diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 3c14795..bfa65b5 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
         "ext-intl": "*",
         "ext-iconv": "*",
         "fguillot/picofeed": ">=0.1.31",
-        "respect/rest": "^0.6",
         "jkingweb/druuid": "^3.0",
         "phpseclib/phpseclib": "^2.0",
         "hosteurope/password-generator": "^1.0",
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 1d8d84c..4953e21 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#composer-lock-the-lock-file",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "31bedf1105f6249d6e9d990abd2125de",
+    "content-hash": "4afb7b406ec21a2c18f46fd176fc242f",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "fguillot/picofeed",
@@ -236,50 +236,6 @@
             ],
             "time": "2016-10-04T00:57:04+00:00"
         },
-        {
-            "name": "respect/rest",
-            "version": "0.6.0",
-            "source": {
-                "type": "git",
-                "url": "https://github.com/Respect/Rest.git",
-                "reference": "4f60aa199623d738a3391ca1e80bafb754bc9308"
-            },
-            "dist": {
-                "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Respect/Rest/zipball/4f60aa199623d738a3391ca1e80bafb754bc9308",
-                "reference": "4f60aa199623d738a3391ca1e80bafb754bc9308",
-                "shasum": ""
-            },
-            "require": {
-                "php": ">=5.3.0"
-            },
-            "require-dev": {
-                "phpunit/phpunit": "~4.4.0"
-            },
-            "type": "library",
-            "autoload": {
-                "psr-4": {
-                    "Respect\\": "library/Respect"
-                }
-            },
-            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
-            "license": [
-                "BSD Style"
-            ],
-            "authors": [
-                {
-                    "name": "Alexandre Gaigalas",
-                    "email": "alexandre@gaigalas.net"
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Respect/Data Contributors",
-                    "homepage": "https://github.com/Respect/Data/graphs/contributors"
-                }
-            ],
-            "description": "Thin controller for RESTful applications",
-            "homepage": "http://respect.li/",
-            "time": "2015-01-12T09:55:16+00:00"
-        },
         {
             "name": "webmozart/assert",
             "version": "1.2.0",
diff --git a/lib/REST.php b/lib/REST.php
index 77ddcdd..73972e4 100644
--- a/lib/REST.php
+++ b/lib/REST.php
@@ -1,8 +1,53 @@
 <?php
 declare(strict_types=1);
 namespace JKingWeb\NewsSync;
-use Respect\Rest\Router;
 
 class REST {
+    protected $apis = [
+        // NextCloud News version enumerator
+        'ncn' => [
+            'match' => '/index.php/apps/news/api',
+            'strip' => '/index.php/apps/news/api',
+            'class' => REST\NextCloudNews\Versions::class,
+        ],
+        // NextCloud News v1-2  https://github.com/nextcloud/news/blob/master/docs/externalapi/Legacy.md
+        'ncn_v1-2' => [
+            'match' => '/index.php/apps/news/api/v1-2/',
+            'strip' => '/index.php/apps/news/api/v1-2',
+            'class' => REST\NextCloudNews\V1_2::class,
+        ],
+        // Other candidates:
+        // NextCloud News v2    https://github.com/nextcloud/news/blob/master/docs/externalapi/External-Api.md
+        // Feedbin v1           https://github.com/feedbin/feedbin-api/commit/86da10aac5f1a57531a6e17b08744e5f9e7db8a9
+        // Feedbin v2           https://github.com/feedbin/feedbin-api
+        // Tiny Tiny RSS        https://tt-rss.org/gitlab/fox/tt-rss/wikis/ApiReference
+        // Fever                https://feedafever.com/api
+        // NewsBlur             http://www.newsblur.com/api
+    ];
+    protected $data;
+    
+    function __construct(RuntimeData $data) {
+        $this->data = $data;
+    }
 
+    function dispatch(REST\Request $req = null): bool {
+        if($req===null) $req = new REST\Request();
+        $api = $this->apiMatch($url, $this->apis);
+        $req->url = substr($url,strlen($this->apis[$api]['strip']));
+        $class = $this->apis[$api]['class'];
+        $drv = new $class($this->data);
+        $drv->dispatch($req);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    function apiMatch(string $url, array $map): string {
+        // sort the API list so the longest URL prefixes come first
+        uasort($map, function($a, $b) {return (strlen($a['match']) <=> strlen($b['match'])) * -1;});
+        // find a match
+        foreach($map as $id => $api) {
+            if(strpos($url, $api['match'])===0) return $id;
+        }
+        // or throw an exception otherwise
+        throw new REST\ExceptionURL("apiNotSupported", $url);
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/REST/Handler.php b/lib/REST/Handler.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cba6bcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/REST/Handler.php
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+namespace JKingWeb\NewsSync\REST;
+
+interface Handler {
+    function __construct(\JKingWeb\NewsSync\RuntimeData $data);
+	function dispatch(Request $req): Response;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/REST/NextCloudNews/Versions.php b/lib/REST/NextCloudNews/Versions.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0dcecd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/REST/NextCloudNews/Versions.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+namespace JKingWeb\NewsSync\REST\NextCloudNews;
+
+class Versions implements \JKingWeb\NewsSync\REST\Handler {
+	function __construct(\JKingWeb\NewsSync\RuntimeData $data) {
+	}
+
+	function dispatch(\JKingWeb\NewsSync\REST\Request $req): \JKingWeb\NewsSync\REST\Response {
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/REST/Request.php b/lib/REST/Request.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e4c933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/REST/Request.php
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+namespace JKingWeb\NewsSync\REST;
+
+class Request {
+	public $method;
+	public $url;
+	public $type;
+	public $stream;
+
+	function __construct(string $method = null, string $url = null, string $bodyStream = null, string $contentType = null) {
+		if(is_null($method))      $method = $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'];
+		if(is_null($url))         $url = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
+		if(is_null($bodyStream))  $bodyStream = "php://input";
+		if(is_null($contentType)) $contentType = $_SERVER['HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE'];
+		$this->method = method;
+		$this->url = $url;
+		$this->stream = $bodyStream;
+		$this->type = $contentType;
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/REST/Response.php b/lib/REST/Response.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..245d3fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/REST/Response.php
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+namespace JKingWeb\NewsSync\REST;
+
+class Response {
+	// stub
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test.php b/tests/test.php
index 9531bfa..404fac9 100644
--- a/tests/test.php
+++ b/tests/test.php
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ namespace JKingWeb\NewsSync;
 const INSTALL = true;
 require_once "../bootstrap.php";
 
-
 $user = "john.doe@example.com";
 $pass = "secret";
 $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'] = $user;
@@ -14,6 +13,10 @@ $conf->userAuthPreferHTTP = true;
 $data = new RuntimeData($conf);
 $data->db->schemaUpdate();
 
+(new REST($data))->dispatch("GET", "/index.php/apps/news/api/", "");
+exit;
+
+
 
 $data->user->add($user, $pass);
 $data->user->auth();