = 0; /* default */
 
+int opt_api_listen = 4068;
+
 #ifdef HAVE_GETOPT_LONG
 #include <getopt.h>
 #else
@@ -395,6 +399,11 @@ static struct work _ALIGN(64) g_work;
 static time_t g_work_time;
 static pthread_mutex_t g_work_lock;
 
+void get_currentalgo(char* buf, int sz)
+{
+	snprintf(buf, sz, "%s", algo_names[opt_algo]);
+}
+
 /**
  * Exit app
  */
@@ -1605,7 +1614,7 @@ static void parse_arg(int key, char *arg)
 		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(algo_names); i++) {
 			if (algo_names[i] &&
 			    !strcmp(arg, algo_names[i])) {
-				opt_algo = (sha256_algos)i;
+				opt_algo = (enum sha_algos)i;
 				break;
 			}
 		}
@@ -1634,6 +1643,7 @@ static void parse_arg(int key, char *arg)
 		v = atoi(arg);
 		if (v < 0 || v > 31)
 			show_usage_and_exit(1);
+		opt_intensity = v;
 		if (v > 0) /* 0 = default */
 			opt_work_size = (1 << v);
 		break;
@@ -2046,10 +2056,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (!work_restart)
 		return 1;
 
-	thr_info = (struct thr_info *)calloc(opt_n_threads + 3, sizeof(*thr));
+	thr_info = (struct thr_info *)calloc(opt_n_threads + 4, sizeof(*thr));
 	if (!thr_info)
 		return 1;
-	
+
 	thr_hashrates = (double *) calloc(opt_n_threads, sizeof(double));
 	if (!thr_hashrates)
 		return 1;
@@ -2103,6 +2113,22 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			tq_push(thr_info[stratum_thr_id].q, strdup(rpc_url));
 	}
 
+	if (opt_api_listen) {
+		/* api thread */
+		api_thr_id = opt_n_threads + 3;
+		thr = &thr_info[api_thr_id];
+		thr->id = api_thr_id;
+		thr->q = tq_new();
+		if (!thr->q)
+			return 1;
+
+		/* start stratum thread */
+		if (unlikely(pthread_create(&thr->pth, NULL, api_thread, thr))) {
+			applog(LOG_ERR, "api thread create failed");
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* start mining threads */
 	for (i = 0; i < opt_n_threads; i++) {
 		thr = &thr_info[i];
diff --git a/miner.h b/miner.h
index de82b50..54922cc 100644
--- a/miner.h
+++ b/miner.h
@@ -352,10 +352,41 @@ extern int scanhash_x17(int thr_id, uint32_t *pdata,
 	const uint32_t *ptarget, uint32_t max_nonce,
 	unsigned long *hashes_done);
 
+/* api related */
+void *api_thread(void *userdata);
+
+struct cgpu_info {
+	int accepted;
+	int rejected;
+	int hw_errors;
+	double khashes;
+	double utility;
+	int intensity;
+#ifdef HAVE_HWMONITORING
+	bool has_monitoring;
+	int gpu_engine;
+	int min_engine;
+	int gpu_fan;
+	int min_fan;
+	int gpu_memclock;
+	int gpu_memdiff;
+	int gpu_powertune;
+	float gpu_vddc;
+#endif
+};
+
+struct thr_api {
+	int id;
+	pthread_t pth;
+	struct thread_q	*q;
+};
+/* end of api */
+
 struct thr_info {
 	int		id;
 	pthread_t	pth;
 	struct thread_q	*q;
+	struct cgpu_info gpu;
 };
 
 struct work_restart {
@@ -382,6 +413,7 @@ extern pthread_mutex_t applog_lock;
 extern struct thr_info *thr_info;
 extern int longpoll_thr_id;
 extern int stratum_thr_id;
+extern int api_thr_id;
 extern struct work_restart *work_restart;
 extern bool opt_trust_pool;
 extern uint16_t opt_vote;