diff --git a/scripts/run_api_server b/scripts/run_api_server
index d9d6347bf..5c79f9796 100755
--- a/scripts/run_api_server
+++ b/scripts/run_api_server
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ SRCSCRIPT=`readlink -f $0`
 SCRIPTDIR=`dirname $SRCSCRIPT`
 ROOTDIR=`dirname $SCRIPTDIR`
 PYSRCDIR=$ROOTDIR/src
-WEBSERVERDIR=$PYSRCDIR/webserver
+SERVERDIR=$PYSRCDIR/server
 POLICYDIR=$PYSRCDIR/policy
 THIRDPARTYDIR=$ROOTDIR/thirdparty
 
@@ -42,6 +42,5 @@ SSLADDR=$INTERFACE:$SSLPORT
 # Start Node API server
 # TODO(pjb): make this the web server not the compiler
 ARGS="$@"
-cd $POLICYDIR
-python -c "import compiler"
-python compiler.pyc $ARGS
+cd $SERVERDIR
+python server.py $ARGS
diff --git a/src/server/__init__.py b/src/server/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/src/server/ad_sync.py b/src/server/ad_sync.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f8124f26a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/ad_sync.py
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) 2013 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
+
+import argparse
+import ldap
+import sys
+import time
+import uuid
+
+import ovs.daemon
+import ovs.vlog
+vlog = ovs.vlog.Vlog(__name__)
+
+
+#NOTE: LDAP filters: http://tinyurl.com/la9jw7m
+
+LDAP_URI = 'ldap://ad-server:389'
+BASE_DN = 'dc=corp,dc=example,dc=com'
+BIND_USER = 'cn=administrator,cn=Users' + ',' + BASE_DN
+BIND_PW = 'p@ssw0rd'
+
+
+class UserGroupDataModel(object):
+    """An in-memory data model.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.items = {}  # {uuid: (user, group)}
+        self.by_user = {}  # {user: {group:uuid}}
+
+    def get_items(self):
+        """Get items in model.
+
+        Returns: A dict of {id, item} for all items in model.
+        """
+        return self.items
+
+    def get_item(self, id_):
+        """Retrieve item with id id_ from model.
+
+        Args:
+            id_: The ID of the item to retrieve.
+
+        Returns:
+             The matching item or None if item with id_ does not exist.
+        """
+        return self.items.get(id_)
+
+    def update_from_ad(self):
+        """Fetch user group info from AD and update model.
+
+        Raises:
+            ldap.INVALID_CREDENTIALS
+            XXX: probably a bunch of ther ldap exceptions
+        """
+        # TODO: rewrite to be scalable, robust
+        #vlog.dbg('Updating users from AD')
+        l = ldap.initialize(LDAP_URI)
+        l.simple_bind_s(BIND_USER, BIND_PW)
+
+        ret = l.search_s('cn=Users,%s' % BASE_DN, ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE,
+                         '(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user))')
+        user_dns = [(u[1]['sAMAccountName'][0], u[0]) for u in ret]
+
+        users_to_del = set(self.by_user.keys()) - set([u[0] for u in user_dns])
+        for user in users_to_del:
+            num_groups = len(self.by_user[user])
+            vlog.info("User '%s' deleted (was in %s group%s)"
+                      % (user, num_groups, '' if num_groups == 1 else 's'))
+            ids = self.by_user.pop(user).values()
+            for i in ids:
+                del self.items[i]
+
+        for user, dn in user_dns:
+            filter_ = '(member:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:= %s)' % dn
+            ret = l.search_s('cn=Users,%s' % BASE_DN, ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE,
+                             filter_)
+            new_groups = set([r[1]['cn'][0] for r in ret])
+
+            old_groups = set(self.by_user.get(user, {}).keys())
+            membership_to_del = old_groups - new_groups
+            membership_to_add = new_groups - old_groups
+
+            for group in membership_to_del:
+                id_ = self.by_user[user].pop(group)
+                vlog.info("User '%s' removed from group '%s' (%s)"
+                          % (user, group, id_))
+                del self.items[id_]
+            for group in membership_to_add:
+                new_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
+                self.by_user.setdefault(user, {})[group] = new_id
+                vlog.info("User '%s' added to group '%s' (%s)"
+                          % (user, group, new_id))
+                self.items[new_id] = (user, group)
+
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    ovs.vlog.add_args(parser)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    ovs.vlog.handle_args(args)
+
+    model = UserGroupDataModel()
+
+    vlog.info("Starting AD sync service")
+    while True:
+        model.update_from_ad()
+        time.sleep(3)
+
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    try:
+        main()
+    except SystemExit:
+        # Let system.exit() calls complete normally
+        raise
+    except:
+        vlog.exception("traceback")
+        sys.exit(ovs.daemon.RESTART_EXIT_CODE)
diff --git a/src/server/server.py b/src/server/server.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..132d408b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) 2013 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
+
+import argparse
+import sys
+import time
+
+import eventlet
+eventlet.patcher.monkey_patch()
+
+import ovs.daemon
+import ovs.vlog
+vlog = ovs.vlog.Vlog(__name__)
+
+from ad_sync import UserGroupDataModel
+from webservice import ApiApplication
+from webservice import CollectionHandler
+from webservice import ElementHandler
+from webservice import PolicyDataModel
+from webservice import RowCollectionHandler
+from webservice import RowElementHandler
+from webservice import SimpleDataModel
+from wsgi import Server
+
+
+DEFAULT_HTTP_ADDR = '0.0.0.0'
+DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT = 8080
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("--http_listen_port", default=DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT)
+    parser.add_argument("--http_listen_addr", default=DEFAULT_HTTP_ADDR)
+    ovs.vlog.add_args(parser)
+    ovs.daemon.add_args(parser)
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    ovs.vlog.handle_args(args)
+    ovs.daemon.handle_args(args)
+
+    wsgi_server = Server("API Broker")
+    api = ApiApplication()
+
+    tables_model = SimpleDataModel()
+    table_collection_handler = CollectionHandler('/tables', tables_model)
+    api.register_handler(table_collection_handler)
+    table_element_handler = ElementHandler('/tables/([^/]+)', tables_model,
+                                           table_collection_handler)
+    api.register_handler(table_element_handler)
+
+    rows_model = SimpleDataModel()
+    #TODO: scope model per table
+    rows_collection_handler = RowCollectionHandler('/tables/([^/]+)/rows',
+                                                   rows_model)
+    api.register_handler(rows_collection_handler)
+    rows_element_handler = RowElementHandler(
+            '/tables/([^/]+)/rows/([^/]+)', rows_model,
+            rows_collection_handler)
+    api.register_handler(rows_element_handler)
+
+    policy_model = PolicyDataModel()
+    policy_element_handler = ElementHandler('/policy', policy_model)
+    api.register_handler(policy_element_handler)
+
+    ad_model = UserGroupDataModel()
+    def ad_update_thread():
+        while True:
+            ad_model.update_from_ad()  # XXX: blocks eventlet
+            time.sleep(3)
+    wsgi_server.pool.spawn_n(ad_update_thread)
+
+    ad_row_handler = CollectionHandler( '/tables/ad-groups/rows', ad_model)
+    api.register_handler(ad_row_handler, 0)
+    # Add static tables to model
+    tables_model.add_item({'sample': 'schema', 'id': 'ad-groups'}, 'ad-groups')
+
+
+    vlog.info("Starting congress server")
+    wsgi_server.start(api, args.http_listen_port,
+                      args.http_listen_addr)
+    wsgi_server.wait()
+
+    #TODO: trigger watcher for policy outputs
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    try:
+        main()
+    except SystemExit:
+        # Let system.exit() calls complete normally
+        raise
+    except:
+        vlog.exception("traceback")
+        sys.exit(ovs.daemon.RESTART_EXIT_CODE)
diff --git a/src/server/webservice.py b/src/server/webservice.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e8d94db42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/webservice.py
@@ -0,0 +1,375 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) 2013 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
+
+import httplib
+import json
+import re
+import uuid
+import webob
+import webob.dec
+
+import ovs.vlog
+vlog = ovs.vlog.Vlog(__name__)
+
+
+NOT_SUPPORTED_RESPONSE = webob.Response(body="Method not supported",
+                                        status=httplib.NOT_IMPLEMENTED)
+
+
+def errorResponse(status, error_code, description, data=None):
+    """Construct and return an error response.
+
+    Args:
+        status: The HTTP status code of the response.
+        error_code: The application-specific error code.
+        description: Friendly G11N-enabled string corresponding ot error_code.
+        data: Additional data (not G11N-enabled) for the API consumer.
+    """
+    data = {
+        'error_code': error_code,
+        'descripton': description,
+        'error_data': data
+    }
+    body = '%s\n' % json.dumps(data)
+    return webob.Response(body=body, status=status,
+                          content_type='application/json')
+
+
+class ApiApplication(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.handlers = []
+
+    @webob.dec.wsgify(RequestClass=webob.Request)
+    def __call__(self, request):
+        handler = self.get_handler(request)
+        if handler:
+            vlog.dbg("Handling request '%s %s' with %s"
+                     % (request.method, request.path, str(handler)))
+            return handler.handle_request(request)
+        else:
+            return NOT_SUPPORTED_RESPONSE
+
+    def register_handler(self, handler, search_index=None):
+        if search_index is not None:
+            self.handlers.insert(search_index, handler)
+        else:
+            self.handlers.append(handler)
+
+    def get_handler(self, request):
+        """Find a handler for a REST request.
+
+        Args:
+           request: A webob request object.
+
+        Returns:
+            A handler instance or None.
+        """
+        for h in self.handlers:
+            if h.handles_request(request):
+                return h
+        return None
+
+
+class AbstractApiHandler(object):
+    def __init__(self, path_regex):
+        self.parent_handler = None
+        self.child_handlers = []
+
+        if path_regex[-1] != '$':
+            path_regex += "$"
+        # we only use 'match' so no need to mark the beginning of string
+        self.path_regex = path_regex
+        self.path_re = re.compile(path_regex)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "%s(%s)" % (self.__class__.__name__, self.path_re.pattern)
+
+    def handles_request(self, request):
+        m = self.path_re.match(request.path)
+        return m is not None
+
+    def handle_request(self, request):
+        """Handle a REST request.
+
+        Args:
+           request: A webob request object.
+
+        Returns:
+            A webob response object.
+        """
+        return NOT_SUPPORTED_RESPONSE
+
+
+class ElementHandler(AbstractApiHandler):
+    """API handler for REST element resources.
+    """
+    #TODO: validation
+
+    def __init__(self, path_regex, model, collection_handler=None):
+        """Initialize an element handler.
+
+        Args:
+            path_regex: A regular expression that matches the full path
+                to the element.  If multiple handlers match a request path,
+                the handler with the highhest registration search_index wins.
+            model: A resource data model instance
+            collection_handler: The collection handler this elemeent
+                is a member of or None if the element is not a member of a
+                collection.
+
+        """
+        super(ElementHandler, self).__init__(path_regex)
+        self.model = model
+        self.collection_handler = collection_handler
+
+    def _get_element_id(self, request):
+        m = self.path_re.match(request.path)
+        if m.groups():
+            return m.groups()[-1]  #TODO: make robust
+        return None
+
+    def handle_request(self, request):
+        """Handle a REST request.
+
+        Args:
+           request: A webob request object.
+
+        Returns:
+            A webob response object.
+        """
+        if request.method == 'GET':
+            return self.read(request)
+        #TODO(pjb): POST for controller semantics
+        elif request.method == 'PUT':
+            return self.replace(request)
+        elif request.method == 'PATCH':
+            return self.update(request)
+        elif request.method == 'DELETE':
+            return self.delete(request)
+        return NOT_SUPPORTED_RESPONSE
+
+    def read(self, request):
+        if not hasattr(self.model, 'get_item'):
+            return NOT_SUPPORTED_RESPONSE
+
+        id_ = self._get_element_id(request)
+        item = self.model.get_item(id_)
+        if item is None:
+            return errorResponse(httplib.NOT_FOUND, 404, 'Not found')
+        return webob.Response(body=json.dumps(item), status=httplib.OK,
+                              content_type='application/json')
+
+    def replace(self, request):
+        if not hasattr(self.model, 'update_item'):
+            return NOT_SUPPORTED_RESPONSE
+
+        id_ = self._get_element_id(request)
+        try:
+            item = json.loads(request.body)
+            self.model.update_item(id_, item)
+        except KeyError:
+            if (self.collection_handler and
+                getattr(self.collection_handler, 'allow_named_create', False)):
+                return self.collection_handler.create_member(request, id_=id_)
+            return errorResponse(httplib.NOT_FOUND, 404, 'Not found')
+        return webob.Response(body=json.dumps(item), status=httplib.OK,
+                              content_type='application/json')
+
+    def update(self, request):
+        if not (hasattr(self.model, 'update_item') or
+                hasattr(self.model, 'get_tiem')):
+            return NOT_SUPPORTED_RESPONSE
+
+        id_ = self._get_element_id(request)
+        item = self.model.get_item(id_)
+        if item is None:
+            return errorResponse(httplib.NOT_FOUND, 404, 'Not found')
+
+        updates = json.loads(request.body)
+        item.update(updates)
+        self.model.update_item(id_, item)
+        return webob.Response(body=json.dumps(item), status=httplib.OK,
+                              content_type='application/json')
+
+    def delete(self, request):
+        if not hasattr(self.model, 'delete_item'):
+            return NOT_SUPPORTED_RESPONSE
+
+        id_ = self._get_element_id(request)
+        try:
+            item = self.model.delete_item(id_)
+            return webob.Response(body=json.dumps(item), status=httplib.OK,
+                                  content_type='application/json')
+        except KeyError:
+            return errorResponse(httplib.NOT_FOUND, 404, 'Not found')
+
+
+class CollectionHandler(AbstractApiHandler):
+    """API handler for REST collection resources.
+    """
+    #TODO: validation
+
+    def __init__(self, path_regex, model, allow_named_create=True):
+        """Initialize a collection handler.
+
+        Args:
+            path_regex: A regular expression matching the collection base path.
+            model: TODO
+            element_handler_factor: A callable that returns a new element
+                handler.
+        """
+        super(CollectionHandler, self).__init__(path_regex)
+        self.model = model
+        self.allow_named_create = allow_named_create
+
+    def handle_request(self, request):
+        """Handle a REST request.
+
+        Args:
+           request: A webob request object.
+
+        Returns:
+            A webob response object.
+        """
+        if request.method == 'GET':
+            return self.list_members(request)
+        elif request.method == 'POST':
+            return self.create_member(request)
+        return NOT_SUPPORTED_RESPONSE
+
+    def list_members(self, request):
+        items = self.model.get_items().values()
+        body = "%s\n" % json.dumps(items, indent=2)
+        return webob.Response(body=body, status=httplib.OK,
+                              content_type='application/json')
+
+    def create_member(self, request, id_=None):
+        item = json.loads(request.body)
+        try:
+            id_ = self.model.add_item(item, id_)
+        except KeyError:
+            return errorResponse(httplib.CONFLICT, httplib.CONFLICT,
+                                 'Element already exists')
+        item['id'] = id_
+
+        return webob.Response(body=json.dumps(item), status=httplib.CREATED,
+                              content_type='application/json',
+                              location="%s/%s" %(request.path, id_))
+
+
+class RowCollectionHandler(CollectionHandler):
+    pass
+
+
+class RowElementHandler(ElementHandler):
+    """API handler for table row elements.
+    """
+
+    def _get_element_id(self, request):
+        m = self.path_re.match(request.path)
+        print 'groups', m.groups()
+        if m.groups():
+            return m.groups()[-1]  #TODO: make robust
+        return None
+
+
+
+class SimpleDataModel(object):
+    """An in-memory data model.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.items = {}
+
+    def get_items(self):
+        """Get items in model.
+
+        Returns: A dict of {id, item} for all items in model.
+        """
+        return self.items
+
+    def add_item(self, item, id_=None):
+        """Add item to model.
+
+        Args:
+            item: The item to add to the model.
+            id_: The ID of the item, or None if an ID should be generated
+
+        Returns:
+             The ID of the newly added item.
+
+        Raises:
+            KeyError: ID already exists.
+        """
+        if id_ is None:
+            id_ = str(uuid.uuid4())
+        if id_ in self.items:
+            raise KeyError("Cannot create item with ID '%s': "
+                           "ID already exists")
+        self.items[id_] = item
+        return id_
+
+    def get_item(self, id_):
+        """Retrieve item with id id_ from model.
+
+        Args:
+            id_: The ID of the item to retrieve.
+
+        Returns:
+             The matching item or None if item with id_ does not exist.
+        """
+        return self.items.get(id_)
+
+    def update_item(self, id_, item):
+        """Update item with id_ with new data.
+
+        Args:
+            id_: The ID of the item to be updated.
+            item: The new item.
+
+        Returns:
+             The updated item.
+
+        Raises:
+            KeyError: Item with specified id_ not present.
+        """
+        if id_ not in self.items:
+            raise KeyError("Cannot update item with ID '%s': "
+                           "ID does not exist")
+        self.items[id_] = item
+        return item
+
+    def delete_item(self, id_):
+        """Remove item from model.
+
+        Args:
+            id_: The ID of the item to be removed.
+
+        Returns:
+             The removed item.
+
+        Raises:
+            KeyError: Item with specified id_ not present.
+        """
+        ret = self.items[id_]
+        del self.items[id_]
+        return ret
+
+
+
+
+class PolicyDataModel(object):
+    """An in-memory policy data model.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.rules = []
+
+    def get_item(self, id_):
+        return {'rules': self.rules}
+
+    def update_item(self, id_, item):
+        self.rules = item['rules']
+        return self.get_item(None)
+
+
diff --git a/src/server/wsgi.py b/src/server/wsgi.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d826227a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/wsgi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+import errno
+import socket
+import sys
+import time
+
+
+import eventlet.wsgi
+eventlet.patcher.monkey_patch(all=False, socket=True)
+import webob.dec
+
+import ovs.vlog
+vlog = ovs.vlog.Vlog(__name__)
+# Number of seconds to keep retrying to listen
+RETRY_UNTIL_WINDOW = 30
+
+# Sets the value of TCP_KEEPIDLE in seconds for each server socket.
+TCP_KEEPIDLE = 600
+
+# Number of backlog requests to configure the socket with
+BACKLOG = 4096
+
+
+class Server(object):
+    """Server class to manage multiple WSGI sockets and applications."""
+
+    def __init__(self, name, threads=1000):
+        self.pool = eventlet.GreenPool(threads)
+        self.name = name
+
+    def _get_socket(self, host, port, backlog):
+        bind_addr = (host, port)
+        # TODO(dims): eventlet's green dns/socket module does not actually
+        # support IPv6 in getaddrinfo(). We need to get around this in the
+        # future or monitor upstream for a fix
+        try:
+            info = socket.getaddrinfo(bind_addr[0],
+                                      bind_addr[1],
+                                      socket.AF_UNSPEC,
+                                      socket.SOCK_STREAM)[0]
+            family = info[0]
+            bind_addr = info[-1]
+        except Exception:
+            vlog.exception(("Unable to listen on %(host)s:%(port)s") %
+                           {'host': host, 'port': port})
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        sock = None
+        retry_until = time.time() + RETRY_UNTIL_WINDOW
+        while not sock and time.time() < retry_until:
+            try:
+                sock = eventlet.listen(bind_addr,
+                                       backlog=backlog,
+                                       family=family)
+            except socket.error as err:
+                if err.errno != errno.EADDRINUSE:
+                    raise
+                eventlet.sleep(0.1)
+        if not sock:
+            raise RuntimeError(("Could not bind to %(host)s:%(port)s "
+                               "after trying for %(time)d seconds") %
+                               {'host': host,
+                                'port': port,
+                                'time': RETRY_UNTIL_WINDOW})
+        sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
+        # sockets can hang around forever without keepalive
+        sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_KEEPALIVE, 1)
+
+        if hasattr(socket, 'TCP_KEEPIDLE'):
+            sock.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP,
+                            socket.TCP_KEEPIDLE,
+                            TCP_KEEPIDLE)
+
+        return sock
+
+    def start(self, application, port, host='0.0.0.0'):
+        """Run a WSGI server with the given application."""
+        self._host = host
+        self._port = port
+        backlog = BACKLOG
+
+        self._socket = self._get_socket(self._host,
+                                        self._port,
+                                        backlog=backlog)
+        self._server = self.pool.spawn(self._run, application, self._socket)
+
+    @property
+    def host(self):
+        return self._socket.getsockname()[0] if self._socket else self._host
+
+    @property
+    def port(self):
+        return self._socket.getsockname()[1] if self._socket else self._port
+
+    def stop(self):
+        self._server.kill()
+
+    def wait(self):
+        """Wait until all servers have completed running."""
+        try:
+            self.pool.waitall()
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            pass
+
+    def _run(self, application, socket):
+        """Start a WSGI server in a new green thread."""
+        eventlet.wsgi.server(socket, application, custom_pool=self.pool)
diff --git a/tests/functional/test_api.py b/tests/functional/test_api.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..815be0052
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/test_api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,238 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2013 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+
+import httplib
+import json
+import os
+import socket
+import subprocess
+import time
+import unittest
+import uuid
+
+
+FUNCTIONAL_TESTS_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+TESTS_PATH = os.path.dirname(FUNCTIONAL_TESTS_PATH)
+PROJECT_PATH = os.path.dirname(TESTS_PATH)
+SRC_PATH = os.path.join(PROJECT_PATH, 'src')
+
+
+class AbstractApiTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    API_SERVER_PATH = None  # Subclass must override
+    API_SERVER_PORT = '8888'
+    API_SERVER_ADDR = '127.0.0.1'
+    API_SERVER_ARGS = ['--http_listen_port', API_SERVER_PORT,
+                       '--http_listen_addr', API_SERVER_ADDR, '--verbose']
+    SERVER_STARTUP_WAIT_MS = 5000
+    SERVER_SHUTDOWN_WAIT_MS = 3000
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        cls.server = subprocess.Popen(
+                [cls.API_SERVER_PATH] + cls.API_SERVER_ARGS)
+        hconn = httplib.HTTPConnection(cls.API_SERVER_ADDR,
+                                       cls.API_SERVER_PORT)
+        starttm = time.time() * 1000
+        exc = None
+        while (hconn.sock is None and
+               (time.time() * 1000 - starttm) < cls.SERVER_STARTUP_WAIT_MS):
+            time.sleep(0.1)
+            try:
+                hconn.connect()
+            except socket.error, e:
+                exc = e
+        if hconn.sock is None:
+            raise exc
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls):
+        cls.server.terminate()
+        starttm = time.time() * 1000
+        while (cls.server.poll() is None and
+               (time.time() * 1000 - starttm) < cls.SERVER_SHUTDOWN_WAIT_MS):
+            time.sleep(0.01)
+        if cls.server.poll() is None:
+            cls.server.kill()
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.hconn = httplib.HTTPConnection(self.API_SERVER_ADDR,
+                                             self.API_SERVER_PORT)
+        self.hconn.connect()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.hconn.close()
+
+    def check_response(self, response, description, status=httplib.OK,
+                       content_type='text/plain'):
+        body = response.read()
+        self.assertTrue(response.status == status,
+                        '%s response status == %s' %(description, status))
+
+        if content_type is not None:
+            if ';' in content_type:
+                self.assertTrue(
+                        response.getheader('content-type') == content_type,
+                        "'%s response Content-Type (with params)  is '%s'"
+                        % (description, content_type))
+            else:
+                ct_start = response.getheader('content-type').split(';', 1)[0]
+                self.assertTrue(ct_start == content_type,
+                                "'%s response Content-Type (no params) is '%s'"
+                                % (description, content_type))
+        return body
+
+    def check_json_response(self, response, description, status=httplib.OK):
+        raw_body = self.check_response(
+                response, description, status, 'application/json')
+        body = json.loads(raw_body)
+        return body
+
+
+class TestTablesApi(AbstractApiTest):
+    API_SERVER_PATH = os.path.join(SRC_PATH, 'server', 'server.py')
+    STATIC_TABLES = ['ad-groups']
+
+    def test_tables(self):
+        """Test table list API method."""
+        # List (empty)
+        self.hconn.request('GET', '/tables')
+        r = self.hconn.getresponse()
+        body = self.check_json_response(r, 'List tables (empty)')
+        self.assertIsInstance(body, list, 'List tables (empty) returns a list')
+        self.assertTrue(len(body) == len(self.STATIC_TABLES),
+                        'List tables (empty) contains default tables only')
+
+        # Create
+        ids = []
+        for table in ['table1', 'table2', 'table3']:
+            self.hconn.request('POST', '/tables', '{"%s": "foo"}' % table)
+            r = self.hconn.getresponse()
+            body = self.check_json_response(r, 'Create table',
+                                            status=httplib.CREATED)
+            self.assertIsInstance(body, dict, 'Create table returns a dict')
+            #TODO: validate object
+            #TODO: validate location header
+            ids.append(body['id'])
+
+        self.hconn.request('GET', '/tables')
+        r = self.hconn.getresponse()
+        body = self.check_json_response(r, 'List tables')
+        self.assertIsInstance(body, list, 'List tables returns a list')
+        self.assertTrue(len(body) == 3 + len(self.STATIC_TABLES),
+                        'List contains proper number of results')
+
+        # Create Named
+        self.hconn.request('PUT', '/tables/foo_id', '{"%s": "foo"}' % table)
+        r = self.hconn.getresponse()
+        body = self.check_json_response(r, 'Create named table',
+                                        status=httplib.CREATED)
+        self.assertIsInstance(body, dict, 'Create table returns a dict')
+        self.assertTrue(body['id'] == 'foo_id',
+                'Created table has specified ID')
+
+        # List
+        self.hconn.request('GET', '/tables')
+        r = self.hconn.getresponse()
+        body = self.check_json_response(r, 'List tables')
+        self.assertIsInstance(body, list, 'List tables returns a list')
+        self.assertTrue(len(body) == 4 + len(self.STATIC_TABLES),
+                        'List contains proper # results (after create)')
+
+        # Read
+        self.hconn.request('GET', '/tables/%s' % ids[0])
+        r = self.hconn.getresponse()
+        body = self.check_json_response(r, 'Read table')
+        self.assertIsInstance(body, dict, 'Read table returns a dict')
+        self.assertEqual(body['id'], ids[0], 'Read expected table instance')
+        self.assertTrue('table1' in body, 'Read expected table instance data')
+
+        # Read Invalid
+        self.hconn.request('GET', '/tables/%s' % uuid.uuid4())
+        r = self.hconn.getresponse()
+        body = self.check_json_response(r, 'Read missing table',
+                status=httplib.NOT_FOUND)
+
+        # Replace
+        new = json.loads('{"id": "%s", "table4": "bar"}' % ids[0])
+        self.hconn.request('PUT', '/tables/%s' % ids[0], json.dumps(new))
+        r = self.hconn.getresponse()
+        body = self.check_json_response(r, 'Replace table')
+        self.assertEqual(body, new, 'Replaced table returns new data')
+        self.hconn.request('GET', '/tables/%s' % ids[0])
+        r = self.hconn.getresponse()
+        body = self.check_json_response(r, 'Read replaced table')
+        self.assertEqual(body, new, 'GET replaced table returns new data')
+
+        # Update
+        self.hconn.request('GET', '/tables/%s' % ids[1])
+        r = self.hconn.getresponse()
+        old_body = self.check_json_response(r, 'Read old table')
+        new = json.loads('{"newkey": "baz"}')
+        self.hconn.request('PATCH', '/tables/%s' % ids[1], json.dumps(new))
+        r = self.hconn.getresponse()
+        body = self.check_json_response(r, 'Update table')
+        expected = old_body.copy()
+        expected.update(new)
+        self.assertEqual(body, expected, 'Updated table returns new data')
+        self.hconn.request('GET', '/tables/%s' % ids[1])
+        r = self.hconn.getresponse()
+        body = self.check_json_response(r, 'Read updated table')
+        self.assertEqual(body, expected, 'GET replaced table returns new data')
+
+        # Delete
+        self.hconn.request('DELETE', '/tables/%s' % ids[1])
+        r = self.hconn.getresponse()
+        body = self.check_json_response(r, 'Delete table')
+
+        self.hconn.request('DELETE', '/tables/%s' % ids[1])
+        r = self.hconn.getresponse()
+        body = self.check_json_response(r, 'Delete missing table',
+                                        status=httplib.NOT_FOUND)
+        #TODO: validate objects
+
+
+class TestPolicyApi(AbstractApiTest):
+    API_SERVER_PATH = os.path.join(SRC_PATH, 'server', 'server.py')
+
+    def test_policy(self):
+        """Test table list API method."""
+        # POST
+        self.hconn.request('POST', '/policy')
+        r = self.hconn.getresponse()
+        body = self.check_response(r, 'POST policy',
+                                   status=httplib.NOT_IMPLEMENTED,
+                                   content_type=None)
+
+        empty_policy = {'rules': []}
+        # Get (empty)
+        self.hconn.request('GET', '/policy')
+        r = self.hconn.getresponse()
+        body = self.check_json_response(r, 'Get policy (empty)')
+        self.assertEqual(body, empty_policy,
+                         'Get policy (empty) returns empty ruleset')
+
+        # Update
+        fake_policy = {'rules': ["foo", "bar"]}
+        self.hconn.request('PUT', '/policy', json.dumps(fake_policy))
+        r = self.hconn.getresponse()
+        body = self.check_json_response(r, 'Update policy')
+        self.assertEqual(body, fake_policy, 'Update policy returns new policy')
+
+        # Get
+        self.hconn.request('GET', '/policy')
+        r = self.hconn.getresponse()
+        body = self.check_json_response(r, 'Get policy')
+        self.assertEqual(body, fake_policy, 'Get policy returns new policy')
+
+        # Delete
+        self.hconn.request('DELETE', '/policy')
+        r = self.hconn.getresponse()
+        body = self.check_response(r, 'DELETE policy',
+                                   status=httplib.NOT_IMPLEMENTED,
+                                   content_type=None)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main(verbosity=2)