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+const { spawn } = require('child_process');
+
+/*
+ * Gets the local chain as minified version
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *     - A JSON array representing the nodes' arching-kaos-zchain
+ *
+ */
+module.exports = (req, res) => {
+    const command = spawn("ak-get-chain-minified");
+    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)/*.reverse()*/);
+            console.log(`child process exited with code ${code}`);
+    });
+};