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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import asyncio
+import logging
+import aiosqlite
+import sqlite3
+import sys
+import os
+import enum
+from datetime import datetime
+from dataclasses import dataclass, asdict
+from hypercorn.asyncio import serve, Config
+from quart import Quart, request, jsonify
+
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+app = Quart(__name__)
+
+
+@app.before_serving
+async def app_before_serving():
+    db_path = sys.argv[1]
+    app.db = await aiosqlite.connect(db_path)
+    app.db.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
+
+
+@app.after_serving
+async def app_after_serving():
+    await app.db.close()
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Tag:
+    id: int
+    name: str
+    category: int
+    post_count: int
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Post:
+    id: int
+    uploader_id: int
+    created_at: int
+    md5: str
+    source: str
+    rating: str
+    tag_string: str
+    is_deleted: int
+    is_pending: int
+    is_flagged: int
+    score: int
+    up_score: int
+    down_score: int
+    is_rating_locked: int
+
+    def to_json(self):
+        post = asdict(self)
+        post["created_at"] = datetime.fromtimestamp(self.created_at).isoformat()
+        post["score"] = {
+            "up": self.up_score,
+            "down": self.down_score,
+            "total": self.score,
+        }
+        post.pop("up_score")
+        post.pop("down_score")
+        post["flags"] = {
+            "pending": post.pop("is_pending"),
+            "flagged": post.pop("is_flagged"),
+            "deleted": post.pop("is_deleted"),
+            "rating_locked": post.pop("is_rating_locked"),
+        }
+        return post
+
+
+class TagCategory(enum.IntEnum):
+    GENERAL = 0
+    ARTIST = 1
+    COPYRIGHT = 3
+    CHARACTER = 4
+    SPECIES = 5
+    DEPRECATED = 6
+    METADATA = 7
+    LORE = 8
+
+    def to_string(self) -> str:
+        return {
+            self.GENERAL: "general",
+            self.ARTIST: "artist",
+            self.COPYRIGHT: "copyright",
+            self.CHARACTER: "character",
+            self.METADATA: "metadata",
+            self.DEPRECATED: "deprecated",
+            self.SPECIES: "species",
+            self.LORE: "lore",
+        }[self]
+
+
+@app.route("/posts.json")
+async def posts_json():
+    tag_str = request.args["tags"]
+    tags = tag_str.split(" ")
+    if len(tags) != 1:
+        return "unsupported query (only 1 tag)", 400
+
+    md5_tag = tags[0]
+    if not md5_tag.startswith("md5:"):
+        return "unsupported query (only md5 for now)", 400
+
+    md5_prefix, md5_hexencoded_hash = md5_tag.split(":")
+    assert md5_prefix == "md5"
+
+    rows = await app.db.execute_fetchall(
+        "select * from posts where md5 = ?", (md5_hexencoded_hash,)
+    )
+    if not rows:
+        return {"posts": []}
+
+    post = Post(**rows[0])
+    post_json = post.to_json()
+    post_json["tags"] = {}
+    for tag in post.tag_string.split(" "):
+        tag_rows = await app.db.execute_fetchall(
+            "select category from tags where name = ?", (tag,)
+        )
+        category = TagCategory(tag_rows[0][0])
+        category_str = category.to_string()
+        if category_str not in post_json["tags"]:
+            post_json["tags"][category_str] = []
+        post_json["tags"][category_str].append(tag)
+
+    return {"posts": [post_json]}
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    logging.basicConfig(
+        level=logging.DEBUG if os.environ.get("DEBUG") else logging.INFO
+    )
+    config = Config()
+    config.bind = ["0.0.0.0:1334"]
+    asyncio.run(serve(app, config))