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+data
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diff --git a/server/main.ts b/server/main.ts
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+import fastify from 'fastify'
+import dotenv from 'dotenv'
+import v1API from './v1'
+const server = fastify()
+
+dotenv.config()
+server.register(v1API, {prefix: "/api/v1"})
+
+
+const JAN_API_PORT = Number.parseInt(process.env.JAN_API_PORT || '1337')
+const JAN_API_HOST = process.env.JAN_API_HOST || "0.0.0.0"
+
+server.listen({
+  port: JAN_API_PORT, 
+  host: JAN_API_HOST
+}).then(() => {
+  console.log(`JAN API listening at: http://${JAN_API_HOST}:${JAN_API_PORT}`);
+})
+
diff --git a/server/nodemon.json b/server/nodemon.json
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+{
+    "watch": ["main.ts", "v1"],
+    "ext": "ts, json",
+    "exec": "tsc && node ./build/main.js"
+}
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diff --git a/server/package.json b/server/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "jan-server",
+  "version": "0.1.3",
+  "main": "./build/main.js",
+  "author": "Jan <service@jan.ai>",
+  "license": "AGPL-3.0",
+  "homepage": "https://jan.ai",
+  "description": "Use offline LLMs with your own data. Run open source models like Llama2 or Falcon on your internal computers/servers.",
+  "build": "",
+  "scripts": {
+    "lint": "eslint . --ext \".js,.jsx,.ts,.tsx\"",
+    "test:e2e": "playwright test --workers=1",
+    "dev": "nodemon .",
+    "build": "tsc"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/body-parser": "^1.19.5",
+    "@types/npmcli__arborist": "^5.6.4",
+    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^6.7.3",
+    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^6.7.3",
+    "dotenv": "^16.3.1",
+    "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.33.2",
+    "fastify": "^4.24.3",
+    "nodemon": "^3.0.1",
+    "run-script-os": "^1.1.6"
+  },
+  "installConfig": {
+    "hoistingLimits": "workspaces"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/server/tsconfig.json b/server/tsconfig.json
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+++ b/server/tsconfig.json
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+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "es5",
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "noImplicitAny": true,
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "strict": true,
+    "outDir": "./build",
+    "rootDir": "./",
+    "noEmitOnError": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "baseUrl": ".",
+    "allowJs": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "paths": { "*": ["node_modules/*"] },
+    "typeRoots": ["node_modules/@types"]
+  },
+  // "sourceMap": true,
+  
+  "include": ["./**/*.ts"],
+  "exclude": ["core", "build", "dist", "tests", "node_modules"]
+}
diff --git a/server/v1/assistants/index.ts b/server/v1/assistants/index.ts
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+++ b/server/v1/assistants/index.ts
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+import { FastifyInstance, FastifyPluginAsync, FastifyPluginOptions } from 'fastify'
+
+const router: FastifyPluginAsync = async (app: FastifyInstance, opts: FastifyPluginOptions) => {
+    //TODO: Add controllers for assistants here
+    // app.get("/", controller)
+    // app.post("/", controller)
+}
+export default router;
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diff --git a/server/v1/chat/index.ts b/server/v1/chat/index.ts
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+import { FastifyInstance, FastifyPluginAsync, FastifyPluginOptions } from 'fastify'
+
+const router: FastifyPluginAsync = async (app: FastifyInstance, opts: FastifyPluginOptions) => {
+    //TODO: Add controllers for here
+    // app.get("/", controller)
+
+    app.post("/", (req, res) => {
+        req.body
+    })
+}
+export default router;
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diff --git a/server/v1/index.ts b/server/v1/index.ts
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+import assistantsAPI from './assistants'
+import chatCompletionAPI from './chat'
+import modelsAPI from './models'
+import threadsAPI from './threads'
+
+import { FastifyInstance, FastifyPluginAsync } from 'fastify'
+
+const router: FastifyPluginAsync = async (app: FastifyInstance, opts) => {
+    app.register(
+        assistantsAPI,
+        {
+            prefix: "/assistants"
+        }
+    )
+
+    app.register(
+        chatCompletionAPI,
+        {
+            prefix: "/chat/completion"
+        }
+    )
+
+    app.register(
+        modelsAPI,
+        {
+            prefix: "/models"
+        }
+    )
+
+    app.register(
+        threadsAPI,
+        {
+            prefix: "/threads"
+        }
+    )
+}
+export default router;
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diff --git a/server/v1/models/downloadModel.ts b/server/v1/models/downloadModel.ts
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+++ b/server/v1/models/downloadModel.ts
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+import { RouteHandlerMethod, FastifyRequest, FastifyReply } from 'fastify'
+import { MODEL_FOLDER_PATH } from "./index"
+import fs from 'fs/promises'
+
+const controller: RouteHandlerMethod = async (req: FastifyRequest, res: FastifyReply) => {
+    //TODO: download models impl
+    //Mirror logic from JanModelExtension.downloadModel? 
+    let model = req.body.model;
+
+    // Fetching logic
+    // const directoryPath = join(MODEL_FOLDER_PATH, model.id)
+    // await fs.mkdir(directoryPath)
+
+    // const path = join(directoryPath, model.id)
+    // downloadFile(model.source_url, path)
+    // TODO: Different model downloader from different model vendor
+
+    res.status(200).send({
+        status: "Ok"
+    })
+}
+
+export default controller;
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diff --git a/server/v1/models/index.ts b/server/v1/models/index.ts
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+
+export const MODEL_FOLDER_PATH = "./data/models"
+export const _modelMetadataFileName = 'model.json'
+
+import fs from 'fs/promises'
+import { Model } from '@janhq/core'
+import { join } from 'path'
+
+// map string => model object 
+let modelIndex = new Map<String, Model>();
+async function buildModelIndex(){
+    let modelIds = await fs.readdir(MODEL_FOLDER_PATH);
+    // TODO: read modelFolders to get model info, mirror JanModelExtension?
+    try{
+        for(let modelId in modelIds){
+            let path = join(MODEL_FOLDER_PATH, modelId)
+            let fileData = await fs.readFile(join(path, _modelMetadataFileName))
+            modelIndex.set(modelId, JSON.parse(fileData.toString("utf-8")) as Model)
+        }
+    }
+    catch(err){
+        console.error("build model index failed. ", err);
+    }
+}
+buildModelIndex()
+
+import { FastifyInstance, FastifyPluginAsync, FastifyPluginOptions } from 'fastify'
+import downloadModelController from './downloadModel'
+import { startModel, stopModel } from './modelOp'
+
+const router: FastifyPluginAsync = async (app: FastifyInstance, opts: FastifyPluginOptions) => {
+    //TODO: Add controllers declaration here
+
+    ///////////// CRUD ////////////////
+    // Model listing
+    app.get("/", async (req, res) => {
+        res.status(200).send(
+            modelIndex.values()
+        )
+    })
+
+    // Retrieve model info
+    app.get("/:id", (req, res) => {
+        res.status(200).send(
+            modelIndex.get(req.params.id)
+        )
+    })
+
+    // Delete model 
+    app.delete("/:id", (req, res) => {
+        modelIndex.delete(req.params)
+
+        // TODO: delete on disk 
+    })
+
+    ///////////// Other ops ////////////////
+    app.post("/", downloadModelController)
+    app.put("/start", startModel)
+    app.put("/stop", stopModel)
+}
+export default router;
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diff --git a/server/v1/models/modelOp.ts b/server/v1/models/modelOp.ts
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+import {FastifyRequest, FastifyReply} from 'fastify'
+
+export async function startModel(req: FastifyRequest, res: FastifyReply): Promise<void> {
+
+
+}
+
+export async function stopModel(req: FastifyRequest, res: FastifyReply): Promise<void> {
+
+
+}
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diff --git a/server/v1/threads/index.ts b/server/v1/threads/index.ts
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+import { FastifyInstance, FastifyPluginAsync, FastifyPluginOptions } from 'fastify'
+
+const router: FastifyPluginAsync = async (app: FastifyInstance, opts: FastifyPluginOptions) => {
+    //TODO: Add controllers declaration here
+    
+    // app.get()
+}
+export default router;
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