diff --git a/trustgraph-base/trustgraph/api/__init__.py b/trustgraph-base/trustgraph/api/__init__.py
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+
+from . api import *
+
diff --git a/trustgraph-base/trustgraph/api/api.py b/trustgraph-base/trustgraph/api/api.py
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+
+import requests
+import json
+import dataclasses
+import base64
+
+from trustgraph.knowledge import hash
+
+class ProtocolException(Exception):
+    pass
+
+class ApplicationException(Exception):
+    pass
+
+class Uri(str):
+    def is_uri(self): return True
+    def is_literal(self): return False
+
+class Literal(str):
+    def is_uri(self): return False
+    def is_literal(self): return True
+
+@dataclasses.dataclass
+class Triple:
+    s : str
+    p : str
+    o : str
+
+class Api:
+
+    def __init__(self, url="http://localhost:8088/"):
+
+        self.url = url
+
+        if not url.endswith("/"):
+            self.url += "/"
+
+        self.url += "api/v1/"
+
+    def check_error(self, response):
+
+        if "error" in response:
+
+            try:
+                msg = response["error"]["message"]
+                tp = response["error"]["message"]
+            except:
+                raise ApplicationException(
+                    "Error, but the error object is broken"
+                )
+
+            raise ApplicationException(f"{tp}: {msg}")
+
+    def text_completion(self, system, prompt):
+
+        # The input consists of system and prompt strings
+        input = {
+            "system": system,
+            "prompt": prompt
+        }
+
+        url = f"{self.url}text-completion"
+
+        # Invoke the API, input is passed as JSON
+        resp = requests.post(url, json=input)
+
+        # Should be a 200 status code
+        if resp.status_code != 200:
+            raise ProtocolException(f"Status code {resp.status_code}")
+
+        try:
+            # Parse the response as JSON
+            object = resp.json()
+        except:
+            raise ProtocolException(f"Expected JSON response")
+
+        self.check_error(resp)
+
+        try:
+            return object["response"]
+        except:
+            raise ProtocolException(f"Response not formatted correctly")
+
+    def agent(self, question):
+
+        # The input consists of a question
+        input = {
+            "question": question
+        }
+
+        url = f"{self.url}agent"
+
+        # Invoke the API, input is passed as JSON
+        resp = requests.post(url, json=input)
+
+        # Should be a 200 status code
+        if resp.status_code != 200:
+            raise ProtocolException(f"Status code {resp.status_code}")
+
+        try:
+            # Parse the response as JSON
+            object = resp.json()
+        except:
+            raise ProtocolException(f"Expected JSON response")
+
+        self.check_error(resp)
+
+        try:
+            return object["answer"]
+        except:
+            raise ProtocolException(f"Response not formatted correctly")
+
+    def graph_rag(self, question):
+
+        # The input consists of a question
+        input = {
+            "query": question
+        }
+
+        url = f"{self.url}graph-rag"
+
+        # Invoke the API, input is passed as JSON
+        resp = requests.post(url, json=input)
+
+        # Should be a 200 status code
+        if resp.status_code != 200:
+            raise ProtocolException(f"Status code {resp.status_code}")
+
+        try:
+            # Parse the response as JSON
+            object = resp.json()
+        except:
+            raise ProtocolException(f"Expected JSON response")
+
+        self.check_error(resp)
+
+        try:
+            return object["response"]
+        except:
+            raise ProtocolException(f"Response not formatted correctly")
+
+    def embeddings(self, text):
+
+        # The input consists of a text block
+        input = {
+            "text": text
+        }
+
+        url = f"{self.url}embeddings"
+
+        # Invoke the API, input is passed as JSON
+        resp = requests.post(url, json=input)
+
+        # Should be a 200 status code
+        if resp.status_code != 200:
+            raise ProtocolException(f"Status code {resp.status_code}")
+
+        try:
+            # Parse the response as JSON
+            object = resp.json()
+        except:
+            raise ProtocolException(f"Expected JSON response")
+
+        self.check_error(resp)
+
+        try:
+            return object["vectors"]
+        except:
+            raise ProtocolException(f"Response not formatted correctly")
+
+    def prompt(self, id, variables):
+
+        # The input consists of system and prompt strings
+        input = {
+            "id": id,
+            "variables": variables
+        }
+
+        url = f"{self.url}prompt"
+
+        # Invoke the API, input is passed as JSON
+        resp = requests.post(url, json=input)
+
+        # Should be a 200 status code
+        if resp.status_code != 200:
+            raise ProtocolException(f"Status code {resp.status_code}")
+
+        try:
+            # Parse the response as JSON
+            object = resp.json()
+        except:
+            raise ProtocolException("Expected JSON response")
+
+        self.check_error(resp)
+
+        if "text" in object:
+            return object["text"]
+
+        if "object" in object:
+            try:
+                return json.loads(object["object"])
+            except Exception as e:
+                raise ProtocolException(
+                    "Returned object not well-formed JSON"
+                )
+
+        raise ProtocolException("Response not formatted correctly")
+
+    def triples_query(self, s=None, p=None, o=None, limit=10000):
+
+        # The input consists of system and prompt strings
+        input = {
+            "limit": limit
+        }
+
+        if s: input["s"] = s
+        if p: input["p"] = p
+        if o: input["o"] = o
+
+        url = f"{self.url}triples-query"
+
+        # Invoke the API, input is passed as JSON
+        resp = requests.post(url, json=input)
+
+        # Should be a 200 status code
+        if resp.status_code != 200:
+            raise ProtocolException(f"Status code {resp.status_code}")
+
+        try:
+            # Parse the response as JSON
+            object = resp.json()
+        except:
+            raise ProtocolException("Expected JSON response")
+
+        self.check_error(resp)
+
+        if "response" not in object:
+            raise ProtocolException("Response not formatted correctly")
+
+        def to_value(x):
+            if x["e"]: return Uri(x["v"])
+            return Literal(x["v"])
+            
+        return [
+            Triple(
+                s=to_value(t["s"]),
+                p=to_value(t["p"]),
+                o=to_value(t["o"])
+            )
+            for t in object["response"]
+        ]
+
+        return object["response"]
+
+    def load_document(self, document, id=None, metadata=None):
+
+        if id is None:
+
+            if metadata is not None:
+
+                # Situation makes no sense.  What can the metadata possibly
+                # mean if the caller doesn't know the document ID.
+                # Metadata should relate to the document by ID
+                raise RuntimeError("Can't specify metadata without id")
+
+            id = hash(document)
+
+        triples = []
+
+        def emit(t):
+            triples.append(t)
+
+        if metadata:
+            metadata.emit(
+                lambda t: triples.append({
+                    "s": t.s.value,
+                    "p": t.p.value,
+                    "o": t.o.value
+                })
+            )
+
+        input = {
+            "id": id,
+            "metadata": triples,
+            "data": base64.b64encode(document).decode("utf-8"),
+        }
+
+        url = f"{self.url}load/document"
+
+        # Invoke the API, input is passed as JSON
+        resp = requests.post(url, json=input)
+
+        # Should be a 200 status code
+        if resp.status_code != 200:
+            raise ProtocolException(f"Status code {resp.status_code}")
+
+    def load_text(self, text, id=None, metadata=None, charset="utf-8"):
+
+        if id is None:
+
+            if metadata is not None:
+
+                # Situation makes no sense.  What can the metadata possibly
+                # mean if the caller doesn't know the document ID.
+                # Metadata should relate to the document by ID
+                raise RuntimeError("Can't specify metadata without id")
+
+            id = hash(text)
+
+        triples = []
+
+        if metadata:
+            metadata.emit(
+                lambda t: triples.append({
+                    "s": t.s.value,
+                    "p": t.p.value,
+                    "o": t.o.value
+                })
+            )
+
+        input = {
+            "id": id,
+            "metadata": triples,
+            "charset": charset,
+            "text": base64.b64encode(text).decode("utf-8"),
+        }
+
+        url = f"{self.url}load/text"
+
+        # Invoke the API, input is passed as JSON
+        resp = requests.post(url, json=input)
+
+        # Should be a 200 status code
+        if resp.status_code != 200:
+            raise ProtocolException(f"Status code {resp.status_code}")
+