diff --git a/api.go b/api.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a79b37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package asink
+
+type APIResponse struct {
+	Status string //may be 'error' or 'success'
+	Explanation string
+}
diff --git a/asink.go b/client/asink.go
similarity index 61%
rename from asink.go
rename to client/asink.go
index 030528c..b8b0ddb 100644
--- a/asink.go
+++ b/client/asink.go
@@ -1,13 +1,20 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"asink"
+	"asink/util"
+	"bytes"
 	"code.google.com/p/goconf/conf"
 	"database/sql"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/user"
 	"path"
+	"strconv"
 )
 
 type AsinkGlobals struct {
@@ -17,6 +24,8 @@ type AsinkGlobals struct {
 	tmpDir         string
 	db             *sql.DB
 	storage        Storage
+	server         string
+	port           int
 }
 
 var globals AsinkGlobals
@@ -56,15 +65,15 @@ func main() {
 	globals.tmpDir, err = config.GetString("local", "tmpdir")
 
 	//make sure all the necessary directories exist
-	err = ensureDirExists(globals.syncDir)
+	err = util.EnsureDirExists(globals.syncDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
-	err = ensureDirExists(globals.cacheDir)
+	err = util.EnsureDirExists(globals.cacheDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
-	err = ensureDirExists(globals.tmpDir)
+	err = util.EnsureDirExists(globals.tmpDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
@@ -76,7 +85,10 @@ func main() {
 	fmt.Println(globals.storage)
 	//TODO FIXME REMOVEME
 
-	fileUpdates := make(chan *Event)
+	globals.server, err = config.GetString("server", "host")
+	globals.port, err = config.GetInt("server", "port")
+
+	fileUpdates := make(chan *asink.Event)
 	go StartWatching(globals.syncDir, fileUpdates)
 
 	globals.db, err = GetAndInitDB(config)
@@ -91,7 +103,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 }
 
-func ProcessEvent(globals AsinkGlobals, event *Event) {
+func ProcessEvent(globals AsinkGlobals, event *asink.Event) {
 	//add to database
 	err := DatabaseAddEvent(globals.db, event)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -100,11 +112,11 @@ func ProcessEvent(globals AsinkGlobals, event *Event) {
 
 	if event.IsUpdate() {
 		//copy to tmp
-		tmpfilename, err := copyToTmp(event.Path, globals.tmpDir)
+		tmpfilename, err := util.CopyToTmp(event.Path, globals.tmpDir)
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
-		event.Status |= COPIED_TO_TMP
+		event.Status |= asink.COPIED_TO_TMP
 
 		//get the file's hash
 		hash, err := HashFile(tmpfilename)
@@ -112,7 +124,7 @@ func ProcessEvent(globals AsinkGlobals, event *Event) {
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
-		event.Status |= HASHED
+		event.Status |= asink.HASHED
 
 		//rename to local cache w/ filename=hash
 		err = os.Rename(tmpfilename, path.Join(globals.cacheDir, event.Hash))
@@ -122,7 +134,7 @@ func ProcessEvent(globals AsinkGlobals, event *Event) {
 				panic(err)
 			}
 		}
-		event.Status |= CACHED
+		event.Status |= asink.CACHED
 
 		//update database
 		err = DatabaseUpdateEvent(globals.db, event)
@@ -135,7 +147,7 @@ func ProcessEvent(globals AsinkGlobals, event *Event) {
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
-		event.Status |= UPLOADED
+		event.Status |= asink.UPLOADED
 
 		//update database again
 		err = DatabaseUpdateEvent(globals.db, event)
@@ -144,7 +156,46 @@ func ProcessEvent(globals AsinkGlobals, event *Event) {
 		}
 
 	}
-	fmt.Println(event)
 
-	//TODO notify server of new file
+	//finally, send it off to the server
+	url := "http://" + globals.server + ":" + strconv.Itoa(int(globals.port)) + "/events/"
+
+	//construct json payload
+	events := asink.EventList{
+		Events: []*asink.Event{event},
+	}
+	b, err := json.Marshal(events)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	fmt.Println(string(b))
+
+	//actually make the request
+	resp, err := http.Post(url, "application/json", bytes.NewReader(b))
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	//check to make sure request succeeded
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	var apistatus asink.APIResponse
+	err = json.Unmarshal(body, &apistatus)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err) //TODO handle sensibly
+	}
+	if apistatus.Status != "success" {
+		panic("Status not success") //TODO handle sensibly
+	}
+	fmt.Println(apistatus)
+
+	event.Status |= asink.ON_SERVER
+	err = DatabaseUpdateEvent(globals.db, event)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
 }
diff --git a/database.go b/client/database.go
similarity index 89%
rename from database.go
rename to client/database.go
index d1c444e..efebe3e 100644
--- a/database.go
+++ b/client/database.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"asink"
 	"code.google.com/p/goconf/conf"
 	"database/sql"
 	"errors"
@@ -43,12 +44,12 @@ func GetAndInitDB(config *conf.ConfigFile) (*sql.DB, error) {
 	return db, nil
 }
 
-func DatabaseAddEvent(db *sql.DB, e *Event) error {
+func DatabaseAddEvent(db *sql.DB, e *asink.Event) error {
 	tx, err := db.Begin()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	result, err := tx.Exec("INSERT INTO events (id, type, status, path, hash, timestamp, permissions) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?);", e.Id, e.Type, e.Status, e.Path, e.Hash, e.Timestamp.UnixNano(), 0)
+	result, err := tx.Exec("INSERT INTO events (id, type, status, path, hash, timestamp, permissions) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?);", e.Id, e.Type, e.Status, e.Path, e.Hash, e.Timestamp, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ func DatabaseAddEvent(db *sql.DB, e *Event) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func DatabaseUpdateEvent(db *sql.DB, e *Event) error {
+func DatabaseUpdateEvent(db *sql.DB, e *asink.Event) error {
 	if !e.InDB {
 		return errors.New("Attempting to update an event in the database which hasn't been previously added.")
 	}
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ func DatabaseUpdateEvent(db *sql.DB, e *Event) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	result, err := tx.Exec("UPDATE events SET id=?, type=?, status=?, path=?, hash=?, timestamp=?, permissions=? WHERE localid=?;", e.Id, e.Type, e.Status, e.Path, e.Hash, e.Timestamp.UnixNano(), 0, e.LocalId)
+	result, err := tx.Exec("UPDATE events SET id=?, type=?, status=?, path=?, hash=?, timestamp=?, permissions=? WHERE localid=?;", e.Id, e.Type, e.Status, e.Path, e.Hash, e.Timestamp, 0, e.LocalId)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/hash.go b/client/hash.go
similarity index 100%
rename from hash.go
rename to client/hash.go
diff --git a/storage.go b/client/storage.go
similarity index 100%
rename from storage.go
rename to client/storage.go
diff --git a/storage_local.go b/client/storage_local.go
similarity index 89%
rename from storage_local.go
rename to client/storage_local.go
index 7648966..2c99c23 100644
--- a/storage_local.go
+++ b/client/storage_local.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"asink/util"
 	"code.google.com/p/goconf/conf"
 	"errors"
 	"io"
@@ -24,11 +25,11 @@ func NewLocalStorage(config *conf.ConfigFile) (*LocalStorage, error) {
 	ls.tmpSubdir = path.Join(storageDir, ".asink-tmpdir")
 
 	//make sure the base directory and tmp subdir exist
-	err = ensureDirExists(ls.storageDir)
+	err = util.EnsureDirExists(ls.storageDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	err = ensureDirExists(ls.tmpSubdir)
+	err = util.EnsureDirExists(ls.tmpSubdir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ func NewLocalStorage(config *conf.ConfigFile) (*LocalStorage, error) {
 }
 
 func (ls *LocalStorage) Put(filename string, hash string) (e error) {
-	tmpfile, err := copyToTmp(filename, ls.tmpSubdir)
+	tmpfile, err := util.CopyToTmp(filename, ls.tmpSubdir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/watcher.go b/client/watcher.go
similarity index 82%
rename from watcher.go
rename to client/watcher.go
index 4e56149..c4b9f86 100644
--- a/watcher.go
+++ b/client/watcher.go
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"asink"
 	"github.com/howeyc/fsnotify"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 )
 
-func StartWatching(watchDir string, fileUpdates chan *Event) {
+func StartWatching(watchDir string, fileUpdates chan *asink.Event) {
 	watcher, err := fsnotify.NewWatcher()
 	if err != nil {
 		panic("Failed to create fsnotify watcher")
@@ -37,18 +38,18 @@ func StartWatching(watchDir string, fileUpdates chan *Event) {
 					continue
 				}
 
-				event := new(Event)
+				event := new(asink.Event)
 				if ev.IsCreate() || ev.IsModify() {
-					event.Type = UPDATE
+					event.Type = asink.UPDATE
 				} else if ev.IsDelete() || ev.IsRename() {
-					event.Type = DELETE
+					event.Type = asink.DELETE
 				} else {
 					panic("Unknown fsnotify event type")
 				}
 
-				event.Status = NOTICED
+				event.Status = asink.NOTICED
 				event.Path = ev.Name
-				event.Timestamp = time.Now()
+				event.Timestamp = time.Now().UnixNano()
 
 				fileUpdates <- event
 
diff --git a/events.go b/events.go
index 5042800..02848ba 100644
--- a/events.go
+++ b/events.go
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"time"
-)
+package asink
 
 //event type
 type EventType uint32
@@ -31,8 +27,8 @@ type Event struct {
 	Status    EventStatus
 	Path      string
 	Hash      string
-	Timestamp time.Time
-	InDB      bool //defaults to false
+	Timestamp int64
+	InDB      bool `json:"-"` //defaults to false. Omitted from json marshalling.
 }
 
 func (e Event) IsUpdate() bool {
@@ -42,3 +38,7 @@ func (e Event) IsUpdate() bool {
 func (e Event) IsDelete() bool {
 	return e.Type&DELETE == DELETE
 }
+
+type EventList struct {
+	Events []*Event
+}
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7890125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"asink"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+var eventsRegexp *regexp.Regexp
+
+var port int = 8080
+func init() {
+	const port_usage = "Port on which to serve HTTP API"
+
+	flag.IntVar(&port, "port", 8080, port_usage)
+	flag.IntVar(&port, "p", 8080, port_usage+" (shorthand)")
+
+	eventsRegexp = regexp.MustCompile("^/events/([0-9]+)$")
+}
+
+func main() {
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	http.HandleFunc("/", rootHandler)
+	http.HandleFunc("/events", eventHandler)
+	http.HandleFunc("/events/", eventHandler)
+
+	//TODO replace with http://golang.org/pkg/net/http/#ListenAndServeTLS
+	err := http.ListenAndServe(fmt.Sprintf(":%d", port), nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func rootHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "You're probably looking for /events/")
+}
+
+func getEvents(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, nextEvent uint64) {
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, strconv.FormatUint(nextEvent, 10))
+}
+
+func putEvents(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	var events asink.EventList
+	var error_occurred bool = false
+	var error_message string = ""
+	defer func() {
+		var apiresponse asink.APIResponse
+		if error_occurred {
+			apiresponse = asink.APIResponse{
+				Status: "error",
+				Explanation: error_message,
+			}
+		} else {
+			apiresponse = asink.APIResponse{
+				Status: "success",
+			}
+		}
+		b, err := json.Marshal(apiresponse)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+		w.Write(b)
+	}()
+
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		error_message = err.Error()
+		return
+	}
+	err = json.Unmarshal(body, &events)
+	if err != nil {
+		error_message = err.Error()
+		return
+	}
+	for _, event := range events.Events {
+		fmt.Println(event)
+	}
+}
+
+func eventHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	if r.Method == "GET" {
+		//if GET, return any events later than (and including) the event id passed in
+		if sm := eventsRegexp.FindStringSubmatch(r.RequestURI); sm != nil {
+			i, err := strconv.ParseUint(sm[1], 10, 64)
+			if err != nil {
+				//TODO display error message here instead
+				fmt.Printf("ERROR parsing " + sm[1] + "\n")
+				getEvents(w, r, 0)
+			} else {
+				getEvents(w, r, i)
+			}
+		} else {
+			getEvents(w, r, 0)
+		}
+	} else if r.Method == "POST" {
+		putEvents(w, r)
+	} else {
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "You f-ed up.")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/util.go b/util/util.go
similarity index 83%
rename from util.go
rename to util/util.go
index 0232d52..0316361 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util/util.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package main
+package util
 
 import (
 	"io"
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"path"
 )
 
-func ensureDirExists(dir string) error {
+func EnsureDirExists(dir string) error {
 	_, err := os.Lstat(dir)
 	if err != nil {
 		fi, err := os.Lstat(path.Dir(dir))
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func ensureDirExists(dir string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func copyToTmp(src string, tmpdir string) (string, error) {
+func CopyToTmp(src string, tmpdir string) (string, error) {
 	infile, err := os.Open(src)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err