diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cloudius/api/APIClient.java b/src/main/java/com/cloudius/api/APIClient.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..952e4d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cloudius/api/APIClient.java
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 Cloudius Systems
+ */
+package com.cloudius.api;
+
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import javax.json.Json;
+import javax.json.JsonArray;
+import javax.json.JsonObject;
+import javax.json.JsonReader;
+import javax.json.JsonReaderFactory;
+import javax.json.JsonString;
+import javax.management.openmbean.TabularData;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.UriBuilder;
+
+import com.sun.jersey.api.client.Client;
+import com.sun.jersey.api.client.WebResource;
+import com.sun.jersey.api.client.WebResource.Builder;
+import com.sun.jersey.api.client.config.ClientConfig;
+import com.sun.jersey.api.client.config.DefaultClientConfig;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+
+public class APIClient {
+    JsonReaderFactory factory = Json.createReaderFactory(null);
+
+    public static String getBaseUrl() {
+        return "http://" + System.getProperty("apiaddress", "localhost") + ":"
+                + System.getProperty("apiport", "10000");
+    }
+
+    public Builder get(String path) {
+        ClientConfig config = new DefaultClientConfig();
+        Client client = Client.create(config);
+        WebResource service = client.resource(UriBuilder.fromUri(getBaseUrl())
+                .build());
+        return service.path(path).accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
+    }
+
+    public String getStringValue(String string) {
+        if (string != "") {
+            return get(string).get(String.class);
+        }
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    public JsonReader getReader(String string) {
+        return factory.createReader(new StringReader(getStringValue(string)));
+    }
+
+    public String[] getStringArrValue(String string) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public int getIntValue(String string) {
+        return Integer.parseInt(getStringValue(string));
+    }
+
+    public boolean getBooleanValue(String string) {
+        return Boolean.parseBoolean(getStringValue(string));
+    }
+
+    public double getDoubleValue(String string) {
+        return Double.parseDouble(getStringValue(string));
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getListStrValue(String string) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public Map<List<String>, List<String>> getMapListStrValue(String string) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public Map<String, String> getMapStrValue(String string) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public List<InetAddress> getListInetAddressValue(String string) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public Map<String, TabularData> getMapStringTabularDataValue(String string) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public long getLongValue(String string) {
+        return Long.parseLong(getStringValue(string));
+    }
+
+    public Map<InetAddress, Float> getMapInetAddressFloatValue(String string) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public Map<String, Long> getMapStringLongValue(String string) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public long[] getLongArrValue(String string) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public Map<String, Integer> getMapStringIntegerValue(String string) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public int[] getIntArrValue(String string) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public Map<String, Long> getListMapStringLongValue(String string) {
+        if (string.equals("")) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        // Builder builder =
+
+        String vals = get(string).get(String.class);
+        System.out.println(vals);
+        JsonReader reader = getReader(string);
+        JsonArray arr = reader.readArray();
+        System.out.println(arr.size());
+        Map<String, Long> map = new HashMap<String, Long>();
+        for (int i = 0; i < arr.size(); i++) {
+            JsonObject obj = arr.getJsonObject(i);
+            Iterator<String> it = obj.keySet().iterator();
+            String key = "";
+            long val = -1;
+            while (it.hasNext()) {
+                String k = (String) it.next();
+                System.out.println(k);
+                if (obj.get(k) instanceof JsonString) {
+                    key = obj.getString(k);
+                } else {
+                    val = obj.getInt(k);
+                }
+            }
+            if (val > 0 && !key.equals("")) {
+                map.put(key, val);
+            }
+
+        }
+        reader.close();
+
+        // .get(String.class);
+
+        return map;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cloudius/main/Main.java b/src/main/java/com/cloudius/main/Main.java
index 87b12f7..98282b4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cloudius/main/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cloudius/main/Main.java
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@
  */
 package com.cloudius.main;
 
+import com.cloudius.api.APIClient;
+
 public class Main {
 
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        System.out.println("Connecting to " + APIClient.getBaseUrl());
         System.out.println("Starting the JMX server");
         Thread.sleep(Long.MAX_VALUE);
     }