diff --git a/onionr/apimanager.py b/onionr/apimanager.py
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+'''
+    Onionr - P2P Anonymous Storage Network
+
+    Handles api data exchange, interfaced by both public and client http api
+'''
+'''
+    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+'''
+import config, apipublic, apiprivate, core, socket, random, threading, time
+config.reload()
+
+PRIVATE_API_VERSION = 0
+PUBLIC_API_VERSION = 1
+
+DEV_MODE = config.get('general.dev_mode')
+
+def getOpenPort():
+    '''Get a random open port'''
+    p = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    p.bind(("127.0.0.1",0))
+    p.listen(1)
+    port = s.getsockname()[1]
+    p.close()
+    return port
+
+def getRandomLocalIP():
+    '''Get a random local ip address'''
+    hostOctets = [str(127), str(random.randint(0x02, 0xFF)), str(random.randint(0x02, 0xFF)), str(random.randint(0x02, 0xFF))]
+    host = '.'.join(hostOctets)
+    return host
+
+class APIManager:
+    def __init__(self, coreInst):
+        assert isinstance(coreInst, core.Core)
+        self.core = core
+        self.utils = core._utils
+        self.crypto = core._crypto
+        
+        # if this gets set to true, both the public and private apis will shutdown
+        self.shutdown = False
+        
+        publicIP = '127.0.0.1'
+        privateIP = '127.0.0.1'
+        if DEV_MODE:
+            # set private and local api servers bind IPs to random localhost (127.x.x.x), make sure not the same
+            privateIP = getRandomLocalIP()
+            while True:
+                publicIP = getRandomLocalIP()
+                if publicIP != privateIP:
+                    break
+        
+        # Make official the IPs and Ports
+        self.publicIP = publicIP
+        self.privateIP = privateIP
+        self.publicPort = getOpenPort()
+        self.privatePort = getOpenPort()
+
+        # Run the API servers in new threads
+        self.publicAPI = apipublic.APIPublic()
+        self.privateAPI = apiprivate.privateAPI()
+        threading.Thread(target=self.publicAPI.run).start()
+        threading.Thread(target=self.privateAPI.run).start()
+        while not self.shutdown:
+            time.sleep(1)
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diff --git a/onionr/apiprivate.py b/onionr/apiprivate.py
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+'''
+    Onionr - P2P Anonymous Storage Network
+
+    Handle incoming commands from the client. Intended for localhost use
+'''
+'''
+    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+'''
+import flask, apimanager
+from flask import request, Response, abort, send_from_directory
+from gevent.pywsgi import WSGIServer
+
+class APIPrivate:
+    def __init__(self, managerInst):
+        assert isinstance(managerInst, apimanager.APIManager)
+        self.app = flask.Flask(__name__) # The flask application, which recieves data from the greenlet wsgiserver
+        self.httpServer = WSGIServer((managerInst.privateIP, managerInst.privatePort), self.app, log=None)
+
+    def run(self):
+        self.httpServer.serve_forever()
+        return
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diff --git a/onionr/apipublic.py b/onionr/apipublic.py
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+'''
+    Onionr - P2P Anonymous Storage Network
+
+    Handle incoming commands from other Onionr nodes, over HTTP
+'''
+'''
+    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+'''
+import flask, apimanager
+from flask import request, Response, abort, send_from_directory
+from gevent.pywsgi import WSGIServer
+
+class APIPublic:
+    def __init__(self, managerInst):
+        assert isinstance(managerInst, apimanager.APIManager)
+        self.app = flask.Flask(__name__) # The flask application, which recieves data from the greenlet wsgiserver
+        self.httpServer = WSGIServer((managerInst.publicIP, managerInst.publicPort), self.app, log=None)
+
+    def run(self):
+        self.httpServer.serve_forever()
+        return
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