diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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+*.pyc
+**__pycache__**
+/spil_hamlet_conf/data/testing/SPIL_PROJECTS/**
+/spil_hamlet_conf/data/caches/**
+**/wip/**
+*_secret.py
+.git*
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+#
+version: '0.1.1'
+services:
+  restapi:
+    image: spil/spil
+    build:
+      dockerfile: ./spil_server/docker/Dockerfile
+    restart: on-failure
+    ports:
+      - "80:80"
+
+    volumes:
+      - ./spil_hamlet_conf:/spil_conf
+
+    # for development: edit the config will reload the app
+    environment:
+      - WATCHFILES_FORCE_POLLING=true
+
+    # development options for config hot reload.
+    command: ["uvicorn", "main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "80", "--reload", "--reload-dir", "/spil_conf"]
+    # https://www.uvicorn.org/settings/
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diff --git a/spil_server/client_server.md b/spil_server/client_server.md
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+# Spil network deployment
+
+Client / Server deployment of Spil is still experimental, and work in progress.
+
+## Server side Spil
+
+A fastapi powered Spil REST API is currently under development.
+
+It allows access to the Crud interface via a rest api.
+- /find/{config}/{sid}
+- /get/{config}/{sid}
+- /write/{config}/{sid}
+
+## Client Side Spil
+
+A FindInSpilRest Finder is also in development. 
+
+It is able to consume the Spil rest API.
+This Finder can replace any other finder, and be used without any change in the code.
+
+
+## Client-Server
+
+Spil can run both on client and server
+With a server instance, serving the rest API.
+And a client instance, consuming the rest API, for example used by the UI.
+
+To make this happen clients and servers just need to use different configs.
+
+Finders are interchangeable and connectable.
+The spil_data_conf defines which Finder is used for which data type.
+
+#### Connectable Finders
+
+Some Finders call or use other Finders.
+For example:
+- FindInAll 
+  Calls do_find on other finders, depending on a config.
+- FindInCache 
+  Caches the result of other Finders
+- FindInSpilRest
+  Calls the Spil Rest API, which in turn calls Finders.
+
diff --git a/spil_server/docker/Dockerfile b/spil_server/docker/Dockerfile
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+# Must be built from spils' repo root folder
+# Build:                docker build -t spil/spil -f spil_server/docker/Dockerfile .
+# Run with python:      docker run -ti spil/spil python
+
+#FROM python:3.11
+FROM tiangolo/uvicorn-gunicorn-fastapi:python3.7
+
+COPY ./spil_server/docker/requirements.txt /spil/requirements.txt
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r /spil/requirements.txt
+
+# spil will contain spil
+COPY ./spil  /spil/spil
+
+# This is a placeholder for a later custom config (see docker-compose.yml)
+RUN mkdir /spil_conf
+ENV PYTHONPATH="${PYTHONPATH}:/spil:/spil_conf"
+
+# spil_hamlet_conf contains the spil demo config
+COPY ./spil_hamlet_conf /spil/spil_hamlet_conf
+
+# Init test data
+# PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE avoids to have __pycache__ in the Image
+RUN export PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 && python -c "import spil;import hamlet_scripts.save_examples_to_mock_fs as mfs;mfs.run()"
+
+# App will contain the fastapi app
+# Starting app:main.py is already included in the base docker image (tiangolo/uvicorn-gunicorn-fastapi)
+COPY ./spil_server/fastapi/app /app
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diff --git a/spil_server/docker/requirements.txt b/spil_server/docker/requirements.txt
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+Fileseq
+future
+logzero
+codetiming
+typing-extensions
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diff --git a/spil_server/fastapi/app/main.py b/spil_server/fastapi/app/main.py
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+"""
+uvicorn main:app --reload
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+from typing import Any, Optional, List
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from starlette.requests import Request
+
+try:
+    import spil
+except ImportError:
+    root = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent.parent
+    import sys
+    sys.path.append(root.as_posix())
+
+from spil import Sid, Finder, Getter, FindInList
+from spil import FindInAll, GetFromAll, FindInPaths, GetFromPaths
+# from spil_plugins.sg.get_sg import GetFromSG
+# from spil_plugins.sg.find_sg import FindInSG
+from spil_hamlet_conf.hamlet_scripts.example_sids import sids
+
+app = FastAPI()
+
+finder_config = {
+    # 'sg': FindInSG(),
+    'all': FindInAll(),
+    'paths': FindInPaths(),
+    'ls': FindInList(list(sids))
+}
+
+getter_config = {
+    # 'sg': GetFromSG(),
+    'all': GetFromAll(),
+    'paths': GetFromPaths()
+}
+
+@app.get("/find/{config}/{search:path}")
+def find(config: str, search: str, request: Request):
+    finder: Finder | None = finder_config.get(config)
+    if not finder:
+        print(f"Finder not found for {config}")
+        return []
+
+    print(f"Finder: {finder}")
+    search = f"{search}{('?' + str(request.query_params)) if request.query_params else ''}"
+    print(f"{search}")
+
+    for sid in finder.find(search):
+        yield {"sid": sid.uri}
+
+@app.get("/get/{config}/{search:path}")
+def get(config: str, search: str, request: Request):
+    getter: Getter | None = getter_config.get(config)
+    if not getter:
+        print(f"Finder not found for {config}")
+        return []
+
+    print(f"Getter: {getter}")
+    search = f"{search}{('?' + str(request.query_params)) if request.query_params else ''}"
+    print(f"{search}")
+
+    for data in getter.get(search):
+        yield data