diff --git a/LANforge/JsonUtils.pm b/LANforge/JsonUtils.pm
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+# JsonUtils
+package LANforge::JsonUtils;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use diagnostics;
+use Carp;
+$SIG{ __DIE__  } = sub { Carp::confess( @_ ) };
+$SIG{ __WARN__ } = sub { Carp::confess( @_ ) };
+
+# Un-buffer output
+$| = 1;
+use Getopt::Long;
+use JSON::XS;
+use HTTP::Request;
+use LWP;
+use LWP::UserAgent;
+use JSON;
+
+if (defined $ENV{'DEBUG'}) {
+   use Data::Dumper;
+   use diagnostics;
+   use Carp;
+   $SIG{ __DIE__ } = sub { Carp::confess( @_ ) };
+}
+
+our $NL="\n";
+
+our @EXPORT_OK=qw(err logg xpand json_request get_links_from);
+
+sub err {
+   my $i;
+   for $i (@_) {
+      print STDERR "$i";
+   }
+   print STDERR $::NL;
+}
+
+sub logg {
+   my $i;
+   for $i (@_) {
+      print STDOUT "$i";
+   }
+   print STDOUT $::NL;
+}
+
+sub xpand {
+   my ($rrl) = @_;
+   die("Will not expand a blank URI") if ("" eq $rrl || $rrl =~ m/^\s*$/);
+   return $rrl if ($rrl =~ /^http/);
+   return $rrl if ($rrl =~ m{^$main::HostUri/});
+   return "${main::HostUri}$rrl" if ($rrl =~ m{^/});
+   return "${main::HostUri}/$rrl";
+}
+
+sub json_request {
+   my ($uri) = @_;
+   my $url = xpand($uri);
+   logg("$uri becomes $url\n");
+   my $req = new HTTP::Request("GET", $url);
+   $req->header("Accept" => "application/json");
+   my $response = $::Web->request($req);
+   return $::Decoder->decode($response->content);
+}
+
+sub get_links_from {
+   my ($rh_glf, $arrayname) = @_;
+   my $ra_glf2 = $rh_glf->{$arrayname};
+   my $ra_glf_links2 = [];
+   for my $rh_glf2 (@$ra_glf2) {
+      for my $key (keys %$rh_glf2) {
+         my $v = $rh_glf2->{$key};
+         next if (!(defined $v->{'_links'}));
+         push(@$ra_glf_links2, $v->{'_links'});
+      }
+   }
+   #print Dumper($ra_links2);
+   return $ra_glf_links2;
+}
+1;
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diff --git a/json/test_sta_mode.pl b/json/test_sta_mode.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use diagnostics;
+use Carp;
+$SIG{ __DIE__  } = sub { Carp::confess( @_ ) };
+$SIG{ __WARN__ } = sub { Carp::confess( @_ ) };
+
+# Un-buffer output
+$| = 1;
+use Getopt::Long;
+use JSON::XS;
+use HTTP::Request;
+use LWP;
+use LWP::UserAgent;
+use Data::Dumper;
+use JSON;
+use lib '/home/lanforge/scripts';
+use LANforge::JsonUtils qw(err logg xpand json_request);
+
+
+package main;
+# Default values for ye ole cmd-line args.
+our $Resource  = 1;
+our $quiet     = "yes";
+our $Host      = "localhost";
+our $Port      = 8080;
+our $HostUri   = "http://$Host:$Port";
+our $Web       = LWP::UserAgent->new;
+our $Decoder   = JSON->new->utf8;
+
+my $usage = qq($0: --host [hostname] # hostname or IP to query
+     --port [port]   # port like 8080
+);
+
+##
+##    M A I N
+##
+GetOptions
+(
+   'port=i'    => \$::Port,
+   'host=s'    => \$::Host,
+) || (print($usage) && exit(1));
+
+$HostUri   = "http://$Host:$Port";
+
+my $uri = "/port/1/3/sta3100";
+my $rh = json_request($uri);
+print Dumper($rh);
+
+
+#
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