--- a
+++ b/web/org.ossmeter.webapp/app/controllers/ClientAPIController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package controllers;
+
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonNode;
+
+import play.libs.Json;
+import play.mvc.Controller;
+import play.mvc.Result;
+
+import com.mongodb.DB;
+import com.mongodb.DBCollection;
+import com.mongodb.DBCursor;
+import com.mongodb.DBObject;
+import com.mongodb.Mongo;
+
+public class ClientAPIController extends Controller {
+  
+    public static Result projects() {
+    	try {
+ 			String projectsJson = "[";
+ 			Mongo mongo = new Mongo();
+			DB db = mongo.getDB("ossmeter");
+			DBCollection projects = db.getCollection("projects");
+			
+			DBCursor cursor = projects.find();
+			while (cursor.hasNext()) {
+				DBObject obj = cursor.next();
+				projectsJson += obj.toString();
+				if (cursor.hasNext()) projectsJson += ",";
+			}
+			projectsJson += "]";
+			
+			JsonNode response = Json.parse(projectsJson);
+			return ok(response);
+			
+		} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+			return badRequest(e.getMessage()).as("application/json");// TODO: more detail / as Json
+		}
+    }
+ 
+ 	public static Result getProject(String name) {
+ 		return TODO;
+ 	} 
+ 	
+ 	public static Result getMetric(String proj, String id) {
+ 		return TODO;
+ 	}
+}