From: José Bollo <jose.bollo@iot.bzh>
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 20:58:33 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Introduce apiset for grouping apis
X-Git-Tag: dab_3.99.1~53
X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/gitweb?p=src%2Fapp-framework-binder.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=a8e971702f23ee67e02b4716ad4159f12cefdca6

Introduce apiset for grouping apis

This will be used at the end for debugging
facilities.

Change-Id: I75e3345667e1f58143c77a885e166375680ca194
Signed-off-by: José Bollo <jose.bollo@iot.bzh>
---

diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 6956d0d2..3b1f1455 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -56,12 +56,13 @@ INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(
 )
 
 ADD_LIBRARY(afb-lib STATIC
+	afb-api.c
 	afb-api-dbus.c
 	afb-api-so.c
 	afb-api-so-v1.c
 	afb-api-so-v2.c
 	afb-api-ws.c
-	afb-apis.c
+	afb-apiset.c
 	afb-common.c
 	afb-config.c
 	afb-context.c
diff --git a/src/afb-api-dbus.c b/src/afb-api-dbus.c
index 13cbf7db..2f4c4ca9 100644
--- a/src/afb-api-dbus.c
+++ b/src/afb-api-dbus.c
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@
 
 #include "afb-session.h"
 #include "afb-msg-json.h"
-#include "afb-apis.h"
-#include "afb-api-so.h"
+#include "afb-api.h"
+#include "afb-apiset.h"
+#include "afb-api-dbus.h"
 #include "afb-context.h"
 #include "afb-cred.h"
 #include "afb-evt.h"
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ struct api_dbus
 			struct sd_bus_slot *slot_call;
 			struct afb_evt_listener *listener; /* listener for broadcasted events */
 			struct origin *origins;
+			struct afb_apiset *apiset;
 		} server;
 	};
 };
@@ -110,7 +112,7 @@ static struct api_dbus *make_api_dbus_3(int system, const char *path, size_t pat
 		goto error2;
 	}
 	api->api++;
-	if (!afb_apis_is_valid_api_name(api->api)) {
+	if (!afb_api_is_valid_name(api->api)) {
 		errno = EINVAL;
 		goto error2;
 	}
@@ -358,19 +360,6 @@ end:
 	sd_bus_message_unref(msg);
 }
 
-static int api_dbus_service_start(void *closure, int share_session, int onneed)
-{
-	struct api_dbus *api = closure;
-
-	/* not an error when onneed */
-	if (onneed != 0)
-		return 0;
-
-	/* already started: it is an error */
-	ERROR("The Dbus binding %s is not a startable service", api->name);
-	return -1;
-}
-
 /* receives broadcasted events */
 static int api_dbus_client_on_broadcast_event(sd_bus_message *m, void *userdata, sd_bus_error *ret_error)
 {
@@ -578,12 +567,11 @@ static int api_dbus_client_on_manage_event(sd_bus_message *m, void *userdata, sd
 }
 
 static struct afb_api_itf dbus_api_itf = {
-	.call = api_dbus_client_call,
-	.service_start = api_dbus_service_start
+	.call = api_dbus_client_call
 };
 
 /* adds a afb-dbus-service client api */
-int afb_api_dbus_add_client(const char *path)
+int afb_api_dbus_add_client(const char *path, struct afb_apiset *apiset)
 {
 	int rc;
 	struct api_dbus *api;
@@ -621,7 +609,7 @@ int afb_api_dbus_add_client(const char *path)
 	/* record it as an API */
 	afb_api.closure = api;
 	afb_api.itf = &dbus_api_itf;
-	if (afb_apis_add(api->api, afb_api) < 0)
+	if (afb_apiset_add(apiset, api->api, afb_api) < 0)
 		goto error2;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -997,8 +985,7 @@ static int api_dbus_server_on_object_called(sd_bus_message *message, void *userd
 	dreq->listener = listener;
 	dreq->xreq.api = api->api;
 	dreq->xreq.verb = method;
-	afb_apis_call(&dreq->xreq);
-	afb_xreq_unref(&dreq->xreq);
+	afb_xreq_process(&dreq->xreq, api->server.apiset);
 	return 1;
 
 out_of_memory:
@@ -1009,7 +996,7 @@ error:
 }
 
 /* create the service */
-int afb_api_dbus_add_server(const char *path)
+int afb_api_dbus_add_server(const char *path, struct afb_apiset *apiset)
 {
 	int rc;
 	struct api_dbus *api;
@@ -1037,6 +1024,7 @@ int afb_api_dbus_add_server(const char *path)
 	INFO("afb service over dbus installed, name %s, path %s", api->name, api->path);
 
 	api->server.listener = afb_evt_listener_create(&evt_broadcast_itf, api);
+	api->server.apiset = afb_apiset_addref(apiset);
 	return 0;
 error3:
 	sd_bus_release_name(api->sdbus, api->name);
diff --git a/src/afb-api-dbus.h b/src/afb-api-dbus.h
index b4c2da8d..221b52dd 100644
--- a/src/afb-api-dbus.h
+++ b/src/afb-api-dbus.h
@@ -20,10 +20,8 @@
 
 struct afb_req_itf;
 
-extern const struct afb_req_itf afb_api_dbus_req_itf;
+extern int afb_api_dbus_add_client(const char *path, struct afb_apiset *apiset);
 
-extern int afb_api_dbus_add_client(const char *path);
-
-extern int afb_api_dbus_add_server(const char *path);
+extern int afb_api_dbus_add_server(const char *path, struct afb_apiset *apiset);
 
 
diff --git a/src/afb-api-so-v1.c b/src/afb-api-so-v1.c
index 4ec378e1..8c4ea484 100644
--- a/src/afb-api-so-v1.c
+++ b/src/afb-api-so-v1.c
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 
 #include <afb/afb-binding.h>
 
-#include "afb-apis.h"
+#include "afb-api.h"
+#include "afb-apiset.h"
 #include "afb-svc.h"
 #include "afb-evt.h"
 #include "afb-common.h"
@@ -70,10 +71,10 @@ static void call_cb(void *closure, struct afb_xreq *xreq)
 	if (!verb)
 		afb_xreq_fail_f(xreq, "unknown-verb", "verb %s unknown within api %s", xreq->verb, desc->binding->v1.prefix);
 	else
-		afb_xreq_call(xreq, verb->session, verb->callback);
+		afb_xreq_so_call(xreq, verb->session, verb->callback);
 }
 
-static int service_start_cb(void *closure, int share_session, int onneed)
+static int service_start_cb(void *closure, int share_session, int onneed, struct afb_apiset *apiset)
 {
 	int (*init)(struct afb_service service);
 	void (*onevent)(const char *event, struct json_object *object);
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ static int service_start_cb(void *closure, int share_session, int onneed)
 
 	/* get the event handler if any */
 	onevent = dlsym(desc->handle, afb_api_so_v1_service_event);
-	desc->service = afb_svc_create(share_session, init, onevent);
+	desc->service = afb_svc_create(apiset, share_session, init, onevent);
 	if (desc->service == NULL) {
 		/* starting error */
 		ERROR("Starting service %s failed", desc->binding->v1.prefix);
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ static struct afb_api_itf so_v1_api_itf = {
 	.set_verbosity = set_verbosity_cb
 };
 
-int afb_api_so_v1_add(const char *path, void *handle)
+int afb_api_so_v1_add(const char *path, void *handle, struct afb_apiset *apiset)
 {
 	struct api_so_v1 *desc;
 	struct afb_binding *(*register_function) (const struct afb_binding_interface *interface);
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ int afb_api_so_v1_add(const char *path, void *handle)
 		ERROR("binding [%s] bad prefix...", path);
 		goto error2;
 	}
-	if (!afb_apis_is_valid_api_name(desc->binding->v1.prefix)) {
+	if (!afb_api_is_valid_name(desc->binding->v1.prefix)) {
 		ERROR("binding [%s] invalid prefix...", path);
 		goto error2;
 	}
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ int afb_api_so_v1_add(const char *path, void *handle)
 	afb_ditf_rename(&desc->ditf, desc->binding->v1.prefix);
 	afb_api.closure = desc;
 	afb_api.itf = &so_v1_api_itf;
-	if (afb_apis_add(desc->binding->v1.prefix, afb_api) < 0) {
+	if (afb_apiset_add(apiset, desc->binding->v1.prefix, afb_api) < 0) {
 		ERROR("binding [%s] can't be registered...", path);
 		goto error2;
 	}
diff --git a/src/afb-api-so-v1.h b/src/afb-api-so-v1.h
index d89ad60c..be8f8401 100644
--- a/src/afb-api-so-v1.h
+++ b/src/afb-api-so-v1.h
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-extern int afb_api_so_v1_add(const char *path, void *handle);
+extern int afb_api_so_v1_add(const char *path, void *handle, struct afb_apiset *apiset);
diff --git a/src/afb-api-so-v2.c b/src/afb-api-so-v2.c
index 714bcd0f..2d939fbc 100644
--- a/src/afb-api-so-v2.c
+++ b/src/afb-api-so-v2.c
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 
 #include <afb/afb-binding.h>
 
-#include "afb-apis.h"
+#include "afb-api.h"
+#include "afb-apiset.h"
 #include "afb-svc.h"
 #include "afb-ditf.h"
 #include "afb-evt.h"
@@ -68,10 +69,10 @@ static void call_cb(void *closure, struct afb_xreq *xreq)
 	if (!verb)
 		afb_xreq_fail_f(xreq, "unknown-verb", "verb %s unknown within api %s", xreq->verb, desc->binding->api);
 	else
-		afb_xreq_call(xreq, verb->session, verb->callback);
+		afb_xreq_so_call(xreq, verb->session, verb->callback);
 }
 
-static int service_start_cb(void *closure, int share_session, int onneed)
+static int service_start_cb(void *closure, int share_session, int onneed, struct afb_apiset *apiset)
 {
 	int (*start)(const struct afb_binding_interface *interface, struct afb_service service);
 	void (*onevent)(const char *event, struct json_object *object);
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ static int service_start_cb(void *closure, int share_session, int onneed)
 
 	/* get the event handler if any */
 	onevent = desc->binding->onevent;
-	desc->service = afb_svc_create_v2(share_session, onevent, start, &desc->ditf.interface);
+	desc->service = afb_svc_create_v2(apiset, share_session, onevent, start, &desc->ditf.interface);
 	if (desc->service == NULL) {
 		/* starting error */
 		ERROR("Starting service %s failed", desc->binding->api);
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ static struct afb_api_itf so_v2_api_itf = {
 	.set_verbosity = set_verbosity_cb
 };
 
-int afb_api_so_v2_add(const char *path, void *handle)
+int afb_api_so_v2_add(const char *path, void *handle, struct afb_apiset *apiset)
 {
 	int rc;
 	struct api_so_v2 *desc;
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ int afb_api_so_v2_add(const char *path, void *handle)
 		ERROR("binding [%s] bad api name...", path);
 		goto error;
 	}
-	if (!afb_apis_is_valid_api_name(binding->api)) {
+	if (!afb_api_is_valid_name(binding->api)) {
 		ERROR("binding [%s] invalid api name...", path);
 		goto error;
 	}
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ int afb_api_so_v2_add(const char *path, void *handle)
 	/* records the binding */
 	afb_api.closure = desc;
 	afb_api.itf = &so_v2_api_itf;
-	if (afb_apis_add(binding->api, afb_api) < 0) {
+	if (afb_apiset_add(apiset, binding->api, afb_api) < 0) {
 		ERROR("binding [%s] can't be registered...", path);
 		goto error2;
 	}
diff --git a/src/afb-api-so-v2.h b/src/afb-api-so-v2.h
index 7305db4a..28078973 100644
--- a/src/afb-api-so-v2.h
+++ b/src/afb-api-so-v2.h
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-extern int afb_api_so_v2_add(const char *path, void *handle);
+extern int afb_api_so_v2_add(const char *path, void *handle, struct afb_apiset *apiset);
diff --git a/src/afb-api-so.c b/src/afb-api-so.c
index a22e4442..4b8f070c 100644
--- a/src/afb-api-so.c
+++ b/src/afb-api-so.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "afb-api-so-v2.h"
 #include "verbose.h"
 
-static int load_binding(const char *path, int force)
+static int load_binding(const char *path, int force, struct afb_apiset *apiset)
 {
 	int rc;
 	void *handle;
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ static int load_binding(const char *path, int force)
 	}
 
 	/* retrieves the register function */
-	rc = afb_api_so_v2_add(path, handle);
+	rc = afb_api_so_v2_add(path, handle, apiset);
 	if (rc < 0) {
 		/* error when loading a valid v2 binding */
 		goto error2;
 	}
-	rc = afb_api_so_v1_add(path, handle);
+	rc = afb_api_so_v1_add(path, handle, apiset);
 	if (rc < 0) {
 		/* error when loading a valid v1 binding */
 		goto error2;
@@ -74,12 +74,12 @@ error:
 }
 
 
-int afb_api_so_add_binding(const char *path)
+int afb_api_so_add_binding(const char *path, struct afb_apiset *apiset)
 {
-	return load_binding(path, 1);
+	return load_binding(path, 1, apiset);
 }
 
-static int adddirs(char path[PATH_MAX], size_t end)
+static int adddirs(char path[PATH_MAX], size_t end, struct afb_apiset *apiset)
 {
 	DIR *dir;
 	struct dirent *dent;
@@ -119,13 +119,13 @@ static int adddirs(char path[PATH_MAX], size_t end)
 					continue;
 			}
 			memcpy(&path[end], dent->d_name, len+1);
-			adddirs(path, end+len);;
+			adddirs(path, end+len, apiset);
 		} else if (dent->d_type == DT_REG) {
 			/* case of files */
 			if (memcmp(&dent->d_name[len - 3], ".so", 4))
 				continue;
 			memcpy(&path[end], dent->d_name, len+1);
-			if (load_binding(path, 0) < 0)
+			if (load_binding(path, 0, apiset) < 0)
 				return -1;
 		}
 	}
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static int adddirs(char path[PATH_MAX], size_t end)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int afb_api_so_add_directory(const char *path)
+int afb_api_so_add_directory(const char *path, struct afb_apiset *apiset)
 {
 	size_t length;
 	char buffer[PATH_MAX];
@@ -145,10 +145,10 @@ int afb_api_so_add_directory(const char *path)
 	}
 
 	memcpy(buffer, path, length + 1);
-	return adddirs(buffer, length);
+	return adddirs(buffer, length, apiset);
 }
 
-int afb_api_so_add_path(const char *path)
+int afb_api_so_add_path(const char *path, struct afb_apiset *apiset)
 {
 	struct stat st;
 	int rc;
@@ -157,15 +157,15 @@ int afb_api_so_add_path(const char *path)
 	if (rc < 0)
 		ERROR("Invalid binding path [%s]: %m", path);
 	else if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
-		rc = afb_api_so_add_directory(path);
+		rc = afb_api_so_add_directory(path, apiset);
 	else if (strstr(path, ".so"))
-		rc = load_binding(path, 0);
+		rc = load_binding(path, 0, apiset);
 	else
 		INFO("not a binding [%s], skipped", path);
 	return rc;
 }
 
-int afb_api_so_add_pathset(const char *pathset)
+int afb_api_so_add_pathset(const char *pathset, struct afb_apiset *apiset)
 {
 	static char sep[] = ":";
 	char *ps, *p;
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ int afb_api_so_add_pathset(const char *pathset)
 		p = strsep(&ps, sep);
 		if (!p)
 			return 0;
-		if (afb_api_so_add_path(p) < 0)
+		if (afb_api_so_add_path(p, apiset) < 0)
 			return -1;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/afb-api-so.h b/src/afb-api-so.h
index fcf66ccf..382dad03 100644
--- a/src/afb-api-so.h
+++ b/src/afb-api-so.h
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-extern int afb_api_so_add_binding(const char *path);
+struct afb_apiset;
 
-extern int afb_api_so_add_directory(const char *path);
+extern int afb_api_so_add_binding(const char *path, struct afb_apiset *apiset);
 
-extern int afb_api_so_add_path(const char *path);
+extern int afb_api_so_add_directory(const char *path, struct afb_apiset *apiset);
 
-extern int afb_api_so_add_pathset(const char *pathset);
+extern int afb_api_so_add_path(const char *path, struct afb_apiset *apiset);
+
+extern int afb_api_so_add_pathset(const char *pathset, struct afb_apiset *apiset);
 
 
diff --git a/src/afb-api-ws.c b/src/afb-api-ws.c
index ea0781df..b03ef668 100644
--- a/src/afb-api-ws.c
+++ b/src/afb-api-ws.c
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
 #include "afb-cred.h"
 #include "afb-ws.h"
 #include "afb-msg-json.h"
-#include "afb-apis.h"
+#include "afb-api.h"
+#include "afb-apiset.h"
 #include "afb-api-so.h"
 #include "afb-context.h"
 #include "afb-evt.h"
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ struct api_ws
 		} client;
 		struct {
 			sd_event_source *listensrc; /**< systemd source for server socket */
+			struct afb_apiset *apiset;
 		} server;
 	};
 };
@@ -169,6 +171,9 @@ struct api_ws_client
 
 	/* pending subcalls */
 	struct api_ws_subcall *subcalls;
+
+	/* apiset */
+	struct afb_apiset *apiset;
 };
 
 /******************* websocket interface for client part **********************************/
@@ -238,7 +243,7 @@ static struct api_ws *api_ws_make(const char *path)
 	while (length && path[length - 1] != '/' && path[length - 1] != ':')
 		length = length - 1;
 	api->api = &api->path[length];
-	if (api->api == NULL || !afb_apis_is_valid_api_name(api->api)) {
+	if (api->api == NULL || !afb_api_is_valid_name(api->api)) {
 		errno = EINVAL;
 		goto error2;
 	}
@@ -931,19 +936,6 @@ end:
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&apiws->mutex);
 }
 
-static int api_ws_service_start_cb(void *closure, int share_session, int onneed)
-{
-	struct api_ws *api = closure;
-
-	/* not an error when onneed */
-	if (onneed != 0)
-		return 0;
-
-	/* already started: it is an error */
-	ERROR("The WS binding %s is not a startable service", api->path);
-	return -1;
-}
-
 /*  */
 static void api_ws_client_disconnect(struct api_ws *api)
 {
@@ -975,12 +967,11 @@ static int api_ws_client_connect(struct api_ws *api)
 }
 
 static struct afb_api_itf ws_api_itf = {
-	.call = api_ws_client_call_cb,
-	.service_start = api_ws_service_start_cb
+	.call = api_ws_client_call_cb
 };
 
 /* adds a afb-ws-service client api */
-int afb_api_ws_add_client(const char *path)
+int afb_api_ws_add_client(const char *path, struct afb_apiset *apiset)
 {
 	int rc;
 	struct api_ws *api;
@@ -1001,7 +992,7 @@ int afb_api_ws_add_client(const char *path)
 	/* record it as an API */
 	afb_api.closure = api;
 	afb_api.itf = &ws_api_itf;
-	if (afb_apis_add(api->api, afb_api) < 0)
+	if (afb_apiset_add(apiset, api->api, afb_api) < 0)
 		goto error3;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1031,6 +1022,7 @@ static void api_ws_server_client_unref(struct api_ws_client *client)
 			free(sc);
 		}
 		afb_cred_unref(client->cred);
+		afb_apiset_unref(client->apiset);
 		free(client);
 	}
 }
@@ -1081,8 +1073,7 @@ static void api_ws_server_on_call(struct api_ws_client *client, struct readbuf *
 	wreq->xreq.api = client->api;
 	wreq->xreq.verb = cverb;
 	wreq->xreq.json = object;
-	afb_apis_call(&wreq->xreq);
-	afb_xreq_unref(&wreq->xreq);
+	afb_xreq_process(&wreq->xreq, client->apiset);
 	return;
 
 unconnected:
@@ -1180,6 +1171,7 @@ static void api_ws_server_accept(struct api_ws *api)
 				client->ws = afb_ws_create(afb_common_get_event_loop(), client->fd, &api_ws_server_ws_itf, client);
 				if (client->ws != NULL) {
 					client->api = api->api;
+					client->apiset = afb_apiset_addref(api->server.apiset);
 					client->refcount = 1;
 					client->subcalls = NULL;
 					return;
@@ -1429,7 +1421,7 @@ static int api_ws_server_connect(struct api_ws *api)
 }
 
 /* create the service */
-int afb_api_ws_add_server(const char *path)
+int afb_api_ws_add_server(const char *path, struct afb_apiset *apiset)
 {
 	int rc;
 	struct api_ws *api;
@@ -1444,6 +1436,7 @@ int afb_api_ws_add_server(const char *path)
 	if (rc < 0)
 		goto error2;
 
+	api->server.apiset = afb_apiset_addref(apiset);
 	return 0;
 
 error2:
diff --git a/src/afb-api-ws.h b/src/afb-api-ws.h
index 9da4e012..831d5ea0 100644
--- a/src/afb-api-ws.h
+++ b/src/afb-api-ws.h
@@ -20,10 +20,8 @@
 
 struct afb_req_itf;
 
-extern const struct afb_req_itf afb_api_ws_req_itf;
+extern int afb_api_ws_add_client(const char *path, struct afb_apiset *apiset);
 
-extern int afb_api_ws_add_client(const char *path);
-
-extern int afb_api_ws_add_server(const char *path);
+extern int afb_api_ws_add_server(const char *path, struct afb_apiset *apiset);
 
 
diff --git a/src/afb-api.c b/src/afb-api.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb172d7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/afb-api.c
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016, 2017 "IoT.bzh"
+ * Author "Fulup Ar Foll"
+ * Author José Bollo <jose.bollo@iot.bzh>
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include "afb-api.h"
+
+/**
+ * Checks wether 'name' is a valid API name.
+ * @return 1 if valid, 0 otherwise
+ */
+int afb_api_is_valid_name(const char *name)
+{
+	unsigned char c;
+
+	c = (unsigned char)*name;
+	if (c == 0)
+		/* empty names aren't valid */
+		return 0;
+
+	do {
+		if (c < (unsigned char)'\x80') {
+			switch(c) {
+			default:
+				if (c > ' ')
+					break;
+			case '"':
+			case '#':
+			case '%':
+			case '&':
+			case '\'':
+			case '/':
+			case '?':
+			case '`':
+			case '\\':
+			case '\x7f':
+				return 0;
+			}
+		}
+		c = (unsigned char)*++name;
+	} while(c != 0);
+	return 1;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/afb-apis.h b/src/afb-api.h
similarity index 60%
rename from src/afb-apis.h
rename to src/afb-api.h
index 02544668..6dfbf020 100644
--- a/src/afb-apis.h
+++ b/src/afb-api.h
@@ -17,14 +17,13 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-struct afb_req;
-struct afb_context;
 struct afb_xreq;
+struct afb_apiset;
 
 struct afb_api_itf
 {
 	void (*call)(void *closure, struct afb_xreq *xreq);
-	int (*service_start)(void *closure, int share_session, int onneed);
+	int (*service_start)(void *closure, int share_session, int onneed, struct afb_apiset *apiset);
 	void (*update_hooks)(void *closure);
 	int (*get_verbosity)(void *closure);
 	void (*set_verbosity)(void *closure, int level);
@@ -36,21 +35,4 @@ struct afb_api
 	struct afb_api_itf *itf;
 };
 
-extern void afb_apis_set_timeout(int to);
-
-extern int afb_apis_is_valid_api_name(const char *name);
-
-extern int afb_apis_add(const char *name, struct afb_api api);
-
-extern int afb_apis_start_all_services(int share_session);
-extern int afb_apis_start_service(const char *name, int share_session, int onneed);
-
-extern void afb_apis_call(struct afb_xreq *xreq);
-extern void afb_apis_call_direct(struct afb_xreq *xreq);
-
-extern void afb_apis_update_hooks(const char *api);
-
-extern void afb_apis_set_verbosity(const char *api, int level);
-extern int afb_apis_get_verbosity(const char *api);
-extern const char **afb_apis_get_names();
-
+extern int afb_api_is_valid_name(const char *name);
diff --git a/src/afb-apis.c b/src/afb-apiset.c
similarity index 53%
rename from src/afb-apis.c
rename to src/afb-apiset.c
index 6e093550..d9a4e5e8 100644
--- a/src/afb-apis.c
+++ b/src/afb-apiset.c
@@ -25,13 +25,16 @@
 
 #include "afb-session.h"
 #include "verbose.h"
-#include "afb-apis.h"
+#include "afb-api.h"
+#include "afb-apiset.h"
 #include "afb-context.h"
 #include "afb-xreq.h"
 #include "jobs.h"
 
 #include <afb/afb-req-itf.h>
 
+#define INCR 8		/* CAUTION: must be a power of 2 */
+
 /**
  * Internal description of an api
  */
@@ -40,24 +43,58 @@ struct api_desc {
 	struct afb_api api;	/**< handler of the api */
 };
 
-static struct api_desc *apis_array = NULL;
-static int apis_count = 0;
-static int apis_timeout = 15;
+struct afb_apiset
+{
+	struct afb_apiset *subset;
+	struct api_desc *apis;
+	int count;
+	int timeout;
+	int refcount;
+	char name[1];
+};
 
 /**
- * Set the API timeout
- * @param to the timeout in seconds
+ * Search the api of 'name'.
+ * @param set the api set
+ * @param name the api name to search
+ * @return the descriptor if found or NULL otherwise
  */
-void afb_apis_set_timeout(int to)
+static const struct api_desc *search(struct afb_apiset *set, const char *name)
 {
-	apis_timeout = to;
+	int i, c, up, lo;
+	const struct api_desc *a;
+
+	/* dichotomic search of the api */
+	/* initial slice */
+	lo = 0;
+	up = set->count;
+	for (;;) {
+		/* check remaining slice */
+		if (lo >= up) {
+			/* not found */
+			return NULL;
+		}
+		/* check the mid of the slice */
+		i = (lo + up) >> 1;
+		a = &set->apis[i];
+		c = strcasecmp(a->name, name);
+		if (c == 0) {
+			/* found */
+			return a;
+		}
+		/* update the slice */
+		if (c < 0)
+			lo = i + 1;
+		else
+			up = i;
+	}
 }
 
 /**
  * Checks wether 'name' is a valid API name.
  * @return 1 if valid, 0 otherwise
  */
-int afb_apis_is_valid_api_name(const char *name)
+int afb_apiset_valid_name(const char *name)
 {
 	unsigned char c;
 
@@ -90,8 +127,90 @@ int afb_apis_is_valid_api_name(const char *name)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+struct afb_apiset *afb_apiset_addref(struct afb_apiset *set)
+{
+	if (set)
+		__atomic_add_fetch(&set->refcount, 1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+	return set;
+}
+
+void afb_apiset_unref(struct afb_apiset *set)
+{
+	if (set && !__atomic_sub_fetch(&set->refcount, 1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED)) {
+		afb_apiset_unref(set->subset);
+		free(set->apis);
+		free(set);
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Create an apiset
+ */
+struct afb_apiset *afb_apiset_create(const char *name, int timeout, struct afb_apiset *subset)
+{
+	struct afb_apiset *set;
+
+	set = malloc((name ? strlen(name) : 0) + sizeof *set);
+	if (set) {
+		set->subset = afb_apiset_addref(subset);
+		set->apis = malloc(INCR * sizeof *set->apis);
+		set->count = 0;
+		set->timeout = timeout;
+		set->refcount = 1;
+		if (name)
+			strcpy(set->name, name);
+		else
+			set->name[0] = 0;
+	}
+	return set;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Get the API timeout of the set
+ * @param set the api set
+ * @return the timeout in seconds
+ */
+int afb_apiset_get_timeout(struct afb_apiset *set)
+{
+	return set->timeout;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Set the API timeout of the set
+ * @param set the api set
+ * @param to the timeout in seconds
+ */
+void afb_apiset_set_timeout(struct afb_apiset *set, int to)
+{
+	set->timeout = to;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get the subset of the set
+ * @param set the api set
+ * @return the subset of set
+ */
+struct afb_apiset *afb_apiset_get_subset(struct afb_apiset *set)
+{
+	return set->subset;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Set the subset of the set
+ * @param set the api set
+ * @param subset the subset to set
+ */
+void afb_apiset_set_subset(struct afb_apiset *set, struct afb_apiset *subset)
+{
+	struct afb_apiset *tmp = set->subset;
+	set->subset = afb_apiset_addref(subset);
+	afb_apiset_unref(tmp);
+}
+
 /**
  * Adds the api of 'name' described by 'api'.
+ * @param set the api set
  * @param name the name of the api to add (have to survive, not copied!)
  * @param api the api
  * @returns 0 in case of success or -1 in case
@@ -100,21 +219,21 @@ int afb_apis_is_valid_api_name(const char *name)
  *   - EEXIST if name already registered
  *   - ENOMEM when out of memory
  */
-int afb_apis_add(const char *name, struct afb_api api)
+int afb_apiset_add(struct afb_apiset *set, const char *name, struct afb_api api)
 {
 	struct api_desc *apis;
 	int i, c;
 
 	/* Checks the api name */
-	if (!afb_apis_is_valid_api_name(name)) {
+	if (!afb_apiset_valid_name(name)) {
 		ERROR("invalid api name forbidden (name is '%s')", name);
 		errno = EINVAL;
 		goto error;
 	}
 
 	/* check previously existing plugin */
-	for (i = 0 ; i < apis_count ; i++) {
-		c = strcasecmp(apis_array[i].name, name);
+	for (i = 0 ; i < set->count ; i++) {
+		c = strcasecmp(set->apis[i].name, name);
 		if (c == 0) {
 			ERROR("api of name %s already exists", name);
 			errno = EEXIST;
@@ -125,26 +244,24 @@ int afb_apis_add(const char *name, struct afb_api api)
 	}
 
 	/* allocates enough memory */
-	apis = realloc(apis_array, ((unsigned)apis_count + 1) * sizeof * apis);
+	c = (set->count + INCR) & ~(INCR - 1);
+	apis = realloc(set->apis, ((unsigned)c) * sizeof * apis);
 	if (apis == NULL) {
 		ERROR("out of memory");
 		errno = ENOMEM;
 		goto error;
 	}
-	apis_array = apis;
+	set->apis = apis;
 
 	/* copy higher part of the array */
-	c = apis_count;
-	while (c > i) {
-		apis_array[c] = apis_array[c - 1];
-		c--;
-	}
+	apis += i;
+	if (i != set->count)
+		memmove(apis + 1, apis, ((unsigned)(set->count - i)) * sizeof *apis);
 
 	/* record the plugin */
-	apis = &apis_array[i];
 	apis->api = api;
 	apis->name = name;
-	apis_count++;
+	set->count++;
 
 	NOTICE("API %s added", name);
 
@@ -154,158 +271,116 @@ error:
 	return -1;
 }
 
-/**
- * Search the 'api'.
- * @param api the api of the verb
- * @return the descriptor if found or NULL otherwise
- */
-static const struct api_desc *search(const char *api)
+int afb_apiset_del(struct afb_apiset *set, const char *name)
 {
-	int i, c, up, lo;
-	const struct api_desc *a;
+	int i, c;
 
-	/* dichotomic search of the api */
-	/* initial slice */
-	lo = 0;
-	up = apis_count;
-	for (;;) {
-		/* check remaining slice */
-		if (lo >= up) {
-			/* not found */
-			return NULL;
-		}
-		/* check the mid of the slice */
-		i = (lo + up) >> 1;
-		a = &apis_array[i];
-		c = strcasecmp(a->name, api);
+	/* search the api */
+	for (i = 0 ; i < set->count ; i++) {
+		c = strcasecmp(set->apis[i].name, name);
 		if (c == 0) {
-			/* found */
-			return a;
+			set->count--;
+			while(i < set->count) {
+				set->apis[i] = set->apis[i + 1];
+				i++;
+			}
+			return 0;
 		}
-		/* update the slice */
-		if (c < 0)
-			lo = i + 1;
-		else
-			up = i;
+		if (c > 0)
+			break;
 	}
+	errno = ENOENT;
+	return -1;
 }
 
-/**
- * Starts a service by its 'api' name.
- * @param api name of the service to start
- * @param share_session if true start the servic"e in a shared session
- *                      if false start it in its own session
- * @param onneed if true start the service if possible, if false the api
- *               must be a service
- * @return a positive number on success
- */
-int afb_apis_start_service(const char *api, int share_session, int onneed)
+int afb_apiset_get(struct afb_apiset *set, const char *name, struct afb_api *api)
 {
-	int i;
+	const struct api_desc *i;
 
-	for (i = 0 ; i < apis_count ; i++) {
-		if (!strcasecmp(apis_array[i].name, api))
-			return apis_array[i].api.itf->service_start(apis_array[i].api.closure, share_session, onneed);
+	i = search(set, name);
+	if (i) {
+		*api = i->api;
+		return 0;
 	}
-	ERROR("can't find service %s", api);
+	if (set->subset)
+		return afb_apiset_get(set->subset, name, api);
+
 	errno = ENOENT;
 	return -1;
 }
 
 /**
- * Starts all possible services but stops at first error.
+ * Starts a service by its 'api' name.
+ * @param set the api set
+ * @param name name of the service to start
  * @param share_session if true start the servic"e in a shared session
  *                      if false start it in its own session
- * @return 0 on success or a negative number when an error is found
- */
-int afb_apis_start_all_services(int share_session)
-{
-	int i, rc;
-
-	for (i = 0 ; i < apis_count ; i++) {
-		rc = apis_array[i].api.itf->service_start(apis_array[i].api.closure, share_session, 1);
-		if (rc < 0)
-			return rc;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/**
- * Internal direct dispatch of the request 'xreq'
- * @param xreq the request to dispatch
+ * @param onneed if true start the service if possible, if false the api
+ *               must be a service
+ * @return a positive number on success
  */
-static void do_call_direct(struct afb_xreq *xreq)
+int afb_apiset_start_service(struct afb_apiset *set, const char *name, int share_session, int onneed)
 {
 	const struct api_desc *a;
 
-	/* search the api */
-	a = search(xreq->api);
-	if (!a)
-		afb_xreq_fail_f(xreq, "unknown-api", "api %s not found", xreq->api);
-	else {
-		xreq->context.api_key = a->api.closure;
-		a->api.itf->call(a->api.closure, xreq);
+	a = search(set, name);
+	if (!a) {
+		ERROR("can't find service %s", name);
+		errno = ENOENT;
+		return -1;
 	}
-}
 
-/**
- * Asynchronous dispatch callback for the request 'xreq'
- * @param signum 0 on normal flow or the signal number that interupted the normal flow
- */
-static void do_call_async(int signum, void *arg)
-{
-	struct afb_xreq *xreq = arg;
+	if (a->api.itf->service_start)
+		return a->api.itf->service_start(a->api.closure, share_session, onneed, set);
 
-	if (signum != 0)
-		afb_xreq_fail_f(xreq, "aborted", "signal %s(%d) caught", strsignal(signum), signum);
-	else {
-		do_call_direct(xreq);
-	}
-	afb_xreq_unref(xreq);
-}
+	if (onneed)
+		return 0;
 
-/**
- * Dispatch the request 'xreq' synchronously and directly.
- * @param xreq the request to dispatch
- */
-void afb_apis_call_direct(struct afb_xreq *xreq)
-{
-	afb_xreq_begin(xreq);
-	do_call_direct(xreq);
+	/* already started: it is an error */
+	ERROR("The api %s is not a startable service", name);
+	errno = EINVAL;
+	return -1;
 }
 
 /**
- * Dispatch the request 'xreq' asynchronously.
- * @param xreq the request to dispatch
+ * Starts all possible services but stops at first error.
+ * @param set the api set
+ * @param share_session if true start the servic"e in a shared session
+ *                      if false start it in its own session
+ * @return 0 on success or a negative number when an error is found
  */
-void afb_apis_call(struct afb_xreq *xreq)
+int afb_apiset_start_all_services(struct afb_apiset *set, int share_session)
 {
 	int rc;
+	const struct api_desc *i, *e;
 
-	afb_xreq_begin(xreq);
-	afb_xreq_addref(xreq);
-	rc = jobs_queue(NULL, apis_timeout, do_call_async, xreq);
-	if (rc < 0) {
-		/* TODO: allows or not to proccess it directly as when no threading? (see above) */
-		ERROR("can't process job with threads: %m");
-		afb_xreq_fail_f(xreq, "cancelled", "not able to create a job for the task");
-		afb_xreq_unref(xreq);
+	i = set->apis;
+	e = &set->apis[set->count];
+	while (i != e) {
+		if (i->api.itf->service_start) {
+			rc = i->api.itf->service_start(i->api.closure, share_session, 1, set);
+			if (rc < 0)
+				return rc;
+		}
+		i++;
 	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
  * Ask to update the hook flags of the 'api'
- * @param api the api to update (NULL updates all)
+ * @param set the api set
+ * @param name the api to update (NULL updates all)
  */
-void afb_apis_update_hooks(const char *api)
+void afb_apiset_update_hooks(struct afb_apiset *set, const char *name)
 {
 	const struct api_desc *i, *e;
 
-	if (!api) {
-		i = apis_array;
-		e = &apis_array[apis_count];
+	if (!name) {
+		i = set->apis;
+		e = &set->apis[set->count];
 	} else {
-		i = search(api);
+		i = search(set, name);
 		e = &i[!!i];
 	}
 	while (i != e) {
@@ -317,17 +392,18 @@ void afb_apis_update_hooks(const char *api)
 
 /**
  * Set the verbosity level of the 'api'
- * @param api the api to set (NULL set all)
+ * @param set the api set
+ * @param name the api to set (NULL set all)
  */
-void afb_apis_set_verbosity(const char *api, int level)
+void afb_apiset_set_verbosity(struct afb_apiset *set, const char *name, int level)
 {
 	const struct api_desc *i, *e;
 
-	if (!api) {
-		i = apis_array;
-		e = &apis_array[apis_count];
+	if (!name) {
+		i = set->apis;
+		e = &set->apis[set->count];
 	} else {
-		i = search(api);
+		i = search(set, name);
 		e = &i[!!i];
 	}
 	while (i != e) {
@@ -339,13 +415,14 @@ void afb_apis_set_verbosity(const char *api, int level)
 
 /**
  * Set the verbosity level of the 'api'
- * @param api the api to set (NULL set all)
+ * @param set the api set
+ * @param name the api to set (NULL set all)
  */
-int afb_apis_get_verbosity(const char *api)
+int afb_apiset_get_verbosity(struct afb_apiset *set, const char *name)
 {
 	const struct api_desc *i;
 
-	i = api ? search(api) : NULL;
+	i = name ? search(set, name) : NULL;
 	if (!i) {
 		errno = ENOENT;
 		return -1;
@@ -358,30 +435,105 @@ int afb_apis_get_verbosity(const char *api)
 
 /**
  * Get the list of api names
+ * @param set the api set
  * @return a NULL terminated array of api names. Must be freed.
  */
-const char **afb_apis_get_names()
+const char **afb_apiset_get_names(struct afb_apiset *set)
 {
 	size_t size;
 	char *dest;
 	const char **names;
 	int i;
 
-	size = apis_count * (1 + sizeof(*names)) + sizeof(*names);
-	for (i = 0 ; i < apis_count ; i++)
-		size += strlen(apis_array[i].name);
+	size = set->count * (1 + sizeof(*names)) + sizeof(*names);
+	for (i = 0 ; i < set->count ; i++)
+		size += strlen(set->apis[i].name);
 
 	names = malloc(size);
 	if (!names)
 		errno = ENOMEM;
 	else {
-		dest = (void*)&names[apis_count+1];
-		for (i = 0 ; i < apis_count ; i++) {
+		dest = (void*)&names[set->count+1];
+		for (i = 0 ; i < set->count ; i++) {
 			names[i] = dest;
-			dest = stpcpy(dest, apis_array[i].name) + 1;
+			dest = stpcpy(dest, set->apis[i].name) + 1;
 		}
 		names[i] = NULL;
 	}
 	return names;
 }
 
+
+#if 0
+
+
+
+/**
+ * Internal direct dispatch of the request 'xreq'
+ * @param set the api set
+ * @param xreq the request to dispatch
+ */
+static void do_call_direct(struct afb_xreq *xreq)
+{
+	const struct api_desc *a;
+
+	/* search the api */
+	a = search(xreq->api);
+	if (!a)
+		afb_xreq_fail_f(xreq, "unknown-api", "api %s not found", xreq->api);
+	else {
+		xreq->context.api_key = a->api.closure;
+		a->api.itf->call(a->api.closure, xreq);
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Asynchronous dispatch callback for the request 'xreq'
+ * @param set the api set
+ * @param signum 0 on normal flow or the signal number that interupted the normal flow
+ */
+static void do_call_async(int signum, void *arg)
+{
+	struct afb_xreq *xreq = arg;
+
+	if (signum != 0)
+		afb_xreq_fail_f(xreq, "aborted", "signal %s(%d) caught", strsignal(signum), signum);
+	else {
+		do_call_direct(xreq);
+	}
+	afb_xreq_unref(xreq);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Dispatch the request 'xreq' synchronously and directly.
+ * @param set the api set
+ * @param xreq the request to dispatch
+ */
+void afb_apiset_call_direct(struct afb_apiset *set, struct afb_xreq *xreq)
+{
+	afb_xreq_begin(xreq);
+	do_call_direct(xreq);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Dispatch the request 'xreq' asynchronously.
+ * @param set the api set
+ * @param xreq the request to dispatch
+ */
+void afb_apiset_call(struct afb_apiset *set, struct afb_xreq *xreq)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	afb_xreq_begin(xreq);
+	afb_xreq_addref(xreq);
+	rc = jobs_queue(NULL, apis_timeout, do_call_async, xreq);
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		/* TODO: allows or not to proccess it directly as when no threading? (see above) */
+		ERROR("can't process job with threads: %m");
+		afb_xreq_fail_f(xreq, "cancelled", "not able to create a job for the task");
+		afb_xreq_unref(xreq);
+	}
+}
+
+#endif
+
diff --git a/src/afb-apiset.h b/src/afb-apiset.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be7932bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/afb-apiset.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016, 2017 "IoT.bzh"
+ * Author: José Bollo <jose.bollo@iot.bzh>
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+struct afb_api;
+struct afb_apiset;
+
+extern struct afb_apiset *afb_apiset_addref(struct afb_apiset *set);
+extern void afb_apiset_unref(struct afb_apiset *set);
+extern struct afb_apiset *afb_apiset_create(const char *name, int timeout, struct afb_apiset *subset);
+extern int afb_apiset_get_timeout(struct afb_apiset *set);
+extern void afb_apiset_set_timeout(struct afb_apiset *set, int to);
+extern struct afb_apiset *afb_apiset_get_subset(struct afb_apiset *set);
+extern void afb_apiset_set_subset(struct afb_apiset *set, struct afb_apiset *subset);
+extern int afb_apiset_add(struct afb_apiset *set, const char *name, struct afb_api api);
+extern int afb_apiset_del(struct afb_apiset *set, const char *name);
+extern int afb_apiset_get(struct afb_apiset *set, const char *name, struct afb_api *api);
+extern int afb_apiset_start_service(struct afb_apiset *set, const char *name, int share_session, int onneed);
+extern int afb_apiset_start_all_services(struct afb_apiset *set, int share_session);
+extern void afb_apiset_update_hooks(struct afb_apiset *set, const char *name);
+extern void afb_apiset_set_verbosity(struct afb_apiset *set, const char *name, int level);
+extern int afb_apiset_get_verbosity(struct afb_apiset *set, const char *name);
+extern const char **afb_apiset_get_names(struct afb_apiset *set);
+
diff --git a/src/afb-ditf.h b/src/afb-ditf.h
index ad8c9920..3e8d99a7 100644
--- a/src/afb-ditf.h
+++ b/src/afb-ditf.h
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 
 #include <afb/afb-binding.h>
 
-#include "afb-apis.h"
 #include "afb-svc.h"
 #include "afb-evt.h"
 #include "afb-common.h"
diff --git a/src/afb-hreq.c b/src/afb-hreq.c
index 6589f0f4..fe5af73a 100644
--- a/src/afb-hreq.c
+++ b/src/afb-hreq.c
@@ -910,16 +910,19 @@ static void req_success(struct afb_xreq *xreq, json_object *obj, const char *inf
 	req_reply(hreq, MHD_HTTP_OK, "success", info, obj);
 }
 
-int afb_hreq_init_req_call(struct afb_hreq *hreq, const char *api, size_t lenapi, const char *verb, size_t lenverb)
+void afb_hreq_call(struct afb_hreq *hreq, struct afb_apiset *apiset, const char *api, size_t lenapi, const char *verb, size_t lenverb)
 {
 	hreq->xreq.api = strndup(api, lenapi);
 	hreq->xreq.verb = strndup(verb, lenverb);
 	if (hreq->xreq.api == NULL || hreq->xreq.verb == NULL) {
 		ERROR("Out of memory");
-		errno = ENOMEM;
-		return -1;
+		afb_hreq_reply_error(hreq, MHD_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+	} else if (afb_hreq_init_context(hreq) < 0) {
+		afb_hreq_reply_error(hreq, MHD_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+	} else {
+		afb_xreq_addref(&hreq->xreq); /* TODO check if needed */
+		afb_xreq_process(&hreq->xreq, apiset);
 	}
-	return afb_hreq_init_context(hreq);
 }
 
 int afb_hreq_init_context(struct afb_hreq *hreq)
diff --git a/src/afb-hreq.h b/src/afb-hreq.h
index 47d6aa53..f4c00ff2 100644
--- a/src/afb-hreq.h
+++ b/src/afb-hreq.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ extern int afb_hreq_post_add_file(struct afb_hreq *hreq, const char *name, const
 
 extern int afb_hreq_post_add(struct afb_hreq *hreq, const char *name, const char *data, size_t size);
 
-extern int afb_hreq_init_req_call(struct afb_hreq *hreq, const char *api, size_t lenapi, const char *verb, size_t lenverb);
+extern void afb_hreq_call(struct afb_hreq *hreq, struct afb_apiset *apiset, const char *api, size_t lenapi, const char *verb, size_t lenverb);
 
 extern int afb_hreq_init_context(struct afb_hreq *hreq);
 
diff --git a/src/afb-hswitch.c b/src/afb-hswitch.c
index 0eae18f7..34eafd5b 100644
--- a/src/afb-hswitch.c
+++ b/src/afb-hswitch.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include <afb/afb-req-itf.h>
 #include "afb-context.h"
 #include "afb-hreq.h"
-#include "afb-apis.h"
+#include "afb-apiset.h"
 #include "afb-session.h"
 #include "afb-websock.h"
 
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ int afb_hswitch_apis(struct afb_hreq *hreq, void *data)
 {
 	const char *api, *verb;
 	size_t lenapi, lenverb;
+	struct afb_apiset *apiset = data;
 
 	api = &hreq->tail[strspn(hreq->tail, "/")];
 	lenapi = strcspn(api, "/");
@@ -44,10 +45,7 @@ int afb_hswitch_apis(struct afb_hreq *hreq, void *data)
 	if (!(*api && *verb && lenapi && lenverb))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (afb_hreq_init_req_call(hreq, api, lenapi, verb, lenverb) < 0)
-		afb_hreq_reply_error(hreq, MHD_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
-	else
-		afb_apis_call(&hreq->xreq);
+	afb_hreq_call(hreq, apiset, api, lenapi, verb, lenverb);
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -79,6 +77,8 @@ int afb_hswitch_one_page_api_redirect(struct afb_hreq *hreq, void *data)
 
 int afb_hswitch_websocket_switch(struct afb_hreq *hreq, void *data)
 {
+	struct afb_apiset *apiset = data;
+
 	if (hreq->lentail != 0)
 		return 0;
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ int afb_hswitch_websocket_switch(struct afb_hreq *hreq, void *data)
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	return afb_websock_check_upgrade(hreq);
+	return afb_websock_check_upgrade(hreq, apiset);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/afb-hswitch.h b/src/afb-hswitch.h
index 51773741..7fc8049a 100644
--- a/src/afb-hswitch.h
+++ b/src/afb-hswitch.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 struct afb_hreq;
+
 extern int afb_hswitch_apis(struct afb_hreq *hreq, void *data);
 extern int afb_hswitch_one_page_api_redirect(struct afb_hreq *hreq, void *data);
 extern int afb_hswitch_websocket_switch(struct afb_hreq *hreq, void *data);
diff --git a/src/afb-subcall.c b/src/afb-subcall.c
index 68b33129..8a8c77a9 100644
--- a/src/afb-subcall.c
+++ b/src/afb-subcall.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "afb-subcall.h"
 #include "afb-msg-json.h"
-#include "afb-apis.h"
+#include "afb-apiset.h"
 #include "afb-context.h"
 #include "afb-xreq.h"
 #include "afb-cred.h"
@@ -133,8 +133,7 @@ void afb_subcall(
 		return;
 	}
 
-	afb_apis_call(&subcall->xreq);
-	afb_xreq_unref(&subcall->xreq);
+	afb_xreq_process(&subcall->xreq, caller->apiset);
 }
 
 struct subcall_sync
diff --git a/src/afb-svc.c b/src/afb-svc.c
index 6b6b0a53..0ae56b81 100644
--- a/src/afb-svc.c
+++ b/src/afb-svc.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include "afb-svc.h"
 #include "afb-xreq.h"
 #include "afb-cred.h"
-#include "afb-apis.h"
+#include "afb-apiset.h"
 #include "verbose.h"
 
 /*
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ struct afb_svc
 	/* session of the service */
 	struct afb_session *session;
 
+	/* the apiset for the service */
+	struct afb_apiset *apiset;
+
 	/* event listener of the service or NULL */
 	struct afb_evt_listener *listener;
 
@@ -93,7 +96,11 @@ static struct afb_session *common_session;
 /*
  * Allocates a new service
  */
-static struct afb_svc *afb_svc_alloc(int share_session, void (*on_event)(const char *event, struct json_object *object))
+static struct afb_svc *afb_svc_alloc(
+			struct afb_apiset *apiset,
+			int share_session,
+			void (*on_event)(const char *event, struct json_object *object)
+)
 {
 	struct afb_svc *svc;
 
@@ -102,6 +109,9 @@ static struct afb_svc *afb_svc_alloc(int share_session, void (*on_event)(const c
 	if (svc == NULL)
 		goto error;
 
+	/* instanciate the apiset */
+	svc->apiset = afb_apiset_addref(apiset);
+
 	/* instanciate the session */
 	if (share_session) {
 		/* session shared with other svcs */
@@ -133,6 +143,7 @@ static struct afb_svc *afb_svc_alloc(int share_session, void (*on_event)(const c
 error3:
 	afb_session_unref(svc->session);
 error2:
+	afb_apiset_unref(svc->apiset);
 	free(svc);
 error:
 	return NULL;
@@ -141,13 +152,18 @@ error:
 /*
  * Creates a new service
  */
-struct afb_svc *afb_svc_create(int share_session, int (*init)(struct afb_service service), void (*on_event)(const char *event, struct json_object *object))
+struct afb_svc *afb_svc_create(
+		struct afb_apiset *apiset,
+		int share_session,
+		int (*init)(struct afb_service service),
+		void (*on_event)(const char *event, struct json_object *object)
+)
 {
 	int rc;
 	struct afb_svc *svc;
 
 	/* allocates the svc handler */
-	svc = afb_svc_alloc(share_session, on_event);
+	svc = afb_svc_alloc(apiset, share_session, on_event);
 	if (svc == NULL)
 		goto error;
 
@@ -162,6 +178,7 @@ error2:
 	if (svc->listener != NULL)
 		afb_evt_listener_unref(svc->listener);
 	afb_session_unref(svc->session);
+	afb_apiset_unref(svc->apiset);
 	free(svc);
 error:
 	return NULL;
@@ -171,16 +188,18 @@ error:
  * Creates a new service
  */
 struct afb_svc *afb_svc_create_v2(
+			struct afb_apiset *apiset,
 			int share_session,
 			void (*on_event)(const char *event, struct json_object *object),
 			int (*start)(const struct afb_binding_interface *interface, struct afb_service service),
-			const struct afb_binding_interface *interface)
+			const struct afb_binding_interface *interface
+)
 {
 	int rc;
 	struct afb_svc *svc;
 
 	/* allocates the svc handler */
-	svc = afb_svc_alloc(share_session, on_event);
+	svc = afb_svc_alloc(apiset, share_session, on_event);
 	if (svc == NULL)
 		goto error;
 
@@ -195,6 +214,7 @@ error2:
 	if (svc->listener != NULL)
 		afb_evt_listener_unref(svc->listener);
 	afb_session_unref(svc->session);
+	afb_apiset_unref(svc->apiset);
 	free(svc);
 error:
 	return NULL;
@@ -240,8 +260,7 @@ static void svc_call(void *closure, const char *api, const char *verb, struct js
 	svcreq->closure = cbclosure;
 
 	/* terminates and frees ressources if needed */
-	afb_apis_call(&svcreq->xreq);
-	afb_xreq_unref(&svcreq->xreq);
+	afb_xreq_process(&svcreq->xreq, svc->apiset);
 }
 
 static void svcreq_destroy(struct afb_xreq *xreq)
diff --git a/src/afb-svc.h b/src/afb-svc.h
index 7a1f7c10..0105624c 100644
--- a/src/afb-svc.h
+++ b/src/afb-svc.h
@@ -19,13 +19,17 @@
 
 struct afb_svc;
 struct afb_service;
+struct afb_apiset;
 struct afb_binding_interface;
 
-extern struct afb_svc *afb_svc_create(int share_session,
+extern struct afb_svc *afb_svc_create(
+			struct afb_apiset *apiset,
+			int share_session,
 			int (*init)(struct afb_service service),
 			void (*onevent)(const char *event, struct json_object *object));
 
 extern struct afb_svc *afb_svc_create_v2(
+			struct afb_apiset *apiset,
 			int share_session,
 			void (*on_event)(const char *event, struct json_object *object),
 			int (*start)(const struct afb_binding_interface *interface, struct afb_service service),
diff --git a/src/afb-websock.c b/src/afb-websock.c
index abdcfa1d..523ad8ff 100644
--- a/src/afb-websock.c
+++ b/src/afb-websock.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static int headerhas(const char *header, const char *needle)
 struct protodef
 {
 	const char *name;
-	void *(*create)(int fd, void *context, void (*cleanup)(void*), void *cleanup_closure);
+	void *(*create)(int fd, struct afb_apiset *apiset, struct afb_context *context, void (*cleanup)(void*), void *cleanup_closure);
 };
 
 static const struct protodef *search_proto(const struct protodef *protodefs, const char *protocols)
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static const struct protodef *search_proto(const struct protodef *protodefs, con
 	}
 }
 
-static int check_websocket_upgrade(struct MHD_Connection *con, const struct protodef *protodefs, void *context, void **websock)
+static int check_websocket_upgrade(struct MHD_Connection *con, const struct protodef *protodefs, void *context, void **websock, struct afb_apiset *apiset)
 {
 	const union MHD_ConnectionInfo *info;
 	struct MHD_Response *response;
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static int check_websocket_upgrade(struct MHD_Connection *con, const struct prot
 		MHD_destroy_response(response);
 		return 1;
 	}
-	ws = proto->create(info->connect_fd, context, (void*)MHD_resume_connection, con);
+	ws = proto->create(info->connect_fd, apiset, context, (void*)MHD_resume_connection, con);
 	if (ws == NULL) {
 		response = MHD_create_response_from_buffer(0, NULL, MHD_RESPMEM_PERSISTENT);
 		MHD_queue_response(con, MHD_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, response);
@@ -197,11 +197,11 @@ static int check_websocket_upgrade(struct MHD_Connection *con, const struct prot
 }
 
 static const struct protodef protodefs[] = {
-	{ "x-afb-ws-json1",	(void*)afb_ws_json1_create },
+	{ "x-afb-ws-json1",	afb_ws_json1_create },
 	{ NULL, NULL }
 };
 
-int afb_websock_check_upgrade(struct afb_hreq *hreq)
+int afb_websock_check_upgrade(struct afb_hreq *hreq, struct afb_apiset *apiset)
 {
 	void *ws;
 	int rc;
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ int afb_websock_check_upgrade(struct afb_hreq *hreq)
 		return 0;
 
 	ws = NULL;
-	rc = check_websocket_upgrade(hreq->connection, protodefs, &hreq->xreq.context, &ws);
+	rc = check_websocket_upgrade(hreq->connection, protodefs, &hreq->xreq.context, &ws, apiset);
 	if (rc == 1) {
 		hreq->replied = 1;
 		if (ws != NULL)
diff --git a/src/afb-websock.h b/src/afb-websock.h
index 379c3fb4..c9445425 100644
--- a/src/afb-websock.h
+++ b/src/afb-websock.h
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 #pragma once
 
 struct afb_hreq;
-extern int afb_websock_check_upgrade(struct afb_hreq *hreq);
+struct afb_apiset;
+
+extern int afb_websock_check_upgrade(struct afb_hreq *hreq, struct afb_apiset *apiset);
 
 
diff --git a/src/afb-ws-json1.c b/src/afb-ws-json1.c
index 4e405715..50980d7b 100644
--- a/src/afb-ws-json1.c
+++ b/src/afb-ws-json1.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #include "afb-msg-json.h"
 #include "afb-session.h"
 #include "afb-cred.h"
-#include "afb-apis.h"
+#include "afb-apiset.h"
 #include "afb-xreq.h"
 #include "afb-context.h"
 #include "afb-evt.h"
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ struct afb_ws_json1
 	struct afb_evt_listener *listener;
 	struct afb_wsj1 *wsj1;
 	struct afb_cred *cred;
+	struct afb_apiset *apiset;
 	int new_session;
 };
 
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ static const struct afb_evt_itf evt_itf = {
 ****************************************************************
 ***************************************************************/
 
-struct afb_ws_json1 *afb_ws_json1_create(int fd, struct afb_context *context, void (*cleanup)(void*), void *cleanup_closure)
+struct afb_ws_json1 *afb_ws_json1_create(int fd, struct afb_apiset *apiset, struct afb_context *context, void (*cleanup)(void*), void *cleanup_closure)
 {
 	struct afb_ws_json1 *result;
 
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ struct afb_ws_json1 *afb_ws_json1_create(int fd, struct afb_context *context, vo
 		goto error4;
 
 	result->cred = afb_cred_create_for_socket(fd);
+	result->apiset = afb_apiset_addref(apiset);
 	return result;
 
 error4:
@@ -157,6 +159,7 @@ static void aws_unref(struct afb_ws_json1 *ws)
 			ws->cleanup(ws->cleanup_closure);
 		afb_session_unref(ws->session);
 		afb_cred_unref(ws->cred);
+		afb_apiset_unref(ws->apiset);
 		free(ws);
 	}
 }
@@ -200,8 +203,7 @@ static void aws_on_call(struct afb_ws_json1 *ws, const char *api, const char *ve
 	wsreq->xreq.listener = wsreq->aws->listener;
 
 	/* emits the call */
-	afb_apis_call(&wsreq->xreq);
-	afb_xreq_unref(&wsreq->xreq);
+	afb_xreq_process(&wsreq->xreq, ws->apiset);
 }
 
 static void aws_on_event(struct afb_ws_json1 *aws, const char *event, int eventid, struct json_object *object)
diff --git a/src/afb-ws-json1.h b/src/afb-ws-json1.h
index 3bcda818..335ca608 100644
--- a/src/afb-ws-json1.h
+++ b/src/afb-ws-json1.h
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@
 
 struct afb_ws_json1;
 struct afb_context;
-struct afb_req_itf;
+struct afb_apiset;
 
-extern const struct afb_req_itf afb_ws_json1_req_itf;
-
-extern struct afb_ws_json1 *afb_ws_json1_create(int fd, struct afb_context *context, void (*cleanup)(void*), void *closure);
+extern struct afb_ws_json1 *afb_ws_json1_create(int fd, struct afb_apiset *apiset, struct afb_context *context, void (*cleanup)(void*), void *closure);
 
diff --git a/src/afb-xreq.c b/src/afb-xreq.c
index fecd2f95..b40f0304 100644
--- a/src/afb-xreq.c
+++ b/src/afb-xreq.c
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 #include "afb-msg-json.h"
 #include "afb-subcall.h"
 #include "afb-hook.h"
+#include "afb-api.h"
+#include "afb-apiset.h"
+#include "jobs.h"
 #include "verbose.h"
 
 
@@ -476,7 +479,7 @@ static int xcheck(struct afb_xreq *xreq, int sessionflags)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-void afb_xreq_call(struct afb_xreq *xreq, int sessionflags, void (*method)(struct afb_req req))
+void afb_xreq_so_call(struct afb_xreq *xreq, int sessionflags, void (*method)(struct afb_req req))
 {
 	if (xcheck(xreq, sessionflags))
 		method(to_req(xreq));
@@ -496,3 +499,42 @@ void afb_xreq_init(struct afb_xreq *xreq, const struct afb_xreq_query_itf *query
 	xreq->queryitf = queryitf;
 }
 
+
+static void process_async(int signum, void *arg)
+{
+	struct afb_xreq *xreq = arg;
+	struct afb_api api;
+
+	if (signum != 0) {
+		afb_xreq_fail_f(xreq, "aborted", "signal %s(%d) caught", strsignal(signum), signum);
+	} else {
+		/* init hooking */
+		afb_hook_init_xreq(xreq);
+		if (xreq->hookflags)
+			afb_hook_xreq_begin(xreq);
+
+		/* search the api */
+		if (afb_apiset_get(xreq->apiset, xreq->api, &api) < 0) {
+			afb_xreq_fail_f(xreq, "unknown-api", "api %s not found", xreq->api);
+		} else {
+			xreq->context.api_key = api.closure;
+			api.itf->call(api.closure, xreq);
+		}
+	}
+	afb_xreq_unref(xreq);
+}
+
+void afb_xreq_process(struct afb_xreq *xreq, struct afb_apiset *apiset)
+{
+	xreq->apiset = apiset;
+
+	afb_xreq_addref(xreq);
+	if (jobs_queue(NULL, afb_apiset_get_timeout(apiset), process_async, xreq) < 0) {
+		/* TODO: allows or not to proccess it directly as when no threading? (see above) */
+		ERROR("can't process job with threads: %m");
+		afb_xreq_fail_f(xreq, "cancelled", "not able to create a job for the task");
+		afb_xreq_unref(xreq);
+	}
+	afb_xreq_unref(xreq);
+}
+
diff --git a/src/afb-xreq.h b/src/afb-xreq.h
index f9963024..6da325ab 100644
--- a/src/afb-xreq.h
+++ b/src/afb-xreq.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ struct json_object;
 struct afb_evt_listener;
 struct afb_xreq;
 struct afb_cred;
+struct afb_apiset;
 
 struct afb_xreq_query_itf {
 	struct json_object *(*json)(struct afb_xreq *xreq);
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ struct afb_xreq_query_itf {
 struct afb_xreq
 {
 	struct afb_context context; /**< context of the request */
+	struct afb_apiset *apiset; /**< apiset of the xreq */
 	const char *api;	/**< the requested API */
 	const char *verb;	/**< the requested VERB */
 	struct json_object *json; /**< the json object (or NULL) */
@@ -74,5 +76,6 @@ extern void afb_xreq_unhooked_subcall(struct afb_xreq *xreq, const char *api, co
 
 extern void afb_xreq_init(struct afb_xreq *xreq, const struct afb_xreq_query_itf *queryitf);
 extern void afb_xreq_begin(struct afb_xreq *xreq);
-extern void afb_xreq_call(struct afb_xreq *xreq, int sessionflags, void (*callback)(struct afb_req req));
+extern void afb_xreq_so_call(struct afb_xreq *xreq, int sessionflags, void (*callback)(struct afb_req req));
 
+extern void afb_xreq_process(struct afb_xreq *xreq, struct afb_apiset *apiset);
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 6684ed5e..01c06095 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 #include "afb-config.h"
 #include "afb-hswitch.h"
-#include "afb-apis.h"
+#include "afb-apiset.h"
 #include "afb-api-so.h"
 #include "afb-api-dbus.h"
 #include "afb-api-ws.h"
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
 */
 #define SELF_PGROUP 1
 
+struct afb_apiset *main_apiset;
+
 static struct afb_config *config;
 static pid_t childpid;
 
@@ -83,12 +85,12 @@ static struct afb_config_list *run_for_list(struct afb_config_list *list,
 
 static int run_start(void *closure, char *value)
 {
-	int (*starter) (const char *value) = closure;
-	return starter(value) >= 0;
+	int (*starter) (const char *value, struct afb_apiset *apiset) = closure;
+	return starter(value, main_apiset) >= 0;
 }
 
-static void start_list(struct afb_config_list *list,
-		       int (*starter) (const char *value), const char *message)
+static void apiset_start_list(struct afb_config_list *list,
+		       int (*starter) (const char *value, struct afb_apiset *apiset), const char *message)
 {
 	list = run_for_list(list, run_start, starter);
 	if (list) {
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@ static void exit_handler()
 		killpg(0, SIGTERM);
 	else if (childpid > 0)
 		killpg(childpid, SIGTERM);
+	exit(0);
 }
 
 static void on_sigterm(int signum, siginfo_t *info, void *uctx)
@@ -215,11 +218,11 @@ static int init_alias(void *closure, char *spec)
 static int init_http_server(struct afb_hsrv *hsrv)
 {
 	if (!afb_hsrv_add_handler
-	    (hsrv, config->rootapi, afb_hswitch_websocket_switch, NULL, 20))
+	    (hsrv, config->rootapi, afb_hswitch_websocket_switch, main_apiset, 20))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (!afb_hsrv_add_handler
-	    (hsrv, config->rootapi, afb_hswitch_apis, NULL, 10))
+	    (hsrv, config->rootapi, afb_hswitch_apis, main_apiset, 10))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (run_for_list(config->aliases, init_alias, hsrv))
@@ -505,8 +508,7 @@ static void startup_call_current(struct startup_req *sreq)
 			sreq->xreq.verb = sreq->verb;
 			sreq->xreq.json = json_tokener_parse(json + 1);
 			if (sreq->api && sreq->verb && sreq->xreq.json) {
-				afb_apis_call(&sreq->xreq);
-				afb_xreq_unref(&sreq->xreq);
+				afb_xreq_process(&sreq->xreq, main_apiset);
 				return;
 			}
 		}
@@ -555,7 +557,11 @@ static void start()
 	}
 
 	/* configure the daemon */
-	afb_apis_set_timeout(config->apiTimeout);
+	main_apiset = afb_apiset_create("main", config->apiTimeout, NULL);
+	if (!main_apiset) {
+		ERROR("can't create main api set");
+		goto error;
+	}
 	afb_session_init(config->nbSessionMax, config->cntxTimeout, config->token);
 	if (!afb_hreq_init_cookie(config->httpdPort, config->rootapi, config->cntxTimeout)) {
 		ERROR("initialisation of cookies failed");
@@ -569,18 +575,18 @@ static void start()
 		afb_hook_create_ditf(NULL, config->traceditf, NULL, NULL);
 
 	/* load bindings */
-	start_list(config->dbus_clients, afb_api_dbus_add_client, "the afb-dbus client");
-	start_list(config->ws_clients, afb_api_ws_add_client, "the afb-websocket client");
-	start_list(config->ldpaths, afb_api_so_add_pathset, "the binding path set");
-	start_list(config->so_bindings, afb_api_so_add_binding, "the binding");
+	apiset_start_list(config->dbus_clients, afb_api_dbus_add_client, "the afb-dbus client");
+	apiset_start_list(config->ws_clients, afb_api_ws_add_client, "the afb-websocket client");
+	apiset_start_list(config->ldpaths, afb_api_so_add_pathset, "the binding path set");
+	apiset_start_list(config->so_bindings, afb_api_so_add_binding, "the binding");
 
-	start_list(config->dbus_servers, afb_api_dbus_add_server, "the afb-dbus service");
-	start_list(config->ws_servers, afb_api_ws_add_server, "the afb-websocket service");
+	apiset_start_list(config->dbus_servers, afb_api_dbus_add_server, "the afb-dbus service");
+	apiset_start_list(config->ws_servers, afb_api_ws_add_server, "the afb-websocket service");
 
 	DEBUG("Init config done");
 
 	/* start the services */
-	if (afb_apis_start_all_services(1) < 0)
+	if (afb_apiset_start_all_services(main_apiset, 1) < 0)
 		goto error;
 
 	/* start the HTTP server */