diff --git a/api/index.php b/api/index.php
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+<?php include('../templates/header.php'); ?>
+<div class='window'>
+	<div class='window-bar'>
+		<span>moodblog API</span>
+	</div>
+	<div class='window-content'>
+		<ul>
+			<li><a href="shields-posts.php">shields.io posts endpoint</a></li>
+			<li><a href="shields-mood.php">shields.io mood endpoint</a></li>
+			<li><a href="shields-tunes.php">shields.io tunes endpoint</a></li>
+		</ul>
+	</div>
+</div>
+<?php include('../templates/footer.php'); ?>
diff --git a/api/shields-mood.php b/api/shields-mood.php
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+<?php
+header('Content-Type: application/json');
+require "../templates/config.php";
+?>
+{
+	"schemaVersion": 1,
+	"label": "current mood",
+	"color": "lightgrey",
+<?php
+require "../creds.php";
+
+$result = mysqli_query($mysqli, "SELECT Mood FROM articles ORDER BY ID DESC LIMIT 1");
+
+while($res = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) {
+	echo '	"message": "'.$res['Mood'].'"',"\n";
+}
+?>
+}
diff --git a/api/shields-posts.php b/api/shields-posts.php
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+<?php
+header('Content-Type: application/json');
+require "../templates/config.php";
+?>
+{
+	"schemaVersion": 1,
+	"label": "blog posts",
+	"color": "lightgrey",
+<?php
+require "../creds.php";
+
+$result = mysqli_query($mysqli, "SELECT COUNT(ID) FROM articles");
+
+while($res = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) {
+	echo '	"message": "'.$res['COUNT(ID)'].'"',"\n";
+}
+?>
+}
diff --git a/api/shields-tunes.php b/api/shields-tunes.php
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+<?php
+header('Content-Type: application/json');
+require "../templates/config.php";
+?>
+{
+	"schemaVersion": 1,
+	"label": "current tunes",
+	"color": "lightgrey",
+<?php
+require "../creds.php";
+
+$result = mysqli_query($mysqli, "SELECT Song FROM articles ORDER BY ID DESC LIMIT 1");
+
+while($res = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) {
+	echo '	"message": "'.$res['Song'].'"',"\n";
+}
+?>
+}