diff --git a/cmake/macros/SetupHifiProject.cmake b/cmake/macros/SetupHifiProject.cmake
index e828e68be2..be77d7e244 100644
--- a/cmake/macros/SetupHifiProject.cmake
+++ b/cmake/macros/SetupHifiProject.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-MACRO(SETUP_HIFI_PROJECT TARGET INCLUDE_QT)
+macro(SETUP_HIFI_PROJECT TARGET INCLUDE_QT)
     project(${TARGET})
     
     # grab the implemenation and header files
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ MACRO(SETUP_HIFI_PROJECT TARGET INCLUDE_QT)
       endif()
     endforeach()
     
-    # add the executable
-    add_executable(${TARGET} ${TARGET_SRCS})
+    # add the executable, include additional optional sources
+    add_executable(${TARGET} ${TARGET_SRCS} ${ARGN})
     
     IF (${INCLUDE_QT})
       find_package(Qt5Core REQUIRED)
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ MACRO(SETUP_HIFI_PROJECT TARGET INCLUDE_QT)
     ENDIF()
 
     target_link_libraries(${TARGET} ${QT_LIBRARIES})
-ENDMACRO(SETUP_HIFI_PROJECT _target _include_qt)
\ No newline at end of file
+endmacro()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/domain-server/CMakeLists.txt b/domain-server/CMakeLists.txt
index 3c54a2d7f0..92fa090150 100644
--- a/domain-server/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/domain-server/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ set(MACRO_DIR ${ROOT_DIR}/cmake/macros)
 set(TARGET_NAME domain-server)
 
 include(${MACRO_DIR}/SetupHifiProject.cmake)
-setup_hifi_project(${TARGET_NAME} TRUE)
 
-# setup a library for civetweb and link it to the domain-server
-FILE(GLOB CIVETWEB_SRCS external/civetweb/src/*.c)
-add_library(civetweb ${CIVETWEB_SRCS})
-include_directories(external/civetweb/include)
-target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} civetweb)
+# grab cJSON and civetweb sources to pass as OPTIONAL_SRCS 
+FILE(GLOB OPTIONAL_SRCS external/civetweb/src/* external/cJSON/src/*)
+
+setup_hifi_project(${TARGET_NAME} TRUE ${OPTIONAL_SRCS})
+
+include_directories(external/civetweb/include external/cJSON/include)
 
 # remove and then copy the files for the webserver
 add_custom_command(TARGET ${TARGET_NAME} POST_BUILD
diff --git a/domain-server/external/cJSON/LICENSE b/domain-server/external/cJSON/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fa0a438e2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/domain-server/external/cJSON/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+  Copyright (c) 2009 Dave Gamble
+ 
+  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+  to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+  copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ 
+  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+  all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ 
+  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+  THE SOFTWARE.
+
diff --git a/domain-server/external/cJSON/include/cJSON.h b/domain-server/external/cJSON/include/cJSON.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..867b7c32f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/domain-server/external/cJSON/include/cJSON.h
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+/*
+  Copyright (c) 2009 Dave Gamble
+ 
+  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+  to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+  copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ 
+  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+  all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ 
+  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+  THE SOFTWARE.
+*/
+
+#ifndef cJSON__h
+#define cJSON__h
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+{
+#endif
+
+/* cJSON Types: */
+#define cJSON_False 0
+#define cJSON_True 1
+#define cJSON_NULL 2
+#define cJSON_Number 3
+#define cJSON_String 4
+#define cJSON_Array 5
+#define cJSON_Object 6
+	
+#define cJSON_IsReference 256
+
+/* The cJSON structure: */
+typedef struct cJSON {
+	struct cJSON *next,*prev;	/* next/prev allow you to walk array/object chains. Alternatively, use GetArraySize/GetArrayItem/GetObjectItem */
+	struct cJSON *child;		/* An array or object item will have a child pointer pointing to a chain of the items in the array/object. */
+
+	int type;					/* The type of the item, as above. */
+
+	char *valuestring;			/* The item's string, if type==cJSON_String */
+	int valueint;				/* The item's number, if type==cJSON_Number */
+	double valuedouble;			/* The item's number, if type==cJSON_Number */
+
+	char *string;				/* The item's name string, if this item is the child of, or is in the list of subitems of an object. */
+} cJSON;
+
+typedef struct cJSON_Hooks {
+      void *(*malloc_fn)(size_t sz);
+      void (*free_fn)(void *ptr);
+} cJSON_Hooks;
+
+/* Supply malloc, realloc and free functions to cJSON */
+extern void cJSON_InitHooks(cJSON_Hooks* hooks);
+
+
+/* Supply a block of JSON, and this returns a cJSON object you can interrogate. Call cJSON_Delete when finished. */
+extern cJSON *cJSON_Parse(const char *value);
+/* Render a cJSON entity to text for transfer/storage. Free the char* when finished. */
+extern char  *cJSON_Print(cJSON *item);
+/* Render a cJSON entity to text for transfer/storage without any formatting. Free the char* when finished. */
+extern char  *cJSON_PrintUnformatted(cJSON *item);
+/* Delete a cJSON entity and all subentities. */
+extern void   cJSON_Delete(cJSON *c);
+
+/* Returns the number of items in an array (or object). */
+extern int	  cJSON_GetArraySize(cJSON *array);
+/* Retrieve item number "item" from array "array". Returns NULL if unsuccessful. */
+extern cJSON *cJSON_GetArrayItem(cJSON *array,int item);
+/* Get item "string" from object. Case insensitive. */
+extern cJSON *cJSON_GetObjectItem(cJSON *object,const char *string);
+
+/* For analysing failed parses. This returns a pointer to the parse error. You'll probably need to look a few chars back to make sense of it. Defined when cJSON_Parse() returns 0. 0 when cJSON_Parse() succeeds. */
+extern const char *cJSON_GetErrorPtr(void);
+	
+/* These calls create a cJSON item of the appropriate type. */
+extern cJSON *cJSON_CreateNull(void);
+extern cJSON *cJSON_CreateTrue(void);
+extern cJSON *cJSON_CreateFalse(void);
+extern cJSON *cJSON_CreateBool(int b);
+extern cJSON *cJSON_CreateNumber(double num);
+extern cJSON *cJSON_CreateString(const char *string);
+extern cJSON *cJSON_CreateArray(void);
+extern cJSON *cJSON_CreateObject(void);
+
+/* These utilities create an Array of count items. */
+extern cJSON *cJSON_CreateIntArray(const int *numbers,int count);
+extern cJSON *cJSON_CreateFloatArray(const float *numbers,int count);
+extern cJSON *cJSON_CreateDoubleArray(const double *numbers,int count);
+extern cJSON *cJSON_CreateStringArray(const char **strings,int count);
+
+/* Append item to the specified array/object. */
+extern void cJSON_AddItemToArray(cJSON *array, cJSON *item);
+extern void	cJSON_AddItemToObject(cJSON *object,const char *string,cJSON *item);
+/* Append reference to item to the specified array/object. Use this when you want to add an existing cJSON to a new cJSON, but don't want to corrupt your existing cJSON. */
+extern void cJSON_AddItemReferenceToArray(cJSON *array, cJSON *item);
+extern void	cJSON_AddItemReferenceToObject(cJSON *object,const char *string,cJSON *item);
+
+/* Remove/Detatch items from Arrays/Objects. */
+extern cJSON *cJSON_DetachItemFromArray(cJSON *array,int which);
+extern void   cJSON_DeleteItemFromArray(cJSON *array,int which);
+extern cJSON *cJSON_DetachItemFromObject(cJSON *object,const char *string);
+extern void   cJSON_DeleteItemFromObject(cJSON *object,const char *string);
+	
+/* Update array items. */
+extern void cJSON_ReplaceItemInArray(cJSON *array,int which,cJSON *newitem);
+extern void cJSON_ReplaceItemInObject(cJSON *object,const char *string,cJSON *newitem);
+
+/* Duplicate a cJSON item */
+extern cJSON *cJSON_Duplicate(cJSON *item,int recurse);
+/* Duplicate will create a new, identical cJSON item to the one you pass, in new memory that will
+need to be released. With recurse!=0, it will duplicate any children connected to the item.
+The item->next and ->prev pointers are always zero on return from Duplicate. */
+
+/* ParseWithOpts allows you to require (and check) that the JSON is null terminated, and to retrieve the pointer to the final byte parsed. */
+extern cJSON *cJSON_ParseWithOpts(const char *value,const char **return_parse_end,int require_null_terminated);
+
+extern void cJSON_Minify(char *json);
+
+/* Macros for creating things quickly. */
+#define cJSON_AddNullToObject(object,name)		cJSON_AddItemToObject(object, name, cJSON_CreateNull())
+#define cJSON_AddTrueToObject(object,name)		cJSON_AddItemToObject(object, name, cJSON_CreateTrue())
+#define cJSON_AddFalseToObject(object,name)		cJSON_AddItemToObject(object, name, cJSON_CreateFalse())
+#define cJSON_AddBoolToObject(object,name,b)	cJSON_AddItemToObject(object, name, cJSON_CreateBool(b))
+#define cJSON_AddNumberToObject(object,name,n)	cJSON_AddItemToObject(object, name, cJSON_CreateNumber(n))
+#define cJSON_AddStringToObject(object,name,s)	cJSON_AddItemToObject(object, name, cJSON_CreateString(s))
+
+/* When assigning an integer value, it needs to be propagated to valuedouble too. */
+#define cJSON_SetIntValue(object,val)			((object)?(object)->valueint=(object)->valuedouble=(val):(val))
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/domain-server/external/cJSON/src/cJSON.c b/domain-server/external/cJSON/src/cJSON.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31c43dd2e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/domain-server/external/cJSON/src/cJSON.c
@@ -0,0 +1,596 @@
+/*
+  Copyright (c) 2009 Dave Gamble
+
+  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+  to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+  copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+  all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+  THE SOFTWARE.
+*/
+
+/* cJSON */
+/* JSON parser in C. */
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <math.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <float.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include "cJSON.h"
+
+static const char *ep;
+
+const char *cJSON_GetErrorPtr(void) {return ep;}
+
+static int cJSON_strcasecmp(const char *s1,const char *s2)
+{
+	if (!s1) return (s1==s2)?0:1;if (!s2) return 1;
+	for(; tolower(*s1) == tolower(*s2); ++s1, ++s2)	if(*s1 == 0)	return 0;
+	return tolower(*(const unsigned char *)s1) - tolower(*(const unsigned char *)s2);
+}
+
+static void *(*cJSON_malloc)(size_t sz) = malloc;
+static void (*cJSON_free)(void *ptr) = free;
+
+static char* cJSON_strdup(const char* str)
+{
+      size_t len;
+      char* copy;
+
+      len = strlen(str) + 1;
+      if (!(copy = (char*)cJSON_malloc(len))) return 0;
+      memcpy(copy,str,len);
+      return copy;
+}
+
+void cJSON_InitHooks(cJSON_Hooks* hooks)
+{
+    if (!hooks) { /* Reset hooks */
+        cJSON_malloc = malloc;
+        cJSON_free = free;
+        return;
+    }
+
+	cJSON_malloc = (hooks->malloc_fn)?hooks->malloc_fn:malloc;
+	cJSON_free	 = (hooks->free_fn)?hooks->free_fn:free;
+}
+
+/* Internal constructor. */
+static cJSON *cJSON_New_Item(void)
+{
+	cJSON* node = (cJSON*)cJSON_malloc(sizeof(cJSON));
+	if (node) memset(node,0,sizeof(cJSON));
+	return node;
+}
+
+/* Delete a cJSON structure. */
+void cJSON_Delete(cJSON *c)
+{
+	cJSON *next;
+	while (c)
+	{
+		next=c->next;
+		if (!(c->type&cJSON_IsReference) && c->child) cJSON_Delete(c->child);
+		if (!(c->type&cJSON_IsReference) && c->valuestring) cJSON_free(c->valuestring);
+		if (c->string) cJSON_free(c->string);
+		cJSON_free(c);
+		c=next;
+	}
+}
+
+/* Parse the input text to generate a number, and populate the result into item. */
+static const char *parse_number(cJSON *item,const char *num)
+{
+	double n=0,sign=1,scale=0;int subscale=0,signsubscale=1;
+
+	if (*num=='-') sign=-1,num++;	/* Has sign? */
+	if (*num=='0') num++;			/* is zero */
+	if (*num>='1' && *num<='9')	do	n=(n*10.0)+(*num++ -'0');	while (*num>='0' && *num<='9');	/* Number? */
+	if (*num=='.' && num[1]>='0' && num[1]<='9') {num++;		do	n=(n*10.0)+(*num++ -'0'),scale--; while (*num>='0' && *num<='9');}	/* Fractional part? */
+	if (*num=='e' || *num=='E')		/* Exponent? */
+	{	num++;if (*num=='+') num++;	else if (*num=='-') signsubscale=-1,num++;		/* With sign? */
+		while (*num>='0' && *num<='9') subscale=(subscale*10)+(*num++ - '0');	/* Number? */
+	}
+
+	n=sign*n*pow(10.0,(scale+subscale*signsubscale));	/* number = +/- number.fraction * 10^+/- exponent */
+	
+	item->valuedouble=n;
+	item->valueint=(int)n;
+	item->type=cJSON_Number;
+	return num;
+}
+
+/* Render the number nicely from the given item into a string. */
+static char *print_number(cJSON *item)
+{
+	char *str;
+	double d=item->valuedouble;
+	if (fabs(((double)item->valueint)-d)<=DBL_EPSILON && d<=INT_MAX && d>=INT_MIN)
+	{
+		str=(char*)cJSON_malloc(21);	/* 2^64+1 can be represented in 21 chars. */
+		if (str) sprintf(str,"%d",item->valueint);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		str=(char*)cJSON_malloc(64);	/* This is a nice tradeoff. */
+		if (str)
+		{
+			if (fabs(floor(d)-d)<=DBL_EPSILON && fabs(d)<1.0e60)sprintf(str,"%.0f",d);
+			else if (fabs(d)<1.0e-6 || fabs(d)>1.0e9)			sprintf(str,"%e",d);
+			else												sprintf(str,"%f",d);
+		}
+	}
+	return str;
+}
+
+static unsigned parse_hex4(const char *str)
+{
+	unsigned h=0;
+	if (*str>='0' && *str<='9') h+=(*str)-'0'; else if (*str>='A' && *str<='F') h+=10+(*str)-'A'; else if (*str>='a' && *str<='f') h+=10+(*str)-'a'; else return 0;
+	h=h<<4;str++;
+	if (*str>='0' && *str<='9') h+=(*str)-'0'; else if (*str>='A' && *str<='F') h+=10+(*str)-'A'; else if (*str>='a' && *str<='f') h+=10+(*str)-'a'; else return 0;
+	h=h<<4;str++;
+	if (*str>='0' && *str<='9') h+=(*str)-'0'; else if (*str>='A' && *str<='F') h+=10+(*str)-'A'; else if (*str>='a' && *str<='f') h+=10+(*str)-'a'; else return 0;
+	h=h<<4;str++;
+	if (*str>='0' && *str<='9') h+=(*str)-'0'; else if (*str>='A' && *str<='F') h+=10+(*str)-'A'; else if (*str>='a' && *str<='f') h+=10+(*str)-'a'; else return 0;
+	return h;
+}
+
+/* Parse the input text into an unescaped cstring, and populate item. */
+static const unsigned char firstByteMark[7] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0xC0, 0xE0, 0xF0, 0xF8, 0xFC };
+static const char *parse_string(cJSON *item,const char *str)
+{
+	const char *ptr=str+1;char *ptr2;char *out;int len=0;unsigned uc,uc2;
+	if (*str!='\"') {ep=str;return 0;}	/* not a string! */
+	
+	while (*ptr!='\"' && *ptr && ++len) if (*ptr++ == '\\') ptr++;	/* Skip escaped quotes. */
+	
+	out=(char*)cJSON_malloc(len+1);	/* This is how long we need for the string, roughly. */
+	if (!out) return 0;
+	
+	ptr=str+1;ptr2=out;
+	while (*ptr!='\"' && *ptr)
+	{
+		if (*ptr!='\\') *ptr2++=*ptr++;
+		else
+		{
+			ptr++;
+			switch (*ptr)
+			{
+				case 'b': *ptr2++='\b';	break;
+				case 'f': *ptr2++='\f';	break;
+				case 'n': *ptr2++='\n';	break;
+				case 'r': *ptr2++='\r';	break;
+				case 't': *ptr2++='\t';	break;
+				case 'u':	 /* transcode utf16 to utf8. */
+					uc=parse_hex4(ptr+1);ptr+=4;	/* get the unicode char. */
+
+					if ((uc>=0xDC00 && uc<=0xDFFF) || uc==0)	break;	/* check for invalid.	*/
+
+					if (uc>=0xD800 && uc<=0xDBFF)	/* UTF16 surrogate pairs.	*/
+					{
+						if (ptr[1]!='\\' || ptr[2]!='u')	break;	/* missing second-half of surrogate.	*/
+						uc2=parse_hex4(ptr+3);ptr+=6;
+						if (uc2<0xDC00 || uc2>0xDFFF)		break;	/* invalid second-half of surrogate.	*/
+						uc=0x10000 + (((uc&0x3FF)<<10) | (uc2&0x3FF));
+					}
+
+					len=4;if (uc<0x80) len=1;else if (uc<0x800) len=2;else if (uc<0x10000) len=3; ptr2+=len;
+					
+					switch (len) {
+						case 4: *--ptr2 =((uc | 0x80) & 0xBF); uc >>= 6;
+						case 3: *--ptr2 =((uc | 0x80) & 0xBF); uc >>= 6;
+						case 2: *--ptr2 =((uc | 0x80) & 0xBF); uc >>= 6;
+						case 1: *--ptr2 =(uc | firstByteMark[len]);
+					}
+					ptr2+=len;
+					break;
+				default:  *ptr2++=*ptr; break;
+			}
+			ptr++;
+		}
+	}
+	*ptr2=0;
+	if (*ptr=='\"') ptr++;
+	item->valuestring=out;
+	item->type=cJSON_String;
+	return ptr;
+}
+
+/* Render the cstring provided to an escaped version that can be printed. */
+static char *print_string_ptr(const char *str)
+{
+	const char *ptr;char *ptr2,*out;int len=0;unsigned char token;
+	
+	if (!str) return cJSON_strdup("");
+	ptr=str;while ((token=*ptr) && ++len) {if (strchr("\"\\\b\f\n\r\t",token)) len++; else if (token<32) len+=5;ptr++;}
+	
+	out=(char*)cJSON_malloc(len+3);
+	if (!out) return 0;
+
+	ptr2=out;ptr=str;
+	*ptr2++='\"';
+	while (*ptr)
+	{
+		if ((unsigned char)*ptr>31 && *ptr!='\"' && *ptr!='\\') *ptr2++=*ptr++;
+		else
+		{
+			*ptr2++='\\';
+			switch (token=*ptr++)
+			{
+				case '\\':	*ptr2++='\\';	break;
+				case '\"':	*ptr2++='\"';	break;
+				case '\b':	*ptr2++='b';	break;
+				case '\f':	*ptr2++='f';	break;
+				case '\n':	*ptr2++='n';	break;
+				case '\r':	*ptr2++='r';	break;
+				case '\t':	*ptr2++='t';	break;
+				default: sprintf(ptr2,"u%04x",token);ptr2+=5;	break;	/* escape and print */
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	*ptr2++='\"';*ptr2++=0;
+	return out;
+}
+/* Invote print_string_ptr (which is useful) on an item. */
+static char *print_string(cJSON *item)	{return print_string_ptr(item->valuestring);}
+
+/* Predeclare these prototypes. */
+static const char *parse_value(cJSON *item,const char *value);
+static char *print_value(cJSON *item,int depth,int fmt);
+static const char *parse_array(cJSON *item,const char *value);
+static char *print_array(cJSON *item,int depth,int fmt);
+static const char *parse_object(cJSON *item,const char *value);
+static char *print_object(cJSON *item,int depth,int fmt);
+
+/* Utility to jump whitespace and cr/lf */
+static const char *skip(const char *in) {while (in && *in && (unsigned char)*in<=32) in++; return in;}
+
+/* Parse an object - create a new root, and populate. */
+cJSON *cJSON_ParseWithOpts(const char *value,const char **return_parse_end,int require_null_terminated)
+{
+	const char *end=0;
+	cJSON *c=cJSON_New_Item();
+	ep=0;
+	if (!c) return 0;       /* memory fail */
+
+	end=parse_value(c,skip(value));
+	if (!end)	{cJSON_Delete(c);return 0;}	/* parse failure. ep is set. */
+
+	/* if we require null-terminated JSON without appended garbage, skip and then check for a null terminator */
+	if (require_null_terminated) {end=skip(end);if (*end) {cJSON_Delete(c);ep=end;return 0;}}
+	if (return_parse_end) *return_parse_end=end;
+	return c;
+}
+/* Default options for cJSON_Parse */
+cJSON *cJSON_Parse(const char *value) {return cJSON_ParseWithOpts(value,0,0);}
+
+/* Render a cJSON item/entity/structure to text. */
+char *cJSON_Print(cJSON *item)				{return print_value(item,0,1);}
+char *cJSON_PrintUnformatted(cJSON *item)	{return print_value(item,0,0);}
+
+/* Parser core - when encountering text, process appropriately. */
+static const char *parse_value(cJSON *item,const char *value)
+{
+	if (!value)						return 0;	/* Fail on null. */
+	if (!strncmp(value,"null",4))	{ item->type=cJSON_NULL;  return value+4; }
+	if (!strncmp(value,"false",5))	{ item->type=cJSON_False; return value+5; }
+	if (!strncmp(value,"true",4))	{ item->type=cJSON_True; item->valueint=1;	return value+4; }
+	if (*value=='\"')				{ return parse_string(item,value); }
+	if (*value=='-' || (*value>='0' && *value<='9'))	{ return parse_number(item,value); }
+	if (*value=='[')				{ return parse_array(item,value); }
+	if (*value=='{')				{ return parse_object(item,value); }
+
+	ep=value;return 0;	/* failure. */
+}
+
+/* Render a value to text. */
+static char *print_value(cJSON *item,int depth,int fmt)
+{
+	char *out=0;
+	if (!item) return 0;
+	switch ((item->type)&255)
+	{
+		case cJSON_NULL:	out=cJSON_strdup("null");	break;
+		case cJSON_False:	out=cJSON_strdup("false");break;
+		case cJSON_True:	out=cJSON_strdup("true"); break;
+		case cJSON_Number:	out=print_number(item);break;
+		case cJSON_String:	out=print_string(item);break;
+		case cJSON_Array:	out=print_array(item,depth,fmt);break;
+		case cJSON_Object:	out=print_object(item,depth,fmt);break;
+	}
+	return out;
+}
+
+/* Build an array from input text. */
+static const char *parse_array(cJSON *item,const char *value)
+{
+	cJSON *child;
+	if (*value!='[')	{ep=value;return 0;}	/* not an array! */
+
+	item->type=cJSON_Array;
+	value=skip(value+1);
+	if (*value==']') return value+1;	/* empty array. */
+
+	item->child=child=cJSON_New_Item();
+	if (!item->child) return 0;		 /* memory fail */
+	value=skip(parse_value(child,skip(value)));	/* skip any spacing, get the value. */
+	if (!value) return 0;
+
+	while (*value==',')
+	{
+		cJSON *new_item;
+		if (!(new_item=cJSON_New_Item())) return 0; 	/* memory fail */
+		child->next=new_item;new_item->prev=child;child=new_item;
+		value=skip(parse_value(child,skip(value+1)));
+		if (!value) return 0;	/* memory fail */
+	}
+
+	if (*value==']') return value+1;	/* end of array */
+	ep=value;return 0;	/* malformed. */
+}
+
+/* Render an array to text */
+static char *print_array(cJSON *item,int depth,int fmt)
+{
+	char **entries;
+	char *out=0,*ptr,*ret;int len=5;
+	cJSON *child=item->child;
+	int numentries=0,i=0,fail=0;
+	
+	/* How many entries in the array? */
+	while (child) numentries++,child=child->next;
+	/* Explicitly handle numentries==0 */
+	if (!numentries)
+	{
+		out=(char*)cJSON_malloc(3);
+		if (out) strcpy(out,"[]");
+		return out;
+	}
+	/* Allocate an array to hold the values for each */
+	entries=(char**)cJSON_malloc(numentries*sizeof(char*));
+	if (!entries) return 0;
+	memset(entries,0,numentries*sizeof(char*));
+	/* Retrieve all the results: */
+	child=item->child;
+	while (child && !fail)
+	{
+		ret=print_value(child,depth+1,fmt);
+		entries[i++]=ret;
+		if (ret) len+=strlen(ret)+2+(fmt?1:0); else fail=1;
+		child=child->next;
+	}
+	
+	/* If we didn't fail, try to malloc the output string */
+	if (!fail) out=(char*)cJSON_malloc(len);
+	/* If that fails, we fail. */
+	if (!out) fail=1;
+
+	/* Handle failure. */
+	if (fail)
+	{
+		for (i=0;i<numentries;i++) if (entries[i]) cJSON_free(entries[i]);
+		cJSON_free(entries);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	
+	/* Compose the output array. */
+	*out='[';
+	ptr=out+1;*ptr=0;
+	for (i=0;i<numentries;i++)
+	{
+		strcpy(ptr,entries[i]);ptr+=strlen(entries[i]);
+		if (i!=numentries-1) {*ptr++=',';if(fmt)*ptr++=' ';*ptr=0;}
+		cJSON_free(entries[i]);
+	}
+	cJSON_free(entries);
+	*ptr++=']';*ptr++=0;
+	return out;	
+}
+
+/* Build an object from the text. */
+static const char *parse_object(cJSON *item,const char *value)
+{
+	cJSON *child;
+	if (*value!='{')	{ep=value;return 0;}	/* not an object! */
+	
+	item->type=cJSON_Object;
+	value=skip(value+1);
+	if (*value=='}') return value+1;	/* empty array. */
+	
+	item->child=child=cJSON_New_Item();
+	if (!item->child) return 0;
+	value=skip(parse_string(child,skip(value)));
+	if (!value) return 0;
+	child->string=child->valuestring;child->valuestring=0;
+	if (*value!=':') {ep=value;return 0;}	/* fail! */
+	value=skip(parse_value(child,skip(value+1)));	/* skip any spacing, get the value. */
+	if (!value) return 0;
+	
+	while (*value==',')
+	{
+		cJSON *new_item;
+		if (!(new_item=cJSON_New_Item()))	return 0; /* memory fail */
+		child->next=new_item;new_item->prev=child;child=new_item;
+		value=skip(parse_string(child,skip(value+1)));
+		if (!value) return 0;
+		child->string=child->valuestring;child->valuestring=0;
+		if (*value!=':') {ep=value;return 0;}	/* fail! */
+		value=skip(parse_value(child,skip(value+1)));	/* skip any spacing, get the value. */
+		if (!value) return 0;
+	}
+	
+	if (*value=='}') return value+1;	/* end of array */
+	ep=value;return 0;	/* malformed. */
+}
+
+/* Render an object to text. */
+static char *print_object(cJSON *item,int depth,int fmt)
+{
+	char **entries=0,**names=0;
+	char *out=0,*ptr,*ret,*str;int len=7,i=0,j;
+	cJSON *child=item->child;
+	int numentries=0,fail=0;
+	/* Count the number of entries. */
+	while (child) numentries++,child=child->next;
+	/* Explicitly handle empty object case */
+	if (!numentries)
+	{
+		out=(char*)cJSON_malloc(fmt?depth+4:3);
+		if (!out)	return 0;
+		ptr=out;*ptr++='{';
+		if (fmt) {*ptr++='\n';for (i=0;i<depth-1;i++) *ptr++='\t';}
+		*ptr++='}';*ptr++=0;
+		return out;
+	}
+	/* Allocate space for the names and the objects */
+	entries=(char**)cJSON_malloc(numentries*sizeof(char*));
+	if (!entries) return 0;
+	names=(char**)cJSON_malloc(numentries*sizeof(char*));
+	if (!names) {cJSON_free(entries);return 0;}
+	memset(entries,0,sizeof(char*)*numentries);
+	memset(names,0,sizeof(char*)*numentries);
+
+	/* Collect all the results into our arrays: */
+	child=item->child;depth++;if (fmt) len+=depth;
+	while (child)
+	{
+		names[i]=str=print_string_ptr(child->string);
+		entries[i++]=ret=print_value(child,depth,fmt);
+		if (str && ret) len+=strlen(ret)+strlen(str)+2+(fmt?2+depth:0); else fail=1;
+		child=child->next;
+	}
+	
+	/* Try to allocate the output string */
+	if (!fail) out=(char*)cJSON_malloc(len);
+	if (!out) fail=1;
+
+	/* Handle failure */
+	if (fail)
+	{
+		for (i=0;i<numentries;i++) {if (names[i]) cJSON_free(names[i]);if (entries[i]) cJSON_free(entries[i]);}
+		cJSON_free(names);cJSON_free(entries);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	
+	/* Compose the output: */
+	*out='{';ptr=out+1;if (fmt)*ptr++='\n';*ptr=0;
+	for (i=0;i<numentries;i++)
+	{
+		if (fmt) for (j=0;j<depth;j++) *ptr++='\t';
+		strcpy(ptr,names[i]);ptr+=strlen(names[i]);
+		*ptr++=':';if (fmt) *ptr++='\t';
+		strcpy(ptr,entries[i]);ptr+=strlen(entries[i]);
+		if (i!=numentries-1) *ptr++=',';
+		if (fmt) *ptr++='\n';*ptr=0;
+		cJSON_free(names[i]);cJSON_free(entries[i]);
+	}
+	
+	cJSON_free(names);cJSON_free(entries);
+	if (fmt) for (i=0;i<depth-1;i++) *ptr++='\t';
+	*ptr++='}';*ptr++=0;
+	return out;	
+}
+
+/* Get Array size/item / object item. */
+int    cJSON_GetArraySize(cJSON *array)							{cJSON *c=array->child;int i=0;while(c)i++,c=c->next;return i;}
+cJSON *cJSON_GetArrayItem(cJSON *array,int item)				{cJSON *c=array->child;  while (c && item>0) item--,c=c->next; return c;}
+cJSON *cJSON_GetObjectItem(cJSON *object,const char *string)	{cJSON *c=object->child; while (c && cJSON_strcasecmp(c->string,string)) c=c->next; return c;}
+
+/* Utility for array list handling. */
+static void suffix_object(cJSON *prev,cJSON *item) {prev->next=item;item->prev=prev;}
+/* Utility for handling references. */
+static cJSON *create_reference(cJSON *item) {cJSON *ref=cJSON_New_Item();if (!ref) return 0;memcpy(ref,item,sizeof(cJSON));ref->string=0;ref->type|=cJSON_IsReference;ref->next=ref->prev=0;return ref;}
+
+/* Add item to array/object. */
+void   cJSON_AddItemToArray(cJSON *array, cJSON *item)						{cJSON *c=array->child;if (!item) return; if (!c) {array->child=item;} else {while (c && c->next) c=c->next; suffix_object(c,item);}}
+void   cJSON_AddItemToObject(cJSON *object,const char *string,cJSON *item)	{if (!item) return; if (item->string) cJSON_free(item->string);item->string=cJSON_strdup(string);cJSON_AddItemToArray(object,item);}
+void	cJSON_AddItemReferenceToArray(cJSON *array, cJSON *item)						{cJSON_AddItemToArray(array,create_reference(item));}
+void	cJSON_AddItemReferenceToObject(cJSON *object,const char *string,cJSON *item)	{cJSON_AddItemToObject(object,string,create_reference(item));}
+
+cJSON *cJSON_DetachItemFromArray(cJSON *array,int which)			{cJSON *c=array->child;while (c && which>0) c=c->next,which--;if (!c) return 0;
+	if (c->prev) c->prev->next=c->next;if (c->next) c->next->prev=c->prev;if (c==array->child) array->child=c->next;c->prev=c->next=0;return c;}
+void   cJSON_DeleteItemFromArray(cJSON *array,int which)			{cJSON_Delete(cJSON_DetachItemFromArray(array,which));}
+cJSON *cJSON_DetachItemFromObject(cJSON *object,const char *string) {int i=0;cJSON *c=object->child;while (c && cJSON_strcasecmp(c->string,string)) i++,c=c->next;if (c) return cJSON_DetachItemFromArray(object,i);return 0;}
+void   cJSON_DeleteItemFromObject(cJSON *object,const char *string) {cJSON_Delete(cJSON_DetachItemFromObject(object,string));}
+
+/* Replace array/object items with new ones. */
+void   cJSON_ReplaceItemInArray(cJSON *array,int which,cJSON *newitem)		{cJSON *c=array->child;while (c && which>0) c=c->next,which--;if (!c) return;
+	newitem->next=c->next;newitem->prev=c->prev;if (newitem->next) newitem->next->prev=newitem;
+	if (c==array->child) array->child=newitem; else newitem->prev->next=newitem;c->next=c->prev=0;cJSON_Delete(c);}
+void   cJSON_ReplaceItemInObject(cJSON *object,const char *string,cJSON *newitem){int i=0;cJSON *c=object->child;while(c && cJSON_strcasecmp(c->string,string))i++,c=c->next;if(c){newitem->string=cJSON_strdup(string);cJSON_ReplaceItemInArray(object,i,newitem);}}
+
+/* Create basic types: */
+cJSON *cJSON_CreateNull(void)					{cJSON *item=cJSON_New_Item();if(item)item->type=cJSON_NULL;return item;}
+cJSON *cJSON_CreateTrue(void)					{cJSON *item=cJSON_New_Item();if(item)item->type=cJSON_True;return item;}
+cJSON *cJSON_CreateFalse(void)					{cJSON *item=cJSON_New_Item();if(item)item->type=cJSON_False;return item;}
+cJSON *cJSON_CreateBool(int b)					{cJSON *item=cJSON_New_Item();if(item)item->type=b?cJSON_True:cJSON_False;return item;}
+cJSON *cJSON_CreateNumber(double num)			{cJSON *item=cJSON_New_Item();if(item){item->type=cJSON_Number;item->valuedouble=num;item->valueint=(int)num;}return item;}
+cJSON *cJSON_CreateString(const char *string)	{cJSON *item=cJSON_New_Item();if(item){item->type=cJSON_String;item->valuestring=cJSON_strdup(string);}return item;}
+cJSON *cJSON_CreateArray(void)					{cJSON *item=cJSON_New_Item();if(item)item->type=cJSON_Array;return item;}
+cJSON *cJSON_CreateObject(void)					{cJSON *item=cJSON_New_Item();if(item)item->type=cJSON_Object;return item;}
+
+/* Create Arrays: */
+cJSON *cJSON_CreateIntArray(const int *numbers,int count)		{int i;cJSON *n=0,*p=0,*a=cJSON_CreateArray();for(i=0;a && i<count;i++){n=cJSON_CreateNumber(numbers[i]);if(!i)a->child=n;else suffix_object(p,n);p=n;}return a;}
+cJSON *cJSON_CreateFloatArray(const float *numbers,int count)	{int i;cJSON *n=0,*p=0,*a=cJSON_CreateArray();for(i=0;a && i<count;i++){n=cJSON_CreateNumber(numbers[i]);if(!i)a->child=n;else suffix_object(p,n);p=n;}return a;}
+cJSON *cJSON_CreateDoubleArray(const double *numbers,int count)	{int i;cJSON *n=0,*p=0,*a=cJSON_CreateArray();for(i=0;a && i<count;i++){n=cJSON_CreateNumber(numbers[i]);if(!i)a->child=n;else suffix_object(p,n);p=n;}return a;}
+cJSON *cJSON_CreateStringArray(const char **strings,int count)	{int i;cJSON *n=0,*p=0,*a=cJSON_CreateArray();for(i=0;a && i<count;i++){n=cJSON_CreateString(strings[i]);if(!i)a->child=n;else suffix_object(p,n);p=n;}return a;}
+
+/* Duplication */
+cJSON *cJSON_Duplicate(cJSON *item,int recurse)
+{
+	cJSON *newitem,*cptr,*nptr=0,*newchild;
+	/* Bail on bad ptr */
+	if (!item) return 0;
+	/* Create new item */
+	newitem=cJSON_New_Item();
+	if (!newitem) return 0;
+	/* Copy over all vars */
+	newitem->type=item->type&(~cJSON_IsReference),newitem->valueint=item->valueint,newitem->valuedouble=item->valuedouble;
+	if (item->valuestring)	{newitem->valuestring=cJSON_strdup(item->valuestring);	if (!newitem->valuestring)	{cJSON_Delete(newitem);return 0;}}
+	if (item->string)		{newitem->string=cJSON_strdup(item->string);			if (!newitem->string)		{cJSON_Delete(newitem);return 0;}}
+	/* If non-recursive, then we're done! */
+	if (!recurse) return newitem;
+	/* Walk the ->next chain for the child. */
+	cptr=item->child;
+	while (cptr)
+	{
+		newchild=cJSON_Duplicate(cptr,1);		/* Duplicate (with recurse) each item in the ->next chain */
+		if (!newchild) {cJSON_Delete(newitem);return 0;}
+		if (nptr)	{nptr->next=newchild,newchild->prev=nptr;nptr=newchild;}	/* If newitem->child already set, then crosswire ->prev and ->next and move on */
+		else		{newitem->child=newchild;nptr=newchild;}					/* Set newitem->child and move to it */
+		cptr=cptr->next;
+	}
+	return newitem;
+}
+
+void cJSON_Minify(char *json)
+{
+	char *into=json;
+	while (*json)
+	{
+		if (*json==' ') json++;
+		else if (*json=='\t') json++;	// Whitespace characters.
+		else if (*json=='\r') json++;
+		else if (*json=='\n') json++;
+		else if (*json=='/' && json[1]=='/')  while (*json && *json!='\n') json++;	// double-slash comments, to end of line.
+		else if (*json=='/' && json[1]=='*') {while (*json && !(*json=='*' && json[1]=='/')) json++;json+=2;}	// multiline comments.
+		else if (*json=='\"'){*into++=*json++;while (*json && *json!='\"'){if (*json=='\\') *into++=*json++;*into++=*json++;}*into++=*json++;} // string literals, which are \" sensitive.
+		else *into++=*json++;			// All other characters.
+	}
+	*into=0;	// and null-terminate.
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/domain-server/external/civetweb/src/md5.inl b/domain-server/external/civetweb/include/md5.inl
similarity index 100%
rename from domain-server/external/civetweb/src/md5.inl
rename to domain-server/external/civetweb/include/md5.inl
diff --git a/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp b/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp
index 62dfea3857..d2bea2a3a1 100644
--- a/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp
+++ b/domain-server/src/DomainServer.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 //  Copyright (c) 2013 HighFidelity, Inc. All rights reserved.
 //
 
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 
 #include <QStringList>
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@
 #include <SharedUtil.h>
 #include <UUID.h>
 
+#include "cJSON.h"
+
 #include "DomainServer.h"
 
 DomainServer* DomainServer::domainServerInstance = NULL;
@@ -30,12 +33,61 @@ void DomainServer::setDomainServerInstance(DomainServer* domainServer) {
 int DomainServer::civetwebRequestHandler(struct mg_connection *connection) {
     const struct mg_request_info* ri = mg_get_request_info(connection);
     
+    const char TWO_HUNDRED_RESPONSE[] = "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n\r\n";
+    
     if (strcmp(ri->uri, "/assignment") == 0 && strcmp(ri->request_method, "POST") == 0) {
         // return a 200
-        mg_printf(connection, "%s", "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n\r\n");
+        mg_printf(connection, "%s", TWO_HUNDRED_RESPONSE);
         // upload the file
         mg_upload(connection, "/tmp");
         
+        return 1;
+    } else if (strcmp(ri->uri, "/assignments.json") == 0) {
+        // user is asking for json list of assignments
+        
+        // start with a 200 response
+        mg_printf(connection, "%s", TWO_HUNDRED_RESPONSE);
+        
+        // setup the JSON
+        cJSON *assignedNodesJSON = cJSON_CreateObject();
+        
+        // enumerate the NodeList to find the assigned nodes
+        NodeList* nodeList = NodeList::getInstance();
+        
+        for (NodeList::iterator node = nodeList->begin(); node != nodeList->end(); node++) {
+            if (node->getLinkedData()) {
+                // this is a node with assignment
+                cJSON *assignedNodeJSON = cJSON_CreateObject();
+                
+                // add the assignment UUID
+                QString assignmentUUID = uuidStringWithoutCurlyBraces(((Assignment*) node->getLinkedData())->getUUID());
+                cJSON_AddStringToObject(assignedNodeJSON, "UUID", assignmentUUID.toLocal8Bit().constData());
+                
+                cJSON *nodePublicSocketJSON = cJSON_CreateObject();
+                
+                // add the public socket information
+                sockaddr_in* nodePublicSocket = (sockaddr_in*) node->getPublicSocket();
+                cJSON_AddStringToObject(nodePublicSocketJSON, "ip", inet_ntoa(nodePublicSocket->sin_addr));
+                cJSON_AddNumberToObject(nodePublicSocketJSON, "port", nodePublicSocket->sin_port);
+                
+                cJSON_AddItemToObject(assignedNodeJSON, "public", nodePublicSocketJSON);
+                
+                // re-format the type name so it matches the target name
+                QString nodeTypeName(node->getTypeName());
+                nodeTypeName = nodeTypeName.toLower();
+                nodeTypeName.replace(' ', '-');
+                
+                cJSON_AddItemToObject(assignedNodesJSON, nodeTypeName.toLocal8Bit().constData(), assignedNodeJSON);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        // print out the created JSON
+        mg_printf(connection, "%s", cJSON_Print(assignedNodesJSON));
+        
+        // cleanup JSON
+        cJSON_Delete(assignedNodesJSON);
+        
+        // we've processed this request
         return 1;
     } else {
         // have mongoose process this request from the document_root
diff --git a/domain-server/src/DomainServer.h b/domain-server/src/DomainServer.h
index 05ab3bd074..540ca67acd 100644
--- a/domain-server/src/DomainServer.h
+++ b/domain-server/src/DomainServer.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include <Assignment.h>
 #include <NodeList.h>
 
-#include <civetweb.h>
+#include "civetweb.h"
 
 const int MAX_STATIC_ASSIGNMENT_FILE_ASSIGNMENTS = 1000;