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+var express = require('express');
+var router = express.Router();
+var Web3 = require('web3');
+router.get('/', function(req, res) {
+  var message = `<p> get balance (return balance in Ella): http://ellaism.network/api/getbalance?address=0x..... </p>`;
+  message = message + `<p> example : <a href ="http://ellaism.network/api/getbalance?address=0xe6be7841a6e6b98edd7b38f884a9e32b4170d6b5">http://ellaism.network/api/getbalance?address=0xe6be7841a6e6b98edd7b38f884a9e32b4170d6b5</a> </p>`;
+  
+  res.send(message);
+});
+
+router.get('/getbalance', function (req, res) {
+  var config = req.app.get('config');
+  var web3 = new Web3();
+  web3.setProvider(config.provider);
+
+	//var id = parseInt(req.params.address);
+	//dirty trick here, use increasing nonce to prevent network/ http caching.
+	console.log(req.query);
+	if(!(req.query.address)) {
+		res.send('error');
+	}
+	else{
+		var address = req.query.address;
+
+    web3.eth.getBalance(address, function(err, balance) {
+      if(err){
+        var result = {"status":"0","message":"error","error":err};
+        res.send(result);
+      }else{
+          var normalized_balance = web3.fromWei(balance, "ether")
+			     var result = {"status":"1","message":"ok","result":normalized_balance};
+			     res.send(result);
+
+      }
+
+    });
+		//console.log(address);
+                //res.send('test: '+address);
+		//curl -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_protocolVersion","params":[],"id":67}'
+	/*	var curl_data = '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBalance","params":["'+ address + '", "latest"],"id":1}';
+		curl.request({ url: curl_address, method:'POST', data: curl_data  }, function (err, data) {
+		    console.log(data);
+			var temp = JSON.parse(data.toString());
+			//console.log(temp["result"]);
+      if(err){
+        var result = {"status":"0","message":"Error","Error":err};
+        res.send(result);
+      }else{
+			     var result = {"status":"1","message":"OK","result":temp["result"]};
+			     res.send(result);
+      }
+		 });
+*/
+
+	}
+
+});
+
+
+module.exports = router;