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+/** The "paths" API ressource.
+ *
+ * @author Steffen Vogel <stvogel@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de>
+ * @copyright 2017, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, EONERC
+ * @license GNU General Public License (version 3)
+ *
+ * VILLASnode
+ *
+ * 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
+ * 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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *********************************************************************************/
+
+#include <jansson.h>
+
+#include "plugin.h"
+#include "path.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+#include "json.h"
+#include "stats.h"
+
+#include "api.h"
+
+static int api_paths(struct api_action *r, json_t *args, json_t **resp, struct api_session *s)
+{
+	json_t *json_paths = json_array();
+
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < list_length(&s->api->super_node->paths); i++) {
+		struct path *p = list_at(&s->api->super_node->paths, i);
+
+		json_t *json_path = json_pack("{ s: i }",
+			"state",	p->state
+		);
+		
+		if (p->stats)
+			json_object_set(json_path, "stats", stats_json(p->stats));
+
+		/* Add all additional fields of node here.
+		 * This can be used for metadata */
+		json_object_update(json_path, config_to_json(p->cfg));
+
+		json_array_append_new(json_paths, json_path);
+	}
+
+	*resp = json_paths;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct plugin p = {
+	.name = "paths",
+	.description = "retrieve list of all paths with details",
+	.type = PLUGIN_TYPE_API,
+	.api.cb = api_paths
+};
+
+REGISTER_PLUGIN(&p)