Introducing an HTTP JSON API

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+const { spawn } = require('child_process');
+const os = require("os");
+const HomeDir = os.userInfo().homedir;
+
+/*
+ * Gets the latest SBLOCK from superchain
+ * LOL
+ * sorry I was laughing at the term.. superchain
+ */
+module.exports = (req, res) => {
+    const command = spawn("ak-find-latest-mined-block.sh");
+    response_string = "";
+    command.stdout.on("data", data => {
+        response_string = response_string + data;
+    });
+
+    command.stderr.on("data", data => {
+            console.log(`stderr: ${data}`);
+    });
+
+    command.on('error', (error) => {
+            console.log(`error: ${error.message}`);
+    });
+
+    command.on("close", code => {
+            res.send(JSON.parse(response_string));
+            console.log(`child process exited with code ${code}`);
+    });
+}